I have both Easter pictures and Evan’s birthday post to write, but instead of eating Easter candy I stole from the kids and sitting on the couch this morning I went for a walk. I am feeling the “summer is coming” stress and really regreting bascially everything I’ve eaten for the last 9 months, so I’m making a conscious effort to increase my activity level and decrease my candy consumption. At least I will, after all these Reeses Eggs are gone.

Sunday:

When it comes to vintage spring dresses, she’s covered

HEY GUYS I FOUND THE EGGS THEY’RE OVER HERE

I sold this wrap. I’m pretty sure it was because of this picture.

Monday:

We did this a lot this week

No, that’s not disturbing

This art is delicious

Tuesday:

That’s supposed to be MY spot

Happy to be outside

WTF is this? It doesn’t look like nursies.

Wednesday:

Caroline the creeper

Every. Single. Wall.

Sad baby needs daddy cuddles

Thursday:

He loves the baby in the mirror

Porch ennui

LASHES

Friday:

The kids have asked to have this happen again EVERY DAY since

Neither of these children plays piano

Sure. Go ahead and eat that cardboard. Hashtag third child.

Saturday:

Saturday morning photo session

Why are you letting this goat eat me?

I’m going to steal this one.

I need a weekend to recover from our super busy weekend. I also need the weather to get above 70 degrees just for ONE DAY so I can open every window in the house. “Fresh linen” scented candles can only do so much when you haven’t had any fresh air inside in 6 months. Plus we all pretty much permanently smell like goats, so that’s not helping.

It snowed again yesterday. They had to move the Easter Egg hunt at church inside because of snow. I can’t.

Sunday:

Home Depot is always a family event

Weirdos

TA DA!

Monday:

Actual babywearing in action: cleaning, sorting, folding and putting away clothes to consign/donate/keep

Snack time

A girl of many skills

Tuesday:

Big kid, little kid fun at the aquarium

Eye appointment

Anyone want to buy a really soft wrap?

Wednesday:

Happy grocery store helper

New Ebay score = success

Not so into the monthday photos this time

Thursday:

SASS

SIT DOWN

Another Ebay find. I might be in trouble.

Friday:

Peeping bunnies

Her 100% self styled Easter outfit

I would be way better at eating healthy if they hadn’t put that 5 Guys in town

Saturday:

BABY GOAT PILE

Baby goat stand

Baby who also stands, but I’m way less happy about this one

I registered the big kids for super fun Mystic Seaport summer camps this week. Which made me think “Oh yeah, summer is coming, I’ll need to do something with the kids.” But unfortunately, planning for summer did not make summer come. Remind me not to complain AT ALL about a single hot day once they FINALLY get here.

April should be better though. A little warmer. More stuff to do. Evan’s birthday (no big party, just some fun). BABY GOATS. And my own birthday, which will probably go entirely uncelebrated besides the Facebook mentions, but since I’m turning a very boring 33 that won’t bother me much. I’ll be pretty happy with a nap and some Mexican food.

I am suffering from a severe case of OMFG WHY ISN’T IT WARMER OUTSIDE YET. It’s making me hate everything.

Sunday:

We bought a children’s museum membership basically JUST for this thing

Caroline says this hat is totally her style

Evan takes checkers very seriously

Monday:

I bought a new rug

Go away Mommy

LASHES

Tuesday:

Baby in a cage with a sister to entertain him = I can get stuff done

Meeting the fishes

Caroline said he needed to be more stylish

Wednesday:

I had to put the baby in a stroller, so I put a wrap over him.

