tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75159294267560613502024-02-06T20:53:58.700-08:00Just a little ray of sunshine <big><center><b>Adam β’ Megan β’ Maeve β’ Rowan β’ Nolan</b></center></big>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-77812544925828388842021-07-07T20:29:00.002-07:002021-07-07T20:29:43.248-07:00May 24th - 30th, 2021: Dancing all day everyday<p>I'm back again to chip away at this, so I get an A+ for actually doing 2 days in a row. Trying my best to commit to catching up! π Here we go covering another week in the crazy McKarns household. </p><p>Side note: I wrote the above because I <b><i>started</i></b> this post the day after I wrote the last one posted, but as you can see I ended up writing over a series of days and now it's been dayssssss again. So maybe that A+ needs to be lowered to a B-.... ππ</p><p><b>Monday, May 24th: </b></p><p>I was supposed to get my root canal done in the morning, but woke up with a headache, sore throat, and runny nose so I decided it was probably best to reschedule. It's already kinda hard to breathe when you're totally well with a full mouth of dental tools all numbed up, so I figured it wouldn't go over well with a cold, not to mention a drippy nose that you can't stop and wipe. π It was a bummer that I couldn't just get it over with, and when I called to reschedule the soonest opening was a month out. Blah! Oh well. I was pretty sluggish all day because I didn't feel great, but the afternoon cheered me up a bit when Maeve got home with a bunch of end of year stuff to show me, including her yearbook. It was fun to look through that and see her cute picture and all the rest of her classmates' pictures! She got the cutest end of year gift from her teacher with some fun goodies, including a cute popcorn holder, so naturally we had to make some popcorn to use it and watch Zombies 2. It was a whole affair with all babies and lovies included on the couch and of course Rowan too. We don't mess around over here! Kinda the cutest to see them all lined up on the couch covered in a blanket chomping on popcorn. I sent the pic to her teacher and she loved seeing it! </p><p><b>Tuesday, May 25th: </b></p><p>A momentous day for sure, considering for the first time in a loooong time I decided to brave going out clothes shopping for myself with the boys. I really needed some new summer shorts that fit me better. Guess I've gained a few extra pounds since last summer and squeezing into the ones I already owned was so much work I couldn't bring myself to do it for another day. ππ SO, we hit up TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and Ross to see what shorts I could find and I also decided to browse the tops since I had been feeling like my summer wardrobe was lacking a bit. I had a lot of luck and found a bunch of cute unique tops all for great prices and did end up with a few pairs of shorts I really like too! I also scored a few dresses that were SO cute and such great prices. One was even Vince Camuto and fit me like a glove! The boys also did really surprisingly great, other than the fact that I couldn't get Nolan to stop grabbing at all the clothes, trying to pull them off the hangers so I had to make sure to keep him at arms' length... π€¦ββοΈ They both stayed happy though the whole time, which made me think I should venture out to shop more often than I do! It was a major success, other than the annoyance that dressing rooms weren't open, so I couldn't really try most stuff on. Luckily, it's easy to buy and return what doesn't work though. </p><p>I had youth activities later that night and got home to find out that while I was gone, Adam had an extensive discussion with the kids all about space. They were super fascinated by it all and also completely flabbergasted by the fact that there is no gravity and everything just floats around. A few questions they asked that totally cracked me up were:</p><p>1. Rowan: "How do they have (ceiling) fans??" & "Where do they get their toys??" <br />2. Maeve: "How do they get the wax out of their ears??" ππ I might be a little obsessed with checking their ears for wax... Side note on that: Rowan used to hate it and somehow everything changed and now he <i>asks</i> me to do it often, and it's pretty much music to my ears. It's bedtime, but you want to get out of your bed so you can ask me if I'll clean your ears? Sure, no problem! Come on over. (That has happened more than once... ππ€¦ββοΈ he's a smart one and knows how to prolong bedtime)</p><p><b>Wednesday, May 26th: </b></p><p>A big exciting day for sure!! It was Maeve's last day of school and since it was a half day, the day ended up being pretty packed with lots of stuff going on. While she was at school, I had a presidency meeting for YW and then went straight from there to pick her up. She was sooo excited to be all finished, but a little sad to say goodbye to her teacher. Our plan was to celebrate by going to pick up lunch from Chick-fil-A and eat it at the Fountains at Gateway. We love that place, it's such a cute setup. The craziest thing happened though at Chick-fil-A - we ordered our food and then before it was time to pay the dude was like "gimme a minute, my ipad is acting up" ... then he comes back and says, "I'm not sure how this even happened, but for some reason even though you didn't give me your card yet, it says that your meal has already been paid for. It's happened already once today with someone else too, and I'm not sure how to explain it, but you're good to go!" π€― Say whaaat?! So uh, yeah, we hit the jackpot there walking away with free Chick-fil-A. I sorta wonder if the car in front of us paid for our meal or something, although if that had happened you'd think he would have known...? Who knows, but we appreciated it for sure!! We had a great time eating at the Fountains and then the kids enjoyed running around and exploring for a bit. It's just a fun, cute place to walk around. They were a little bummed they didn't have their bathing suits to play in the splashpad area, but it didn't make sense to go home and get them. </p><p>After we got home, it was little bit like pulling teeth to get Maeve's last day of school pics taken on our porch, but it was really fun to have her wearing the same dress as she did the first day of school so we could compare them to those first day of school pics and see how much she had grown! She really did grow up a lot this school year and got quite a bit taller. My little girl is slipping away from me! π</p><p>This is where the week started to shift to being ALL about dance, which was nice timing that school got to wrap up before that happened. That night Maeve had her first full dance recital rehearsal at the studio where they went through the whole show. I was able to just drop her off and go pick her back up, so I didn't have to sit there the whole time, which was nice. I got there at 8:30 in case they finished early, but they ended up going past 9 because some of the girls were struggling with their cues. They wanted to get through the curtain call practice without anyone messing up, so they had to start over many times and a lot of the teachers were getting pretty frustrated. π
Yikes. I'm sure it would be hard to be the one in charge of that kinda thing! Especially cause the young girls were starting to lose focus. I think we got out of there at 9:20 so it was a late night for Maeve, but she had fun with her little dance friends and it was cute to see them together. </p><p><b>Thursday, May 27th: </b></p><p>We kicked the summer off with a bang by having some neighbor kids over so they could all play and enjoy the freedom of not being in school! They had fun, until they weren't having fun anymore because they couldn't agree on what to play together. π Kids sometimes. Then Maeve didn't have the guts to tell them she wanted them to go home since they weren't agreeing on what to play together, so I had to be the bad guy. Gotta love playdate drama. π€¦ββοΈ</p><p>From 4:30-9pm I was off with Maeve at her dress rehearsal at Patterson Park Community Center, in costumes and everything. I probably could have dropped her off again, but I kinda wanted to see the full show run its course so I could see all the dance numbers. It was fun to watch and there were some seriously talented dancers!! A couple of the girls were in 4 or 5 of the dances and I have no idea how in the world they kept all those dances straight and could remember all the routines perfectly. That must have taken so much practice! I was super impressed. The costumes were all so fun too, I just loved it. Maeve did great for her dance number, which made me feel good cause I was little nervous that she didn't know it well enough since we never practiced at home. Turns out she was fine without the practice! Also, it was super cute because she was feeling nervous about the performance, but when we walked in and she took one look at the stage, she said, "Oh, this stage is AWESOME! I love it! I'm not nervous at all anymore, this is gonna be FUN!!" ππ I had been worried that she would end up freezing and be unwilling to go out on the stage to perform, so that was definitely music to my ears. She was loving it all! </p><p>The whole time we were at the rehearsal I was craving a milkshake so bad that I ended up going out to get one after I dropped her off at home and got her in bed. The crazy part though is I had to drive to literally FOUR different places to finally get one. I started at Wendys, but they were out of chocolate shakes, so then I went to Sonic, which ended up already being closed, so THEN I tried Arby's and their stinking machine wasn't working. π€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈ At this point, it seemed like fate would have it that a milkshake just wasn't in the cards for me, but I kinda just couldn't give up after trying so hard π so McDonald's came to the rescue. Who would have thought it would be so hard to get a dang milkshake on a Thursday night!? Cray cray. </p><p><b>Friday, May 28th: </b></p><p>I honestly just did a bunch of cleaning leading up to heading out early with Maeve to go get ready for her recital. I was all panicked cause there was a 4:30pm SHARP arrival time, but I was supposed to show up at 4pm so that her hair and makeup could get done. Traffic made me show up closer to 4:15pm and I was so nervous we'd be in trouble with not enough time to get her ready. Little did I know that we'd be one of the first ones there, before even the dance teachers and owner showed up. Sooo I'm glad we weren't "on time" at 4pm, haha. It was still a relief that I had nothing to worry about, though it was kind of disorganized cause someone else was supposed to do her makeup, but there wasn't really a makeup station set up, so the owner pawned it off on her dance teacher, who did the eye shadow, but then I still had to find someone with lipstick and do that by myself. It is pretty dang hard to do a good job putting bright red lipstick on a 6 year old, let me tell you. I was feeling like I did a pretty crappy job, but the owner was nice and said it was great. π
