Still not sure about this car wash thing.

1 kid + 1 pair of scissors = 30 minutes of silence for me

Unimpressed with Brooklyn

It turns out the only reason my fridge looked full was all the expired stuff.

I have no idea who this is, but she looks SO uncomfortable.

Still recovering from Sunday

6:22 am and a full bed

Millions of peaches, peaches for me

Also still tired from Sunday.

Hello New York

Gary works for Disney, so he was REALLY enthusiastic, even at 8 am.

Caroline always reads the menu, even though she ALWAYS orders a cheeseburger.

I don’t even know HOW the cereal ends up all the way over here when she sits on the OTHER side of the bowl.

Twinsssssss

Perfect park day

Helping me get the oil changed on the van

I tried to talk the kids into this one, but they picked Peter Pan. Again.

Writing my last Arrested Development review for TVFanatic while the kids watch Justice League.

Holding hands

I swear I didn’t spike his sandwich with sleeping pills

Happy Girl

Is this a New England thing? I hadn’t ever had it before we moved here and now it’s my favorite.

Shopping helper

All 15 episodes watched in one day. Obsessed.

Photo of the parade photographer. So meta.

Dual swinging skillz

Screw you, tree helicopters. Say hello to my little friend, the leafblower.

Gas station fashion shot

No, of course I didn’t feed the kids donuts for lunch. Why would you think that?

PLEASE SWING PLEASE SWING PLEASE MOOOORE SWING!

C’mon Rhode Island, maybe try repaving ONE SIDE at a time?

Checking out Inara the Anteater.

Petting a Moon Bear. Maybe if he was named for a Firefly character I’d know his name too.

One of the benefits of going to the gym is finally catching up on magazines

Beach babies

That “sand” is really more like dirt, but it works.

Ducky friends! Baby duckie friends! So many duckies!

11:00 am. BLERG.

LOOK WATER I LIKE IT! – says the child who didn’t like the water 24 hours before.

Indoor, air-conditioned playground birthday party. Best idea ever.

PEEK A BOO

She accidentally ate the bubbles almost every time

Toast on the couch

Naps on the couch

Bath…not on the couch

Rockstar #1 at the dentist

Rockstar #2 at the dentist

Rain-shmain, it’s playground time.

Frozen yogurt as a reward for being a rockstar.

Summer has officially started

PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS SUMMER THING.

I’m pretty excited too.

This is how mommy sleeps in.

Cartwheel practice

She insists on reading in bed, even after I turn the light off.

My little thrift shoppers helping me pop some tags.

Poison dart frog in yo face

Oh look, I found my fisheye lens.

The cutest matching not-twins ever.

Caroline disapproves of the commissary.

Judgy cat is judging me for…whatever. Everything.

The best part about going to birthday parties is playing with other people’s toys.

Welcome to my tent. Please take your shoes off and bring me a cookie.

This is Evan’s idea of being helpful when I try to take his picture. So helpful.

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.