Caroline had morning day camp at Mystic Seaport last week, so we were out of the house Doing Stuff almost every day. Doing stuff is really fun, but I might not be up for stuff every day. Maybe every other day. This coming week Evan has full day Seaport Camp, so we’ll do even more stuff. I am both excited and already tired.

Sunday:

Caroline says “Look! You can’t even see me!”

Moon bears

This was not my first time at the zoo, so I brough dry clothes.

Monday:

He dresses himself.

Sleepy baby at camp pick-up

Can’t resist the lake, even when we’re tired

Tuesday:

Bed hog

Evan talked the seaport volunteer into doing ALL the puzzles with him.

He said he missed her while she was at camp

Wednesday:

Cheerios and a double stroller all to himself. SPOILED.

Cool dude

He didn’t even mind coming to dance rehearsal because he got to play Minecraft

Thursday:

Fishing Day at seaport camp

Cotton candy frapp

I am unable to handle Caroline in make up

Friday:

Best purchase!!

What are you doin’ lying on the floor? Just get up.

Tappity tap tap tap

Saturday:

Water baby at the zoo for the second time in a week

Mini ginger

Big ginger

I can’t believe it’s already the last week of June. I keep having to triple check the calendar to make sure I’m not on the wrong month. I have less than 4 weeks before Lincoln turns one and before his birthday party. I ordered a ton of birthday stuff but have no actual decorating plans beyond “hang up some sparkly stuff” and “maybe cake?” Luckily we have a bunch of family coming, so I will have people to help me cut up one zillion foods into star shapes.

It is freezing cold today but the forecast for the rest of the week looks perfect for lots of #lakelife fun. So far it’s been a pretty good summer.

Schooooooooool’s out for summer! Caroline starts camp tomorrow AND she has her dance recital this week. She is going to be one tired girl by Saturday morning. I’m hoping that means she might sleep longer than 6 am.

Sunday:

For her last soccer game, Caroline played with the U8 team. She was half their size!

Swimmers

We all love #lakelife

Monday:

We worked on our Father’s Day presents, which are late because E was SUPPOSED to be at sea. Although we are much happier having him home.

Glitter, the herpes of craft supplies

We put in a chin up bar for wrap swings

Tuesday:

Little explorer

A+ dentist visit

Keeping the healthy baby away from the germs at his check-up

Wednesday:

I cleaned out my purse. That’s just the trash.

I think my cat is plotting to kill me

Ice cream weirdos

Thursday:

He always sleeps like this

He really loves his foot

Hanging out

Friday:

Baby friends!!!

Morning playdates are exhausting

Loooook at my fooooooot

Saturday:

I don’t know why.

Water break

Happy weekend!

E was supposed to be at sea but he is not, so we had a nice Father’s Day at the zoo followed by pulled pork and ice cream cake. The kids announced THEY had the best Father’s Day, so I think it was successful. I really like the kind of family fun day where no one has a giant meltdown and I get to eat ice cream cake.

Off topic: I got a Fitbit this week, and my desire to get to 10,000 steps a day has been GREAT motivation for me to move. I also really love that it’s giving me extra points in my Weight Watchers app, because ice cream cake.

I took about half as many photos this week as I usually do. I started Weight Watchers so I’m on my phone tracking what I’m eating (or trying to figure out if I can afford to eat another cookie) a LOT and it keeps dying. It’s hard to take photos with a dead phone.

Sunday:

Totally normal grocery shopping face

Wrap nap at the lake

Doing out best midwesterner impression with some Hand and Foot

Monday:

Grabby little toes

Mermaid

I don’t even know what I was trying to take a picture of, but the saddest baby in the world interrupted it.

Tuesday:

You dropped this, let me just crouch and get it like a REAL HUMAN

Tired girl

This is all I could see of Evan’s soccer practice because it was POURING

Wednesday:

My new make up adviser

#lakelife

Having fun pretending he’s not a baby but he IS STILL A BABY

Thursday:

I woke up like this

She’s obsessed with tying things

Working mom life

Friday:

Kinder orientation bus ride, like a pro

Weirdos at Target

It was like 90 degrees in his room but he won’t sleep without the blankie

Saturday:

Crafting! He’s like, “What is this even? We never do this at home.”

