A day in pictures

My morning began at 6:45.

Caroline is up.

Luke is up. He hangs out here while we have breakfast.

Hutmeal and pancakes with crayons.

My breakfast along with swagbucks.

Crib time - part of how I get a shower every morning.

And the bouncer - the other contribution to Mama's shower.

Dressed and ready for the day.

I nurse and rock Luke before his nap.

And start the laundry. Since it's cloudy the diapers went in the dryer instead of on the line like usual.

Crib time is over and I dress Caroline.

Then she keeps busy while I get busy on the days' work.

One job was making potato salad for tomorrow's company.

Caroline washed and cut up potatoes too.

Then she colored while I cleaned the stove and microwave.

And asked me to shush while baby napped.

Then I had more coffee and made a grocery list. I was excited to see 49 cents a pound chicken legs. That's what we'll be taking to church for the next couple weeks.

24 potatoes and 6 eggs.

Luke is up and it's time for our late morning walk.

We stopped to watch "the big tractor cut trees."

And Caroline sat on her bike.

After lunch Caroline played with Luke while I washed dishes and folded and put away laundry.

She ate apples and watched Daniel while I nursed Luke before his afternoon nap.

Nap time! I cleaned the entry way, watched the Duggar interview, and earned more swagbucks.

After naps we "painted the wagon for awhile.....

Sadly I got very busy and completely forgot to take pictures of our dinner (pea soup and homemade bread from the freezer, sharp cheddar cheese, and spinach salad), and John mowing the lawn. The kids were entertained for quite awhile watching him.
After dinner  John weed eated, and I vacuumed and watched the kids.

Then we played till bedtime. Luke can almost sit by himself. I stay close by just in case.

Playing.

After the kids went to bed I stuffed a load of diapers, painted my nails and we watched a show on Netflix.

By bedtime I had checked a few items off my job list!

Because some evenings Mama needs a break. ..

Happiness is....

finding a bag of 12 month clothes I had set aside and forgotten about just as Luke got into that size! Here he is in one of his cute new outfits. They are all long sleeved but hopefully he'll be in this size for a long time just like Caroline was. Anyways we always have some long sleeve summer days in WI.

Caroline's kitchen

Caroline loves to cook so John and I have been keeping an eye out for a cheap toy kitchen for her, but every time on popped up on the Waupaca BST page it would be snapped up within 20 minutes and we were never fast enough. Then I spotted this one advertised as part of what was for sale at a rummage sale. So John was there the moment they opened the next morning (on his way to work) and  got it for $5! All the ones I had seen before were $20+! I made a big deal about Daddy bringing her home a present all day long  and she was very excited when he finally got home from work with this :-)

May days

Peanut butter, oatmeal raisin butterscotch, and squash chocolate chip!

Love these little faces.

My burger with 5 year old cheddar - yum.

Playing dress up.

Helping make pancake for dinner.

Enjoying some quiet snuggles while Daddy and Caroline ran an errand.

I picked some violets on one of our walks.

When you buy 10 pounds of ground beef on sale and make a summer's worth of burgers to freeze.....

What the living room looks like by bedtime.

Hug Dukie, take a picture?

Getting Dukie up from his morning nap.

Dukie sits up with almost no help now.

Mama sit and snuggle?

Pretty new hair style.

Having some of Mama's banana.

Playing together.

Decisions, decisions...

Duke and his duck.

Watching Caroline's wedding.