Buying myself a few extra minutes to sleep in on Mother’s Day.

Crazy joy riding kids

Cheesy cheeses

There’s a snake (and a ginger) in my bed!

Thinking deep, piratey thoughts.

Brutus would sleep in here all night if I let him.

And then my uterus started crying

Evan is skeptical of the safety of these extremely sketching swings

Get outta my way, tiny ginger COMING THOUGH!

I think they do better push-ups than I do.

Oh look, basically my entire childhood on a table.

Reading to dolly

I think she found her summer job

How does your garlic grow? BIG. SO BIG.

Yep, definitely putting her to work on the farm.

She just realized her shoes are adorable.

Some days it’s hard to believe this is real life.

They tricked the deli lady into giving them way too much cheese

Emergency response gingers, to the rescue!

Evan was surprisingly good at the hula hoop. Caroline tried really hard.

Best birthday party ever? I THINK SO.

When the weather is this nice, it’s hard NOT to go to church – we can almost see it from our yard.

Carrying 40 lbs on my back definitely counts as a workout.

Explaining to Daddy that quesadillas are the best.

READY TO GO

Hats

Spring cleaning my favorite room of the house

Good morning!

I think this sign is in the wrong place.

Thinking about running away, as usual

CANONBALL!

Good listener waits his turn

Sleepy girl

Rain isn’t so bad when your raincoat is this cute

He already thinks balls are hilarious

Cheeseburgers are always the right answer.

I don’t even know what this thing is.

Caroline’s definition of “playdate” is “push me on the swing for two hours”.

This does not seem fair.

Caroline has joined a penguin colony

I’M THE KING OF THE WORLD!

And then I died of cuteness.

I’m addicted to Bagel Thins.

Family dinner date to Johnny Rockets

She liked this game WAY TOO MUCH. I’m terrified of her teenage years.

Caroline’s idea of a good morning: lying on my bedroom floor eating graham crackers.

Watermelon serving size: half for breakfast, half for lunch.

Karate Kid VII: Attack of the Ginger Babies

My dentist is cooler than your dentist.

Swigin’ by the Sea

They’re very into boats, even indoor boats.

Who are these quiet, well behaved children playing during my preschool teacher conference?

Fancy new gym is FANCY!

Lookin’ good, Nature.

Good morning, this is your pilot waking you up…

Not the least big scared of the huge, be-horned cow.

Picnic dinner at the playground

He’s covering his ears so he won’t be scared by the Surprise Symphony.

Stroller Strides. Hat.

Much much MUCH needed solo evening walk.

When did bookstores start selling SO MANY TOYS?

Enjoy it at someone else’s house, kid, since I am NEVER buying you a drum set.

Future jockey in training

E models the latest in fashion: a ginger-shaped hat

BOOM! MOE’S!

Bubble rocket launcher in action

He gets an A+ in relaxing

Special Monday treats: shopping alone, Sbux, and driving the new car

I don’t feel the need to explain my art to you

I make the EXACT same face when anyone tries to wake me up in the morning

Yarn store visiting

Monkey see, monkey do

Inside fishes first!

Bacon, tomato, caramelized onions, blue cheese, mozzarella on sourdough

Peek a boo at the Seaport

Hat

These cookies are full of LIES (and regular sandwich cookie cream, not taffy)

This one’s for sale and only 2 blocks away. Be my neighbor!!

The queen on her throne

Feeding ducks

I have no idea what this is

Trendsetter

Bluff Point

Rainbow sprinkles = MIND BLOWN

This looks like the before half of a GIF where 4 kids fall into a stingray touch tank.

I’m sure kneeling on the state-of-the-art touch screen is good for it.

Mmmmmmm lemonade

Bubbles bubbles bubbles bubbles bubbles my bubbles

A random fever on Sunday left someone exhausted on Monday

FLYING TODDLER!

Really excited about school

Not super excited about her headband

The love throwing stuff into water. Keep your rock and antique coin collections far away from children.

Our evening walk as interrupted by FOUR firetrucks responding to a false alarm. Best walk ever!

That is the face of a tiny temper tantrum over wearing her hat DURING gymnastics

Tiny girl, huge nuclear power plant

MOM. THERE ARE SPRINKLES ON THAT ICE CREAM CONE.

The most un-relaxing birthday dinner ever.

Gym self portrait

Dance party at the end of Tangled

This is the pirate ship that goes to find the treasure but they have to watch out for the SEA MONSTER.

Tulip inspector

Hello money pit

Fancy.

Throwing food at some very uninterested ducks

Do they have chardonnay, dahling?

Once a year fancy hair for the Submarine Ball

That yellow medal is for shooting a guy at 50 yards. Or maybe for signing a piece of paper. One of those.

The MGM Grand ballroom is pretty fancy