I actually couldn’t handle looking at vacation pictures yesterday when I was supposed to do this, because it was dreary and pouring rain and my house was a disaster and my children made me insane and basically it was too depressing to think that THIS is my life versus the beach. But today I am facing reality. At least until Friday. Then school is out and we can pretend life is all just vacation again.

Sunday:

Bubbles on the pool deck

He actually DOES like lunch, I swear

Bo ssam: aka the MOST delicious meal I eat all year

Monday:

As long as it’s not ACTUALLY raining, it’s a beach day

Tiny frog friend in the outdoor shower

Hand and foot, because we force everyone we know to play

Tuesday:

Vacation breakfast of champions

So much driving

That face is because this is NOT the beach house

Wednesday:

MORE DRIVING

A+ relaxing

Embracing lake life

Thursday:

Not bad

Super happy it’s almost summer

Tents for Linc’s upcoming party

Friday:

Cannot be trusted with my iced coffee

I think she’s tired of pictures

MORE CARDS BECAUSE ALWAYS

Saturday:

Visiting the cows

That was supposed to be MY beach lounger

Inescapable floaty is inescapable

Did I mention this is the LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL? I’m feeling a little unprepared for summer (who is going to feed these kids all day?) but I’m so ready to not get up at 6:15 every morning. Plus summer is exhausting, so EVERYONE will do more sleeping. More sleeping is basically my only goal in life right now at 28 weeks pregnant.

I feel like our week was a lot busier than these photos make it look, but I can’t remember why.

Sunday:

I promise they actually enjoy the zoo

Evan said he made a rabbit art sculpture and requested I take a photo

Linc’s going to miss the lake

Monday:

GOOD BYE LAKE 2015

NO I WON’T GO YOU CAN’T MAKE ME

I de-laked the back of the minivan

Tuesday:

Free range parenting

Important cutting homework

Not a great sign on the way TO ballet

Wednesday:

Kettlecorn is everyone’s favorite

MY DADDYYYYYYY

I didn’t even have to fake the skies in my photos from this session

Thursday:

Boooooo bus stop in the rain

Off to explore the aquarium on his own.

AVERT YOUR EYES, I’M BREASTFEEDING IN THIS PHOTO

Friday:

One baby got to watch Elmo during her breathing treatment, so ALL the babies needed to watch.

My baby is the cutest.

But not the most cooperative with photos.

Saturday:

Caroline really likes carousels

I took the same picture last year but he was tiny and asleep in a wrap

Evan is obsessed with winning a giant stuffed animal

This week is Week 2 Of All The Fall Activities Starting which means we add Judo for Evan. I’m really hoping it helps with his ability to focus on something OTHER than an iPad and maybe control his body a little bit more when it comes to school. So now we’re up to Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday activities. Next week we add swim.

My hope is eventually we’ll all be so tired we sleep 12 hours a night every night. I am totally up for a 6 pm bedtime.

The kids went back to school this week, which mean my photos are going to be Linc-heavy for next…forever.

Sunday:

SO READY

Grocery store assistant

High chair? Why would I need a high chair?

Monday:

Where am I?! What year is this???

Preparing for her show

I bleach shampooed my hair. I’ll do a real post about it but the short review is A++

Tuesday:

Babies are hilarious

Evan agrees. Babies, man.

How we got through Back to School night

Wednesday:

First day of school! BUH-BYE!

A rainbow wrap and a pink truck. MY KID IS DOOOOOOMED.

The Book Barn is my new favorite

Thursday:

Aquarium playdate

IT’S SO QUIET

Starting her young

Friday:

Waving bye-bye to the bus is super fun

Living the toddler dream

Fair Life

Saturday:

I’m not sure we brought enough watermelon

He’s going to miss eating sand SO MUCH

Blankets are pretty much his favorite thing in the whole world

I am SO happy to have the kids back at school, even though school brings a whole new level of stress and deadlines and homework and one zillion pieces of paper that need my attention. They need the structure of school and the friends and the break from me (and my often short temper) right now. I figure by Christmas we’ll all be super excited to hang out together again. Right now I’m just going to enjoy the crap out of my one tiny baby who can’t talk back.

And if I say “Christmas” again before December, please punch me in the face.

It was really hot this week, so went to the lake, wore babies and sat on each other. Obviously.

Sunday:

Morning photoshoot at a marina

They both seemed OK with this, so I didn’t stop it.

Evening at the lake

Monday:

Morning at the lake

Sleepy baby face

The Queens Elsa

Tuesday:

Morning at the lake

When did his legs get so long?

More sibling sitting

Wednesday:

He figures by now he’s the boss of the lake

Linc walked around and around this bench for 20 minutes

Even the kids thought we should buy lavender to bring home because it smelled so good

Thursday:

This is what Caroline requested for breakfast.

Spoiled, spoiled children

Allllllll day at the lake

Friday:

This was supposed to be a nice picture of Caroline holding flowers, but she tried to smell them and stabbed herself in the eye

We were a hit in the frozen section

It’s really hot in my house.

Saturday:

There was music, so she was dancing

Heeeeere’s Lincy!

Planet viewing in the planetarium

SCHOOL STARTS ON WEDNESDAY. It’s so good and also so bad. I’m suddenly going to have a lot of time on my hands in the middle of the day and way too much to do in the morning and evening. I’m worried about the kids having a hard adjustment to classrooms (and Caroline to full day) after and structure and rules and having to wait their turn and stand in line and all of that after a summer of nothing but lake life and vacations.

But going grocery shopping with ONE baby I can put on my back? Heaven. My fridge is never going to be empty again!

My parents lake house/future retirement house is pretty awesome. I mean, it’s no beach mansion, but it does have boats, a swim platform AND grandparents, which completely makes up for the lake of bathrooms. Not that there are NO bathrooms. There just aren’t 9 bathrooms. But it’s ok, since we taught the kids they can just pee in the lake.

Please don’t judge me for, well, any of this. Lincoln loves everything about the water, he was always in a life jacket when he was on boats/tubes and we didn’t go fast if we were towing him. We’ll wait until he’s at least 3 before we make him try water skiing.