Goggles go with Everything!

My little fashionista. She finds these every morning.

Camping or Glamping?

We went cabin camping for the first time last weekend.  So much fun! 

Highlights include

*Campfire stories about George Washington fighting the redcoats with his lightsabers.

*Cooking our meals over an open fire. Nothing smells better then sausage and coffee on a cool morning.

*swimming in a heated pool. My water babies love to be in the water.

*boys telling me about how fast they went on a zip line.

*eating lots of junk food and s'mores

*spending a weekend away from the hustle and bustle...priceless

I went with James on the "jumping pillow". Between that and letting him eat unlimited chocolate hostess treats , my super- mom status is intact.

Now to plan our next adventure!

Happy Birthday!

Today James turns 7!  I almost cried as we sang him happy birthday this morning. How is he 7?

Love my sweet and spunky guy!

Who wants a cupcake?

My girls weekend trip to NYC was really an eating tour of the Big Apple. Cupcakes? Yes please! Eclairs and Cannolis from Little Italy? Of corse. Pizza and chocolate themed restaurants? Yes, yes yes! Thank goodness we walked everywhere or I may have come home with more then just Statue of Liberty gifts for the kids.

So much fun and so many memories made! The only question remaining is where to in 2016? 

Cute Pictures from today

Cherry Blossoms and Star Wars

Just another day. I'm convinced the neighbors think we are crazy. We routinely put on costumes to walk the dog.

Egg Hunt

Mary's first egg hunt and Easter basket.  She was pretty proud of herself when she found her 5 pink eggs, and even more smug when she found the goldfish inside.

And, you can tell you have brothers when your Easter basket looks like this.

Happy Easter from our family to yours.

Robo-mouse

Things I learned today:

*taking 6 kids 6 and under to Chuck e Cheese is a little nutty but also totally awesome.

* Skee ball with 5 players (including an almost 2 year old) is down right dangerous. I almost got knocked out, several times.

* 3 tickets = 50 (according to Luke)

* some stickers and sweet tarts is a huge brag worthy prize.

* getting to see our friends on a random Thursday and eat pizza rivals  "that time we had ice cream twice" 

So much fun was had I needed 2 stiff drinks. Forget the pizza, give me some carbonated cola!

Cousins invade DC

Some of our sweet cousins came to  visit us for their spring break.  American History Museum, picnic on the Mall, Mount Vernon, a Nat's game and lots of kids running wild in the woods. It was fabulous. 

Come back soon cousins!!!

Happy Birthday baby girl!

It's her birthday!

And she is cute as ever!

But this sticker is a little silly.

You want it?

No? Maybe I can find a better spot.

Just right.