A glimpse into what it is like to be in our home just this moment.
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| selfie cred: Kitty |
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| photo cred: Kitty |
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| selfie cred: B |
Intentional Outdoor Hours: 18+ hours (of 1000)
First fire in the firepit of the season and even though it was actually a little too cold - the kids were happy to make and enjoy a couple smores to kick off the season (we are hopeful around here!)
Reading Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr for one of my book clubs and I like it so far - just trying to get my feet under me as it switches from characters to timeframes. I probably need to be reading in longer chunks then I have been, I need to keep going back and rereading a little.
Listening to Know My Name by Chanel Miller and wow, wow, wow. So powerful and inspiring.
Smiling as the kids participated in Youth mass at St Davids. Gemma helped sing and was in the student-led sermon which included her chanting "chug chug chug" at a hypothetical party scenario (hilarious). Violet was an acolyte, Rusty read, and Redland and Rust helped sing the children's hymn. Thank you to the St David's Youth ministry for all the work you put in for our kids!
Late night bathtub surgery when one of the pipes finally busted (granted, it has been leaking) and there was water spraying all over our bathroom at 9:30p. B had to hammer out all the ceramic tiles on the front of the tub to get to the water pipes so that we could turn the water valve back on for the rest of the house. The banging! Hahhaha, Grey was like, "are we supposed to fall asleep to this?" Luckily, B was broken through by 10:15p and the kids went to sleep as he and I mopped and swept up the floor. Nothing like late night home fixing on a school night!?
Missing B who was away from three days and three nights at the PASBO conference in Hershey. Thankfully we had the village squeeze in to help with mornings and afternoons. Abba, Kitty, and Pappy all took an AM school drop off duty and Chum did a PM pick up duty so that I didn't have to rush home on Thursday afternoon and was able to get some grading and planning done. (thank you all!)
Enjoying the Annual CTES Reading Night! Grey volunteered in the Varsity basketball games room (good job boys!) while the rest of the kids and I walked around discovering the rooms and themes. Aunt Uch, Kevin, and our Moore boy cousins made it out and all the little kids got to make clay insects and watch chemical reactions on rocks and meet a real life children's book author. It was a fun night as always - thank you CT PTA!
Baby chickies! We were able to get only six baby chicks to start our spring additions. Chicks are in short supply these days - I told B to bring home a minimum of 12 - hahhaa, but no more than 20. LOL, he could only get six - so we'll start with this crew. Reddy called his chick "Ham Baloney"
Excited for Gem who got a special apprenticeship for a day at Aunt Kitty's coffee shop. She had a sleepover with Kitty and then the two of them spent the morning brewing coffees and making breakfast sandwiches at The Write Cup so Gem could see how being a barista feels. She absolutely loved it and now wants to be a barista for her first job. (thank you Kitty!)
Volunteering at the 2nd annual St Paddy's day crawl with You in Flood City. Brandon and I were stationed at The Haven again this year with our friends Russell and Mo. We got bar crawl participants registered and face-painted for the big event. B and I had a little date afterwards for dinner at Fetz's Sports Pub (one of the other spots on the bar crawl). So proud of of Uch for inspiring locals to get out and explore our city!
Teaching with a sea turtle craft in the elementary school and expo finished up week 2 and started their geography week. Spanish 1 read chapters 1-4 in Brandon Brown Quiere un Perro and played the T/F marker game which is always everyone's favorite but gets rowdy real quick! Spanish 2 got Chores vocab and started Somos 15, learning about Argentina and the Tango!
Sporting with two Sparks soccer practices for Violet and Gem had Gators soccer practice Grey had four baseball practices and a baseball scrimmage at Somerset. Also, Grey, B, the babies, and I attended the Varsity basketball banquet at Crow's Nest - officially the end of basketball season! B went golfing with the football coaches on Saturday morning (offseason chats begin now!)
Making meatloaf with cheddar, bacon, ranch roasted potatoes, sloppy joes with homemade mac&cheese and baked beans, chicken cobbler (yourbarefootneighbor), sheet pan chicken fajitas, frozen waffles and sausage, Pioneer Woman skillet lasagna,
Sourdoughing a proper loaf and discard cinnamon rolls (with my grandma's boiled icing).
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