It's All Over...

I had big plans for this summer, but somehow, it sneaked right past me. Madison starts school today, so you know what that means for me? No more summer babysitter! No "grown-up" to talk to, no one to help me entertain Olivia, but even worse... no one to clean my bathrooms! I tried to convince her to drop out, I promised I would homeschool her. But, she wouldn't have it. She WANTS to go back to school to be with her friends. Evidently I'm not as cool as her friends.

The worst part about all this is that Madison is leaving me just as Olivia has gotten extremely quick at making her way around the house. She's learned that crawling is better than scooting on your back (unless you need your hands to carry toys). She's pulling herself up and onto her knees to get whatever might be out of reach. Nothing is safe anymore and now I don't have a second set of eyes to help me keep track of her.

I moped around this morning and complained to Tyler that today was going to be really boring. Maddie might be 14 years younger than me, but I love hanging out with her. And Olivia loves having her around, too. Last night before she left Maddie said, "Well, see you in 9 months!" True, it might be 9 months before I get to enjoy another summer with her, but she'd better plan on coming over after school at least once a week! *Did you read that, Maddie? AT LEAST once a week!*

Yesterday morning (while I slept peacefully) Tyler was doing the dishes and Olivia was crawling around. He stopped to check on her and the little squirt had helped herself to the bucket of peaches. She had eaten about half of a peach (they're small peaches) and she was covered in sticky peach juice. She did it again later that night so I snapped a few pictures. Mmmmm... she loves peaches.