The heart of summer

This past week has been a combination of Uber Mom (aka Mom Taxi) and enjoying some glorious summer weather.  Evie had a camp in Jericho, so I was driving her back and forth twice a day, but Noah and I squeezed in lots of fun while we had some time with just the two of us.  As a bonus, Noah was invited to stay for the final day of camp, which he loved!  Even though our summer has felt busy with camps, having separate things for the kids to do is keeping the peace and keeping us sane.  Evie is doing day camp at Camp Hochelaga this week, which is off to an awesome start!

First morning heading to Camp Hochelaga

It was especially fun to spend some time some of my high school girls and their families during the past week.  I don't have many pics of the adults, but it reinforced the saying that old friends are the best friends - happy 20th high school reunion to us this weekend! EEK!

Dock picnic - Noah and Caroline

Noah and Caroline enjoying a dip in the lake

Summer at the lake - it doesn't get any better than this!

Summer exhaustion after swimming in the lake

All ready for some swimming!

Evie and Caroline - God-sisters

Evie, Noah and Caroline

Christmas in July celebration

Mr. Ding-a-Ling somehow knew that it was our Christmas celebration!  What a perfect surprise!

We also had a great time celebrating Carlee's birthday!  Noah made me laugh, because he showed up at the pool party and asked to see their ATV and lawn mower.  Ha ha!

Noah is very curious and creative in his free time. Here are a few of his projects during the week:

Putting up some new shelves in the garage with Daddy

Noah built his own drum case out of cardboard after he saw Matt packing up for a gig

Drum case with the lid open

Is he a "Future Coder" or will he be some other kind of engineer?

Having fun on a bowling play date with Onyx

Proud bowler (can you find Onyx among the bowling balls?!)

Drumming on mommy's back while Evie doles out a foot rub.  Ahhh!

Roscoe also says hello.  His separation anxiety is currently manifesting itself through Roscoe chewing/eating things while we are gone, as well as having accidents on the floor.  The latest casualty was a library book.  :-( You'd never know this old guy is stressed when you see the pics of him!