A glimpse into what it is like to live in our home just this moment.
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| photo cred: Aunt Kitty |
Intentional Outdoor Hours: 30+ hours (of 1000)
the week was a little chilly and rainy for the most part so I mostly stayed in after school to catch up on chores instead of making outdoor time a priority this week. Some weeks be like that.
Reading and finishing We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. Middle of the night insomnia had me finishing this one around 3am. It was a good read, but I was able to guess the twist ending about 200 pages before it was actually revealed. I'm also still plugging through and feeling deeply passionate about Balanced and Barefoot by Angela J Hanscom. We watched the Netflix documentary Gamechangers about plant based diets and got pretty pumped about continuing to try more veggie meals which will help our bodies and the Earth!
Hosting a double birthday party for our April Fool's birthday duo, Red and Mimi, at our house. It was sports themed birthday for our ball-loving one year old and the best grandma/great-grandma fan to all her grandchildren over the years. A mere 82 years apart difference, it blows my mind and makes me so endlessly grateful that we have both Red and Mimi here on this Earth and in this family. I was telling Grey, "Do you think 83 years ago, Mimi's mom (who we called Guggie) could have ever imagined that in 82 April Fool's days, her great great grandson would be born. Ancestors and family trees and history and all that beautiful passing it on up the lines of families makes me so emotional. How Guggie must have been in heaven singing Happy Birthday along with us to her daughter and great great grandson during the party. Honestly, brings tears to my eyes.
Hitting the 32 week mark for our baby girl which in our family means the basketball-bump comparison photo! This is also the mark in my pregnancies were I generally start to get very antsy to be a single person again even though the due date is impossibly far away...but also pretty close. I am not great at these last few weeks of pregnancy (no one knows this better than B). hahaha, apologies to my family who have to put up with me here at the cranky end.
Hysterically laughing when Rusty reported to Brandon and I, "Since this tick came outta my head - guess what? He's my pet now. What's this thing eat anyway?" I told him he eats blood (!) that's why he was in his head; he was sucking his blood. And Rusty followed up with, "So what? We buy blood at the store for him?" THIS KID. unbelievable. We kept the tick in a bag in case we needed to send it for testing because honestly, it could have been in his head for more than 12hrs - I only knew to check because Rust said he felt a little spot and it was hurting him - lo and behold, it is in fact tick season so ugh. He's decided to name him Ricky Ticky and he is under strict orders to NOT OPEN THE BAG for Ricky Ticky or he'll come out like a vampire and try to suck all our blood.
Feeling very grateful that despite Gemma's foot looking so terrible with swelling and bruising, she does not appear to be broken! She has been a trooper and is gaining mobility and movement all week- she even ditched the crutches at school. We are still encouraging her to take it easy, giving her ice breaks, and keeping it elevated when she's rested. But fingers crossed by the end of Easter break - she will be all good to go again!
Singing happy birthday to our bonafide one year old. Red officially turned one on April Fools day and we celebrated with some muffins in the morning and chocolate chip cookie cake for dessert that night. He was home from daycare all day too because it was the start of our Easter break! luckiest!
Getting the house appraised as we try to merge our land and home mortgage loans in a refinance. Nothing reminds you how much you need to declutter like trying to tidy up and prepare for an appraisal. Good grief!
Kissing my fellas goodbye on Friday as they headed out to fishing camp to sleepover on the night before Fishmas. All three (B, Grey, and Rust) were too happy to pack up their bags knowing it would be a long Saturday on the creek with wetlines.
Celebrating that Brandon and I are getting a nephew!! My babyiest sister, Uch and Kevin had a mini gender reveal on Saturday morning at our parents' house. Kevin tied the coolest fly fishing tie (with pink and blue) and then they had a huge balloon posted in the yard. It only took two casts for my dad to hook the balloon to reveal they are having a baby boy!! Omigosh, I cannot even stand how excited I am to love up on this baby! The kids are so excited to have a first cousin, especially Gemma who is already claiming herself as #1 babysitter! Violet and her special powers knew already of course. Uch asked her to guess the day before the reveal and Violet rolled her eyes and said nonchalantly, "it's a boy." HAH!
Sporting with just two baseball practices this week for Grey.
Teaching only 2 days this week since Spring Break began mid-week. Spanish 1 had a vocab test and created monsters to practice some descriptive writing using their body vocab and adjectives. Spanish 2 learned about piropos while Spanish 3 finished their novel Fiesta Fatal and played the Chambelán game. Spanish 4 read chapters 5 and 6 of Bananas and completed a character bubble about the main character Mario. On Wednesday for the early dismissal, we had a 'fun day' at school and my room was in charge of card games (spoons & uno) and then also kind of morphed into a Just Dance room because that's what usually happens, hah!
Making sloppy joes , spaghetti, homemade pizza, and leftover hot dogs, pork roast, and sauerkraut in the slow cooker from fishing camp. B and I had three great Green Chef meals this week. Black Bean Falutas, Porcini Noodles, and Zucchini Fritters with Kale Salad. We are seriously loving all the flavors and that we are learning new ways to cook without being so meat focused. In case you still needed a code for $55 off your first box, the link and code are here (just click!) I whipped up a batch of chocolate/pumpkin muffins for breakfast on Red's birthday and then a lazy chocolate cookie cake for dessert that night (haha, nothing like a birthday for an easy excuse to fill up on chocolate!)
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