This week’s photos are a little Caroline heavy, but since Evan refuses to hold still long enough for me to take his picture anymore it’s his own fault if someday he looks back at the blog and wonders if I loved his sister more. Not MORE, honey. She’s just EASIER.

Sunday:

“Watering” the flowers. Poor Caroline is already mad she can’t pee standing up.

NO NAP, MOMMY. I’M NOT TIRED.

That’s the face I make when I watch Mythbusters too.

Monday:

Wonder baby on her Wonder Pony.

Whee! Really high!!

Bubbles bubbles bubbles bubbles bubbles

Tuesday:

Fell asleep at 7 am on Daddy’s iPhone

Peek a boo!

SLIIIIIIIIIDE!

Wednesday:

What do you mean I’m doing it wrong?

She ate almost this entire container in the car on the way home.

TORTURE! TORTURE! SOMEONE CALL CPS!

Thursday:

Sup?

I’ve got a plan! And what’s the plan? JAM!

Ughhhhhhhhh THIS is why every town in Connecticut has their own stuff. The highways suck.

Friday:

Feeding the ducks, adorably.

Cherry berry chiller. WELL DONE McDonald’s.

Who says I need a nap?

Saturday:

SUPER HAPPY GOOD FUN TIMES down at waterfront park

Amistad! (Missing a mast, since it wouldn’t fit under the river on the bridge)

This is the only mobile bell casting company in the country! I got a piece of the mold they used to cast the bell!

And THEN we spent the afternoon hanging out at a friend’s super swanky marina pool and grilling on their sailboat. I have a pretty impressive sunburn. My kids are totally passed out. Tomorrow for Father’s Day I’m making pancakes and bacon and then mowing the lawn while my husband takes a nap. I’ll wear sunscreen.

Did you take any camera phone photos this week? Link up with one or lots using the linky below and grab the code (so it shows on your blog too!) over at Amy’s . It’s really fun!

It’s kind of hilarious that this post is sponsored by Connecticut Tourism, since my entire blog could pretty much be seen as a commercial for Connecticut Tourism. Between trips to the aquarium, the seaport, parks, and various bodies of water all I do is post about the fun we have living here. I’m constantly amazed at how much there is to do in an hour radius of my house. I’ve lived here 7 years and I’m still discovering new places and activities all the time!

A few months ago, my friend Erin said “Hey, so I’m getting four days off over Memorial Day weekend, would it be cool if I came up to visit you?” and I say “It would be THE COOLEST.” I warned her two kids kind of put a damper on the crazy, carefree, childless life she was used to but she assured me she loved my ginger babies and would be happy to hang out doing ginger baby-friendly stuff. Luckily, we managed to do plenty of things that were fun for EVERYONE – although I needed 18 hours of sleep and a diet of nothing but carrot sticks to recover from SO MUCH FUN.

Here’s a quick (but extremely picture heavy) rundown of all the things we did over Memorial Day weekend. I PROMISE it’s worth at least scrolling through so you can check out the giveaway at the bottom: Saturday morning we drove down to Mystic where we walked around looking at shops, watched the drawbridge go up and down and ate delicious ice cream at Mystic Drawbridge Ice Cream(I highly recommend the lemon custard with shaved chocolate).

On the way home we stopped at two local vineyards – Stonington Vineyards and Maugle Sierra Vineyards– for wine tastings. E kindly volunteered to make wise choices and be DD so Erin and I could try all the wines. I came home with three bottles, include the most delicious Riesling ever.

In the evening, we took the stroller and walked down to the Norwich waterfront where the Rotary Club was having a carnival. My daredevil son enjoyed half a dozen rides while Erin and Caroline and I enjoyed a delicious fried dough.

