Category: a Week in the Life

It was such a full week!!

This is what we did!

Hockey hockey all the time.

Cross country practice.

They are obsessed with them.

How to entertain yourself during siblings’ practices.

Sweetest.

Make a wish!

He’s so fun in the car drop off line.

A mostly clean fall kitchen!

Happy boy.

We also had open house for school.

Max instantly ran off with friends. Emilia showed us all her work!

Jordan is always along for the ride.

He gets so proud that he is in school now too!

Happiest girl on earth!

Laser tag with friends.

Coffee with friends!

Beep beep. The kids play with the nugget couches everyday, no matter what. Best thing ever.

Had a fun little arcade day with the kids.

And pizza!

Made Eddie a funfetti cake for his birthday!

Very into it.

We also made Eddie’s fave dinner!

Lemon butter chicken from Everyday Dinners.

Cutest.

Emilia actually made this whole cake by herself.

It was so good!

How are they mine?!

This weekend we got a few pumpkins!

I prefer the ones that are the least orange.

Like the pink ones!

These mums were also SO pretty.

That’s my fall color palette.

Captain Emilia.

Had another cross country race today!!

The kids are doing so amazing.

Love love love watching them.

And Max had his best time yet!

Jordan gets very bored at the long races, so he got to go to a festival with his cousins! He’s happy, just hot!

So fun.

Emilia’s favorite part of taking out her braids: mermaid waves!

And then tonight she realized that she LOST A TOOTH!!! Her first one!! We think she might have swallowed it… oops.

So she wrote a note to the tooth fairy. All is well!

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Another week down.

And we had a packed one!

Very excited for school drop off.

Cross country practice on these gorgeous nights.

Looking so big. Wanting to run with the big kids!

My favorite tree is starting to change!

Hockey is in full swing.

Hair cut for this big boy.

House salad forever!

My mom and I went to see Hamilton this week!

Preshow festivities.

And bread. The show was amazing. I’ve seen it almost 10 times now and still love it.

School line shenanigans.

My mom had four tiny kittens on her deck! They were so cute. Until one caught a chipmunk and tore it’s head off in front of us.

Then I snuck these two out of school a little early to go see Hamilton!!

They’ve listened to the soundtrack a million times so I knew they could hang in with the long show!

I swear I’m not holding them hostage.

After every song ended, Emilia clapped excitedly with the BIGGEST smile. It was so cute. Like she couldn’t believe what she just watched!

He loved it too! Nonstop has been his favorite song for years, but he this in the show the king was his favorite.

More gorgeous sunsets during cross country.

How we stay entertained. Jordan “drives.”

And climbs.

Friday was such a gorgeous sunny september day.

Jordan loooooves the Halloween stuff at Target.

More hockey this weekend.

Fun with friends.

Eddie bought a million skeletons. “For the kids.”

Brookie bars.

This weekend’s cross country race was unbearably hot.

But they were ready!

They both did SO well.

Snacking supervisor.

New PR for her!

And one of his best races yet!

Such a good week. Now if we could have some fall weather that would be great!

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Another week!

It was such a good one too.

Loving school so much.

He tells me the most colorful and wild stories that “happen in school” – and I later learn they never happened. It’s hilarious.

Blooms.

Need major snugs after school.

Sports week! Cross country.

Entertainment at tennis.

Hockey.

More cross country. Going to his siblings activities are his activities.

Baby BFFs.

Kids request sourdough pizza.

Hello.

Emilia and I baked cookies at Eddie’s request.

We went to the James Taylor concert!!! So good.

Wild siblings at hockey.

Best big brother!!

Best big sister.

Emilia and Max are in different age groups – she runs first!

He runs second.

HERE FOR THE SNACKS.

I love her little running strides.

They crushed it!

Finished the day with a dress up movie and popcorn night. Perfection.

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These weeks are just flying by.

As soon as school starts, it’s like we’re off to the races.

First regular preschool dropoff!! (like, when I don’t walk him in!)

Sheet pan lasagna was a winner.

