At least half of the day was spent doing this:       When Meg went to take a nap, Emma and Carter spent the afternoon creating a "Chalk Museum", which both Nate and I were lucky enough to take a tour of.  (My tour even included a demonstration.)    It was one of those perfect…

In true Adams fashion, we started the holiday by celebrating "Father's Day Eve" with lunch and a baseball game at the park where Nate and I spent many hours the summer we were dating.  Baseball is an Adams family pasttime and it was the perfect way to celebrate Nate's great dad.   Then, we finally…

Since these grandparents were unavailable on the school Grandparent Day, they had given the kids gift cards for a lunch out when summer started.   It was a bonus that we got to plant our little garden plot at their house afterwards, and Emma even got to drive "Bob".       Since our playset takes…

Carter + time-out + the timer set on my phone + strict instructions not to touch said phone + I go back outside = 71 photos that look like this:                    

Because it is summer, and so when Zach asked if he could come with me on my late-night trip to the store, Nate said "sure, why not!" and so he did.   Let's just say going to the store with a 10 year old is quite a different experience than going with any number of…

My fun sis-in-laws had the idea to do a few "cousin days" this summer – we spent the first one at Amber's making a father's day present, and playing outside in the water on a super hot day!  (You can't tell from this picture but there was a big fat battle over who would hold…

We had all been looking forward to our first Bees game of the season – and it was everything we hoped it would be.   Meg was completely entertained by the bee mascot,  Emma got plenty of soda (drank in the way that saves us from spilling the entire thing like at the game last…

The first day of summer was a busy one… trip to the zoo to check out the Lego animals they have on display for the summer    (this adventure ended abruptly because poor Meg came down with a fever mid-trip and we took her home for a nap) Emma and Carter dropped their stuffed animals…

The last day of school went something like this:      We spent a [very long for the little ones] hour at the awards assembly at the school – both kids' teachers had secretly invited me, and it was fun to see them surprised and excited about their awards.  Emma was chosen as a community…

Not sure who had more fun during the kids' school post office week – the ones who received the letters or those of us at home who got to send them!