A glimpse into what it is like to live in our home just this moment.
Intentional Outdoor Hours: 2+ hours (of 1000)
hey! look at me, I got outside this week! Hahaha, again - we keep track of MY outdoor hours because it is the lowest out of everyone else in the house (#momprobs) and if I have at least this time, I can guarantee everyone else is smashing my time. The kids and I bundled Red up in snow gear that was way too big for him to give him a try on a sled, and he hated it. hahaha, like thoroughly hated it.
Reading Legendborn by Tracy Deonn and really getting into it!
Bundling up in the winter weather with two snow days and a two hour delay this week. hon.est.ly. The kids were thrilled to stay home from school - we make them still watch the news to see if they have any winter weather updates (even though we receive school texts) and it is so fun to see that childhood joy of getting the day off on their faces. And then we had to roll our eyes at 'ole Punxsutawney Phil who saw his shadow and is predicting 6 more weeks of winter for us. ugh.
Kissing the chubby cheeks of this little 10 month old baby we got over here! Red is growing faster than any other baby we've had (I swear time is speeding up with each child!?) and makes us all so happy and squeal all day at how stinking cute he is. Spoiled rotten, that one.
Participating in a zoom call with other 5th grade parents to plan for the promotion event coming up at the end of the year for our kids moving up to middle school! eek! I'm helping with games for the promotion party and already started sifting through old pics of Grey and his friends through the years. Oh boy, brand new baby and our oldest leaving the elementary school - pack the dang tissues, this is going to be a sobfest (LOL).
Getting teeth checked at the dentist for Dad, Rusty, and Mom! Only Grey left to go (his appt is in March) and the whole family will have that biannual task checked off the list!
Figuring out a virtual day for the big kids when they had a a few too many cases of Covid at the elementary school. Violet headed to work with Dad for the day while Grey and Gem spent their virtual learning day at my parents house (thank you Abba and Chum!) This school year is just beyond ridiculous with the covid, the winter weather, the quaratines....just call it at this point - LOL, that's honestly how I feel some weeks!
Receiving my order from Flood City Stitch (etsy shop) I ordered a hat and scarf cowl and I'm so pleased with them. They are so cozy and exactly what the weather is calling for over the next few weeks. Thank you Karlie (insta page) (Also, #61 on my 100 Small Things List)
Winter Sporting with 1 game for GemmiRo and 2 games and a practice for Grey.
Teaching virtually when we had TWO snow days this week (flexible instruction -FID- days) and then one 2hr delay day! It's been weird. I also managed the junior class fundraiser event on Thursday during periods 3-4 while all the juniors sold cookie dough in a 59 minute fundraiser to raise money for the prom. They did so good and I am so proud of them! Spanish 1 is finishing their bullfighting unit including watching an actual bullfight and a writing assignment. Spanish 2 worked through Esperanza pre-reading activities while Spanish 3 finished out Preterito verbs and received the details for their Preterito's cereal box project. Spanish 4 read more of our graphic novel; Sr. Wooly's La Casa de la Dentista.
Making homemade stromboli (including the dough! SO YUM), ground beef stroganoff, chicken and gravy in the crockpot over mashed potatoes, spaghetti with meat sauce, bbq pulled pork sandwiches. I made some buttermilk blueberry cake for lunch on one of the snow days. We also made snow ice cream and pumpkin chocolate chip muffins.
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Your stromboli looks AMAZING!!
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