Hot as heck for tennis this week! 95 degrees.

Those blonde braids.

House salad always. I put buffalo chicken on top of this. It was unreal.

I don’t feel complete unless I have sourdough pizza dough in the fridge, ready to go.

Loving school like a big kid!

In case you think my kids eat gourmet all week… they lived on pizza bagels all summer! Marinara + tillamook mozzarella.

She looks 16.

We celebrated my brother’s and niece’s birthdays and my SIL made these amazing pineapple chicken tacos.

Have moved onto pumpkin iced coffee at home.

Made a huge batch of pesto!

As summer winds down, once or twice a week I will get as much basil as I can and make batches of pesto for the freezer. I like to put in the souper cubes and store in the freezer too.

This is how excited we are for September!!!

These two are the cutest BFFs.

And yay SEPTEMBER!!!

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Back to school week!!

I can’t even believe it.

But first, cookies. Earlier in the week I made a double batch of chocolate chip cookie dough for the freezer. I like having this on hand at all times to make for friends, school, etc.

I flash freeze like this and then store them in large resealable bags.

A last playground day before school.

So fun!!

We had a teacher meet and greet a few days before school started.

I love this outfit she picked!!

How is this baby going to school?!

Favorite version of my house salad.

We went mini golfing before school started back up too!

They are so fun.

He loved it!

Mini BFFs.

Earlier in the week we had cool temps and it was AMAZING!!!

This is the 4pm “but I’m not tired” couch nap. Ugh.

How we entertain ourselves at cross country!!

They love it. And can’t stand it while doing it. But love it.

A little late night back to school decor.

And I made them blueberry pancakes for the day!

Eeeeep!

How are these kids so huge?!

After school activities and a goal.

Last bath before preschool!

Next day it was Jordan’s turn!!

He was SO EXCITED.

No tears at all!

Loved it!

I didn’t know what to do with myself for those first two hours so I had to get a pumpkin cream cold brew.

First day of school treat from friends!

On friday night we had a movie night with popcorn and cookies.

Weekend birthday parties!

A hockey!

The most colorful girl!

And then today I prepped a few more things! Pumpkin muffins for the freezer, roasted veg, hard boiled eggs and chicken soup. Time for routine!!

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We had a perfect week before back to school!!

Lots of fun for these two.

Not hurt, just loves to play with bandaids. Should be a hashtag.

Sourdough pizza for the kids!

“Take a picture of my water bottle!”

Cross country nights!

And a little summer treat after.

Loves to make his own peanut butter toast.

Very focused.

This lisa frank inside of me bought this for her.

Quick mall trip for back to school.

My girl.

Had to take our unicorn purse too.

Jordan walked in the room with Mr Potato Head glasses on.

Took these two to their first steeler game!

Ready!

Had to get a hat!

Look at the moon in the background!!

Fun fun fun.

Perfect shot!

I did a ton of back-to-school meal prep today. Sourdough, meatballs for the freezer, waffles for the freezer, etc.

We love it so much.

Something about the evening felt very fall-like tonight. Can’t wait!

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Another week of summer gone by!

The kids start school in less than 10 days. I can’t believe it.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES!!!

Splash camp all last week.

Took a little play date afternoon to urban air.

Emilia loves to climb, Max plays dodgeball the whole time and Jordan jumps!

Emilia and I found this popcorn bowl at target and we were SO EXCITED. She could live on popcorn.

My mom’s pretty window box!

Picking tiny flowers for us.

How we have fun at a rainy cross country practice!!

Mini BFFs.

Early saturday morning run with a cool breeze!! So nice.

Some of my usual tween playdate snacks.

Warm chewy cookies of course too!

Emilia, Jordan and I had a birthday party for her doggy. She’s been doing this since she was 2!

Saturday night we had the most fun surprise party for Lacy, her husband, BIL & SIL. They had no idea!!

Gave Emilia a little back to school hair cut. Four inches gone.

Swim day today!!

Cousin love.

