So I have been slacking

In my blog efforts lately. By don't worry, it's not just my blogging that I have been slacking on. It also includes laundry, cleaning, and writing thank yous for the last couple of months. So, if you got me a birthday present and have not yet received a thank you, don't worry, it 's not just you. In fact, I told myself I was going to write thank yous during nap time today, yet here I am...

Anyway, I put up some new pictures from our trip to KC. Our kids had a great time and Matt and I had a great time (for the most part...and the bad times had nothing to do with the great company we were in, but with our kids' ability to deal with being out of their element). Jeremy and I were once talking about this and he commented that you think your kids would love being someplace new, doing all these fun things like you, but when it comes down to it, they just want to sleep in their own beds every night. That is my kids exactly. But, we are making an effort to break them of their routine (Just a little) so that we can have an overnight trip away once in a while without complete chaos. Our Kansas City trip was hopefully a good warm up for a trip to Indiana to visit family later this summer. Have you noticed though that when you take a vacation with your kids you don't get to do any of the things you used to do on a vacation? There is no sleeping in (or through the night for that matter), no long days lounging by the pool doing nothing but reading a book, no late nights with cold beer, heck not even a baseball game. Instead, we get a morning trip to the zoo (oh boy...the train!), shopping for new shoes (for Ben, not for me!), an hour long bed time routine that leaves me more tired and frustrated then when I started and Imagination Movers on a different TV (that was most exciting, I think!). Don't get me wrong I wouldn't trade it (okay, I would trade it, but maybe for just a little while). The best part about being gone was that after the kids went to bed Matt and I had some adult time with our friends. I never knew board games and the one beer I allowed myself could mean so much!

Oh, another milestone...Ben got an email from his preschool teacher noting some important days and telling us to be on the lookout for his school supply list. That cracked me up! What do preschoolers need for school supplies? I can tell you what Ben is going to need... an extra pair of underwear as he is sure to crap in his, and yep, that's about it. That is our new threat. If he doesn't stop pooping in his underwear, he doesn't get to go to school. It probably won't work either, but it's worth a try.

Besides that, all is good in the Brogan household. We are enjoying a quiet Saturday at home preparing for Zach's baptism tomorrow. Hopefully it will stop raining long enough for the guys to put together the new swing set!