Summer Bucket List: Here's What we Didn't Do

I have to say that after reviewing my Summer Bucket List post I realized that so much DID NOT get done at home. And it's only fair to tell you that while I blog about a lot of fun that we have, and the occasional mishaps, we are a NORMAL CRAZY family. Here's what did not get done this summer.

What we DIDN'T Do this Summer!

• Laundry, where often we wore underwear for two days. (If you have never Googled "Piles of Laundry Pictures," totally do it!!! You will feel so much better about your self, either your above it, you just got a load done - and folded - or you can co-miserate with others.)
• Dishes, while I started my boys on unloading the dishwasher everyday, often dishes would sit for 2, 3, and 4 days.
• Sleep schedule. What sleep schedule?? We often napped in the car (with the engine off in the garage..I wasn't gonna risk WAKING 3 kids mid-transfer to their beds in the daytime, when I could easily lay my car chair back and nap too).
• We ate triscuits crackers for lunch or dinner (maybe with bits of cheese)
• ... and we were cleaning up using baby wipes instead of soap and water. OK, and we even washed out sticky hands in rain puddles.
• Spending time with Friends... we did a lot on our own as a family. We took very few walks with our best friends on the block. But we made a lot of new friends everywhere we went. 
• House work. We are so lucky to afford a cleaning lady, who comes every two weeks to help with maintaining a clean home. She washes the floors, launders the towels and our cloth napkins (I can't believe I haven't written a blog post about our Awesome Cloth Napkins at Home).

In addition there was some down time, and rather boring time, for the kids when mom had to:

• Go to the eye doctor to start figuring out what's wrong with my eyes blind spots.
• Take Young Son to the dentist for his first filling.
• Take baby girl for her 18 month doctors appointment and two shots.
• Mowing the lawn
• Having almost NO Tomatoes this year.
• Running errands and food shopping.
• Garage sale - HA The toys and stuff is piled HIGH in the basement

And there's so much more. While our trip to Japan was amazing, it also ate up two weeks in July for the actual trip and many... many... days in June spent packing, repacking and then actually packing. 

Non of this is complaining. Its just, well, reality with kids. 

The days are long but the years are short. 

Make mistakes, Breath, and Laugh.Out.Loud.