August was intense, busy, and fun. We had a lot going on and saw a lot of people.
In early August, we visited some Long Island friends and got to enjoy some fun things that us city dwellers are normally deprived of, like grass, swing sets, and grilling out. With eight adults and 7.5 kids we were pretty evenly matched.
Jungle gym with a climbing wall! Fire pit! Marshmallows! Rachael and Scott thought of everything!
The gaggle of offspring:
I hope I have this right...ages 4, 3.5, 9 months, 3, 14 months, 4.5, and 2.
Since my hair cutting skills took the summer off, Tiger Cub had his second ever "big boy" haircut. Did you know a new haircut could both mature you by two years and slim your midsection?
We had parts of our bathroom redone, like the ugly tile floor and the bathtub. This was us taking the bus to Home Depot. It was much less fun than it looks.
Thanks to bathroom work, we had to get out of our house for a night and decided to make a weekend of it with a stay-cation in Manhattan. I've always thought it would be amazing to live on the Upper West Side so it was fun to play pretend for a few days.
We stayed in a tiny hotel room, did some sightseeing, and watched the Olympics - which might seem like a small thing to those of you who have a TV!
Living the UWS dream...
What's a visit to the UWS without going to the Museum of Natural History?
Celebrating 3.5 years and 9 months! Both kids are at a really nice sweet spot. Tiger Cub is easier to talk to and reason with and Small Bear is mostly a sweet cuddlebug.
And then my good friend Annie (she was my Maid of Honor 10 years ago!) visited. Annie stopped by to see us for a night on her way to Ireland. I was so flattered!
This is us looking exactly like we did for five years of college...
