Donuts in the Pool (and other ramblings)

Well life is finally starting to settle down. Last week I made 2 trips to Columbus to see my parents. The first trip was for Travis's ordination and the other trip was with all 4 kids for a visit and to leave 2 kids there. Yep, I only have 2 kids for a couple more days. My parents take 2 of my kids to stay with them for a few days every summer. Yahoo!! I'm trying to plan fun things to do so Rachel and Matthew won't miss their siblings as much. So Saturday we went to the pool. The Y near us has a baby pool that is maybe 6 inches deep at one end and between 2 and 3 feet at the other end. Perfect for kids of different ages. So we were hanging out and Matthew pulls on me and says "Pool mom!" So in I go! We actually had a LOT of fun splashing around together. The bottom of the pool is decorated with large colorful fish and Matthew had fun pretending that the different fish were different donut stores. So we would walk to the different fish and "eat" the donuts he found. I really enjoyed myself!

On another subject, why is my husband so oblivious? He knows this about himself and evens calls himself "Captain Oblivious" on occasion. But why? He is just completely oblivious to things like the fact that the trash is teetering precariously on top of the already overfull trashcan and that you can't see the carpet on his side of the bedroom because it is covered in clothes. These things used to seriously make me mad and still do frustrate me! But I've been trying to focus on more positive things, like the fact that he lets me escape from my kids whenever I need or want to, no questions asked.

So life is getting better. Or maybe my perspective on life is getting better?