Summer Time - Part 1

Over the years I have found that around the month of May, the commitment of one’s New Year’s resolutions start to wane and the always too elaborate plans of summer take precedence over time and mental energy. As is the case with my forgotten blog. It is a great tragedy. Well, not really. Just a little pathetic. I have been reading the Great Gatsby all day and am currently watching Much Ado About Nothing so all my sentences are trying to sound more articulate than I am capable. Moving on…..The beginning of our summer was wonderful. Filled with fun baking, beach days and beautiful warm (and thankfully not too hot) weather. 

Soft pretzels. These are the pretzels we ate. The kids made their own little masterpieces out of dough that they played with for over an hour, however working the dough for that long ensured plenty of crumbs and carpet fibers mixed in so they remained uneaten. 

 This is why I love pinterest! Just divide your waffle batter and dye some of it green and some of it red. Pour the red in the center of a round waffle iron and the green around the edge, then sprinkle with chocolate chips. Not healthy in the slightest, but a great crowd pleaser. 

This pic cracks me up. Landon and Layla playing an computer game together (gasp!), him shirtless and her performing some kind of gymnastics move with her leg. 

 Beach Day! Of course every beach day begins with digging a huge pit. 

 reenacting a scene from The Little Mermaid. 

 My little Mermaid !

 Lots of walks through our cute neighborhood. Note the hoodies during summer! Yay!

 Gretchen and her fam came through town and I had the pleasure of escorting her around town for five whole hours....without any kids! Five hours may seem like a long time but it flew by for these two mommies. Bestie + ocean views = The best day ever! Seriously, Taylor Swift should write a song about that day. 

 Of course Hayley and Layla hit it off right away. The rest of the day was spent eating ice cream, walking around the Manhattan Beach Pier, dinner and lots of good visiting.