arabesque

ah, summer... my kids have been having a good one. Today was the last day of summer camp for my daughter. Jay went back to Atlanta last week. No more cousins will be visiting until the next holiday break. I feel the heat wave beginning to break and with the lowering mercury comes the ever so slight shift in seasons here in California. My kids have grown up a lot since the summer began. My daughter can now sing just about any song she has heard more than once, my son is eating solid food cut into tiny pieces. No more jars of baby food. He only wants what he can shove into his mouth with his meaty little fists. My daughter is not tantruming as much. And when she does she says, "you made me cry, and now I feel better... Let's play toys." My son starting crawling at the beginning of the summer and now he is pulling himself up to standing and walking along the edge of the couch. He has also taken to climbing the stairs in under 5 seconds. My kids are both tan, with blond streaked hair. We still have Vacation Village in San Diego next week with the family. One last hurrah before my husband dives deep into working the fall schedule. The televisions shows are ramping up and he will be warming up TV taping audiences from Warner Brothers to Paramount by night, and directing ADR sessions in a windowless recording studio by day. My daughter will start nursery school, gone 5 days a week until noon. My son will start walking and talking and I... I'll be trying to keep up with the only thing that is certain in life,... change.