The show must go on anyway, right! Even if she was lying. π€·ββοΈ Adam and the boys showed up with my Aunt Deb literally just time in time for it to start, and Maeve had no idea my Aunt Deb was going to be there. It was a fun surprise for her! She did so great for her performance and was all smiles afterwards and of course super excited to see Aunt Deb!! All the other dancers did such an amazing job too and it was so fun to watch it all. Makes me sad I never was a dancer!! It all just looks so fun. The teachers even did a number and man, is Maeve's teacher talented!! She was actually on So You Think You Can Dance and made it close to the end before being eliminated I think. The girl can <i>dance. </i>They actually also put together a Mom dance and Dad dance for the dance moms and dads. Of course, Adam and I are not skilled in the dancing department so we did not participate, and I'm glad I didn't because all those moms would have put me to shame!! They did an awesome job and it's a toss up on if they were better or the dads were better. Maeve dances at a studio with mostly a black demographic and they know how to moooove. Her teacher was white though, but still could totally keep up. π It was a great night and so much fun to wrap up the semester! </p><p><b>Saturday, May 29th: </b></p><p>The party continued on Saturday because that day we had our Memorial Day weekend get together with my Aunt Deb and Uncle Chuck, cousin Little Chuck (who isn't even little anymore, but the name will always stick π) and his family, and my sister's family. We did it at Little Chuck's house and the original plan was for it to be a swim day outside in their pool. Unfortunately, the weather went nuts and it ended up being super cold that day - so cold that we were all in pants and sweaters...! Like what in the world?! Such a bummer. Then it ended up even being a little rainy so that threw off our back up plans too of just playing croquet and badminton and such outside. A crazy turn of events for sure, but of course we all just enjoy visiting and chatting, so staying inside ended up being just fine too! The kids did play outside and jump on the trampoline a little while, until they were too cold. Trish had the place decked out with cute party food and cupcakes, with festive decor as well. They know how to put on a great party! We grilled out burgers and hot dogs and enjoyed all the delicious food. The cupcakes were from a local bakery and both looked and tasted amazing! Little Chuck's son Cam ended up being in a tournament baseball game that afternoon, so we braved going to that for a bit in the cold. It was breezy and seriously so chilly, I wished that I had a coat! Cam loved having us all there cheering for him and it was super cute to watch. We had a great day with family, but of course Nolan had to biff it in the parking lot as we were saying goodbye and getting in the car. He was a bit of a bloody mess cause he knocked his mouth good enough, poor dude. Always something with the little ones! I think everyone besides driving Adam fell asleep on the way home, ha. </p><p>I felt so lazy the rest of the night, but we did all go out to Walmart - I don't even remember what for now - but Rowan had us laughing when he showed us a treasure saying, "I want this!!" and we turned to look and noticed it was a glow in the dark bug zapper. I think he just thought it was a tennis racket! π Too funny. </p><p>Our other laugh of the day was when Rowan was so proud of himself in the car for putting a bandaid on himself, and said, "I put it on ALL by myself!! *looks down* Oh.... I put it on the wrong finger." ππ Oh man! We were dying. Only a 3 year old! </p><p><b>Sunday, May 30th: </b></p><p>We accidentally slept in too late to be able to make it to church in time, so we did a little activity from the Friend for the kids instead to sort of make up for it. Then we got ready to go.... drum roll please.... CAMPING! We were a little nervous about trying it out since Nolan HATES the pack n play at my sister's house, but it turns out it must be that he hates being in the pack n play in her laundry room because it went well and he went out without a peep. π The kids were super excited for our camping adventure and it was a hit. We got all set up and they had the time of their lives for a little while jumping on the air mattress we set up in the tent. All you need is a tent and an air mattress to light the fire under a few kids! π Our campground spot was right next to a horse stable so the kids also had fun going to look at them and Maeve even got to pet a couple of them. We got a fire going and cooked up some hot dogs, checked out an overlook from the edge of the campground that was really pretty (when Maeve saw it, she said "Woah, is this the <i>whole</i> world!?" π), and then made some s'mores before getting the kids settled into the tent for bed. We were pretty surprised at how quiet it was after we laid with them and got them settled and assumed they were all asleep after we heard no noise for a bit. Turns out though after Adam and I enjoyed the fire for a bit on our own and then were looking up at the stars we heard some noise from the tent and it was Maeve saying she couldn't fall asleep. So the lucky girl got to stay up later with us and she just looooved that! It was pretty cute though because she told me that while Nolan was trying to fall asleep he got a little sad and she just rubbed his face and said "It's gonna be OK" and then he just laid down and went to sleep. π₯°π₯° Such a sweet little sister taking care of her baby bro! Warms my heart. Then, based off of her success with Nolan, she said, "I think I am getting older to have a baby now! I was looking at Nolan and he's just sooooo cute. Babies are so cute!" Oh dear. π³π
As Adam always says, time for the birth control! </p><p>A couple other funny and not so funny tidbits from the day:</p><p>~The kids needed to go to the bathroom at one point and I was the one that took them, but instead of calling it the women's restroom, Rowan said "We need to go in the mother's one!" π</p><p>~We brought fruit loops for the kids to have for breakfast and they were honestly probably most excited about that then anything else. ππ Before going to bed, Rowan exclaimed, mixing up his words a little, "In the morning, we can have <i>breakfast </i>for FRUIT LOOPS!" ππ</p><p>~It was perfect weather for camping so during the night it wasn't too cold to sleep well luckily. It would have gone down as the most successful camping night in history with three little kids if Maeve hadn't of woken up in the middle of the night needing to go potty. I didn't want to go out in the dark to take her to the bathroom myself, so I woke up Adam up to take her and during the time it took him to get up and ready to take her she just kept saying she REALLY had to go. I was nervous she was going to pee her pants so I told him to just help her go right outside the tent in the grass. I'm not sure if it was because of his tired state, but unfortunately that went south and she ended up kinda peeing all over him. π³π Ooooops. So that was a bit of a fiasco for him, but life with kids right...? π€·ββοΈ</p><p>Aaaaaand that leads us to pictures from the week! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSAWFg-YDUCFXSZf36S8QX16A2pfLza6mKb-ltRuq0-NVRVkfi62mDjChhdVvdKrfBWYy3W-WYlR2y0F7o2anL6a2BDrH7BdgceNtqJmNGgSjV3iEm0Y3V1Cb2fIomLC6Qufw0Wi7AHw/s2048/20210524_141525.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSAWFg-YDUCFXSZf36S8QX16A2pfLza6mKb-ltRuq0-NVRVkfi62mDjChhdVvdKrfBWYy3W-WYlR2y0F7o2anL6a2BDrH7BdgceNtqJmNGgSjV3iEm0Y3V1Cb2fIomLC6Qufw0Wi7AHw/s320/20210524_141525.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvxe4Y2eNXwzl6Yz8w5rZKn_9E-3Yw7RXLFxdC-4kU_SAbaX64fcW49nm9ngZoLGymae4oongMA3aQW0vxY6LG-XpS9J9Vc4yqgfphhSwqvOIC_47De-OoQIWd-wQqNEEr_E5M82Z4WI/s2048/20210524_141543.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here's a couple videos too, one of Maeve's dance recital dance and the other is one of Maeve totally working it while camping. ππ</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">https://youtu.be/oHRGZ6MV70k</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">https://youtube.com/shorts/GMmKlsfopBs?feature=share</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Peace and blessings. βοΈ</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-47233192164774833472021-06-22T21:17:00.003-07:002021-06-22T21:17:11.510-07:00May 17th - 23rd, 2021: Haircuts, tantrums, and crushes<p>Well, I guess right now it's just slow and steady wins the race. Last week was a both a busy week and a fun week and I had no time to blog at all. With summer break in full swing, the kids have been staying up way too late. It seems like they end up wired and incapable of settling down just because we let them stay up a little bit later than we did during the school year. So now we're rethinking letting that happen, cause let's be honest, it isn't fun when your kids are still not asleep and coming out of their room multiple times until 10pm... π€¦ββοΈ ANYWAY, here we go on another weekly update, rewinding to 5 weeks ago:</p><p><b>Monday, May 17th:</b></p><p>The whole month of May was so fun for Maeve at school, with lots of different fun activities and dress up days every day of the week. On this day, Maeve had show and tell day at school and after her coming up with a number of ideas of items to bring that seemed a little too lame to me, we settled on her bringing a little stuffed ballerina bear that used to be mine when I was a kid. She LOVES the pink tutu and thought it would be special to share that it used to be her Mommy's and now it's hers. She was about to just bring an LOL doll, so I'm glad she ended up liking that idea that I came up with. π
