Can't forget...

The baby turned 5 last week.

Week 5 Summer

Last Sunday I took the kids to church, out for donuts and a small grocery trip. Hubs was sleeping so we stayed quiet downstairs. I worked out, made lunch, prepped dinner. Then I took a nap :-) Hubs came down about 1pm and I told him that wasn't going to work and sent him back upstairs to sleep more. I don't know what it is with him and refusing to sleep. I finally sent Abby up at 5pm to wake him up so he could shower, eat and head back to work. Real low key, lazy day. Monday took Aidan to daycare. He had a field trip to the ceramic paint place. Even though hubs was sleeping, I let Abby stay home with him so she didn't have to endure daycare. I left her a list of things to keep her busy and quiet. Tuesday she started horse camp again. Aidan to daycare. She also started her first gymnastics team class. 2 hours 2x a week. She was sore. Wednesday horse camp. Aidan on a field trip to a spray park. Thursday Aidan could have stayed home with dad but he wanted to go to daycare ha! More tutoring, another 2 hour gym session. Friday was last day of horse camp, and trying out a new swimming lesson place. The reason why we have trouble doing school work in the summer with our boy is clearly depicted below. It is painful. I don't know who cries more. Oh... and we upgraded our pool. It's ginormous. Yeah. Didn't expect that. Today all of 4 of us helped the barkdust pile that has been in our driveway for 3 weeks. We dropped Abby off at her friend's house for a swimming play date for a few hours. Once she was home they tried out the pool. Water was too cold so it didn't last long. We started boxing up the playroom to prepare for more house maintenance coming.

Week 4 Summer

Four weeks in already! Monday Aidan went to daycare, hubs slept because of night shift. Was very strange not having Abby around. Tuesday Aidan went on a field trip to an air museum- got to sit in a black hawk helicopter. Wednesday he had a park/splash pad field trip. Abby came home this day as well. She came off the bus and burst into tears because she didn't camp to end. Hubs and I cried right there with her. She journaled every day so it was great to experience all that she did through her writing- even down to what she ate every meal. We had all of our trees taken out along this fence, stumps ground, and maples/dogwood pruned. Then arborvitae planted. Photos are out of order. Hubs had to dig out the fence post one night, next night he re-built the fence, next night was digging up roots and fixing the sprinkler leak. Thursday I was at work and kids home with him. Aidan had another private swim lesson. Friday was the 4th. Today we made more beignets and ran errands. Picked up a clearance frame for the football print I want to put in Aidan's room once we get it finished. Tried out the Jamberry nail wraps. Fun... but I'm not sure how long they will last.
Two nights of tutoring, two nights of team gymnastics, and now adding 1 night of swim lessons. Pretty sure I won't have to cook dinner anymore.

Happy 4th of July

Got the workout done early this morning. Made egg, mushroom, brie, asparagus scramble and homemade beignets. Did the annual 4th of July photos at the park. Poor hubs has been outside for the past 4 days fixing yard stuff. More on that later. He is outside today while I am inside cleaning house. Will BBQ later. Bribed the kids with money this year. "Hey, how about the money we would have spent on fireworks we give to you instead?" Yeah. We did that.
This dog, Bella was at the park. Her owner let the kids play with her. She was AMAZING. Would take her home in a second.