campfire schemes

Lyndsay Stradtner2023-08-09T22:07:27-05:00August 9th, 2023|365 Project - 2023, 365 Projects, Jonah, Jude, My Family, RV Life, Taryn, Zachary|

Yesterday I got a text from my friend Amanda asking about the campfire we had planned. What campfire?! Ha! She has 4 boys and had a hunch the plan Jonah made wasn’t on the up and up lol! Campfire schemes, because, Jonah! In the end, we decided it was a great idea and went for it anyway tonight. Luckily, I had a bag of marshmallows tucked away left over from 4th of July! After a spring and summer of traveling similar routes since we both have cubers that went to nationals, we are all heading separate ways this weekend. I’m not sure what our kids are going to do without each other […]

I’ll miss this hot tub

Lyndsay Stradtner2023-08-09T21:31:23-05:00August 9th, 2023|365 Project - 2023, 365 Projects, Lyndsay, My Family, RV Life|

I seem to have backtracked this week in both pain and mobility. It’s been awhile since I’ve had so many intensely bad days in a row. Very thankful for this campground hot tub. Jason put dinner in the instant pot last night and we snuck over while it was cooking, leaving the teens to watch the boys for a bit. I’ll miss this hot tub when we head back to Maine this weekend.

Project 365: 18/365

📷: Jason

today it was rain

Lyndsay Stradtner2023-08-08T10:08:10-05:00August 8th, 2023|365, 365 Projects, Jonah, My Family, RV Life, Zachary|

Two feral, dirty, silly little boys who stole my snack and my heart. They spend 10 hours a day outside playing with friends, only driven inside by thirst, hunger, the bathroom or rain. Today it was rain.

Project 365: 17/365

always extra

Lyndsay Stradtner2023-08-06T11:36:16-05:00August 6th, 2023|365 Project - 2023, 365 Projects, Jonah, My Family, RV Life|

This boy, y’all. He’s always extra and it’s one of my favorite things about him (even when it’s exhausting). We recently moved all Jonah’s toiletries to the back tiny bathroom in our toyhauler. Zachary and Jonah both fight going to bed every night and it was an ongoing battle over who had to go brush their teeth first. Every. Single. Night. So we moved Jonah to to the back bathroom and while they still procrastinate, it’s SO much easier having them in two different spaces during this time of day. Something so simple restored so much peace. Parenting = constant adjusting, right?!

Project 365: 15/365

fall colored leaves

Lyndsay Stradtner2023-08-05T09:13:44-05:00August 5th, 2023|365 Project - 2023, 365 Projects, Jonah, My Family, RV Life, Zachary|

I love that the boys saw fall colored leaves on the ground and immediately ran to show me with breathless excitement, insisting we keep them on the mantel. I get really excited about fall too, it’s my favorite season, especially when we just so happen to be in the northeast. We lucked in to reservations in Acadia National Park this year during what will hopefully be peek fall foliage and we are all looking forward to it!

Project 365: 14/365

evening routine

Lyndsay Stradtner2023-08-04T08:52:16-05:00August 4th, 2023|365 Project - 2023, 365 Projects, Jude, My Family, RV Life, Taryn|

These are the good old days. I know I’m gonna miss this evening routine some day. Their evening routine is pretty consistent. After dinner they do their chores. Taryn washes the dishes, Jude puts them away, clears the counters and picks up the floors. Then they fix a snack (sometimes frozen fruit, sometimes Jude makes a sourdough pizza), snuggle in with one or two of the dogs to watch an episode of TV once the little boys are in bed. Its fun binging some iconic shows and movies with them. They laugh in all the right places and memes they’ve seen online are now in context. So far we’ve done a handful […]