The best part about this is that after school she told me that when she showed it, her teacher asked if her bear had a name and on the spot, she came up with the name Pinky Pie!! ππ Oh man! Totally cracked me up. What a name. π</p><p>Other highlights of the day include: </p><p>~Rowan dumping water down the WHOLE front of Nolan's shirt. The shocked look on his face when that cold water hit him was priceless. You could tell it took his breath away, poor boy! π</p><p>~This is more of a lowlight, but I had an endodontist appt that morning for what I <i>thought </i>was going to be an appt to get my root canal done, but it turns out I sat and waited for AN HOUR for the doctor to come in and tell me that she was just evaluating the tooth and making sure the root canal was going to work. ππ€¦ββοΈ I always get a little bit nervous before these kinds of appointments, so it was super annoying that I sat there with my nerves getting the best of me for an hour to find out I had no reason to even be nervous that day... π Geez louise. The whole time I was waiting I was watching the reboot of Gilmore Girls with no sound - kind of comical that they offered me a remote to watch whatever I wanted on the TV while I waited, but there was no sound and turning up the volume did nothing. There were subtitles, but who likes reading subtitles?! Laaame. ANYWAY, the small silver lining was that she did say the tooth wasn't cracked and so I'd be able to do the root canal. So that was at least good news to hear, I just wish I could have gotten it done that day, especially since I sat there for an hour. But what can you do! π€·ββοΈ</p><p>~Nolan did something naughty that day and Rowan said, "He's a stinky maker! ...No! A trouble maker!" π Such a funny mess up, but cute that he was able to correct himself. </p><p>~We went on a family walk and saw Bella out, so she came over to play at our house until it was dinner time </p><p><b>Tuesday, May 18th:</b></p><p>Man oh man, did Maeve have a terrible morning getting ready for school. There was SO much know it all brattiness and I literally almost lost my mind. Not so sure I'm gonna survive the 6 year old sass. Figuring out how to navigate motherhood sometimes feels like a full time job, I swear. </p><p>I also planned out meals for the week and made a grocery list that morning and may or may not have spent an hour looking up ONE new recipe to make for the week that sounded good. Usually I fall upon something new that sounds good pretty quickly, but it seemed like every recipe I looked at either required some odd ingredient, was too complicated, or just didn't sound good. So annoying when that happens and it kinda feels like you're wasting too much time and the clock is ticking and you've gotten nowhere. Not to mention, doesn't help when you realize after you're done and come back to real life that your boys have been eating and throwing pretzels all over the stairs. ππ Yaaay. </p><p>And for a couple funny moments of the day: </p><p>~This one is an ongoing funny moment because it's happened so many times lately. Rowan's new thing every time we go to the grocery store is to say very excitedly as we're getting out of the car to walk in the store, "I have a surprise for you!!" and the every single time the "surprise" is to show me that there are car carts to ride in. π It is too funny and too cute. <br /></p><p>~This is actually another ongoing funny moment because it's been happening a lot lately too, but it's about Nolan. He is so obsessed with shoes that e is always asking me to put one shoe on him, and only one, that belongs to another family member. It cracks me up to watch him walking around with one shoe on and one shoe off, whether it's Maeve's Nike shoe, or one of Adam's huge shoes. ππ Cute, silly boy!</p><p><b>Wednesday, May 19th: </b></p><p>Well I wrote down that we went to Target and if you asked me now what that was for, I have no idea. All I know is that we went. π€·ββοΈ We also finally took Rowan to get a haircut to fix the haircut job that my sister gave him that went south because he wouldn't stay still. Took us long enough! π
He did great and was one handsome little boy afterwards. </p><p>Once the kids were in bed, I disciplined myself to clean our nasty rug in the living room. After I finished, I decided it was a waste of time and I should have skipped the cleaning and looked for a new rug instead. It is just ridiculous that that rug looks dingy again 2 weeks after we clean it! It has been a lesson learned for me to not get a microfiber rug that is higher pile. It's just gotten matted and kind of impossible to really clean well so that it will stay clean. So this time around I need to get a low pile rug made of a better, more durable material aaand probably one that has as little white/cream in it as possible. Hopefully that will help us not end up in the same annoying situation again!! π€</p><p>And for the funny moment of the day: Rowan got some stickers out and decided to draw directly on the stickers and kinda mess them up, so I asked him why he would do that and he said, "Cause it's appropriate!" ππ€ I don't know if he meant inappropriate or if he really thought it was appropriate, but it was pretty funny. </p><p><b>Thursday, May 20th: </b></p><p>Oh my dear gracious. A couple days prior we got new internet installed and of course it didn't take long for Nolan to rip some of the wires out of the wall. π€¦ββοΈ SO after school, an AT&T guy came over to fix it and Maeve and Rowan just HAD to cause the embarrassment of a lifetime. Wanna know what caused them to spiral and go COMPLETELY insane over in front of this dude? The color of a freaking bowl for their cheerios. They both wanted purple and we did not have two stupid purple bowls. I was hoping the fact that a stranger was in our house would cause at least Maeve to handle it a bit better and be flexible enough to pick a different bowl, but nope, the whining wouldn't stop so I told them if they were gonna act like that neither of them would get cheerios. Which unfortunately caused Rowan to REALLY lose his freaking mind and I had to get him upstairs quick before he caused a TOTAL scene - meanwhile he's screaming bloody murder, flailing, and trying to kick the crap out of me as I carry him. π€¬π€¬π€¬ WOW. I was so mortified that they'd behave so badly with someone they didn't know in our house and over something so tiny. It was embarrassing and frustrating and everything in between, but the dude was nice about it and said he totally gets it cause he's got kids too that are quite capable of similar meltdowns. I just hope he really meant that! Man oh man. </p><p>The only other thing worth mentioning is that Maeve cracked me up after school when she told me this: "Emery told me Ben has a crush on me. But I already picked Jonah as my crush, so I think Jonah should be my crush because that's fair..." π The intricacies of Kindergarten romances! She has no idea how it all works and it kills me. </p><p><b>Friday, May 21st:</b></p><p>Our Friday morning took a way different spin than normal when Adam texted me to say that he forgot his insulin at home and was gonna need me to bring it to him. I decided if I was gonna head that way, I would make it worth my while and pick up Pancake Pantry for breakfast. We drove past that place every stinking Thursday when Rowan used to have his Hematology appts and even at 11am on a Thursday the line was out the door. It is super popular and has been recommended to me before and it's kinda crazy that we still hadn't tried it yet! I figured since Adam is trying to be healthier right now anyway, I might as well just try it out on my own and treat myself. π So I may have had to stop my workout in the middle of it to get his insulin to him, but at least I got to pick up some breakfast out, which is always a treat! I went with some crepe style pancakes that were filled with chocolate ganache and topped with raspberry compote. The raspberry element was definitely tasty, but I do sorta regret my choice since I had crepes for Mother's Day. I have a hard time passing up anything with chocolate in it, but given the nutella crepes I had, I should have picked something that would have felt more different. Kind of a bummer that I wish I could have gone back in time and ordered something else more unique, but what can you do!? Story of my life to be honest -- I feel like every time I'm torn between some options on a menu I always feel like I pick the wrong one and regret it. π€¦ββοΈ Guess I better not go with my gut from now on, and then I'll probably pick the right one! </p><p>After doing that, on our way home as we got close to home and I made an impromptu decision to stop and get a new kiddie pool since the last one we had broke and it was a hot day. Little did I know they'd be sold out basically EVERYWHERE and I'd have to call/drive all over kingdom come to find one. It was so crazy! I ended up lucking out at Tractor Supply of all places. Rowan was pretty excited that it worked out because I was a little nervous there for a while that we just weren't gonna be able to get one. So once we got home, I got the back patio all cleaned up before setting it up and filling it so that he could play in it. He sure loved it!</p><p>After school, Maeve had her 6 year well check and at the same time, we were able to remove Nolan's stitches. All went well, although for some reason I felt super nauseous the whole time we were there so that wasn't fun. My anxiety always ramps up when I don't feel good and I'm not at home, but luckily I ended up being alright and it passed.</p><p>Aaaaand, last but not least, Nolan may or may not have dived into the kiddie pool with his clothes on after we got home <i>and </i>I may or may not have backed into a car when we left Maeve's curtain call dance rehearsal later that night.... ππ I wasn't gonna tell Adam and just wait till he noticed anything, but of course Maeve had to let the cat out of the bag. Luckily, the lady was chill about it and said it was fine cause the damage was pretty minimal and it's not too bad on our van either, but I still feel dumb!! Been a while since I've done something like that...</p><p><b>Saturday, May 22nd: </b></p><p>In the morning, in lieu of dance class Maeve just had to go to the studio for dance pictures in her recital costume. She got all glammed up by a couple ladies at the studio and took some shots with her class and also on her own. It was pretty cute to watch. She looked too cute in her costume and of course she LOVED having the make up on. Meanwhile at home, the boys had some fun playing in the kiddie pool together. </p><p>We ran a long string of errands in the afternoon including Kroger, Home Depot, other little pop ins to return stuff, and Walmart. It took so long we ended up getting Chinese food for dinner and ice cream from BK since the kids did well. We bought some cheese its while we were out and cracked them open in the store cause Nolan was begging for him and that boy was <b>very </b>possessive of them. Don't mess with him and his cheese its! π</p><p>And for our laughs of the day:</p><p>~Rowan was tooting and while running through Walmart on the way to the bathroom he yelled, "I tooted a lot!!" like he was so proud of himself. ππ Oh dear. I let him know some things are better when kept to himself, haha. </p><p>~Maeve was asking me way too many questions at bedtime and so I left and said, "OK I'm going now to be with Rowan since you've asked me like 7 questions now" and her rebuttal was, "No, I asked you 8 questions!!" ππ€ <i>And </i>even MORE reason to leave!! </p><p><b>Sunday, May 23rd:</b></p><p>It was pretty much just a typical lazy Sunday, other than the fact that I made some homemade crescent rolls, which is <b><i>always</i></b> a good idea!! That's all I wrote down so that's all I got. </p><p>And now for pictures from the week!!:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfS2Xt4whoil0XF9-jjcA1-TWIcqAL8ntpU0tfuiTrmumM-dhlXhaCn2bdwoZcndmcNBeD5z1yXG3sPNzKQ0hbA_cNd7YWfUJs7ewwDoJcP-eKVpRahQUHYv9hcE-CIXDiAFGgxPTVGU/s2048/20210517_151100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfS2Xt4whoil0XF9-jjcA1-TWIcqAL8ntpU0tfuiTrmumM-dhlXhaCn2bdwoZcndmcNBeD5z1yXG3sPNzKQ0hbA_cNd7YWfUJs7ewwDoJcP-eKVpRahQUHYv9hcE-CIXDiAFGgxPTVGU/s320/20210517_151100.