This week in Mommyland...

I started a new job this week which has been amazing. I am still working in a Montessori school, just a different one in the area and so far it has been awesome. I'm excited for the fall so that Sydney can come with me everyday again (right now she is in summer camp at her old school). The only downside is that I have to drive about a hour each way but it's worth it to be a part of this school's community.

Summer calls for Coldstone Ice Cream and dips in the kiddie pool.

Paint with water and then it disappears and you can paint it over and over....I'll take a dozen please!!

Beachin' it with my Little Mermaid.

All of a sudden we are obsessed with doing ballerina dances (as she says). I have a video of her on my phone dancing and she watches it over and over again.

Washing her baby with a squirt bottle. Taking in the view.

Our poor Penny Lane had to have back surgery last week. She woke up one morning and wouldn't move her back legs at all. She had surgery that afternoon and is now recuperating wonderfully. She can actually walk again and is even anxious to run around in the yard with the other two dogs! (She's on crate rest right now.) She's so spunky that I have to catch her so she doesn't slip around on our wood floors. A spirited a little dachshund she is!