Recycling is fun!

Slip and slides are NOT fun. Especially as an adult.

Yes, clearly that part of the immensely overgrown garden needs more water.

I found 100 of these photos on my camera roll. I did not take them.

Working on potty training. I took the carpet up not long after.

They’re surprisingly fast for small children. I didn’t get in a real focused run, but it was definitely exercise.

First day of summer school is a happy day for EVERYONE.

Exhausted from summer school.

MOMMY TIME.

Funny, that’s the outfit I wear when I clean too.

Grilled cheese love

She cried off all her butterfly facepaint (from being super tired and cranky) then passed out.

Morning Netflix in the bounce house.

The bush in my yard exploded with hydrangeas, so I filled my house with them.

“Mommy mommy mommy sumpin’ else to eat” – REPEAT FOREVER

My house always gets messier before it gets cleaner.

He suddenly remembered he loves trains

Looks: Innocent. Acts: Like a TERROR.

The kids were SO excited to see the Pigeon.

Selfies during story time

Adding their own pigeons to the wall

Yeah, basically this, for the whole weekend.

They ate all the peas & berries before we even got back in the car.

Oh no! Stormy seas! The boat is rocking! (It was not stormy.)

Friendship IS magic!

Dr. Evan to x-ray, STAT!

It’s adorable, but they still stole my umbrella.

Burning off some energy. SO MUCH ENERGY.

Every morning Caroline wakes up and cries until she can say hello to her kitty.

Reading selections

She’s skeptical about putting a bird on it.

High fives, Blue Iguana!

Pineapple cream cheese cupcake = heaven

Dancing at the Plymouth 4th of July Parade

Cousins in the ocean

Chug chug chug chug

Explaining why we should go home and watch some shows (he was very convincing)

Town fireworks

He liked them for the first 2 minutes…and then fell asleep.

Monkey see, monkey do

NO WE DO NOT DRINK OUT OF THE FOUNTAIN.

Performing a tail-ectory on Ariel

It rained on our last day at the lake house, but luckily Mormor and Bumpa have cable.

Evan and his man bag are ready to go.

Quick! Put the GIANT serving of Pad Thai on a huge plate so it looks more reasonably sized.

This is my sister’s from France and it is AMAZING

Singing a song that goes “I am so cute! I am so cute!”. She made it up.

Emergency 9 pm Target run for baseball supplies.

The red seat is the spot where the longest ever home run landed.

Empty park.

He is accurately expressing how hot it was.

Hell yeah panorama feature

TV watching cuddles

Spitting face, even though spitting is a time-outable offense.

8 pm McD’s trip for happy meals is part of my campaign for Mother of the Year.

Quick! Run in different directions! It’ll confuse her!

Best sibling photo ever? Possibly.

Taking a magical carriage ride for the very first time.

I think the cat missed us while we were gone.

Wrinkly piggies!

I’m going to shave off her hair and turn it into a wig for me. So jealous.

Lord Caroline sneers at her subjects.

Super Caroline is annoyed you disturbed her secret lair.

Who knew a weekend at a kid’s birthday party could be a vacation?

Someone fits right in on Kiawah Island

MORE HATS. ALWAYS.

Hello, someone please come look at my castle!

A brewery, you say? Can I have some beer? I’m totally 21.

Chocolate cake + carrots = balanced meal.

I was the wheelbarrow. I lost, big time.

*Sob* Goodbye, beach house!

SO HAPPY to meet our friend Sophia.

Obviously they’re getting married some day.

This is the only time all week we got Caroline into a boat.

Me? I like the boats.

Weirdos.

Operation Wear Out The Children Phase 2: Playground

Success! (Well, sort of. Caroline is force feeding him milk.)

Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’

Sort of totally in love with these steps

Checking out the grapes

Never ending balls of energy

I have swum back and forth to that platform with a toddler on my back a thousand times…and I’m not even sick of it yet.

Princess Sadface demands more fruit.

Opie? Is that you?

The rarest animal in the aquarium: my husband

Cupcake face

I took this picture with a telephone.

She’s a cat burglar making her getaway.

PEEK A BOO

Extremely loud trip to BJ’s

Happy Birthday Mr. Sendak. We’ll keep the wild rumpus going for you.

Hanging up his coat for his last day of school

She really, really loves lemonade

Taking the animals to the vet

Stuck in traffic and we haven’t even left Connecticut. Evan’s face explains it all.

Too cool for Delaware

Old timey fun with Mormor

Spoiled, spoiled children

Spoiled, spoiled me

Never leaving.

Pre-pool relaxation

A very Low Country lunch

Who needs forks when you can pick up your cake like a sandwich?