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-q7JY4bQibo0M9q-uda9zHPuMWN0a_qN3M5KugFV2DmmH_QFXwCzj3JLX7GKM68K1jeA1uBRN1CVOvLfReferQ6hW5K_ZVFQdweGlq52GiAyF_R3tkkPtaK0BSGv43L1LSX7A_iOswnA/s2048/20210518_133115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-q7JY4bQibo0M9q-uda9zHPuMWN0a_qN3M5KugFV2DmmH_QFXwCzj3JLX7GKM68K1jeA1uBRN1CVOvLfReferQ6hW5K_ZVFQdweGlq52GiAyF_R3tkkPtaK0BSGv43L1LSX7A_iOswnA/s320/20210518_133115.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This kid lives for any chance that he can sit in the backseat in Maeve's booster seat. I only let him when we go to Kroger, but he certainly asks me if he can allllllll day everyday. π€¦ββοΈ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBtZSXe7Z6zrq4F6HSPTgyzexKxZoKpnV4cSIr-0MH8YzzX-AY31FWQgoeUT47mEc-fr4PzEfW72K7T1oq5_DcOxQxOZNFR0-D9jBZC5aieQDo0vVl9VeXTQmpPFbFUKVGryqfOvhpAk/s2048/20210518_133122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBtZSXe7Z6zrq4F6HSPTgyzexKxZoKpnV4cSIr-0MH8YzzX-AY31FWQgoeUT47mEc-fr4PzEfW72K7T1oq5_DcOxQxOZNFR0-D9jBZC5aieQDo0vVl9VeXTQmpPFbFUKVGryqfOvhpAk/s320/20210518_133122.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep, he's that excited ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPCz3C9fj_xZVl9D5pBM_ZbK4lC1ihvcYTIgZVuYM3yHthFRvjLaO-XKZDsw_Rsf1tqUUQsAexD8o9xBj4Vj5OFsLWk3GSPPKK__dlh4J3JJNiwFBCJ1qmmhUPn9XXhyphenhyphenJCt2J0da7I9s/s2048/20210518_151604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPCz3C9fj_xZVl9D5pBM_ZbK4lC1ihvcYTIgZVuYM3yHthFRvjLaO-XKZDsw_Rsf1tqUUQsAexD8o9xBj4Vj5OFsLWk3GSPPKK__dlh4J3JJNiwFBCJ1qmmhUPn9XXhyphenhyphenJCt2J0da7I9s/s320/20210518_151604.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rocking out trying to be like Daddy π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_VeTMRfDN7nsN0hC0CBkX72WD3Ie_R3Nul8kyeLm03nbdGMQJ8mqphFnGYV0GA8aB5e4Dja5iNrkGTE_JPosF8XLSvxVEoSeEbcMOv-dNU3f3MsiVqPqPxuojOntTingskX3MeCcj4U/s2048/20210518_214446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_VeTMRfDN7nsN0hC0CBkX72WD3Ie_R3Nul8kyeLm03nbdGMQJ8mqphFnGYV0GA8aB5e4Dja5iNrkGTE_JPosF8XLSvxVEoSeEbcMOv-dNU3f3MsiVqPqPxuojOntTingskX3MeCcj4U/s320/20210518_214446.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm sorry, but the arms folded while sleeping was totally killing me! Had to take a pic π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDQwGjXWXGkUoJ5zM7_js-l1U_ZYGlM6qN7T98KOaYVS5W6XyhaEM-Ut5ilOfy235dFW4mxzJlpU24SJEs75bamymi1-uy0J0ywnyvEapbqzLwwl0J1qp_4SXbu1BEoLKVobzgpfSMhk/s2048/20210519_095948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDQwGjXWXGkUoJ5zM7_js-l1U_ZYGlM6qN7T98KOaYVS5W6XyhaEM-Ut5ilOfy235dFW4mxzJlpU24SJEs75bamymi1-uy0J0ywnyvEapbqzLwwl0J1qp_4SXbu1BEoLKVobzgpfSMhk/s320/20210519_095948.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wondering how many photos I'll get of him sitting here when it's all said and done.... π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTS0vtVfa1WJ5KKsjZKzFtnlywZFkacPsPxO-1Eo4DjoPg5fCY6v44_u-Ebr1ej7D9GSi9e23KXaU5B15yXtaNTsE8-BFFNGtLJDbXooZby1Nph8JZw5PHoR9Vrv_zqF2QKYZ66167wvc/s2048/20210519_100343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTS0vtVfa1WJ5KKsjZKzFtnlywZFkacPsPxO-1Eo4DjoPg5fCY6v44_u-Ebr1ej7D9GSi9e23KXaU5B15yXtaNTsE8-BFFNGtLJDbXooZby1Nph8JZw5PHoR9Vrv_zqF2QKYZ66167wvc/s320/20210519_100343.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's trouble! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgan6X4ByIGZkYFmmDKt8k8ptRN6nuLymoNX6UfNmLtL7h1NC2Y_7KeurcxN-sqWhW175jYmPpqz45ZH59wnUXi-A_J8iMSiQbG3_E_wEIOjbMqRM2TNFlKkxo-xJWff82nTQE49YCj2rA/s2048/20210519_151602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgan6X4ByIGZkYFmmDKt8k8ptRN6nuLymoNX6UfNmLtL7h1NC2Y_7KeurcxN-sqWhW175jYmPpqz45ZH59wnUXi-A_J8iMSiQbG3_E_wEIOjbMqRM2TNFlKkxo-xJWff82nTQE49YCj2rA/s320/20210519_151602.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep... TROUBLE!! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyphenhypheny8hvj3JNTfmrruceMh_ASU9hyphenhyphenO9I5TjvPIUBMk4jdEQ4G7PkcauHvB02LcNpVKVr9FwXDV-kZUnwdv-2FJGfJ8wHsHc7gcYyW1zvFVIWEil18ECkbpbVOSGSqunHa-XJ1SYB4vMbCA/s2048/20210519_184145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyphenhypheny8hvj3JNTfmrruceMh_ASU9hyphenhyphenO9I5TjvPIUBMk4jdEQ4G7PkcauHvB02LcNpVKVr9FwXDV-kZUnwdv-2FJGfJ8wHsHc7gcYyW1zvFVIWEil18ECkbpbVOSGSqunHa-XJ1SYB4vMbCA/s320/20210519_184145.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm sorry, but it doesn't get much cuter than him toddling around in that helmet! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrvTA7-Nb1nDQ5-ssXkFBph_RYFT4ODc7dhyphenhyphenev56n_kLbGD2hHqHzzccxFMmwyedsmEHVHJlr-4hlRr5PSlkKQtpZWTqz5RVGnEuHeAFiohL6E6fIBaJpIySPbPGaNxD0GyfxARD_z_4/s2048/20210519_184211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrvTA7-Nb1nDQ5-ssXkFBph_RYFT4ODc7dhyphenhyphenev56n_kLbGD2hHqHzzccxFMmwyedsmEHVHJlr-4hlRr5PSlkKQtpZWTqz5RVGnEuHeAFiohL6E6fIBaJpIySPbPGaNxD0GyfxARD_z_4/s320/20210519_184211.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmyA3TOCzzIGfo8dtYKJfUiRJFmxj3jEoB9rZi8uyCFKSWySbWIeSCaBavd8bqEQgt9bYcHd2UNG9sNSa5GRVxYfZhpxK4_tt0Bm_yEfpyI1hZT8oe82093fxYbUD8N1JfEcZdHKrUik/s2048/20210519_190756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtmyA3TOCzzIGfo8dtYKJfUiRJFmxj3jEoB9rZi8uyCFKSWySbWIeSCaBavd8bqEQgt9bYcHd2UNG9sNSa5GRVxYfZhpxK4_tt0Bm_yEfpyI1hZT8oe82093fxYbUD8N1JfEcZdHKrUik/s320/20210519_190756.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh my. He is way too perfect! ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWwc-HTr1IM2hqvPT3nGQ8r62VVgBkEzIShSp7KNLXb0T7xuSwnZjJelgl28iV9fPjKqSLKdyZeSvm5qwtTlZrjN2-6yhgOcEP_tI7_4SJcoPyfKRmiMPCDvcTjrtwDTB1lpzMgMm400/s2048/20210519_190915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWwc-HTr1IM2hqvPT3nGQ8r62VVgBkEzIShSp7KNLXb0T7xuSwnZjJelgl28iV9fPjKqSLKdyZeSvm5qwtTlZrjN2-6yhgOcEP_tI7_4SJcoPyfKRmiMPCDvcTjrtwDTB1lpzMgMm400/s320/20210519_190915.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His little feet!! πππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyF0j55KtiWUjl8ZxV3Ouu3pchPF3JqjHhpu6k83ITWukBgP8RU2pb4bIQVMaj8FcQ5H24xpkoi5Sfor3KHgKBypnte86_5Kz18eMLowBbVPsurYTQ2FqaPyI9xNd_sNs4SG2YmbpwPs/s2048/20210520_142223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoyF0j55KtiWUjl8ZxV3Ouu3pchPF3JqjHhpu6k83ITWukBgP8RU2pb4bIQVMaj8FcQ5H24xpkoi5Sfor3KHgKBypnte86_5Kz18eMLowBbVPsurYTQ2FqaPyI9xNd_sNs4SG2YmbpwPs/s320/20210520_142223.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a boy with his hammer basically doing the splits. He is sooo flexible it's crazy! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vDyQdvXzQfO_QpaYEf_d3pE8yoF8wDH9AlJ0fdp3CYBB_9AhtEnBawLNCN5lroI5XbylSPgMXBxXk1eG-egJNhabEQ_M7i27F3qYMurByOOInuPkfwL3uZqjdjw10c5ozKR8BZEEa-A/s2048/20210520_154925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vDyQdvXzQfO_QpaYEf_d3pE8yoF8wDH9AlJ0fdp3CYBB_9AhtEnBawLNCN5lroI5XbylSPgMXBxXk1eG-egJNhabEQ_M7i27F3qYMurByOOInuPkfwL3uZqjdjw10c5ozKR8BZEEa-A/s320/20210520_154925.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guess I wasn't paying close enough attention. Next thing I know he's going to town on the cake scraps! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdl80x51bKaxH1tcld7lCRc2n8oJeKX9SLVEXJyOzFtGfmUOWL1COHT7Vi7d432BrrnDintApWvzVDOgo4ThXKwdm-0ivwJVlRijoA9gMIxFN27M6Zg0j6Hza4X1kMv4IoUPVn1OxI8o/s2048/20210521_110341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdl80x51bKaxH1tcld7lCRc2n8oJeKX9SLVEXJyOzFtGfmUOWL1COHT7Vi7d432BrrnDintApWvzVDOgo4ThXKwdm-0ivwJVlRijoA9gMIxFN27M6Zg0j6Hza4X1kMv4IoUPVn1OxI8o/s320/20210521_110341.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep, I'm at that mom that lets her boys ride around in the cart like this. ππ As long as they're alive and on it somehow.... </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqlUNubVpJ-G9B_nu1z-cRTTKNPYKp0nD-A1ZuTQx9OSCedUbucDeHaWq2ijHDrOqB-jZ2gSo6ucBIphUTB8po-q2VyGtQSrnFGzlHTW2oHdF6KWE-gpG4eIm0lhAUpDb3zf9__qOFnrE/s2048/20210522_091731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqlUNubVpJ-G9B_nu1z-cRTTKNPYKp0nD-A1ZuTQx9OSCedUbucDeHaWq2ijHDrOqB-jZ2gSo6ucBIphUTB8po-q2VyGtQSrnFGzlHTW2oHdF6KWE-gpG4eIm0lhAUpDb3zf9__qOFnrE/s320/20210522_091731.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She is looking way too old and sophisticated these days!! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga38CWqXJ3F7dUlNJ8CS5_2_E1KzkKa9DqIUwzmfFNb9lJ8bqQbfqXFOUvwC3Knt8Fr6VrkxUJGcOJXw-bANXZQf-_3LpZJsOQLwkVK7KTnibz0MpF39jvFf2V5SAANbROaF89QWXasis/s2048/20210522_091938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga38CWqXJ3F7dUlNJ8CS5_2_E1KzkKa9DqIUwzmfFNb9lJ8bqQbfqXFOUvwC3Knt8Fr6VrkxUJGcOJXw-bANXZQf-_3LpZJsOQLwkVK7KTnibz0MpF39jvFf2V5SAANbROaF89QWXasis/s320/20210522_091938.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready for make up after getting her hair done! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMeBW1O3LiGRegKSfLZUo0Q-ukxrqMDLltRJzok9l0UHVT8qCbqmDu4beX3Z-k_xRpUJ20AJDmLUB0ixINA-Ghgg8hol8wekPgvjGTIxRDBnzmYa7Fd2-VpNcorLlyPl1JWTDESTMjKo/s2048/20210522_095020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMeBW1O3LiGRegKSfLZUo0Q-ukxrqMDLltRJzok9l0UHVT8qCbqmDu4beX3Z-k_xRpUJ20AJDmLUB0ixINA-Ghgg8hol8wekPgvjGTIxRDBnzmYa7Fd2-VpNcorLlyPl1JWTDESTMjKo/s320/20210522_095020.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love this smile! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXQqIBHfglzkNgAJvUxKMQxOI8v51sQgu-8Wls-RhfA1QYrIzOQ33x60f2TRddPQh_ct29_mNeewK1CZ_JJ2Dmjk42zRwv_JYo07qSnKi4Fgo_7VsGE7emO1zU6APu4x3ydYZOjbJm04/s2048/20210522_095357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXQqIBHfglzkNgAJvUxKMQxOI8v51sQgu-8Wls-RhfA1QYrIzOQ33x60f2TRddPQh_ct29_mNeewK1CZ_JJ2Dmjk42zRwv_JYo07qSnKi4Fgo_7VsGE7emO1zU6APu4x3ydYZOjbJm04/s320/20210522_095357.