We couldn’t have our precious sun babies laying on the hard floor.
Tell me you have kids without telling me you have kids.
This was in the cheese drawer. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Raising one for Jimmy.
A few days late but better late than never!
The perfect snow globe doesn’t ex—
Anything to be in the sun…
Want a full face in less that five minutes?
I got you, girl! Use the new HydraMatte lip color…all over! Lips! Eyes! Cheeks! Plus I still had time for mascara!!
A house divided!
Fire up, Chips! (The only time I don’t cheer for Sparty!)
And of course the helmet held a spot of honor.
Double sweetness
Katie’s 6th grade curriculum night
Tom was recuperating from a nerve block procedure so I was in my own. All her teachers are great and they all like her!
I was supposed to measure her locker for shelves and I had been worried I wouldn’t be able to find it. Haha. She had given me the number but turns out I really didn’t need it.
First baseball game at a new field!
Owen is finally in the oldest league so they’re playing on the biggest field. This also puts them by the concessions…and the league photo banner (which I’d never seen) from spring ball.
I’m wearing a baseball cap!
I generally don’t wear baseball hats but when the sun is directly in your eyes, sunglasses don’t cut it. Thankfully Owen had a backup in his bag!
5 stages of Ivy’s nap
It feels like fall today so it’s gonna smell like fall, too!
Tom and I went to Marshall’s today and he actually smelled candles with me…and this was one we both liked!
You never know where you’re gonna find a dog.
Could Olive BE any more comfy?
This is how olive helps clean up.
The single photo I took.
I just didn’t take any pics during the party this year!
Oops! And forgot a took a selfie with my frozen margarita!
But that’s it!
As it turned out, it was our least-attended party ever. Disappointing to say the least after all the work and money we put into it.
Everyone was cleared out by 8 and we had soooo much food and drink left over it was exhausting putting it all away at the end of the night.
We’re definitely rethinking the idea of the whole party—but we know for sure if we continue, the waterslide isn’t coming back since barely anyone used it and that’s a huge chunk of money.
That’s a lotta butt!
Prepping 35# of pork butts
Our annual Hudson House Party is this weekend so they’ll be going on the smoker about 4am and we’ll be eating about 5pm.
The frozen rum punch was delish!
We made it the night before just to make sure it turned out okay. And boy did it! Tom kept sneaking back to take little tastes of it all night.
Exploding watermelon!
Well this is a new one. I had the watermelon sitting on the dining room table for a few days in preparation for the party. I went to get it today to cut it and saw the entire table was soaked. And then I heard bubbling and gurgling…and I went to roll it over and it exploded and gushed all over. Dripping through the table, puddles on the floor!
Turns out it’s a real thing. Lots of people have been posting videos of this craziness.
The rind was paper thin and was just so bizarre.
I just like the composition of this photo…
Outside party prep!
Thank heavens it finally cooled off today after two long days of 100°+ temps where you couldn’t work outside for more than five minutes.
Still loving the deck grass!
Things don’t last like they used to.
So this is happening. Which is actually a good thing—he’s completing a heating element recall we didn’t know about that could prevent future leaking… But he’s only here because the plastic pull handle busted (which of course we are out of warranty by 6 months and costs $250 to replace since it’s the entire door panel). So we’re just gonna pretend the heater replacement recall is costing us $125 (the service call fee).
It’s a little warm and humid already…
Fingers crossed it really doesn’t get to 100°-115° today…the windows and doors are fogging up!
Katie’s first day of 6th grade!
FIRST DAY OF SIXTH GRADE! Middle school?! Will someone please stop the clock?!
I see Katie in one of the pics Woodland posted!! It helps that her hair really stands out!
New grade, new school, new hair!
She’s wanted her hair professionally dyed forever but I’m not gonna drop that amount of money on a kid’s hair…so when I saw an opportunity for a student to do it at lower cost, I figured why not do it as a surprise! She was thrilled!
TA DA!
We also had a talk about how much fun I had hanging out with her today—how much fun she was—without all the sass and attitude and talking back. She agreed. Let’s see if this changes anything…
Taking a quick extra ride on the escalator… DOH!
She still likes getting her face painted!
Our friends had a pool party and hired a face painter again!
