Alan took the week off and we had a fun,
family-filled time. We went to MA to visit Lauren, who was in
town for a quick stay on her way to Venezuela. We met her and
her boyfriend at our favorite ice cream stand, then spent the
afternoon with them at her mom’s lake front home. The kids had
a great time playing fetch with the dog and examining the boat
trailer and it’s many fancy gears and pulley systems. That
night we went to Alan’s parents house to celebrate his mom’s
birthday (and set up a new computer for them). The kids were
exhausted by the end, but a good day was had by all. The next
day Alan joined us for our regular lunch in the park and saw a
puppet show. Lex actually sits still this year and watches the
show, something he never did last year. Of course Eve is always
on the move now, but she stays pretty close to the picnic
blanket… so far. Friday night was the Pampered Chef party and
therefor Friday was devoted to prepping for it. When I host a
party I like to do it right :) On Saturday we went to a
friend’s birthday party. They had a big backyard with lots of
food and things for the kids to do. We didn’t know many people,
but we all had fun anyway. Today was a little more low key. Lex
and I went bathing suit shopping and stopped at the grocery
store (on his insistence, really) then played outside with the
neighbors all afternoon. I got some GREAT landscape/gardening
advice and then we enjoyed dinner on the deck… until the
downpour and our hasty retreat inside :)

The kids have been sleeping pretty badly lately (ok, me
too, which is why I’m blogging at 2:00am), but I think it’s
mostly because of the crazy week. I tentatively have a busy
week going forward, but I may try to scale it back a bit and
get everyone back on routine. The kids have been going to bed
really late and we’ve been even later. I’ve been struggling
with the WW thing and I think it’s mostly because I’m tired all
the time! Next week may be all about routine, rest, and proper
grocery shopping!!

Anyway, enjoy the
pics.

Watching
the chickens and goats at our favorite ice cream stand. Leonard
helped Lex up and Eve is trying to figure out how she can get
up there :)

Lex,
peeking out of the covered bridge.

After a
long day, the kids cuddle on the couch to watch a movie. It
looks like a peaceful, sleepy scene, right? It lasted about a
minute before Lex was up and bouncing again. Poor Eve just hung
on and begged with us to put her in bed. She went all day with
just one 10 minute nap. I think she was asleep before we got
out of their parking lot.

Lex
decides to try curling up with a few good books. That too
lasted about a minute before he was on the move
again.

Eve sits
on daddy’s shoulders for a better view of the puppets. One
parent per kid makes outings much easier!

Fun in
the pool at Jonathan’s birthday party.

I think
the camera was on the wrong setting here, but she’s so cute
anyway. I found a few balloons left over from Lex’s party so I
made Eve a necklace :) It was supposed to be a flower, but
ended up looking like a very large ring, and she decided to
wear it around her neck instead. She had a lot of fun with
it.