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Running on Empty


Here we are and I am already behind. So much for daily posting. At this point, I'll consider myself successful if this happens a few days a week. Friday and Saturday were busy days. I took the boys to the pool Friday evening and met up with a slew of neighbors. It really takes a village. Sawyer has been begging to go to the pool since February. I haven't taken him since it opened because I wasn't sure how I could handle a 4 year old and a 4 week old together. Especially when neither of them could swim. Going when all the other parents there allowed us to tag team. It was amazing. Then yesterday morning when Carey was off, we took both boys to the pool again. Oscar slept the whole time so Sawyer got the attention of both of us. The pool was deserted this time, so we had the full run (picture of the day). We spent yesterday afternoon at the farewell party for Sawyer's class. These kids have been together for years and many of them are going to do Pre-K at their home elementary schools. We were packing up to leave when a storm hit. So we hightailed it home and got ready for bed. With the storms continuing, today has been very low key, which my exhausted person needed.

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