September 1 = Alexandra & Tyler Day

Alexandra and her boyfriend, Tyler, came to visit today.  It was the first time I've met Tyler so it was a special day for sure.  He really wanted to go to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the kids are decent in the car so it seemed like a good way to keep them occupied- and it was!  They liked the tunnels and seeing the ocean surround us.

Also- this is true and I have no words for how excited I am.

The one bad thing about me doing the most recent posts first is that I have to give background info that I'll repeat in subsequent posts.  But.  This is Zachary's first underway in a while so Grandma graciously offered to come up and help BEFORE I broke my ankle.  So it was even MORE appreciated with the broken ankle.  Well she watched the kids this morning so I could run all over Chesapeake to find these little containers to make packing lunch easier.  Guys I am 100% into doing a million hours of prep work if it makes the task itself go smoothly when it's go time.  So we have a system for packing lunches.  I read that if kids pack their own lunches, they're more likely to eat it.  Last year we just had Liam buy his lunch at school because the boy will eat anything but Malia... no way.  And if I'm packing her a lunch, I might as well pack Liam's lunch too.  So here we go- they'll grab a snack container containing veggie straws, pretzels or cheez-its... every Sunday I'll refill the 10 containers and be ready to go for the next week... grab an applesauce pouch, juice box for Liam, yoohoo for Malia, a granola bar and a fruit snack pouch.

Then they grab a veggie container- either carrots, cucumbers or celery this week- we may add bell peppers in the future but between those three I had plenty to fill these 10 containers which, again, will be refilled on Sunday and ready to go!  Oh and there are cheese sticks in the drawer that they'll grab.  I'm thinking of making a checklist they can use to make sure they've got everything... but anyways!  I'm super excited!

Also- here are some pictures from Grandma's visit!

There are cards that go with this equipiment and the guy in them has no shirt so Liam decided it would only be appropriate for him to also be shirtless.