Our summery weekends are coming to a close and I am so sad. Hard to believe!

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We finished out another week in our favorite place!

Cousin love!

My favorite thing – when the water looks like glass in early morning.

We took these two out on wave runners.

We had so much fun!

Even if Eddie and Max were way ahead of us.

It was a blast.

Jordy got to play in the lake while we did that.

And see the ducks!

Neon!

These colors have been a game changer when it comes to spotting the kids in the water.

Looking for petosky stones!

And a late lunch.

Best girl ever.

Fun game of cornhole.

The best sight!

We got family pics on the beach!

And had brunch.

Then jumped on the boat.

Where these crazy ones went tubing!

They had so much fun.

Boat pass out.

So.much.jumping.

These kids jumped for hours last week.

Every night we’d come up from the beach and jump off the dock a few times too.

It was their favorite part.

Jordy could live in the water!

S’mores. Still this light out at 8:30!

Caramelized onion + egg crepe. Yes please.

Pretty sure this playground gave my kids hand foot & mouth five years ago.

Word searches and tic tac toe are their go-tos.

Is it bright enough?!

We spent hours on the beach.

Jordan spent hours in the water!

Happiest.

The trampoline in the water is something they look forward to all year.

This is the first year they could really go on it by themselves.

These two are BFFs right now.

I almost don’t want school to start because they will be split!

His fave place too.

Weeeee!

Lots of beach pizza.

Sunsets.

And evening fishing!

I swear she loves it.

Two berry pie ice cream.

And that’s a wrap!

It was sooo hard to leave. But since we haven’t even been in our house a year, I think Jordan was concerned we moved again. He kept asking to go “back to our old house!” He meant our current home. Ha!

A rainbow of luggage.

Back at it for early cross country practice and tennis!

Swimming with friends.

Hockey!

And it’s a new week!

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Hello from our favorite place!!

But first, last week.

Kids had a few playdates and I always have tons of snacks out.

A spray bottle buys me hours.

Dentist for everyone!

Then we roadtrip!

Halfway point stop at university of michigan.

And we made it!

Verrrry excited.

This is my favorite place on earth!

If you’re new here, we’ve gone to boyne city, michigan my entire life because my great grandparents were from here.

First stop, ice cream.

Then sunset.

I always forget how late the sun sets here!

Early morning dip.

Jordan is in heaven.

Big boy.

Max and Emilia have been able to hang so much later on this trip and it’s so fun.

This is a chilaquiles taco!

Lots of football. And baseball. And swimming.

And fishing!

Have fished on these rocks for 30+ years!

She loves it.

We all love getting to hang with cousins!!

Her bright colors are everything.

My brother, SIL and Eddie all ran a race in Charlevoix.

Cheering section!

Twins.

How is he so big?!

This snack box has been a huge hit.

Have had the most gorgeous weather!

Beach snacks.

Baby Lucy!

Also, duh.

May never leave.

These little adorable lunatics.

Early mornings are my favorite.

Max got some golfing in.

I love this shot.

Morning routines!!

Getting better everyday!

Very proud.

Fun (chaos)!

And we’re here for the rest of the week!

Finished off sunday with lemon sorbetto. Omg.

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Another week of summer!!

And this boy. Oh my gosh.

Tons of watermelon all around.

Afternoon snugs.

The kids had friends over and I thought… what is one thing I could make that they’d all flip over. Oreo stuffed chocolate chips! Prob hadn’t made these since, like, 2010.

Loves the bath like no one else.

Aviary date!

Loving all the birds. Penguins were the fave.

Eeeeep.

Hockey camp!

Last day of swim camp!

Big long swim across the pool.

Little nordstrom date which has their fave cookie.

Orange spritzer thief.

Stopped in the amazing house of sports.

These colors!

Marinated tomato BLTs for lunch.

Cross country practice!

She loves a braid.

Celebrated my niece’s birthday and rode the pony with baby Lucy!

Some hockey fun.

Cutie.

Look at that fun.

And that’s another week!

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