Going to the Beach

It's been a bit since our last entry...but I'm starting to realize that I can't update it every day. That's a surprise, huh? Not having time for things. Sometimes I wonder what I did with myself when I was single in college.....b/c I certainly know I wasn't doing my homework all the time.

Now, I have to say that I finally conquered that daunting laundry mountain that we had creatively built on our bed. For a handful of days there I was going through the routine of determining I was going to tackle it, while of course other laundry was building up and then finding myself at the end of the day just moving the ever growing pile from our bed to the floor and then waking up and having no room to walk and the evil cycle began again by piling everything on the bed. One day, when it was just taking too much effort to continue with this charade I decided I was going to complete this disgusting of a chore. So, I made Kevin take Charlotte out for an hour and a half and I had my own folding party. By the time they got back I still had a couple baskets left to fold......you know the one with the socks that you wait until the very end to do and Charlotte's clothes that inevitably become dress up clothes later in the day and go from from neatly folded away to being sprawled on the floor. You can probably see why I was procrastinating with that load. So, I finally folded every piece of clothing away and it felt amazing......and then the dryer was done and it started all over again. I am trying to keep up some sort of healthy relationship with my laundry but I think we will always have different priorities and I'll always be expecting more from this relationship than I am getting

Once, more....I hate doing laundry!

So, we are off to the beach today and I am looking forward to that. It has been so hot and sticky and Bush Lake is just what we need. We are celebrating my sister Katie's birthday and having a BBQ and then doing some fun swimming. Honestly, the last time my family did this, since we grew up right next to Bush Lake, was probably 15 -20 years ago.

I'll make sure to post some pictures of Charlotte with her cousins and I will also make sure NOT to post any with me in my bathing suite, which incidentally is my maternity suit from two years ago that doesn't exactly make me look flattering, but of course it very comfortable.

Before I go I had to post this fun picture of Charlotte enjoying her dinner last night. She was actually drinking the sweet potatoes from the bowl and rubbing it around her high chair and body. She did actually get a lot in her mouth and now I know that Sweet Potatoes is certainly something she'll be eating again while in her diaper. I'm just glad she consumed some sort of vegetable (although I'm sure someone will tell me it's a fruit).