here is the rainbow i've been praying for...

i wish i could have posted last week. really, i do. but we were caught in the midst of tantrums, sickness (3/5 people in this house were under the weather), sleeplessness and a few more tantrums. i think i can safely say it was one of the most trying weeks of parenthood so far. i think i can also safely say that we're on the upswing and we made it through!

a random picture/update post.

-we had just about the most perfect weekend we've had in a long long time.

-nola learned how to crawl up the stairs yesterday. well, she didn't really "learn". she just crawled over to them yesterday morning and went up like she's done it her whole life.

-we volunteered at a local consignment sale on thursday night to help set up. on friday, i got to shop the sale before the public. got the girls' entire summer wardrobe, some books and a couple toys for $100! wonderful! (i also consigned a bunch of old clothes, hopefully they sold and we made a little bit of profit)

-since it was 95 degrees yesterday, it was only natural that avery snuggle under a FLEECE blanket and watch yo gabba gabba on the couch (?!?!)


-a saturday morning walk before it got hot out. tried to find some inspiration for our front yard. got a coffee and some donuts. stopped by grammy and gramps' house to let the bigger little lady run off her donut :)

and the little little lady snuggled with dada.


-west of boston had a huge water main break. we're under strict boil water orders and urged to use water sparingly until they have it all fixed. if i can just remember before i start to brush avery's teeth that i can't use tap water, we'll be all set! seriously though, it's eyeopening to see how much we rely on tap water! they say it'll be a few days before they get everything fixed, so i see lots of boiling this week. (we did, however, stock up on nursery water at babies r us the other day when we happened to see it! all grocery stores were sold out within hours of the news of the break)

-while the girls ran out to get a new sand/water table, zane stayed home and got started on one of new projects: a magnetic chalkboard in the sunroom. can't wait to start using it!

once the girls went down for their naps, zane and i finished staining our deck table and chairs. love the way it turned out!

-went to a neighbor's 40th birthday party on saturday. not only did avery go off on her own to play and explore, when she joined us on the blanket she and nola wrestled, laughed, enjoyed and loved each other! it was probably the best family outing we've ever had with all 4 of us. no one was cranky, tired, hungry, etc. looking forward to more and more of these experiences!

-the girls watched yo gabba gabba yesterday afternoon while we tried to escape the heat and nola fell in love!


-as you can maybe see in the picture above, nola has some rash/skin thing going on on her forehead/face, hopefully it's nothing serious and it might explain why she's been uncharacteristically fussy the last week!

-grilled out a ridiculous amount of food and ended the weekend with delicious homemade margaritas :)