Giant boxes are the best part of childhood

Possibly regretting the demo he just did in the dining room because now he HAS to build that bench I asked for (stay tuned…)

Thursday:

Reading her horse book to her horses

Attitude for days

Officially the cutest Tula

Friday:

THERE IS A SKUNK IN THIS PICTURE

She wanted to participate in our babywearing meetup

It snows for TWO DAYS

Saturday:

Helping with the bench

Pizza picnic

Then THIS happened and decided I needed more babies immediately

I am seriously having a hard time caring about anything right now because I’m so done with winter. If I could open the front door and let the kids play on the porch I would be SO READY to do some spring cleaning but since it’s 28 degrees out I just want to go take a nap. And I don’t want to cook anything. Or go anywhere. Or talk to anyone. Or blog about anything.

The kids and I are all playing hooky tomorrow because half day + appointments + cranky baby = too much of a mess to handle. I’m hoping it resets everyone’s attitude because we ALL need it.

So, Linc learned to scoot this week. More than lunging, more than wiggling, real one-knee up monkey scooting which makes him fully mobile. For good measure he can also pull up to his knees on the couch, chairs, the cat, the dog, and anything else he can reach. He’ll be on his feet within a month and probably walking by 9 months, just like his jerk brother and sister. WHAT GOOD IS WEARING HIM ALL THE TIME if it doesn’t slow him down at all!? I didn’t WANT him to be mobile!

Sunday:

This is a friend’s house, but I’m pretty sure we NEED that chair

OH BROTHERS

That’s right buddy, keep giving the tools the side-eye

Monday:

DECOY BABY

Big kid wanted to ride in the cart

Feeding babies real food is GROSS

Tuesday:

Vicious baby nail left that scratch on his own face

Fairly successful back wrap job

Sure, that seems like a good idea

Wednesday:

Sleepy baby in Target is my favorite baby

IT’S A HEATWAVE GET OUT THE KIDDIE POOL

Poor, poor choices

Thursday:

We really need to find a solution to her face hair

I’m not even going to bother to put those away

DIY teething necklace: a ring sling ring on St. Patrick’s Day beads

Friday:

Someone is smug about getting to use the iPad

Old Man Lincoln hits the casino

Food the size of my HEAD = the best kind of food

Saturday:

Naps at 8 am aren’t a great sign

This is why sponsored pins are a BAD IDEA. This are all results of “DIY BOOKCASE”.

She won’t stop stealing my heels

We were supposed to go out of town this weekend but our plans changed and we were left with two completely free days. We spent one doing literally nothing and one day having a family adventure. Both were nice but exhausting. I think having a 7 month old means I’m exhausted no matter what we do these days. I actually have dreams where I dream about being asleep.

In fact, I need to go to sleep right now so I can get 3 hours before Linc wakes up to eat. Being a mobile jerk baby takes a lot of energy.

The kids had Monday and Tuesday off school, which DIRECTLY coincided with E’s trip out of town. I did not enjoy that. It was also ridiculously cold. February is not my favorite.

Sunday:

She said I was her sous chef because she was Top Chef

He’s so helpful, trying to curl Caroline’s hair with a screwdriver.

Lap nap baby

Monday:

OMG GIANT SNAKE…oh wait, it’s still fake

Hello whales!

Literally bouncing off the walls

Tuesday:

Hot mess babywearing

Helping with selfies

I put my baby down inside that Boppy. HOW DID HE GET OVER THERE?

Wednesday:

Fake it til you make it

Aparently today she is a Southern Belle

This is becoming a bit of a habit

Thursday:

MIRACLES

Unimpressed with his cute new hat OR his fancy Tula…because it was 2 degrees out

My husband is good at appologizing

I’m going back to Gymboree and buying that onesie in ever size

Friday:

Back nap! The BEST part of babywearing!

Princess crime scene

Gingerrrrrrrrs

Saturday:

Big girl fancy soda

Hashtag third child

Oh you thought I was sleeping???? SURPRISE!

It was 41 degrees today. The kids and I all left the house without coats. But it’s going to be -11 tomorrow. At least there are no major snow storms in this week’s forecast? Maybe we’ll actually have a full week of school!! But knowing my luck, the second that happens will be the second Lincoln learns to crawl and I will never get a quiet moment again.