Chillaxin’

CLEAN ALL THE THINGS: Kitchen edition

Melting

She insisted Zebra and Giraffe needed to see the aquarium too.

Tomato, artichoke hearts, pesto, two kinds of cheese on sourdough.

“Helping” with the seesaw

Not even close to being big enough.

They’re doing Oedipus Rex at the Arboretum with truly terrifying puppets.

The sleepy twins fell asleep while I was at a photoshoot

From Instagram: More sleeping.

From Instagram: More eating.

Oh yes, I’m sure you’ll sell a lot of these as impulse purchases.

The long-promised and long-awaited potty training reward.

I wish I could tell you that giant drink was sugar free organic juice, but then I’d be a liar. (We saw Monsters 2. Cute but I liked Despicable Me 2 better.)

MOAR SLEEPING. SO HOT.

We’ve all been getting a LOT of checkups since Thursday.

At least it wasn’t permanent marker.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….

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

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?

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