The snowflakes are fake. I feel like I have to tell you that or I’m a big lying liar who lies.
The snow he is throwing at me is real.
All shot with my Tokina 100mm Macro lens.
Late. As of this morning my productivity/desire to write stuff on the internet seems to be back (you know it is when you actually consider commenting on a post on Jezebel) so hopefully my blog won’t totally fade away.
Sunday:
Important blizzard food: hot dogs and eggs.
I still think playing football in the snow/freezing cold is crazy
That’s how Sundays make me feel too
Monday:
Sheet washing day is also bed bouncing day
Santa baby
They ask me to take this picture during every bath
Tuesday:
In my first few weekly iPhone pics, Evan could only reach the bottom row. (And Caroline was an inside baby)
The fox is unimpressed with the rays
Technically that was Wednesday, but it didn’t feel any different. Unimpressive, 2014.
Wednesday:
These people are playing HOCKEY outside in the snow. EVEN CRAZIER THAN FOOTBALL.
Princess/Engineer Tiana
More baby photos. I love baby photos.
Thursday:
Earning his keep
Mark it in the baby book: First time I showed up at preschool pick up in ACTUAL pajamas.
(Fake) sleeping with the (fake) cat whiskers
Friday:
BFFs
Ancient iPod is ancient
She’s like 80% legs
Saturday:
Baby toys are fun when they belong to other people
Ignoring the donut holes, eating all the strawberries
We had warm weather today before the POLAR VORTEX hits us tomorrow, so we went outside and ran as many errands as possible. Tomorrow I’m hoping to put all our hot chocolate, throw blankets and Disney movies to good use (although so far the kids still have regular school).
LIFE UPDATE: My husband is still on shift work. That is 14 hour days, 7 days a week, which means I am also working 7 days a week, close to 18 hours a day. I fell behind on the housework and laundry a week before Thanksgiving and have never caught up, even when I ignore my children, neglect my blog, put off editing photos, stick in my headphones and tackle a room for 2 hours straight. And no matter how many times I clean up the main living space the children destroy it again within minutes. If I didn’t believe in my heart that I would trip over a RescueBot, fall into the TV and bleed to death on the floor I might just stop even TRYING to clean up.
KID UPDATE: Evan still thinks school is awesome. He hasn’t had any more bus drama and I haven’t forgotten a single half day in months. He is helpful and kind at home and still wants to snuggle on a fairly regular basis despite being so tall I sometimes don’t recognize him. Caroline refuses to wear anything besides princess dresses. She also has the most horrible whining voice in the world. It’s worse than nails on a chalkboard and she does it ALL the time, even when she’s just making up imaginary games between her dolls. She is also unbelievably adorable. Her birthday party is next weekend and her birthday itself is right after that and then my baby will be THREE.
COUCH UPDATE: STILL HAVE AN EXTRA COUCH I CANNOT EVEN GIVE AWAY. And no Christmas tree because of shift work and also because there is no where to put it because of the couch.
ICE CREAM UPDATE: Despite the fact that it is usually around 40 degrees, we’ve been hitting Mystic Drawbridge Ice Cream pretty regularly. Downtown Mystic is my favorite place for photo shoots right now, and bribing my kids with ice cream is a win-win, since it means I get some ice cream too. The peanut butter sundae is still my favorite.
PHOTO UPDATE: Here are some photos.
CONNECTICUT UPDATE: Still unbelievably scenic.
I have a pain in my right side that I don’t THINK is an internal organ exploding, but if it could be. What I’m saying is, if you don’t see me on Facebook or Instagram at all tomorrow, maybe text me?
Sunday:
Devil’s Hopyard – either it was named after the time the devil was seen jumping around in the pools at the bottom of the falls or after a landowner named Dobble who had a farm near there.
It’s very warm.
A two photo shoot kind of day
Monday:
He takes his Christmas gift list circling very seriously.
CUDDLE TIME
Tuesday:
MOMMY THERE’S A MAN IN THE TANK WITH THE FISHES
Aquarium date with some of our favorite people
Bacon, caramelized onions, tomato, blue cheese on sour dough. JEALOUS?
Wednesday:
I can’t remember WHY I put the kitchen stools in our bedroom but the gingers enjoy them.
Special Helper Day
I like pretending that is my house.
Thursday:
GOODNIGHT CAROLINE
We have a train table he never plays with at home. But the one at the library is THE BEST.
The cat found her spot on the new couch
Friday:
I think she has her princesses mixed up.
Showing off his art at my parent-teacher conference
My kids are weird.
Saturday:
They spent the full length of a movie like this. Unfortunately the movie was Equestria Girls.
TV, screaming toddler, Facebook…and I wonder why it takes me FOREVER to get things done.
Fall in a cookie – pumpkin, hazelnut spread, butterscotch chips. Unfortunately I don’t really like butterscotch and E doesn’t like pumpkin, so we can’t tell if these are actually delicious.
I secretly just want to sleep all day tomorrow, but we’re doing more fun stuff instead. Maybe I can sleep all day on the second of never. I’ve got a date with the elliptical trainer on Tuesday and that’s almost as good as napping. Especially because of the massage bed afterwards.
It really might as well be week one million. It feels like week one million.
Sunday:
I hung out with the cutest, chillest baby ever at the Community Baby Shower
My teeny little table showing off my work
Don’t worry, I pulled over before I took this picture out the car window of the regatta in the river
Monday:
I took this picture AND threw that ball. Impressed????
School makes him tired.
Princess Sadface was sad, so we had lots of extra cuddles
Tuesday:
I bought ALL THE GROCERIES. I also broke my crock pot (the second one!) so I can’t make half the stuff I planned.
I like this spot.
Evan likes this spot too.
Wednesday:
Saying good morning to Fred, the giant fake Halloween spider
Face painting at school. She meowed all afternoon.
Reading on the front porch
Thursday:
All the RescueBots HAVE to come outside to wait for the bus with Evan.
Mr. Incredible from Enterprise. They’re office of superheroes was the best part of my day.
Trick or treating at the fancy houses
They actually liked handing out candy more than collecting it
Friday:
It wasn’t actually raining, but the gingers do not care. Umbrellas make them look jaunty.
WTF Target, it’s only NOVEMBER FIRST.
I wasted fancy hair and spanx on a lousy event for E’s work.
Saturday:
My assistant at the morning photo shoot got a liiiiitle dirty
We have too many couches right now, but at least it means they can watch iPad OVER THERE and leave me alone.
Yes, she is wearing her costume AGAIN. At least it was at a costume party.
E’s submarine was commission on Saturday, which means they’re one step closer to being a fully functioning boat that goes to sea. That is both good news (no more shipyard!) and bad news (deployments) but it also means he’s going to be working even more over the next couple of weeks. Since this is still the busy season for pictures too, I suspect there will be a lot of late nights for the next month. Although it hardly matters now, since it’s 4:55 pm and PITCH BLACK outside. Thanks for nothing, daylight savings time.
In blog news: I’m about 3 meals into a brand new round of What’s For Dinner – which I haven’t done in a crazy long time – and it’s nice to be cooking new stuff again. I can only handle taco salad and spaghetti so many times before I give up and let my family eat pop tarts and grapes for dinner. So watch for that sometime next week!
