This last weekend I did something amazing:  I went to the beach--No kids.  No husband.  Just me and a girlfriend.  We stayed just 3 nights but it was the perfect amount of time to relax, miss the kids and hubs a little, and not have to put sunscreen on anybody but myself!!  I didn't have to fix sippy cups, wipe butts, kiss boo-boos, break up fights, or administer spankings.  How delightful.  ;-)  I should do this at least once a year!!
The weather was perfect, not hot, not cold, and all sun!  Of course it's too cold to swim, but if the kids aren't there that is not a problem.  I'm perfectly happy beached on the shoreline. 

Dan and the girls kept the house running.  To my surprise, everyone was still alive when I returned.  Dan sent me a picture of the girls playing in the rain.  I sure did miss them.  I love them, AND their Dad, soooooo very much.  I was glad to get back home to them Sunday.

This weekend is Danslen's 2nd birthday.  She's so precious.  I wish I could hit the freeze button on my life right now.  She is talking like crazy.  She actually talks better than Daniley did at that age.  (If you have ever heard Daniley you know she talks a LOT and she isn't intimidated by big words.)  Danslen fell down the other day and after she got happy she came to me and said, "I go hotzpital."  I thought that was pretty darn good reasoning for a 1-year old.  And I didn't even know she knew that word.  :-)
I've said this since Danslen was 2 weeks old--she is going to be the one to give me gray hair.  It's funny how you can tell so early.  She is a bit more sneaky than Daniley.  She is the one that will color the walls--she's already had her way with the couch and the carpet.  ;-)