A little bit about June

So I survived the month of June, which was basically a whole lot of days of the kids having no school, with a lot of guests for Shabbos/Shavuos thrown in. It was basically a month of

cook.clean.cook.clean.entertain children.cook some more.rinse.repeat.

on top of all the regular cooking/cleaning/stuff around the house that needs to be done on a regular basis.

I'm proud to say that I can now report to you from the other side, AKA CAMP STARTED,!!!! and all of us have emerged from June (relatively) unscathed.

Of course, today is Wednesday, the THIRD day of camp, and this is the first day that all the (non infant) children are attending because of various sicknesses that almost sent me over the edge, but finally, today, the children are in camp, and I am breathing my own air for the first time in weeks.

Like, eating my own food without it being taken, going to the bathroom without anyone banging on the door, and sitting in silence for more than 20 seconds at a time.

Of course, having the kids home wasn't all bad. It was actually kind of fun. Just complaining is more fun than telling you about the fun.

But just to be fair, I'll tell you a little bit about the fun.

We went strawberry picking. We went to an amusement park. We went swimming. A lot. We played at the park. A lot. We ate a lot of junk food. We ate a lot of take out dinners. We jumped on trampolines. We BBQed. We played mini golf. The big boys ran their first real race. We played soccer. We went to swimming lessons. We went to the museum. We went to the farm. We went grocery shopping. We went to the dentist. (Those last five were all in one day. That was a long day).

And by WE, I do mean that the kids did this, while I took care of Baby E and tried to prevent him from eating woodchips/drinking pool water/eating grass/eating dirt etc.....

But it was so fun! Here is one picture...to hold you over until I upload the rest. I'll do a whole post of pictures tomorrow!