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I guess that is starting to be a lot!!! And we are only halfway through the year. Any time they bring back a bag, I give it a colorful upgrade. I’m pretty sure we’ve lost a few along the way but the returned bags are beginning to require their own storage

Zap Zone crew and a killer cake. Tom didn’t think I could pull off a tsunami wave. Think I nailed it... plus sharks, volcanoes and a tornado thrown in for natural disaster flair.

Christmas time in Detroit

Breakfast is better with a face!!

Story by Charles

The Cheeto Monster Once there was a cheeto monster. It ate every Cheeto bag in the world. It was unstoppable! Hairy and messy!

It was raining cheeotes out of the sky. A giant butt showed up and gave a kid a cheeto bag

The butt turn into a famous butt. It gave cheeto bags every kid it sees. The end

There is something about this photo that reminds me of the twin girls from the Shining.

Loving this kid. I have to remember how he gets when he’s incredibly confident and secure, he’s a delight to be around. And come later in the school year when he stir crazy or something else, how much he drives me nuts. Right now it’s just shiny happy holiday Charlie cheer

More Pokésnack bags... I like the idea of disposable art. Low pressure. Cheap watercolor and paper bags. Will work for kid smiles.

Simon's doodling Predator decapitations #parentingwin #horrorhousehold

Kids have been bringing me Pokémon characters to draw on their snack bags. If they bring back their snack bag the next day, I promise to give them a coat of paint. It's my artsy attempt at recycling and about the only zen creative moment I get in my day of late...

From wild and crazy friend Vacation to the quiet calm of the Michigan Upper Peninsula. Charlie found rocks that overflowed his pockets and will keep the tumbler busy for months. Simon discovered the ultimate haven for a fort builder - driftwood teepees on the Lake Superior shore. And they also got insanely covered in black sand ... cuz that's what they do. Final night in a pool by the Mackinac bridge and a sky of shooting stars in their International Dark Park. I feel like a Pure Michigan ad. It was glorious.

Wineries plus kids doesn't have to be a bad combination!! Traverse City is an incredible area of Lake Michigan beaches, lakeside cabins, and kid friendly wineries, distilleries, and breweries. I was actually super impressed between fire pits with smores stations, sand boxes full of toys on the patio, or a petting zoo alongside the tasting room - Michigan seems to know exactly what crowd it's catering to. Friend Vacation 2017 success!

Up North Michigan vacation begins!!! 10 days of Northern fun including my first trip to the Upper Peninsula.

Our Sunday fun day ended a little bit early with a trip to the emergency room. Luckily we have not been there very much in the seven years these boys have been on earth... and for all the reasons to go, a fishhook in the foot seems not like the worst thing in the world. Still - that sucker was HUGE and poor Charlie was pretty frantic about the idea of getting it pulled out. Now he's back to bouncing around like nothing happened.

Newest addition to our children's garden. Decorations by the boys

They are big enough to blow it up and fill it up on their own, while I craft or read from the patio. We have entered the "sweet spot"

Simon is trying to horde parts of our costume bin to save for his Halloween masterpiece. I call it a Dollar Tree Totem Pole. But he insists he's "Dr. Dream" Charlie called him Predator after he ate every other monster on the planet

#CharlieWins

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