Adventures in La La Land

Bad news: I have very little to write about this week. That seems to be the growing trend. I don't know why. Am I getting less interesting? Haha. I think I'm struggling a little bit with depression, which just makes me listless and lazy. So we honestly don't do much these days. Anyway, here's what I've got: 1. I bought some delicious snap pea crisps on a whim at Meijer in an effort to consume more vegetables. I actually really like them and have been inhaling them with gusto! They taste just like chips, so I tried to talk my girls into eating them too. Lucy absolutely refused, but Lena liked them. She ate 4 with dinner one night. But by the following morning, she had a terrible diaper rash - we're talking blisters . Neither of my girls has ever had a diaper rash like that before! I forgot that she's reacted to peas in the past. #badmom #veggiefail She's solid on the fruit consumption, though. My dad has a flourishing vineyard in the backyard, and Le...

1. The Saturday 7 is going to be mostly about my weekend. Because all I did all week was clean up messes and wish I was sleeping.  2. I have really been struggling with exhaustion lately . I don't know what my problem is, but all I ever want to do is sleep. I think about it every waking moment. I plot when I'll be able to sleep ne xt. Justin had Wednesday off and I ended up sleeping on the couch from 8am-noon. I'm sleeping my life away. :-( 3. Justin left Thursday afternoon for the Bassmaster All-Star Classic in Escanaba (6 hours north of here), and won't be home 'til tomorrow evening. We did well until this afternoon when I started to melt down a little bit. Haha. It doesn't help that my vehicle is so unreliable that I don't dare drive too far. We were all having a bit of cabin fever. It's times like these that I'm grateful to live with my parents and have other people around to entertain my girls occasionally. My hat's off to single ...

1. We hosted small group with our friends last Saturday. Everyone brought their kids (and I got to hold the new baby!). It's so crazy to see how we've grown over the past 7 years. Most of the kids were off playing in the above picture. I love how they're all so close in age and hope they'll always be friends. Although we adults have already vowed not to let any of our kids' relationships ruin our friendships. Haha. The crazy thing about small group now that we all have kids is that everyone was gone by 8:40. We used to stay out til one or two in the morning! 2. We had such weird weather this week. At the beginning of the week, we were outside in shorts and t-shirts checking out the apples and making mud pies. Mud pie aftermath Lucy's fashion statement of the day. By today, we were bundled up in sweatshirts and jeans and had our first fire in the fireplace. I pulled out the 18 month bin for Lena. Most of the jeans/skirts are too big for Lena...

1. The camping recap: I wouldn't say that I totally enjoyed it, but there were pleasant times, and I didn't totally hate it. Haha. I'm very grateful that we got to stay in the cabin instead of a tent, but I decided that my girls are still a little young for camping. The worst part was trying to entertain them with the limited supply of toys that I brought. When it wasn't sunny/warm enough to be at the beach or on the playground they were bored. But we did have some good times and make some good memories. It wouldn't be my first choice for vacation, but I'm glad we did it. I saw this on Pinterest this week and it pretty much sums it up: 2. My girls both got some weird 24 hour bug while we were camping. Thursday night before we left, Lena was up all night crying, then woke up Friday morning with a fever and nasty snot nose. By Saturday, though, she was fever-free and acting fine. (She still has a disgusting nose, though.) Sunday afternoon, Lucy had a meltdown ...