It's a Wonderful Life

The other day Jackson asked me when he starts second grade.  So we counted.  Six weeks!  Only six more weeks!  It is quite an understatement to say that our summer is going by too quickly.  I'd say this summer is pretty golden for us.  With the kid's ages ranging from 2-7, we are free to go and do fun things and yet they are still pretty much mine .  Other influences haven't crept in too much . . yet.  Our days run anything but smoothly every day,but when it comes down to it, I'm pretty much in love our brand of chaos right now.  I'm sure I will look back on this summer with a large measure of wistful nostalgia. But for now, there are still six weeks! Our summer days are continuing to wear us all out.  Anna couldn't keep her eyes open at about 6:30 on the swings one evening.  I loved how Erik captured each stage of falling asleep-ness. Wednesday was by far our busiest day of the past week.  It started bright and ear...

Saturday morning we packed up and headed to Pennsylvania for the Logue family reunion.   See that DVD player up at the top of our mini van?  Well it has been broken for about 2 years now, and we really don't have any intention of fixing it.  We have a dual portable DVD player that we usually bring to long trips, but forgot it.  Soooo, the kids had to make their own entertainment . . . like continuously wiggling out of their car seat straps! : / And I kept myself entertained by painting my nails :)  I was pretty surprised that Erik let me do this. Dancing and play-fighting.  Two of our favorites :)     We finally arrived at the family reunion about 3:30.  Just in time for the traditional bag of clams.  Jackson gave them a try, and decided he wasn't a fan! Cornhole! Lunch was super delicious.  One of the Logues owns a BBQ restaurant and always caters the reunion.  I heard that ...