Dancing with Daffodils

 I have been kind of grumpy this week and I'm not sure why. Monday was closet clean out day and it was relatively successful. Emma did a great job (we had done her closet a few weeks ago so it was mostly just tidying), Curtis did really well on the part he chose to organize and was good at ignoring the rest of it, Lily did well but missed a section so she did it the next day and Brandon helped me with mine and was a super helper. I have a pile of things to get rid of and that always makes me happy. I did piano lessons with all the kids too and Lily went babysitting and to dance. Then we went to the pool. Josh picked up pizza and we had dinner there. It was really quiet so we had a pool all to ourselves and that was fun. It is one of my kids favorite things to do in the summer, probably because Josh is more fun at the pool than I am and it is one of the few times he comes with us.  Tuesday was crazy and I was so grumpy with Lily for not planning out our day well. She makes plan...

 It has been a good few days. While the girls were gone Curtis did a "Curtis Camp" with Brandon that was the cutest. He planned activities for the two of them to do each day like knife safety, soap carving, they made a solar oven and cooked pizza in it, they put up the tent, learned how to make a fire, played baseball and we went swimming. It was incredibly sweet and thoughtful. One night we roasted brats and smores and had a fun evening together. I love being around my boys; they are both easy going and fun. Lily had a great experience at camp and came home Friday afternoon exhausted. I ended up leaving her and Emma home (also very tired from her day camp) and went to the river concert with the boys. It was fun music and good company and the fireworks were unfortunately behind the trees but I'm still glad we went. Josh flew home from St. Louis that night but got delayed and didn't get home until 1am. I was just glad he made it and that he doesn't have to fly agai...