see. now that's more like it...

...this is a day I WANT to blog about!

Jake took the day off in anticipation for a trip he's taking coming up soon.

and it was beautiful.

Back to School Hair Cuts in the morning

the shaggy gang before:

(Nora pink, Sophie blue)

during:

and the not so shaggy gang after!:

(Lydia's hair is SUPER short for me...I don't want to talk about it. It's cute, yes, but she looks so grown up that I am having a hard time looking at her without falling to the floor in fetal position, rocking back and forth and repeating to nobody, "stop growing, stop growing, stop growing, etc..")

We came home, downed some lunch and headed back out to swim WITH DADDY!

Jake has not had a chance to see the girls new tricks in the water and were so excited to finally show him their confidence in all they could do. I do believe there were even a few moments of scary overconfidence that included rescuing from death by drowning.

We are all alive and we had fun.

(Nora green, Sophie purple)

WHY!? are my double chins not this adorable!?

I love it Lydia!

Yes, we have Spiderman floaties. It's all Dollar Tree had left by the time I got there!

what? you don't swim with your crocs on? OH!? you're mom isn't cheap and buys you water shoes, lucky!

the puffy cheeks help you float back up to the top quicker. it works, you should try it!

this next picture is cute, and I can't even figure out why!?

and, let's try that again people!

better. much better.

ooooo... there may have been mommy's rockin' homemade pizza for dinner but there is no evidence of this outside the picture so you'll just have to take our word for it!