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1T9l4KNms5i3KmYqneeMNYF8XEDYrojz4RJcKUWLz5qXhF3tN7huwVLy3E3N9WPJc10SkkeuSJ48E5Z2I7GzbbX4YHpHWmNk9acsPJcQx7Vss7gRg-zfppWlZhcki5-NEyESixsG5v2Q/s2048/20210522_101500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1T9l4KNms5i3KmYqneeMNYF8XEDYrojz4RJcKUWLz5qXhF3tN7huwVLy3E3N9WPJc10SkkeuSJ48E5Z2I7GzbbX4YHpHWmNk9acsPJcQx7Vss7gRg-zfppWlZhcki5-NEyESixsG5v2Q/s320/20210522_101500.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQlzkfuM4OxlJNCWExxeA8cl0FA34ohkJv39xhaEVmKSTeMsw3tgnfmJYg97FkSFzHWVyPW4X2_Hy6TbiqLA85ipDUnSeEcaa3ZCp568O5b-OdFrUSvNavwexsH6LlogZCFJRH4cOkos/s2048/20210522_101607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQlzkfuM4OxlJNCWExxeA8cl0FA34ohkJv39xhaEVmKSTeMsw3tgnfmJYg97FkSFzHWVyPW4X2_Hy6TbiqLA85ipDUnSeEcaa3ZCp568O5b-OdFrUSvNavwexsH6LlogZCFJRH4cOkos/s320/20210522_101607.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ__SGumykQsI2NKLUQOjh0iJo2JKOGoNIhZXFAbfHqIW338BwUoQ1sDSoOPkxuTNC-V4bTYtc881ohCKhbd5mOH0SGj5g_utXc9dHy-gcH0pxs-9cYiouXMsbA9-QaWit3VfEKkwVg-A/s2048/20210522_101955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ__SGumykQsI2NKLUQOjh0iJo2JKOGoNIhZXFAbfHqIW338BwUoQ1sDSoOPkxuTNC-V4bTYtc881ohCKhbd5mOH0SGj5g_utXc9dHy-gcH0pxs-9cYiouXMsbA9-QaWit3VfEKkwVg-A/s320/20210522_101955.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Get it girl! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2l6O-c8TioUALWk2yMP4Yeu7tCP1QoBMoiDvSK1XyOqePipIFhTuv6FLTXNQ3P1CwrEJrTGw49EcsHF8RuBUcfDmgDD5HDcbzW5IxlTWNetCqiRJLeNa3w2xC7RlAlhM7byaWyo9h2a8/s2048/20210523_170144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2l6O-c8TioUALWk2yMP4Yeu7tCP1QoBMoiDvSK1XyOqePipIFhTuv6FLTXNQ3P1CwrEJrTGw49EcsHF8RuBUcfDmgDD5HDcbzW5IxlTWNetCqiRJLeNa3w2xC7RlAlhM7byaWyo9h2a8/s320/20210523_170144.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He loves carrying babies around now and I swear I could die π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9fwhRAheq9yuSk-5C2a6S-0c7eXwPgMFFNc_5eRc6InKP441llun0M4pTNzN28XtmuCopXv6O-NqNU4WDhqKEsFaHlQjlKgXxKCfpqDUgCZGDn6cB9o3YRqXhJIpS2p-eH_l2aqwsr8/s2048/20210523_170151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9fwhRAheq9yuSk-5C2a6S-0c7eXwPgMFFNc_5eRc6InKP441llun0M4pTNzN28XtmuCopXv6O-NqNU4WDhqKEsFaHlQjlKgXxKCfpqDUgCZGDn6cB9o3YRqXhJIpS2p-eH_l2aqwsr8/s320/20210523_170151.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gotta love the squat π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggU-ASIW6-jRK5AC3pUT03fWZuNWIu9kmiMaPbLXKb4BZhAgKa0CxxHQ05bDgEu2N5E5XRA12iM7L-Rdhpt70kdE0FYrGC9u3BV5emptwKR7IHIkzL1ckTljtFXR3bXvHn98Quz1c_FxQ/s1008/Resized_20210522_090609.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="756" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggU-ASIW6-jRK5AC3pUT03fWZuNWIu9kmiMaPbLXKb4BZhAgKa0CxxHQ05bDgEu2N5E5XRA12iM7L-Rdhpt70kdE0FYrGC9u3BV5emptwKR7IHIkzL1ckTljtFXR3bXvHn98Quz1c_FxQ/s320/Resized_20210522_090609.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh my π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4iSUMdGgkfnQ3KiuJeEKSLXuwQ7rnBE9UnhkzjC7ansiuJY5KwK2MiYUsrWiGPwjqyufarqfAmX8lgV26OBWv801rMqtXK3CcHE99DQg2ff9bPnZxBWRabISG1yv1LzWDVgZHA9C6xQM/s2048/20210522_090259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4iSUMdGgkfnQ3KiuJeEKSLXuwQ7rnBE9UnhkzjC7ansiuJY5KwK2MiYUsrWiGPwjqyufarqfAmX8lgV26OBWv801rMqtXK3CcHE99DQg2ff9bPnZxBWRabISG1yv1LzWDVgZHA9C6xQM/s320/20210522_090259.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty killer when I get photos like these from Adam! ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSrt5x1fz5w6lYTx8o_GBaEQtp9oc9BGxEMPIADmuL0WKYQZDbGojRDO-0WlAMDyr2sYmblb59kcfH9gZj-WxdIoCEB7XBJ0lnyFdCQrM9-2TwP-iUhroTmEiZSw8YF1gtim2WU69hdA/s2048/20210508_090150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSrt5x1fz5w6lYTx8o_GBaEQtp9oc9BGxEMPIADmuL0WKYQZDbGojRDO-0WlAMDyr2sYmblb59kcfH9gZj-WxdIoCEB7XBJ0lnyFdCQrM9-2TwP-iUhroTmEiZSw8YF1gtim2WU69hdA/s320/20210508_090150.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I didn't even realize Adam was smart enough to snap this when he made Maeve her 6 pancake the day after her birthday! Got it from his phone. Too cute. π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjaUvRc4zOmts4YafKCPFYOHXg3sm_XAgePGQbSxosSVPhP_YLRFBdXUUq306_84yfvJVsF436H0mX0gCxMlWoc-B8SUl6xsPEfMDHyhf9gPUfqbuN7KXmzN64hsYJosCTJCVrcpcHJx4/s2048/20210522_183115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjaUvRc4zOmts4YafKCPFYOHXg3sm_XAgePGQbSxosSVPhP_YLRFBdXUUq306_84yfvJVsF436H0mX0gCxMlWoc-B8SUl6xsPEfMDHyhf9gPUfqbuN7KXmzN64hsYJosCTJCVrcpcHJx4/s320/20210522_183115.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't mess with my cheese its! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCjD_3L1_YfTQ9Wnuda6twjGnQQ35qWZK168PrcaiJhn97Vk4yHJ9bySS6cjB7aAwFw_6OREGd5ILiLcjDWEADwhX4U5rqo3Lf1M4sVAxreIigMYhXkZy-k30WRyZCXZsk47daCKZGFc/s2048/20210501_183348.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCjD_3L1_YfTQ9Wnuda6twjGnQQ35qWZK168PrcaiJhn97Vk4yHJ9bySS6cjB7aAwFw_6OREGd5ILiLcjDWEADwhX4U5rqo3Lf1M4sVAxreIigMYhXkZy-k30WRyZCXZsk47daCKZGFc/s320/20210501_183348.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From our trip to Rach's house the very end of April, guess I snapped this on Adam's phone! Too cute. π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBfWJulpaJi7HkBvwBDeJWlgKzracDd5iOUuH724EKBuGHZZ1_7W7S4dMsEUbb7kZgIGLDs9uFpE8sNGqrUYRspxGkbEAwL3OGvi10iUgcUUXhAWiavB2fa3c8hCBFaQdEgXptNgoHZU/s2048/20210613_200940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBfWJulpaJi7HkBvwBDeJWlgKzracDd5iOUuH724EKBuGHZZ1_7W7S4dMsEUbb7kZgIGLDs9uFpE8sNGqrUYRspxGkbEAwL3OGvi10iUgcUUXhAWiavB2fa3c8hCBFaQdEgXptNgoHZU/w284-h213/20210613_200940.jpg" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not even sure when Adam took this, but it's so pretty! A shot from our neighborhood street. π</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Peace and blessings. βοΈ</p>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-56863492426557044422021-06-08T21:19:00.001-07:002021-06-08T21:19:15.207-07:00May 10th - 16th: Another week in the neighborhood <p>Oh man, I only have FOUR weeks to write about before I am caught up. Yikes. I am attempting to discipline myself a bit more often lately to get the job done, but with school out for the summer, the kids are staying up later than normal right now and the motivation is close to non-existent by 9pm. But I'm here tonight so GO ME! Here we go. </p><p><b>Monday, May 10th: </b></p><p>Leave it to Maeve to have a major tear fest on a school morning in the LAST month of the school year over the fact that she's going to miss me at school. I'm sorry, what?! Are we playing opposite day? Cause I thought that's the kind of thing that just happens at the beginning of the year, but nope. Not sure what spurred that on, but it was hard to have lots of patience considering she had months of being TOTALLY fine. <b>π</b></p><p>It was a monumental day at our house too because we OFFICIALLY ran out of conditioner and I had to buy some from the store for the first time in 8.5 years. Our Nuskin back stock lasted for 6 more freaking years once we stopped accumulating it and moved away from Utah. SO crazy!! π€―</p><p>In the afternoon, I went to the dentist and found out I have an abscess at one of my roots. Ugh. It had been feeling kinda weird and puffy and I noticed a purple spot on my gums, so that's what led me to get things checked out. The dentist said I will hopefully just have to get a root canal, unless the tooth ends up being fractured, at which point I'd have to get an implant. Anyway, I got started on some antibiotics to clear up the discomfort and get rid of the infection. Never a dull moment when you've got my set of teeth!! Yaaaay. π</p><p>At the dinner table, we had a stellar round 2 of Knock Knock jokes for quite a while. These kids sure know how to crack us up!</p><p><b>Tuesday, May 11th: </b></p><p>Not much to note, other than the fact that Maeve's friend Sarah came over in the afternoon and they had a fun time playing together. I'm happy that for the most part Rowan still gets included in these little play dates. That will be a sad day when he becomes an annoyance and they don't want him around. Glad he can still tag along for now! </p><p>In other news, I did drop a big bag of frozen strawberries on the kitchen floor and spilled like 50% of the bag. They went allllllll over the place. Luckily, the boys were nice to help me pick them all up, so it wasn't too time consuming. I'm such a klutz. </p><p><b>Wednesday, May 12th: </b></p><p>We've made great strides in the potty department with Rowan given that he is much more independent now, but the biggest struggle these days is that he does not always push down his penis sooo half the pee gets on the floor sometimes. At one point during the day, he told me he accidentally got some pee on the floor and I asked him how much pee there was.... maybe not the smartest question for a 3 year old considering his response: "mmmm, like 3 pees" ππ€ I guess he thought it was a good long pee! </p><p>Before heading out to run some errands, Rowan and I were talking about how he needed some new sunglasses. He told me he really wanted to get some with cherries on them, because Maeve just got some new ones with cherries on them. I told him that cherries are kinda girly and he said, "Ah ha! I KNOW! Carrots!!!" πππ It's basically the only vegetable he eats, so not a surprising suggestion. I told him I wasn't so sure that we could find some with carrots on them, so he said he could also settle for basketballs. π Turns out, Walmart wasn't cool enough to have carrots OR basketballs on their little boy sunglasses. Such a shame. π€·ββοΈ He had to go with some paw patrol ones instead. </p><p>Our day took a turn for the worse after school when Rowan kept stealing Maeve's lemonade cup so she got frustrated and NAILED him with a ball! A screaming match may or may not have ensued between her and I when she didn't immediately cooperate when I told her to go to her room. π Not my finest parenting moment, nor her finest moment, and it put me in bad mood for a while. It sure would be nice if life was just a game and there was an escape button you could press when things get too crazy. I would have pressed the escape button for sure in that situation. π
