Our O’Neill Life 3

Kate and I took a very quick trip to the beach. My parents graciously opened their home and welcomed our traveling circus and all the chaos we bring with us. We had an awesome time. The kids were (mostly) very well behaved, the weather was beautiful and we all survived. Kate and I make a great team 👍 This child is ridiculous.  Charlie was bothering Chloe while she was trying to do this puzzle. He decided to escalate things even further by plopping right down on her lap. I laughed, took a picture then picked him up.  Anyone wonder what jack would look like with a goatee?  Hurricane Charlie, category 5 coming through!  Exhausted. I feel ya buddy. 

The Ricketts girls are in town! First day... dc! Jack and Charlie had their first metro ride. We rode a nice new fancy train into town then a dirty old one on the way back... oh the memories! We went to the Smithsonian museum of natural  History to check out the new Dino exhibit. It was hard to pay attention with the boys soooo idk what I thought about it!  And we rode  The carousel  They watched the carousel go around Before they got on and jack was like “I’m going to get on the dragon.” He overheard another kid say it and he was like “no! I get the dragon!” He sprinted over there as soon as the gate opened. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

Jack’s friend tommy turned 4! We of course went to his party and the boys had a blast. Charie ate 3 cupcakes, 2 pieces of watermelon, 1 hotdog, chips, gummys. All. Of. The. Food.  I barely got half a hotdog in jack but by golly I did it. Charlie is so stinking cute and in awe of everything. They did a piñata and he just stood there watching. He didn’t move a muscle until his turn. So cute. 

My friend Sarah and I like going for walks on the path behind our house with the kiddos. Two double strollers, four kids. Thank goodness they’re strapped in! We let them all out at the end so they could walk to the top of the stairs. (And so we could push the strollers up empty!) My car got a huge nail in its tire so we went to get it fixed. “You want to come into my wittle house?” “You want to smell my flowers? Who planted These flowers? How they get here?”  “Mom come sit and read.”  “Come inside my house and get out of the rain.” He was so cute. 

Broyhill dinner! Backyard play “Charlie can you lay down so I can change your diaper?” Good listener (sometimes) Waiting for dad to pay for the groceries.  Evening pool date with friends.