August vacation

So I'm back to work after my August vacation. We had a great time. I am really not that excited about being back. It is going to be a beautiful week which doesn't help.
A few things I (we) 've learned on vacation:

• Brooke can swim across a pool without touching the bottom
• Lexi can sing and sing and sing
• Brooke and Lexi LOVE horses
• We all wish our Dutch relatives lived in the U.S.
• Lexi is going to be potty trained on her own damn timetable
• If you get a child a desk they will stay in their room (Thanks Barb & Kate)
• Somehow housework increases exponentially when you are home all the time
• Going to the gym has nothing to do with your weight (I gained 2 lbs. over vacation but appear to be thinner based on the comments I've been getting - go figure)

There are a ton of pictures to view on the Vallier family photo gallery (see right). I think we are all set with carnivals, fairs and Storyland for quite awhile!