</p><p>Nolan stayed up waaaay too late because he just wouldn't settle at bedtime. He's so cute though, I can't complain having him around after hours. Turns out he's pretty good at watching TV. ππ</p><p><b>Thursday, May 13th: </b></p><p>Nolan is a total mastermind and somehow shimmied out of one of his poopy diapers in the evening before we could even start changing him. π€’ Yikes. And in other news, Rowan's new thing is to constantly vacuum with me with his pretend vacuum whenever I pull out the real vacuum. It's kinda the cutest. π₯° </p><p>Unfortunately, things took a turn for the worse just before bedtime when Nolan gashed his mouth on the corner of Rowan's bed. He got a good gouge in his upper lip and I had to take him to the ER to get some stitches. Maeve was so cute before we left, I could have died. She came over to him to give him a hug and kiss and then said, "Sorry you cut your lip! I love you a lot." *ππ₯° Such a sweet, concerned sister. Poor little dude was pretty upset for a little while after it happened, but did so well waiting at the hospital. We were there for 2 hours and all but 10 minutes of that time was spent waiting. He was being so cute and silly for a good while in the stroller, but eventually wanted to be free and spent the rest of the time just walking around. It reminded me so much of my days with Rowan at the hospital during his ITP craziness because he was just a new little walker during all of that too and we just walked up and down the hallways killing time during a couple of our hospital stays. Luckily, it was just stitches this time around, though a first for us with our kids so far!! Poor little dude was not a happy camper getting it done and it was pretty sad to watch, but he did as well as he could all things considered. It only took a couple stitches so that was nice. He was happy to get outta there! </p><p><b>Friday, May 14th: </b></p><p>I had my first zoom appt with my new psych lady to figure out what medication to try to battle this throw up fear. Turns out it's called emetophobia. She was really nice and personable and suggested I try Prozac, but also do some cognitive behavioral therapy. She gave me some recommendations and I still need to get something set up with one of those therapists. At least I'm on the right track now to getting the help I need. I've been taking the Prozac and so far so good. My biggest concern is that I might end up gaining weight, but so far I haven't noticed anything crazy so let's hope it stays that way. π€</p><p>Other highlights of the day include Maeve getting her first loose tooth (she's growing up! π) and also giving Zoey a much needed haircut, so now we're back to a nice short summer cut. I always loooove how soft she feels when her hair is nice and short. Apparently getting stiches is not enough to slow Nolan down either, because he was more that ready to keep toddling around outside with his police car and in fact was SO mad when Rowan was tired of being outside and it was time to go back inside that he threw himself on the ground and got a nice big goose egg on his head. π€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈ Here we go, bring on all the injuries! That little boy could play outside all day long if I let him, I swear. </p><p>Maeve played with Bella in the afternoon at her house and got lucky enough to stay for dinner since her mom decided to order pizza for her girls for dinner and was nice enough to include Maeve. I picked her up in time to go to her curtain call rehearsal at her dance studio. Lots of excitement for this little girl! </p><p><b>Saturday, May 15th: </b></p><p>I took Maeve to her dance class in the morning and then Adam went off roofing. Rowan put me in fantastic mood when he charged at me from behind and knocked me into the cabinet, while I was putting away some tupperware. All fun and games for him, heaven forbid he think about how that might feel for the other person who isn't even EXPECTING it!! π€¬ To make matters worse, after passing some time playing board games, a couple hours later he jumped on me with all his body weight when I was least expecting it and I totally snapped! It was like my defenses kicked in to protect myself and it took everything in me to not just punch him. Whew. I turned into a bit of an emotional mess and poor Maeve and I were supposed to go on a date once Adam got home. I knew I would have a hard time immediately flipping the switch for her so we could have a fun time, so I suggested we wait a little while and eat dinner first so that I could cheer up and we could have the most fun time possible. She was so mature to understand even though she was so excited and the poor, sweet girl made me the most heartfelt card since she knew I was sad. π₯°π She really has the biggest heart and gives me so much love when I need it most. I truly love and appreciate her for it! </p><p>Our little date did not disappoint - we had planned to get custard from Culver's, but since that didn't take very long we last minute decided to hop over to Barnes and Noble and read some books together. It was so nice to have some fun one on time with her and I think she really ate it up. The Barnes and Noble parking lot smelled like fries as we were walking back out to the car and she said, "It smells like fries and that makes me hungry for fries..." totally hoping I would offer to go get her fries, the little stink. I told her Culver's was enough of a treat. π Unless you're me, which in that case the kiddie sized cup of custard is not enough, and you end up getting Crumbl cookies in the same night. Yep, I'm fat. But at least I'm happy too. ππ I just had to try the blueberry crumb cake flavor and it did not disappoint! </p><p><b>Sunday, May 16th: </b></p><p>It was a momentous day because we started up the second hour of in person church again, so Rowan got to go to Primary for the first time as a sunbeam!! Kinda can't believe he's old enough for Primary - seems like the time didn't really pass because of this weird covid break with all the home church and no nursery. Pretty crazy! He was super nervous the night before, crying that I couldn't leave him alone there and that he would need me with him the whole time. Then when he woke up on Sunday morning, it was like a switch flipped, and he insisted as long as he could hold Maeve's hand and walk into Primary hand in hand and sit next to her the whole time, he wouldn't be nervous. SWEET boy!! That Maeve means everything to him and I couldn't love it more. She was so cute holding his hand and making sure he was okay and ready to go in. I hope they'll always look out for each other! He did great and loved it. π</p><p>The kids were begging me after church to play with Zoey, Zia, and John, so we invited the Pylant's over for dinner, but she was so excited for what she was planning on making for dinner that we ended up just going over there instead. She made breakfast for dinner - eggs, hashbrowns, biscuits and gravy, and bacon and it was all delish!! We hung out and played some bananagrams and had a good time as always. So nice to have good friends that we're totally comfortable with! </p><p>Well that wraps up the week! Here are pics from the week: </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-Os_xjSTHgFUHGU9EugWWTAb6jjqJ45aR7u8sMQQRv_NMPzy3b_5E44fna2a-ThLVK3tfASMDH8PUoFo-2N-o4_0Ah0cAY_W5QrYU_wuftQyuF9JVHWIz-b_hK0vHrpFOzxxRiMpLkc/s2048/20210512_130945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-Os_xjSTHgFUHGU9EugWWTAb6jjqJ45aR7u8sMQQRv_NMPzy3b_5E44fna2a-ThLVK3tfASMDH8PUoFo-2N-o4_0Ah0cAY_W5QrYU_wuftQyuF9JVHWIz-b_hK0vHrpFOzxxRiMpLkc/s320/20210512_130945.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute boy passed out π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv0QvX3E6Z5bLydIkNZ56EVOsECcUqB4IqHcR3HSC9ZDIi9q4spnnhB0vqRLHWcn0HIRxdUUmrV_Gp1Qxh3KE3n-EFVI4AtSAHIJCbrz5TV3Ln8aDBFv1Dt1r0_u2Nd4cJs3cKkvU_KU0/s2048/20210512_192500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv0QvX3E6Z5bLydIkNZ56EVOsECcUqB4IqHcR3HSC9ZDIi9q4spnnhB0vqRLHWcn0HIRxdUUmrV_Gp1Qxh3KE3n-EFVI4AtSAHIJCbrz5TV3Ln8aDBFv1Dt1r0_u2Nd4cJs3cKkvU_KU0/s320/20210512_192500.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's ferocious. Look at that face!! π³</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoq736udulwcTVobL7zOAFK-skVt6ScoekALNre4GedTTmmAd5AvODCEUU6HDNOqyDMP7nLIfXI2RI2HmzxveE1U5R24hBgdb4fQ2Lu6CQTceZ1NpHNG2P2EEm28YMAv6G0VkOr5s-Ds/s2048/20210513_100835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoq736udulwcTVobL7zOAFK-skVt6ScoekALNre4GedTTmmAd5AvODCEUU6HDNOqyDMP7nLIfXI2RI2HmzxveE1U5R24hBgdb4fQ2Lu6CQTceZ1NpHNG2P2EEm28YMAv6G0VkOr5s-Ds/s320/20210513_100835.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just pulling his weight π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkONvKxuVFLt7SyNiTh2tj-oUjR4u14G8huUSmYydUFMLj8u58lWzbvCF4oJA7HOByx8H8EJQTqRQcKEg9twPvzJl7Ww3kAAEDn5M1LAwWjUHVILWAdxoryBoljuG2KLUAylj1qM3vkoI/s2048/20210513_100844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkONvKxuVFLt7SyNiTh2tj-oUjR4u14G8huUSmYydUFMLj8u58lWzbvCF4oJA7HOByx8H8EJQTqRQcKEg9twPvzJl7Ww3kAAEDn5M1LAwWjUHVILWAdxoryBoljuG2KLUAylj1qM3vkoI/s320/20210513_100844.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Child labor at its finest π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrJUVZMfuszlsdyg-s8O8K1A3wpJVZEy87eM3RDD59-wb8uIZLZfGxhBE3rQeJKteR5OwvpIyLCkDAz_OkMi_N3vD4z9MgiE1-nL218tA1R47viSm-wxUPFfJ-_i-mgfd8XS9qF0i6jM/s2048/20210513_104947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWrJUVZMfuszlsdyg-s8O8K1A3wpJVZEy87eM3RDD59-wb8uIZLZfGxhBE3rQeJKteR5OwvpIyLCkDAz_OkMi_N3vD4z9MgiE1-nL218tA1R47viSm-wxUPFfJ-_i-mgfd8XS9qF0i6jM/s320/20210513_104947.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's a mischievous one π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mV18BTCR-ZUqnLdnKtyh6iyLKyLMo0UM80IzcwAqnGdUAeQ0Q5eU5StK8swYxwn5gBfkP_NqjtDVwAU10ML4io_FycjnRfmveFGbZIqB50Wo59GUAD-iS0pupf7R00zA-ABqgDROLlg/s2048/20210513_190335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mV18BTCR-ZUqnLdnKtyh6iyLKyLMo0UM80IzcwAqnGdUAeQ0Q5eU5StK8swYxwn5gBfkP_NqjtDVwAU10ML4io_FycjnRfmveFGbZIqB50Wo59GUAD-iS0pupf7R00zA-ABqgDROLlg/s320/20210513_190335.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His gash! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNt7GbkBcSJr5HXR3kpQgRlEQ1yCZzsEBwI35-d2XnnBKs9X6PuSPW1gvu5DPJoJCLErFLhm7yDmzlckfHp8XBOwD3Duegz6e0LnpAJpURN5u09OiTbE1WS1xvEK7edNF0gx_tSxmHKKE/s2048/20210513_204320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNt7GbkBcSJr5HXR3kpQgRlEQ1yCZzsEBwI35-d2XnnBKs9X6PuSPW1gvu5DPJoJCLErFLhm7yDmzlckfHp8XBOwD3Duegz6e0LnpAJpURN5u09OiTbE1WS1xvEK7edNF0gx_tSxmHKKE/s320/20210513_204320.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was totally hamming it up in the following shots ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjspORaaeFzs8CKYOSRmKZhc11SaGj9h2WOuCAZC1w6FRkJegFnu_CmMHAUBAZrzq-VocpUmcfesLOT7KcZYhWBcc_PF-0E1IayDCRR4g_YuHwZbncHTi_8z8ISyPKZz3pfC48CQkWlLXk/s2048/20210513_204322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjspORaaeFzs8CKYOSRmKZhc11SaGj9h2WOuCAZC1w6FRkJegFnu_CmMHAUBAZrzq-VocpUmcfesLOT7KcZYhWBcc_PF-0E1IayDCRR4g_YuHwZbncHTi_8z8ISyPKZz3pfC48CQkWlLXk/s320/20210513_204322.