snail mail

We are still alive! We've been in Michigan for a little over a week, with little or no internet connection. This isn't such a bad thing because we've been altogether too busy to put together a post anyway. The brief highlights include buying Grace's birthday bike. It's a "two-bike" as she likes to call it, and she loves it. She logged 2.5 miles the first day she got it, and she would love nothing more than to ditch Craig and me and head off into the sunset.

Grace has also started to call Craig and me by our first names. This would be cute if we didn't know it was a power play--as if calling us Ellen and Craig puts her on the same footing. Like you all don't know already that she's the boss. We are bit players in her daily drama. You have to love her.

Julia has been diligently taking notes on her sister's behavior. She implements these strategies in new and interesting ways, and Craig and I are beginning to understand that we now have two bosses. While we are having some good family fun, I would be lying if I didn't tell you how much I would like to take a vacation ALONE. Heck if I could go to the bathroom alone, that would feel like a mini-vacation.

We will be out of town for two more weeks and then it's back to the grind in Macon. Funny how vacation with kids makes you miss your life at home.