Spring Break

Bald Head Island 2019 was a raging success!  We are so lucky to be able to vacation with such great friends in such a unique and beautiful place.  We laughed and joked and played all week long.  The kids were all kind and considerate of each other which made the trip all that more relaxing.  I think what we like most about Bald Head is that it is so tranquil because it isn't touristy and it isn't commercial.  We also really enjoyed that we didn't have to adhere to a schedule of events or places to be or places to go.  It was just nice to be together instead of trying to fit in a schedule of excursions.  We watched the dolphins every morning from the beach and the kids were in the water everyday.  The biggest concern of the week was sunscreen application! 

On the way back through, we stopped for a wonderful Easter in Corning complete with baby chicks and an Easter egg hunt!


Some favorite memories:

The kids loved "skipping" school on the Friday we left
Digging very large holes in the sand
golf cart rides
group dinners (14 of us!)
kids group text string
skim boarding and wave jumping
football games on the beach
Luke's mini skateboard
adult card games
adult dinner out at BHI club
Coco singing with headphones on in the car
Luke's sand dollar (RIP)

Signs of spring

Spring - We're winding down the swimming competition season and gearing up for lacrosse season.  Bikes are coming out of the basement and mud is coming into the house.  We have daylight after school and thoughts of landscaping on the mind.

GVSL championships:  Luke and Adrienne's team won!  Adrienne ended up with tons of awards.  Luke made the finals in the 100 breast.

St. Patrick's Day:  these young descendants are in fact, somewhat Irish.

 Our newest injury creator:

Beginnings of lacrosse season:  I'll be spending 90% of my time from now until August on lacrosse...either shuttling to and fro or just being the great spectator that I am!

Early 2019

Just a few happenings from the last few weeks.  Lots of indoor activities, a little outdoor.  Indoor lacrosse, gymnastics, swimming, dance parties, music playing, cat taunting; outdoor snow play, snowboarding, ice cracking...  And of course, we've had an embarrassing amount of Fortnite playing.   We've actually had some low key weekends lately and by low key, I mean, only 1 or 2 activities per day.  I've read quite a few books lately and Matt has been taking guitar lessons.  We are anxious for the sun to return in the spring but we are enjoying some cozy winter weekends...and maybe a few bottles of wine here and there. 

A Day in the Life

If you asked me what my typical day "off" looks like, the answer might not be what you were expecting.   Today, for example, you might think I answered the question "What's a typical day driving Uber look like?"  Wake up at 6:00 (normally 5:00, even on said day "off') , herd the children and lead them through basic daily hygiene activities.  Strongly encourage them (every 30 seconds) to move through or onto the next task.  Hustle child 1 out the door, drive him to school and return home. Do the hair of my biggest charge (Matt) and drop him off at work and return home.  Do some more hair and take child 3 to school.  After dropping off child 3, take child 2 to the drive thru Dunkin Donuts because she has informed me that she only ate 2 pickles for breakfast.  Who eats pickles for breakfast?!?!  Drop child 2 of at school.  Run an errand and return home to do some actual workplace work.  Read text from Matt and must go rummaging through the basement to get his rain pants which he promised to a coworker.  Drive rain pants to Matt at work.  Workout.  Respond to next text from Matt to pick him up at work and take him to a coffee shop.  Have a quick snack.  Drive Matt to go pick up our other car and return home.  Do some things at home which probably need about 8 hours to do and do them in 2.  Go pick up child 2 and drive her 30 minutes to gymnastics.  Drive to pick up child 3 at a birthday party and return home for a few hours.  Finally, pick up child 1 from activity night at school.  It's a good thing I like my car.  And my children.  And my husband.