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiM6cdkU54blpyj18EtcHGveWaWvoVFxJ2_BMLs5CZgpu5twg7JZHruVHBw74pCo1-Su6rribZPWR4qOdITUJjN49h9eEnMa7s-KjRCSVVSCme_4RZ0fud77CwBYfBXQbVcWOmC4WSO8I/s2048/20210513_204327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiM6cdkU54blpyj18EtcHGveWaWvoVFxJ2_BMLs5CZgpu5twg7JZHruVHBw74pCo1-Su6rribZPWR4qOdITUJjN49h9eEnMa7s-KjRCSVVSCme_4RZ0fud77CwBYfBXQbVcWOmC4WSO8I/s320/20210513_204327.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdyKWT2ouarzdSDxWO-Uzz1cNfvQgOaIDGx6Qj5iTVuYzRa26m65oBCV59Mq897g9jEBb1sRs_-tdpp_G_xBK7dN-U1yrUYLEPwmJm6AsFnO9Cme_u-Ad4F0lAt_JYzj-0lAP0cCIYLA/s2048/20210513_221358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdyKWT2ouarzdSDxWO-Uzz1cNfvQgOaIDGx6Qj5iTVuYzRa26m65oBCV59Mq897g9jEBb1sRs_-tdpp_G_xBK7dN-U1yrUYLEPwmJm6AsFnO9Cme_u-Ad4F0lAt_JYzj-0lAP0cCIYLA/s320/20210513_221358.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All stitched up and happy to be home! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBjyRHscg6CsDNQGoNo4EOBPU3o1ReRdEI_M2sAsUJj3EJGKGOSyIl_eUgSdTccy_iX7vEQn0cAZJqPB5RfGl73E_krjlgXpPPxvVToTrYncXNvSFYSjxBcT6_e78qFPdk2D3q8d5YcE/s2048/20210514_182243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBjyRHscg6CsDNQGoNo4EOBPU3o1ReRdEI_M2sAsUJj3EJGKGOSyIl_eUgSdTccy_iX7vEQn0cAZJqPB5RfGl73E_krjlgXpPPxvVToTrYncXNvSFYSjxBcT6_e78qFPdk2D3q8d5YcE/s320/20210514_182243.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to be one of the big kids π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMIzTPERXT7HGX2wWxL33yG-R2daSgf5_qZkrFMPILzUhshZOw0rNtnEWQhQUpiW0eyrKn8ZM8U9YftBGl9VxC_RhdI05-Cb853nCcVrk4S8whMuqiWzMBOHh13s_nKtMEq5p2tzFSx4/s2048/20210515_173712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMIzTPERXT7HGX2wWxL33yG-R2daSgf5_qZkrFMPILzUhshZOw0rNtnEWQhQUpiW0eyrKn8ZM8U9YftBGl9VxC_RhdI05-Cb853nCcVrk4S8whMuqiWzMBOHh13s_nKtMEq5p2tzFSx4/s320/20210515_173712.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Date with Maeve! Had to show off our matching masks. Of course I can just barely pull off a kids a mask ππ€¦ββοΈ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT711kwOd3t6eVscUdlTlUnuV_7oV7ylZsqysL0LCsCMU6WvIaLp9L82NUXsOvyXwyTxRO64MlCLKgMiHpwvAjuVUJKFvmRUZHZu0vZtlG7w3rXgCoSZHmbHy-1ijpyh6EWHEcCpSr-CQ/s2048/20210515_174324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT711kwOd3t6eVscUdlTlUnuV_7oV7ylZsqysL0LCsCMU6WvIaLp9L82NUXsOvyXwyTxRO64MlCLKgMiHpwvAjuVUJKFvmRUZHZu0vZtlG7w3rXgCoSZHmbHy-1ijpyh6EWHEcCpSr-CQ/s320/20210515_174324.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love my girl π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11JQfDTnYcvl3_tMlyZCDBPPC4mjiWzIoAYNef9i9BKtDiGb65ays4GV3wF_gu8nJb22Ur2PZ7Aiej1QEIl8QPy8n9xS24xWVjcDJYcYw4YHSQ5aYEefiIQY0JhhKyHDAp9qNU8XeHJ0/s2048/20210516_095557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11JQfDTnYcvl3_tMlyZCDBPPC4mjiWzIoAYNef9i9BKtDiGb65ays4GV3wF_gu8nJb22Ur2PZ7Aiej1QEIl8QPy8n9xS24xWVjcDJYcYw4YHSQ5aYEefiIQY0JhhKyHDAp9qNU8XeHJ0/s320/20210516_095557.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready for his first day in Primary! He's looking so old to me all the sudden these days! π Such a handsome boy. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Here's a couple videos from the week too. I could watch Nolan play basketball all day long and he could play it all day long! He is always begging me to put the rim on the chair so he can reach and play. π The video of him walking around with the water cup totally cracks me up! π</p><p>https://youtube.com/shorts/ZtC581_mZ1I?feature=share</p><p>https://youtube.com/shorts/LpiCnhS662U?feature=share</p><p>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</p>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-2111937765448552242021-06-03T21:02:00.001-07:002021-06-03T21:02:04.530-07:00May 3rd - 9th, 2021: Birthday party planning is not for the faint of heartToo many posts have started this way lately, but it's because it's true.... I STINK. Not sure why I ever allowed myself to get behind because once you're behind, that little devil on your shoulder says "what's one more night of not writing?" aaaand here I am, so many nights later not having written because I listened to that little devil. π I'm not even sure how many weeks behind I am, but it's time to be as brief as possible so I can just get caught up!! <div><br /></div><div><b>Monday, May 3rd:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>While Maeve was at school, I spent most of my downtime doing some birthday/birthday party planning. But then the real party started after school! As kind of a last minute thing, we went over to the Pylant's house for some slip n slide fun. Amanda's sister was still in town, so the 3 of us got to enjoy playing some bananagrams while the kids had a ball with the slip n slide. We were having so much fun that we ended up staying for dinner and it was DELISH! It's not everyday I get to eat salmon and Amanda made us some goooood salmon with baked potatoes perfectly done in the instant pot. Who knew you could make baked potatoes in there!? I didn't until that day! Ya learn something new everyday. While we were in the kitchen working on dinner, I overheard Rowan talking to John (her son that is his age) saying, "I live in America. <b><i>We</i> </b>live in America." π I didn't even know that he knew that because I feel like I haven't even mentioned the word America before to him. Usually I'm just talking about how we live in Tennessee, but I guess at one point or another I have talked about America and I just don't remember it! π€·ββοΈ It was too funny and so random. Then I got another laugh on the way home when I was telling the kids that something they should probably start doing now that they're getting older is to say thank you to whoever the cook is if we have dinner over at someone else's house. Maeve's response was, "I think we can do that when we're a little bit older, because we're still kinda too shy. She's (Amanda) still a little new to me..." ππ I suppose she has a point considering when we're over there, all the kids are upstairs usually while us moms are chatting downstairs. So really she does just know her kids and not her so much if we're being honest. I guess I can cut her some slack... π</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tuesday, May 4th: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>I wrote nothing down for this day so that must mean that it was just a same old, same old kinda day with school and youth activities and yada yada. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Wednesday, May 5th: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>We spent a good few hours out running lots of errands hopping around to get allllll the birthday party stuff we needed. I kid you not, planning a friend party for your one of your kid's birthdays is not for the faint of heart! I don't even feel like we planned that elaborate of a party, yet somehow so much of my time and energy was sucked away this particular week planning it all out and buying everything we needed and of course the cake making and set up, etc. Whew! We'll see how many friend birthday parties I end up doing over the years, because I certainly won't be up for them every year unless they're super low key. π
Anyway, of course the errands were made extra fun when Rowan pooped his pants in Walmart. That was a fun clean up and Maeve was left outside of the bathroom to "watch" Nolan because heaven knows it would not have worked well to have him in there with me toddling around probably getting poop on his hands! We all know you can't keep baby hands away from anything, no matter how disgusting it is. I wasn't really thrilled at the idea of them being out of my sight, but I felt like I kinda had no other good option. Luckily they were both alive and well still when we came out of the bathroom. ππ
</div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately that wasn't the first poop fiasco of the day, because I should rewind and also mention that before I went to hop in the shower with Rowan (he's kind of obsessed with showering with me or Adam any chance he gets now ππ€¦ββοΈ), Nolan started getting fussy in the playroom. I had this thought that I better check and make sure he was fine before getting in the shower and it's a freaking good thing I did, because lo and behold I found him with his diaper off and to make matters worse, the diaper had poop in it! Sooo there was he was with an exposed poopy bum, but by some miracle not much had gotten on the floor. π That boy clearly cannot be trusted anymore with just a diaper on his bottom and no pants or shorts over top.... π€¦ββοΈ</div><div><br /></div><div>I got a text from my Aunt Deb while we were out and about saying that she was in the area. So once we got home we were delighted with a brief stop in from her. She was so sweet to drop off a little surprise birthday gift for Maeve - some candy and a McDonald's gift card - which of course Maeve was giddy over. It was even sweeter that she also gave me some pretty flowers as an early Mother's Day gift! She knows how to spoil us!! The kids just love her and it was SO cute to see Nolan reaching for her a few times and walking over to her for a hug! And then Rowan was putting on a little show for her jumping around like an excited little maniac. πPretty sure she was just eating it all up that they loved seeing her! So fun that we live close enough to each other that they can have a relationship with her too. π₯°</div><div><br /></div><div>And for my laugh of the day: not even sure what the problem was, but in the evening Maeve said, "it's a girl problem!" to Adam, signifying that she wanted me instead and then a few minutes later, Rowan was also having an issue with something and said quite confidently, "it's a girl problem!" ππ€ Leave it to him to always copy his sis, whether it makes sense or not. π</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Thursday, May 6th: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Somehow after spending hours out the day before, we still managed to need to go out to almost all the same stores AGAIN to either return stuff, or keep looking for other things... I don't even know, but I'm just glad that on the second go around we ended up with everything we needed. π Hallelujah. I'm just proud of the boys for doing so well with all our running around so many stores. It was a lot and they were little troopers and had fun looking at all the birthday party stuff! Rowan had me laughing big time when we were in the pick up line after school and he saw the no phone sign in the grass and thought it meant you aren't allowed to be on the phone while in that grassy area. ππ He said, "It's probably because you might drop them and lose them in the grass..." Can't blame him for his logic on that one! It also doesn't help that he sees me on my phone all the time anyway while waiting in that line, so why would he think it's a rule for me to not be on my phone...!? π
