Where to begin... I'll break it into two halves: Before Vacation and After Vacation, since Vacation was its own post.
Before Vacation
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Thomas sits in the playroom playing in the sunlight. |
Thomas is quite ticklish. And he learned to clap!
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Felicity and Elizabeth, side by side. |
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I began sorting through baby clothes to discern what we should keep and what we shouldn't. I began at newborn and have only gotten up to size 9 months. |
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Thomas has been practicing cruising. |
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When you are little and want to throw a tantrum, it is easier to knock the little books off the shelf. |
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But you still might become distracted by them, because... books! |
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Even in early July the girls were so eager to start school they began working in their workbooks a month before school began. |
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Thomas, getting big enough to get caught in the bars. |
When we got back, the weeds had taken over the front of the house and the grass way overgrew the back of the house.
I did manage to identify a few. This is wild mustard
And this one is velvet leaf.
A couple seemed to be a kind of thistle, but in the end, they all got the boot.
I had quite a weed pile.
And I got busy mowing the amazon backyard.

The Rabbits
Then we discovered, courtesy of our beagle, that, while we were gone and despite all the dog poop in the fenced yard, a rabbit thought it the perfect place to dig a nest and have her bunnies. 

The Wisconsin Humane Society website says to re-cover the nest and then cris-cross sticks over the nest and wait overnight to see if mama comes to nurse the babies. If the sticks are undisturbed, they have been abandoned.
It was a little tricky because the babies would assume I was mom and tried to crawl out.
But I got it in the end and it was clear the next morning that mama wasn't too far away and still nursing her babies.
So Rosie spent over a week basically leashed to a tree to keep her from digging up the bunnies or worse. And I put a green basket over the nest so no one would forget where it was and step on it. It wasn't like mama bunny picked a nice quiet corner either. She picked right behind the playground. Rabbits are clearly not the brightest of creatures.

About a week later, mama rabbit had not realized Rosie was still in the yard after sunset because Rosie was muzzled and asleep and when I came out to get her and move the basket, mama rabbit took off running. I got to see where she was coming in and out of the yard and that coward left her little baby in the grass.

I made sure he got back into the nest before I left.

This and That
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Multitasking: Brigid brushes her teeth while nursing her baby. |
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While I have 3 kids who love salad, Brigid is the only one that, so far, will eat it no matter the dressing. So far she will eat Italian, Ranch and 1000 Island. |
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Pirate Teresa with a jelly face! |
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At a friends' birthday party, Felicity rode "Sparkles" off into the sunset. She loved that horse. |
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Brigid still likes to get into the bassinet with Thomas and play with him there. |
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I'm in awe of some of the ways my kids sleep. |
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A local mom was giving away this accent table for free. It is made of solid wood and I was thrilled to get it. |
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I'm going to use it in the living room as a kids' prayer table! |
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James bought a squash, which Teresa has adopted. And by adopted, I mean she holds it, rocks it and even kisses it. I hope we aren't in trouble when he decides to cook it. |
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My kids no longer ask for apple juice. Now they want minion juice. Apparently we drink the life essence of minions. |
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He is just so stinking cute! |
Brigid and I read "I Like It When" at bedtime:
The Storm
We had a nice thunderstorm roll through that dropped marble-sized hail. The kids were fascinated.
I hopped outside to grab one for them to hold. I didn't know if they were safe to eat or not though.
The lightning was especially impressive though!
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