TAKE THAT YOU STUPID ASS THORN BUSH

WEIRDOS

THIS WEEK IS THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL. It’s not even real days, just half days. We also have every possible kind of appointment. Luckily swim and soccer are over, so we just have to get through dance and the recital and then we are ALL FREE. I cannot wait to just NOT DO STUFF. I could sleep past 7 am! Linc can nap whenever he wants! I DON’T HAVE TO MAKE PACKED LUNCH.

I have big plans to wear everyone out with tons of lake visits and hikes, so we won’t actually be doing NOTHING. But I will definitely enjoy letting the kids eat popcorn for lunch on the regular.

We have just a few more of everything to get through before summer. A few more days of school, a few more soccer practices, a few more end of the year things, a few more days where it’s not 85 degrees. I’m focusing on how busy we are so I don’t think too much about how Linc is going to turn one NEXT MONTH, although now that I’ve started planning his party (theme: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star) I am not quite so sad about it. Plus we’ve got this whole babywearing thing so I can keep pretending he is a baby as long as I can keep tying him on my back.

Sunday:

Hiding in the car because I do not enjoy soccer in the rain

Rocking her game in a tutu

Getting a swim in before the HUGE storm

Monday:

From the neck down I felt very fancy on Monday

Dreaming of escape at the vet

God bless the iPad during swim lessons

Tuesday:

Shopping list

We match our wraps to our outfits

That spatula is covered in very spicy chimichuri. He loved it.

Wednesday:

Unimpressed

She made up a story to read me. Obviously it included mermaids.

Family fun night

Thursday:

She said she’s going to be a seed scientist when she grows up

THAT IS NOT NAPPING

Soccer life

Friday:

Cake making helpers

This one is for sale but I am not really sure I want it to leave

Watching tires is not super exciting

Saturday:

Super Evan to save City Hall!

Lobsters are the best beach wrap

I always lose but I still love cribbage

I have some killer allergies right now that are making it impossible to sleep and stay asleep unless I am completely upright. It is not a very comfortable way to sleep. And because Linc still gets up a few times a night, losing ANY of my quality sleep is sucky. I have plans to maybe possibly sort of try to get him to sleep through the night over the summer – preferably before we go on vacation in August – but I might be too lazy to make that happen. Fingers crossed he just starts doing it on his own and I don’t have to make an effort.

We went to the lake 6 out of 7 days last week. Then we went again today. When I wrote the (large) check to pay for our membership for the summer I thought “Ugh, this is so much money just to sit on a beach when we could go to so many other beaches for free.” But I am eating those words for sure. I’m eating them right along with the beer I drank on the beach today while I watched my big kids play in the water and the baby chewed on a shovel and I chatted with my mom friends. It’s perfect. It’s my favorite place in Connecticut. And next year it is the FIRST membership we buy instead of the last.

Appologies this week and every week for the same 5 lake pictures over and over and over.

Sunday:

Never tired of lap naps

Wine, baby, kids in the lake

So many of my favorite things in this one photo

Monday:

Unimpressed baby is unimpressed

BFFs

She calls this Mommy Hair

Tuesday:

Don’t tell the big kids we went to the lake while they were in school

Waiting for roadside assistance (aka Daddy) to fix our flat

I’m going to make his hair do this all the time

Wednesday:

There weren’t any store windows on my walk home so I used my phone to see if he was asleep. He was.

3-6 month shirt

Begging for cheese from the deli guy (obvs it worked)

Thursday:

I let him have half an oreo while I put away a giant pile of laundry

100% Linc

A beautiful day for soccer. Why doesn’t it ever RAIN?

Friday:

We walked down to pick up a friend at preschool, so Caroline dressed appropriately

I found this on my phone. I did not take it.

So many fish!

Saturday:

Laaaaaaaake

Running away to go eat rocks. Whatever kid.

The rare big kid smile!

We have a packed week coming up with end-of-the-year school stuff, appointments, regularly scheduled things, field day, plus at some point my husband is going to get promoted and we’re all supposed to go. Since he’s currently on night shifts and we’ve barely seen him I’m not EXACTLY sure when that’s going to happen, but I’m told it definitely will. Probably. Maybe. All I know is in between a zillion must-dos this week I will be at the lake.