My parents have been gone all week on vacation, so I've been trying to keep all the little ones occupied by myself. I really am super lucky to have my parents live so close, and to be so helpful all the time. It is soooooo much easier to run to the store by myself, but up until today, I did not have that luxury. The hardest and most time consuming part of taking the kids … [Read more...]
4th of July and Festivities
Phew. What a weekend. It all started on Friday. We had planned on going to our local parade, so the race to get everyone to eat, into clothes, and strapped into the car was on....and we actually MADE IT ON TIME!!! In fact, we were early, found a great parking spot, and got everyone situated on the blanket with bottles/snacks. I then texted my brother, who we were supposed … [Read more...]
Swimming and Summer Safety
My oldest had his last swimming lesson on Friday. We all got to go and watch, then go to the pool play area after. It was FINALLY hot and sunny, which made for a great swim lesson, but made for very irritated twins that were just watching for a half hour. So, after watch my little swimmer jump off the diving board for the first time, I had to take the twins to get in the … [Read more...]
Swinging around and pushing through
Last week we went to a new playground (well, new to us) called Imagination Station. We were supposed to meet a bunch of friends on Wednesday, but, of course, it rained. Since the kids, well my 4 year old, were so disappointed, I enlisted Grandma and Grandpa to help me take them on Thursday. This playground, located in Oconomowoc, was amazing! It was all enclosed, … [Read more...]
Catching up and ready for summertime
It's been entirely too long since I've written a post. Sorry! Even though sometimes the days are very long, these last few weeks have flown by. It seems as if we were just in winter jackets, and now we are putting on sunscreen...even though in WI we may still need those jackets again. Let me give you a brief rundown of what we've been up to. 1. The twins had … [Read more...]
