Riot and Frolic

– making memories is stressful.  And sweaty.

sweaty betties

– scavenger hunts are fun.  Always.

what does that bell mean?!

the g and mae cake are EXCITED

– sugar-free chocolate cake is so good, you never get to take a picture of it.

– if you put your kids in disposeable diapers for a couple weeks and don't wash the cloth diapers, you will be truly disgusted when you finally open up that bucket.  

– the drive-in seems like a terrible idea when you leave the house and this is the temperature:

gross

– but it's surprisingly awesome and fun when it rains and then this is the temperature:

beautiful

– give your toddlers noisemakers and a car-fort to play in and you won't need to be responsible for entertaining them for about three hours.

the cookies are CRINKLY

– I was being a chicken about riding my scooter for some reason.  Maybe I've heard of too many motorcycle accidents lately, but I got on the horse (or Misha, as I like to call it) and scooted around town on Sunday, so…

check

– sometimes you have to steal your kids' art supplies to make a collage.

because i'm still 12 years old

– I never drink enough water, so I've started filling up containers in the morning with the intention of drinking all of them.  And it works.  3 containers = 86 oz. = well-hydrated mama.  

brilliantly simple

What have you been up to?  Fighting off the heat or succumbing to it?

i hear i should watch this

– if you pull over on the freeway, you can watch, like, 15 fireworks shows in the A/C with none of the annoying booms.