Early August

 Hannah has major third-child syndrome. Which means she is always looking around to evaluate how she is getting the short end of the stick. In today's episode, she learned that she is currently the only child in our family without an apron. She didn't want to miss out on cooking, though, so she wore her cape backwards to function as an apron.

The kids really enjoyed painting. After they were done painting inside, I cleaned the brushes and they went outside to paint the house and deck with water.

Michelle came into town for a reunion of some college friends, so we had a sisters' dinner out.

She also came over to the house to see Jason and the kids. Clara took over her phone for awhile and got some pictures of Hannah.

Clara has been enjoying playing Sheriff Callie of late. Here is riding her horse, aka Jason's leg.

We went to open gym. I have been trying (and succeeding) not to spend money lately, but we did spend money on this because I wanted to do something fun with the kids on my last day of being a stay-at-home mom.

Clara is so social. She makes friends wherever she goes, usually boys. This was her best friend at the gym. They played together most of the morning and she immediately decided he should come to our house (she and Joshua both ask almost everyone they meet to come over).

Hannah has really gotten more adventurous. She is willing to try more and more. She was doing flips "like the olympics" (she meant the divers as that is what she most recently watched) and did the balance beam.

She also tried climbing the tower. She didn't aspire to higher than the lowest level, but that's very daring for her.

She had less luck with her attempt at the climbing wall. She never got off the ground, but she tried it and that's something. We had a great time at the gym and I was glad we went.

And then, the next day, on the 10th, I started at Sprint. Or perhaps restarted is a better way to think of it. I am going back to my same group, with many of the same people, to work on the same problems. However, a lot has changed too, so there should be plenty to learn. It's a big change for me since I've been away for seven years.