Here are a few photos from my iPhone, as it was too dangerous with all the water, sand and sunscreen to bust out my D90.

We spend the 3-day weekend in New Jersey (Down the Shore, as the Benny’s say it) with my family to kick off summer and celebrate my sister’s birthday.  The iTwins enjoyed their first real experience swimming in the pool and both of them loved it!

We did what has become a tradition this weekend each year…played in the sun & in the pool, listened to some good tunes, grilled a lot of food and enjoyed way too many drinks. 

Temperatures were in the 80s and even 90s the entire weekend.  AND Yes, we MOST CERTAINLY DID ceremonially crank up the Margaritaville DM1000 Frozen Concoction Maker (my Mother’s Day present 2 years ago!)

My sister gave Bubba a lesson on all things veggies and green and how to put out strawberries to wait for a chipmunk…he waited patiently for awhile…then got bored…so they picked clover leaves.

…but instead of picking out 1 clover as my sis did, he pulled up the entire lawn…

I even got in a little time to work on my knitting in the shade while the iTwins napped.

The iTwins also got their first taste of S’mores:

…and wore them too…

With all this…

• To the shore driving…
• Toddler bathing suit changing…
• Sunscreen applying…
• Sugar eating…
• Grilling…
• Frozen margarita making…
• Sandbox playing…
• QUICK!! DIAPER CHANGING!!!…
• Sprinkler chasing…
• Garden watering…
• Ice cream truck stopping…
• Watermelon eating…
• Pool splashing…
• Clover picking
• Fireworks watching…

…it’s going to be a LONG FUN Summer :)

Hope you enjoyed your weekend too.

We had a fun Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey Shore.  MyBuddy especially LOVED being by/in the pool and snacking on Animal Crackers and Cheese Doodles!  Life doesn’t get much better.

You can always check out more Wordless Wednesday photos at –MomDot & 5 Minutes for Mom.

…and since my WW are usually never-quite-wordless, Angie made a “Wordful Wednesday” place for us blabber-bloggers at her Seven Clown Circus.

She hosts A Thousand Words Thursday a friendly place to share all of those photos that, you know, are “worth a thousand words”…

[Memorial Day Weekend LAST YEAR]

Good LORD why would anyone want to be pregnant during the summer…
two. years. in. a. row!
beyond me.

it’s EXTRA freakin’ hot when you are THAT pregnant!

I post lots of pictures of my past pregnancies….why?  I think it makes me feel better [skinnier] to see myself larger-than-life…in the past.  Yup, that’s it…AND…I kinda want to have another baby.  Not YET though.

See how I converted my wedding gown into Pinkie’s Baptism Gown!

Designer Maternity Clothes By Crave