So we recently took our darling children on a vacation to The Great Wolf Lodge in Washington. It's an indoor water park. While there were times on the trip that things didn't quite go the way the adults expected the kids had a blast. They had fun swimming and going down the water slides. We also took them to Cabela's and Mt. St. Helens. Family vacations are something we all probably don't do enough. It's what they'll remember when they're older. I love my kids and can't believe how fast they are growing up. Before long there won't be anymore family vacations. I guess we need to take more.

Swimming Lessons, A Summer Ritual

So, I know that we are approching the end of summer when my darling children start swimming lessons. I always choose for them to take the last session of the summer because there are hardly any kids taking swimming lessons at this time. This year my kids got to take lessons with my best friend's daughters and they were so happy about it. I am always so amazed at how well my kids can swim. It's amazing.

EGGPLANT

EGGPLANT
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So if you were to come over to my house you would see that we have a laptop computer in our kitchen as well as a printer. You might think that it's a bit extreme and over the top and well to be honest, it probably is, however tonight it came in handy. We planted some plants in a small planter this summer and one of the things we planted was an eggplant. I picked the one and only eggplant that we've grown so far and proceeded to cut it up. I've never worked with an eggplant before so when it started to turn brown immediately after cutting I began to freak out. This is when that computer in the kitchen came in handy. I went over and googled eggplant and was so happy to find out that it was totally normal to have an eggplant turn brown immediately after cutting. Needless to say, next time I'll have some lemon juice handy.