We've been making the best out of the last week of summer holidays.  We've been playing outside and going to the park.  Today we went to the butterfly conservatory, which was pretty cool.  The kids loved it.  This weekend we're just hanging around the house with the kids plus my nephew so I'm sure we'll come up with some creative ways to say good-bye to summer holidays.  As we speak the kids are on the trampoline with the hose and some dish liquid.  Hopefully no one breaks anything...no Jon is supervising.

I am definitely looking forward to next week. I'm looking forward to routine again.  The kids are getting bored and need to go back.  They are super nervous as am I.  I don't think it gets any easier as they get older.  Benjamin will probably need some time to adjust to life with just mommy during the days again.  I'm sure it will good.

We have an appointment with the Benjamin's surgeon on Tuesday.  We've been discharged, but I wanted to talk to her about Benjamin's scar and the possibility of deep tissue massage to help it and also the fact that he does still have some minor bowel issues.   She was happy to get us in and we're looking forward to seeing her.  Its been over a year since our last appointment. We'll also pop in and visit our social worker from the NICU whom we have kept in contact with and is just a fantastic lady.

Benjamin also has a dentist appointment next and that always causes me some anxiety.  He is prone to issues so we're watching them closely.  He hates brushing his teeth too, which makes things even more difficult. I'm praying that all is well still.

Anyways, that's about it around here.  I hope everyone has had  a great summer and will transition smoothly into the new fall routines.

I feel bad because I haven't posted in so long...but nothing has really been going on.  Benjamin is having a great summer.  We've been busy doing lots of little things.  We went camping again for a couple days which was great.   We went just with the kids which was really nice.

Summer is slowly winding down and I think Benjamin is going to have the hardest time with the adjustment of the girls going back to school.  He loves them so much and looks for them when they aren't around.  I think he'll be bored.  

Benjamin has no appointments coming up anytime soon, which is great.  We're still working on getting him to wear his glasses more often.  He does great sometimes and other times he refuses to wear them at all.  They got pretty banged up while camping so I know I'll have to replace them sooner then later...which sucks, but I'm sure it will be that way for a few years.  Anyways...that's about all for now.