hang on, fall!

is it really possible that the entire summer flew by without a single blog post? brian sighs a big sigh every time i blog about blogging. but i feel like i owe my (3) readers (well, 7 if you include my kiddos who will surely visit this page and read about their childhood one day) some sort of explanation. my excuse is 5 words long. ethan, caroline, amelia, and hallie. yep! my days are filled to overflowing with their giggles, stories, requests, hugs, kisses, tears, questions, and smiles. (and add in hallie's hilarious gibber-jabber that will just make your day.) they are my reason for blogging, and now they are my reason for never blogging. however, i refuse to give up on this enjoyable and convenient medium for preserving the memories that matter to me... i refuse for tenlittletoes to be yet another journal that is 1/3 written in, 2/3 blank. i have a whole box of those from the years gone by. i am determined to continue to chronicle the important and not so important happenings in the lives of the 40 little toes that run circles around me day in and day out. so don't give up on me! i thought that i would surely catch up on summer by the end of september, but here we are with pumpkins and candy corn and trips to the farm just around the corner. so it is my goal to do a whirlwind catch up of our summer. i know most of us here in florida have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of some cooler weather.... but if you just wanted summer to last a liiiiiiittle while longer, then this is the place for you! put down your pumpkin-flavored coffee, grab your swimsuit, and come on in! the water's not too cold yet!

1-2-3-go!