catching up, as usual

so we are now calming down after the last few crazy weeks.

brian and michael had a quick trip to CA for a memorial for timtim. it went off without a hitch. we have many items from her house trucking across the country at this very moment. now to find space to put them in our repspective houses...hmmm. i managed to get through the weekend of mothering two small children without going off my rocker, although i was very, very tired. i have to give a round of applause for all the single mothers in the world-i'm not quite sure how they do it, but they do.

barry carol and lena were here for a week after the boys got back. many late night for little girls and much eating, drinking and being merry took place. and we had the annual barry's birthday lobster feed...MMMM...melted butter.

then we had a couple days to ourselves before we went off to lake st catherine to hang out with some friends for a few days. we had two days of a beautiful setting, a fun and funky summer house, warm water, boats, good food, and tired little girls who slept late. but after we got back, my internal calendar was all out of whack and i had a hard time remembering what day it was and what i had to do.

alix is definitely on the verge of walking on her own. several times this weekend, she would stand up holding onto something and let go, try a step or two and then sit down. or just let go and sit down. i'm predicting full-on upright locomotion by the end of the week.