The weather this week was so up and down and up and down that I’m pretty sure it’s given me a horrible head cold. Which is just what I needed to start another busy week.

Sunday:

Friends at the seaport

Practicing her deck swabbing

Stole his sister’s soda and is being super casual about it

Monday:

Warm enough to venture outside

Dress up is his new favorite

This is very helpful while I am cooking

Tuesday:

I’m sure this is an artistic choice, but it looks like this wall is about to collapse

I spent $5 on this but I still don’t understand how it works

Tired baby

Wednesday:

Gross outside, tropical inside swim.

Very foggy day in Rhode Island

Jango Fett does ballet

Thursday:

I think Evan’s face is more accurate

He found where the cat sleeps

I dumped out my purse and this is what was in it.

Friday:

Really pissed I woke him up

I did this.

BABY CUDDLESSSSSSSS

Saturday:

Coolest kids on the block

The aquarium is still our favorite

It’s a literally Shark Tank

I was going to watch the Oscars tonight but it seems like taking something for my headache and going to bed at 9 pm is a better idea. Because it turns out that Monday is still going to happen tomorrow and I have to get these kids up and fed and pack their lunches even if I don’t feel great. It’s total bullshit.

This week I also need to start getting our summer schedule sorted out, since it’s almost March and I’m already getting second reminder registration forms. WHAT KIND OF MOTHER AM I EVEN?! How come I don’t know where my kids will be the first week of August?! What am I planning to do, just let them stay HOME and watch TV??? They’ll never get into college.

This morning when I got in the car to go to a session the temperature said -3. Not 3 degrees below freezing, 3 degrees below ZERO. It barely warmed up during the day. Our furnace is struggling to keep the house warm and I really wish I never had to leave my couch nest of blankets ever again.

Sunday:

Nursing break during Mardi Gras Sunday at church

Evan really liked the parade

Visiting a friend on the maternity ward

Monday:

Checking out the snow

THREE CHILDREN playing trains together

Linc feels the same way I do about crunches

Tuesday:

Eating candy because his mother is a sucker

He says he’s ready to go play in the snow

No problem loving his own face

Wednesday:

I DON’T CARE IF IT’S SNOWING GO TO SCHOOL

There WAS a cat sitting back there

*ALMOST* 100% on the sight words!

Thursday:

BRB Googling flights to Hawaii

Naptime friends

Celebrating Daddy’s birthday

Friday:

Lincoln-date at the carousel

And at Red Robin (YUM)

And then my Valentine’s came early!

Saturday:

God Bless iPads so parents can sleep in

These two *heart eyes*

And these two!

LOOK AT THAT I GOT MY IPHONE POST DONE ON SUNDAY. I’m very impressed with myself. Now I’m going to go find some more blankets to hide under because it’s negative something degrees again and I do not like it. Even my winter layer isn’t keeping me warm anymore. Maybe I should eat another piece of that leftover cake from E’s birthday.

Because that seems like a much nicer option than cleaning up the house the kids trashed when they still have two days before they go back to school.

Today was our first snow of the winter, and possibly the only one we’re going to get. Our weather has been unseasonably warm (no complaints) and the kids have been dying for a chance to build snowmen and do other normal New Englandy winter stuff. A Friday snow day is the very best scenario. I’m tired of the school routine, I was planning to stay home with Linc all day anyway, we have a bunch of food, and my husband will probably be home early. Which is exactly what happened. Plus it wasn’t even that cold, so playing outside was fun instead of terrible.

p.s. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned Caroline’s snowsuit before. I got it at a consignment store last winter and it is the BEST. It’s from Hanna Andersson and is technically “baby” sized but still fits her this year. If you ever see one of these at a tag sale or thrift store, grab it up.

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No cameras were harmed in the making of this photo.

And then the snow stopped and the sun came out!

It’s 60+ degrees today. I went on a lovely 4 mile hike by the ocean with a fr iend this morning without a coat – although the baby on my back counts as an extra layer. It was SO NICE to be outside and feeling like spring is on the way. Even if we get 5 feet of snow this month at least we’re not suffering through another endlessly cold, dark, snowy winter.

Sunday:

Three little troublemakers

The sun made it less cold

Photo session heaven

Monday:

READY TO GO

Now I’m nursing a baby AND a stuffed dog all the time

“My favorite part of my neighborhood is DD” That’s Dunkin Donuts. Mama’s so proud.

Tuesday:

Poppy & Rye *heart eyes forever*

Guilty face

This is the freestyle portion of ballet

Wednesday:

Skeptical of swim, as always

Box = more entertaining than thousands of real toys

Family Insanity Workout Time

Thursday:

LASHES

Bird stalking

Fancy hairs

Friday:

So cooperative and good at sharing, toddlers are

The number of things he insists on sleeping with keeps growing

Blowing stuff up while Caroline learns piano

Saturday:

Basketball poses

Babywearing in the Navy-themed Tula at the Navy-themed museum

THE GIRL’S TEAM WON BOTH GAMES IT’S A HAND AND FOOT MIRACLE

I’m afraid I’ve lost the ability to speak English. No one in my family seems to understand me when I talk, so that seems like the most likely explanation. Either that or they’ve all suddenly gone deaf, which might ALSO explain why they are SO LOUD ALL THE TIME.

That’s probably what happened.

We survived our first busy week back at real life! Almost all my pictures are of people sleeping.

Sunday:

New picture frames!

Building his – I mean EVAN’S – new Legos

Playing with Christmas presents like a big kid

Monday:

Trying to put clips in his hair, always

Naps

FORCED SIBLING LOVE IS THE BEST KIND

Tuesday:

He would have slept with that wrapping paper if I let him

It is slightly less dark when the kids get off the bus

Swinging

Wednesday:

Rainbow carwash

Finding new uses for my newborn posing beanbag

Thought process: Oh look how pretty that beam of light looks. End result: Unremarkable random photo of moldings.

Thursday:

Sleeping baby

Sad baby

Happy baby

Friday:

The cat hates being cold in the winter

Doing important baby work

MORE NAPS – we had friends over but he was so tired he ASKED for naps

Saturday:

I am SO GLAD I am not in charge of the basketball clinic

Showing off their new basketball skills

Caroline can’t hang past 8 pm.

It is now the worst part of the year, where it’s always winter but never Christmas. We haven’t had any remarkable snow yet, which would at least give us an at-home-jammies day and I could take the kids sledding to wear them out. Luckily they CLEARLY seem to be getting enough activity to be tired anyway.

There are a couple of snowflakes on my weather app for next weekend though, so I’m hopeful.