Throwback to 2012

  I've been kind of dying to do a throwback for sometime, no reason other than it's fun to go look back at older pictures.  These are not that old, but they feel like half a life time ago.  I guess they technically are for the kids.  :)  Anyway, here we are 3 years ago to the month.  The more I poured through pictures, the more I realized we do the EXACT same thing now that we did then.

Still going to playgrounds all of the time.

The baby still loves to swing and swing and swing.

  Hannah somehow turns some corner of the house into her fort or bedroom or office.  The current set up is in Ava's bedroom behind the closet curtains that are propped up on a chair to make a dorm room.

She still helps a TON!

We still go swimming.

We still read lots of books.  Usually the same one, over and over and over.

  The question is, is this depressing?  The same thing, day in and day out, for years.  No, not when you do it for the people you love the most.  And obviously our life is not the exact same, we have more kids, more activities, and we also are in Cali now.  I guess it just took me by surprise how similar it all was, but I would not call it depressing.  Just exhausting.  Being hands on, all of the time, in the middle of the night when they are sick, is so much work!  And we are feeling it right now.  When the littlest task seems like such a big deal.  When you feel like you just can't get it all done, if any, ever.

  The good news is that as I looked at these pictures, I saw a lot of joy, not exhaustion.  I know I was tired during that time!  I looked on those times with fondness.  Someday when I look back at the pictures from this season, I know I will do the same.  In the mean time, I am all about the power naps and early bedtimes.  Aaaaaand those leftovers I stuck in the freezer for times like these!  Genius.