Ack! A Week!

How did this happen? It's been a week since I wrote anything on my blog. Well, I've got excuses ... I always do.

I finished reading "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen last week. I loved, loved, loved ... looovvved this book. Really vivid characters and imagery without being overly descriptive. It is the kind of novel that makes you laugh out loud at the ridiculous circumstances that the wonderful main character finds himself in and keeps you riveted to find out how his story ends.

I looked at this book at Barnes & Noble a couple of times without buying it before I knew it was going to be made into a movie. I finally broke down and bought it once Robert Pattinson from the "Twilight" movies was cast in the lead role. I can't wait to see the movie. I can picture the circus scenes in rich jewel tones alongside gritty, dirty treatments depicting the rough life of down-and-out circus workers during the Depression years.

But the biggest issue taking up my time during the past week was my son's 4th birthday party, which we hosted at our house with my stepsister's family, since her son was born a year after Jack on the same day. The party was Sunday and it seemed like everyone had fun despite the heat and our crowded back yard, where space was even tighter than usual because of the gigantic jumpy that took up most of the space.

I can't believe my baby is four years old. It wasn't that long ago that I was complaining in this space that I couldn't get him potty trained. Now he's going to the bathroom, mostly on his own, and enrolled in preschool. Before you know it, he'll be in kindergarten then college. Everyone always tells you your children grow up fast, but you don't believe it until you experience it for yourself. It's a whirlwind, but we're enjoying every minute of it.