"Oh fall, it's nice to see you again."

Badger had her tooth out this morning.

Cowboy went back with her.

He's just better with the kids, better at calming them down and joking their fears away.

“Maybe if I complain about this simple 2-minute task for 25 minutes instead of doing it, it’ll go away. – Teenagers.”

Mamma went on the warpath this morning.

The kids have just been laying around all summer long, sleeping all day and playing all night.

I clean, they trash the house after I'm in bed.

And so… The adventure begins!

Kissing my thirties goodbye

I turned 40 today.

I don't feel any different than I did yesterday, but some little part of me knows that I've reached a milestone in my life.

It's a whole new decade.

It's the age I thought was so darn old when I was in my 20s.

It's grey hair, crow's feet, and aching bones.

I would say it's the age of the empty nest and new adventures, but the 7-year-old keeps the nest full.