*That tall thing in the distance is Mohegan Sun Casino*

On Sunday, I took Erin to the Jewett City Flea Market, which is in a huge old mill building. We wandered around looking for treasures and wondering WHO exactly is going to buy something like this:

But we found plenty of cool stuff too:

On Sunday evening our awesome baby sitter came over to put the kids to bed so all the grown ups could get dinner and drinks at Mohegan Sun. We had dinner at Sol Toro Tequila Grill and spiked milk shakes at Bobby’s Burger Place. Then we played craps and tried a few slot machines until we decided we’d lost enough money. I always feel so glamorous at the casino, even if I’m playing penny slots.

black & blue mojito

After sleeping in for a little bit on Monday we went out for family brunch and then walked down to the green where the town was having Memorial Day festivities – and my kids got to see a zillion firetrucks.

Even reliving all that as I was writing it was exhausting. We did a lot! And we only did a TINY bit of the stuff we could have done – we didn’t go out on the boat, or to the beach, or to the Nautilus Museum, or Mystic Aquarium or Seaport, or any of the other vineyards, or go get fresh seafood, or down to Clinton for antiques and outlet shopping.

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Sorry, too busy making more ice cream to write a proper intro. Isn’t that what you do at 8 am?

Sunday:

You want me to share my Goldfish? I'm not so sure.

Pie crust helper

Mini-vacation aka Solo grocery shopping

Monday:

One of my favorite old houses on our walk to the library

Concentrating gingers

It's a ghost! Oh, wait, no. It's just a miserable screaming baby I threw a blanket over.

Tuesday:

Crap.

Daaaaaawwwwww

Spice rub for my salmon with mango salsa

Wednesday:

5 am. Thank God for iPhones.

Crouching baby, hidden hobo

I'm melting! I'm meeeeeelting!!!!

Thursday:

The patio furniture display at Target is almost as good as a real playground

Happy it's nap time

Business lady off to do important business

Friday:

Stroller Strides drill instructor - PUSH IT! I WANNA SEE YOU SWEAT!

Feeding the quack quacks

Beluga watching

Saturday:

If you call garage sales "treasure hunting" your pirate loving children will do it for HOURS

So much furniture to refinish, so little time. And motivation.

Big girl bed. Exactly what I wanted to get her (eventually) and $30 at a yard sale. She slept in it last night with zero issues.

Today is warm and sunny and tomorrow is supposed to be warm and sunny and Tuesday is supposed to be warm and sunny so we’re going to be outside outside outside. I’ve got some recipe posts and some sponsored posts planned for the blog, so apologies if those aren’t your thing, but I promise to fill in the empty days with lots of ginger baby adventures.

Did you take any camera phone photos this week? Link up with one or lots using the linky below and grab the code (so it shows on your blog too!) over at Amy’s . It’s really fun!

Hi, can’t talk, must get back to eating and drinking ALL THE THINGS.

Sunday:

Hockey day!

Subway = mom of the century

This is my "crazy person carrying home two giant bags of plants my neighbor gave me" face

Monday:

She couldn't make up her mind on this hat - but the giant Dora face on the other side ended up making it a NO.

Christmas socks in May. Don't judge me.

We were outside. It started pouring. I made her come inside. This happened.

Tuesday:

Evan said "Let's buy this flowers for Daddy!" It was adorable, but the flowers cost $9.99, so, no.

Posing

LOUD NOISES

Wednesday:

Gymnastics? Gymnastics!!

Anyone tells my kid not to wear the pink fairy wings and they get a face full of my FIST.

Evan built a fort, complete with "outer space rocket"

Thursday:

More push-ups Mommy! More push-ups!

Tiny daredevil demands to be pushed higher

Reading herself to sleep

Friday:

Waiting for the train

Horsey does not look amused

Smores Face

Saturday:

Ready for fun in her new car seat

Adorable red-heads sharing a soft serve

Driving a fire truck was ALMOST the highlight of his night...

...until this happened. (He's the tiny, blurry speck 15 feet in the air)

One of my BFF’s (Wedding Erin, if that means anything to some of you) is visiting for the long weekend and we’re attempting to fit as much fun as possible into 4 days. So far we’ve been extremely successful.

Did you take any camera phone photos this week? Link up with one or lots using the linky below and grab the code (so it shows on your blog too!) over at Amy’s . It’s really fun!