A glimpse into what it is like to live in our home just this moment.
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| photo cred: Serena B |
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| photo cred: Heather R |
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| photo cred: Heather R |
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| both Studer boys pitching: Grey at CH on gamechanger and Rusty on the field! |
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| selfie cred: my kids' Bonus Momma; Becky C! |
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| photo cred: Eva M |
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| photo cred: Coach Chad |
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| LOL, this gamechanger while I'm at Reddy's baseball game! |
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| photo cred: Michael O'Ship |
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| photo cred: Michael O'Ship |
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| photo cred: CTHS |
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| photo cred: Pappy |
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| photo cred: Uch |
Intentional Outdoor hours: 104+ hours (of 1000)
Lots of time at the fields this week to earn the hours. The weather is making its turn towards spring and we are getting more sunshine than rain, but still kind of chilly. I'm ready to lose shoes and jackets all together!
Reading Lost Man's Lane by Scott Carson. still very much enjoying it.
Listening to The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough which I am actually liking way more than reading the actual book. The narrator reads it more like a novel rather than me slogging through it like a nonfiction. I don't know how to explain it, but I'm able to get through it a lot easier than reading. I need to finish it as the Path of the Flood Race is this month and I'm literally the leader of the book club, LOL! The story is absolutely devastating and I keep ripping my headphones off to look at B and say, "My gosh, I can't not believe how terrible this was?!" The first person accounts are heartbreaking but I am warmed by how many people chose to be helpers even in the moments of pure terror and panic.
Pg 115, "A locomotive whistle was a matter of some personal importance to a railroad engineer....The whistle was part of the make-up of the man; he was known for it as much as he was known for the engine he drove....it could be used to aggravate a cranky preacher in the middle of his Sunday sermon or to signal hello through the night to a wife or a lady friend. But there was no horseplay about tying down the cord....The whistle of John Hess's engine had been going now for maybe five minutes at most...and nearly everyone in East Conemaugh heard it and understood almost instantly what it meant."
Shopping with the biggest three and something about being in a shopping center with my bigger kids makes me want to hug my younger self with little kids. What a nightmare it was to take the kids shopping when they were little - hahhaha, touching everything, hiding in the clothes racks, looking around panicked if they snuck away, everything tempting them closer to a tantrum to get what they wanted, ugh - it used to be terrible. And NOW?! it's actually fun and a great experience to see their personalities and find inside jokes. We needed to get the girls' upcoming concert outfits and Grey came with so he could drive us and it was such a nice little evening trip with just the big three. Oh younger Tab, hang in there girl - so much good and easier days to come (also a lot of different hard stuff too, but so so much good).
School stuff this week:
- I donated blood at my school's student council blood drive
- Violet & Evaley did an experiment and presentation on an egg parachute
- Gemma had her spring chorus concert
- Violet had her spring band concert
- Reddy had his snack day
- Gemma got to volunteer as a basketball player at the middle school assembly
- The fifth grade promotion shirts were delivered (they look great!), now Violet and I have to organize before the end of the month!
- I ordered Violet's outfit for promotion (she wanted a purple romper)
Helping Grey get his X account set up because we keep hearing that it is a good idea for athletes looking to play in college. Who knows?! (not me! but I'm trying to learn!) He is all set up and we are going to keep trying to figure out the next steps for literally everything because poor first baby has to drag his parents kicking and screaming into the next phase because we are so dang clueless and just want to hug and love him like he is only 7 years old forever. LOL. (Thank you always for being gracious and patient with us Booboo.)
Our caterpillars arrived! It is an annual spring tradition to order a cup of caterpillars from Insect Lore O raise and then release butterflies. The big kids don't care so much anymore, but Olive and Reddy were so excited and check in on them every single day to see how they are growing.
Chaperoning the PreK field trip to Jellystone Yogi Bear Campground, what incredible humans PreK teachers are! (we love you Mrs. Gongloff and Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Lesko!) I met the classes out at the campground and then we got to ride the train, the wagon, and a fire truck! The kids got to 'mine' for gemstones and play mini golf too. It was a fun day and I loved spending time with the babies and all their little friends they made this year.
Mothers' Day brunch at the Grey Goose with my mom, sisters, and Shelly. A perfect afternoon! We all rode out to Ligonier together and then had a delicious lunch with great chatting and laughter.
Time with family and friends We all got to celebrate our friend Bowen who had his birthday party with a bounce house (thank you Uch for taking the babies until the soccer game ended!) Red and Olive had a the best day ever with Miss Emma and their cousins on their day off from school for the Act 80 day (thank you Pappy for dropping them off in the morning!) Rusty got off the bus at Chum and Abba's house on Thursday and then they got him to his baseball game and sent videos to me (thank you!) Violet got to feed Bria's baby goats after Sparks practice (thank you Eva for all the rides!) Gemma got to babysit for the Bridges and then went to the movies with her friends. Grey and his friends played pickleball at Roxbury this week and he got to go fishing with Pappy.
Teaching only three days (honestly thank goodness) because we had an Act 80 day on Friday (lunch with Loni at Höm - delicious!) and I got to chaperone the PreK field trip to Yogi on Thursday! Elementary school continued watching Ferdinand and I had my last class with some of my students because of upcoming field trips and/or celebration days that happen on my special day for classes. Expo started week 2 of the class learning about camina/corre. Spanish 1 finished their novel Tumba and took their final test including the speaking portion. Spanish 2 learned about their final project Una Casa Famosa and selected their famous person to design their house around - then they got started on researching and designing!
Sporting with a packed week (aka, LOTS of laundry) Olive and Coach Momma had an AYSO 6U game and I made all the line-ups for the rest of the season which my future self is so thankful for that. Reddy had two coach pitch baseball games and Rusty had two minors youth baseball games. Violet had two AYSO 12U soccer games, two Sparks soccer practices, and she, Olive, and I had AYSO photos on Saturday too. Gemma had two softball games, two softball practices, and on Gators soccer game. Grey had three baseball games, one baseball practice, and a football Showcase with SAFCA and Coach Dad. I made rice krispie treats and haluski for the baseball end of season tailgate event (on Thursday).
Making breakfast for dinner (pancakes, bacon, and egg sandwiches), slow cooker cream cheese chicken tacos, chipped beef sammies, Philly cheesesteak sammies. I made blueberry muffins on Saturday morning too. For the baseball tailgate I made haluski and rice krispie treats with red and black sprinkles.