Oops. I might be discreet, but I am guilty. I'm obviously not the only parent doing it though, considering they put those signs out halfway through the year. Sadly it probably has not changed a thing....</div><div><br /></div><div>Thursday night I got my first stab at making one of those balloon arches that always look awesome! I had no idea that you make those with a kit, which does mean it's less complicated than you might think, however it's not totally fool proof! I got through stringing on half of the balloons before Adam pointed out that it was looking wonky and that's what I realized it does indeed matter that all balloons go on facing the same direction. π€¦ββοΈπ©π Soooo long story short, I had to start over and it took me waaay too long to get that thing done and then even longer to get it hung up right on the wall. It took way too much tape and finagling that Adam and I both swore to never make one of those again. π
Of course we also wrapped all her presents too, so she could feel the magic of her birthday first thing in the morning. It was kind of a late night... no rest for the weary! </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Friday, May 7th: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Hard to believe Maeve woke up a SIX year old!! I must say, even though it takes a lot of work to put on all the fun for birthdays, Maeve is one of those kids that makes you really feel like it's worth it!! She was smiling ear to ear and so stunned to see how awesome the rainbow balloon arch looked all put together. She was also super excited that on her birthday it happened to be a dress up day for school and she got to be a little 80s chick for the day! So much fun. Also sent her off with the packaged rice krispy treats that are birthday themed and she said that all the kids in her class said they were soooo good and that she should bring those every year. π While she was at school, I had a hay day at home making her Zombies themed cupcakes and a couple batches of homemade frosting to use for those and her rainbow cake. I made the first batch and it didn't taste good AT ALL and it was quite the fiasco to try and overcome the extra sugaryness and keep it the right consistency. It wasn't thick enough by the time I fixed the flavor, but luckily I made a better second batch and decided to just mix the 2 in the end and that worked out well. It certainly looked like a bomb went off in my kitchen for a while, but Rowan had a fun time helping me along the way! </div><div><br /></div><div>Maeve's birthday request was to leave school early, so I picked her up an hour early and was shocked to see cars already lined up at 1:30pm. π³ Who has time to sit there for an hour!?!? Good Gandhi. We had to go inside to get her and I got to watch her little legs walking as fast as they possibly could down the hallway to get to us and it was one of the cutest things I've ever seen. ππ Her fast walk when she gets excited is just the best! When we got home, Maeve and Rowan were both excited to help put all the Zombies 2 cupcake toppers on top of the cupcakes. Then of course part of the festivities was watching Zombies 2 with popcorn. It was certainly a day devoted to Zombies 2! After Adam got home from work, we headed to Culver's for dinner and then had cupcakes and opened presents back at home. She was so pleased with everything and was being super cute saying thank you after opening each of the presents that were from us. We got her a cool pink snake flashlight and a glow in the dark fort building kit and then Rowan got her a pink light up monster truck. π Cute girl was excited to open and see it, but truth be told it is getting played with more by Rowan and Nolan since then. π She got a bunch of doll clothes and accessories from Gram and Gramps and a couple activity books from Grandma and Grandpa. She also loved that she could read all of her birthday cards mostly by herself! Little girl is growing up. I feel like it's been a big jump from 5 to 6 - she just looks so much older, skinnier, and is so much more mature! It kinda kills me that my little girl is starting to slip away. She's not seeming so little anymore! π</div><div><br /></div><div>We actually had to rush to her dance studio after cupcakes and presents because she had a curtain call rehearsal for her recital from 7 to 8pm. I actually didn't know that until like 5pm, but luckily it worked out and we had just enough time to do all the celebrating! She had fun getting to dance for the last hour of her birthday before coming home and getting ready for bed. Lucky me, I spent the rest of the night making all the rainbow cake layers for the rainbow cake for her birthday party the next day! All I wanted to do was sit on the couch and finally relax, but I had to grit my teeth through the final party prep. Rainbow cakes are also no joke to make!! I almost thought it was going to be a failure in the end, but somehow it all worked out and turned out great, thank heavens!! <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The lady who posted the recipe I used suggested
freezing layers of frosting to make the cake assembly easier. So I had them in
the freezer, BUT then I found out from a friend who is majorly talented with
cake making that that was a weird recommendation so I scratched it, but in the
end I wish I had stuck with it just because I had already layered them up to
freeze like that. It kinda made extra work for me in the end to get all the
frosting off the parchment rounds I cut... ππ€¦ββοΈ At least I gained some knowledge
in the process and know what to do better next time! </span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Saturday, May 8th: </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">It was an early, hectic morning to get all the
final party preparations done before the party started at noon. And of course
it didn't help that we had Maeve's dance class thrown in the middle of that at
9:30am. It was kinda hard to just sit still waiting for her class to be over
just thinking about what was left to be done once we got home. But it all
worked out and we got the rainbow fruit skewers made and the rainbow cake
finished and then Adam left to go grab the pizza once the girls started showing
up. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">It was a cute, fun little party and so cute to see the enthusiasm and
excitement from a handful of giddy like 5 and 6 year olds. I was totally
cracking up because the first activity that the girls did as they came in was
to guess how many skittles were in a jar that I had on the entry way table and
whoever guessed closest got some unicorn tattoos. There were 152 in there and
one girl guessed 30 something π and then legit the other 3 ALL guessed 100 -
which is funny because none of them knew what each other had guessed, since
they wrote their numbers down. π³ Like what are the odds? SO I had them guess again to see who would get
closest the second time around and I did let them know there were more than
100. Then, no joke, they ALL guessed 200 (again without knowing what each other
was guessing).... ππ It was killing me! I guess I shouldn't be surprised that
they were stuck on whole numbers like that as 5 and 6 year olds. The third time
was a charm when I told them that all 3 digits they wrote down needed to be
different, and that did the trick! They were all so giddy with excitement when
I told them we were gonna have skittle soda with their pizza and fruit skewers.
Thank you pinterest! Cutest little idea I found to put some skittles in the
bottom of a cup of sprite so that the sprite would turn that color. They
totally loved it! After eating, they all made rainbow bracelets with their
names on them, painted some cute little wooden boxes that had a rainbow on them
that they got to take home, did a marshmallow toss game with rainbow marshmallows,
and then of course we had a rainbow pinata! The girls seemed to enjoy all the
activities and one of them even said while making her bracelet, "I am just
having the best time right now!" π₯° So stinking adorable. Unfortunately,
right after that when I went to tie her finished bracelet onto her wrist I
accidentally let go of it when trying to tie the knot and all the beads went
everywhere. π³π€¦ββοΈ Luckily, she rolled with it and remade it and did not make me
feel terrible by following it up with "...and now I'm having the worst
time ever" π
Phew, dodged that bullet. Ironically, when I was pouring some
paint onto a plate for this SAME girl, I somehow knocked over one of the other
little jars of paint and spilled some paint on her box. πππPoor girl probably
thought I was out to get her!! Some seriously great luck on my part though,
like what in the world!? It was one of those "is this real life?"
moments for sure. π It would have been helpful if my second mistake could have
at least impacted a different girl, but nope. She took it all like a champ and
I give her major kudos. Luckily, I also had an extra rainbow box so I at least
redeemed myself there and she didn't have to take home a ruined box. ANYWAY,
after all those activities, Maeve opened presents and then they finished off
with cake before getting picked up. She got some fun little presents, her
favorite of which was a few more LOL dolls to add to her LOL doll collection
that I swear she barely even plays with, but somehow is still in love with them. π€ Doesn't compute for me, but whatevs. She also got a wearable unicorn blanket
and thought that was pretty legit. We quickly learned that you can give some
pretty dang cozy hugs wearing that thing. Nothing like being enveloped in a
blanket while being hugged! All in all, it was a major success and an hour
after the party ended Maeve told me she wished she could have another party
starting right then. π If only life could just be a non stop party! It was
music to my ears though considering all the work it took to put it on! #worthit
I must say that I was <i>quite </i>happy to veg the rest of the day
and have all that weight off my shoulders!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Sunday, May 9th:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">It was pretty awesome to have a complete shift
and be the one celebrated and pampered following such a busy couple of days for
me, with it being Mother's Day! A big party weekend at our house for sure!!
Maeve had some cute school gifts to show me and I about died laughing when she
gave me a fill in the blank Mother's Day note. She wrote that I was 12 inches tall
and weighed 11 pounds. πππ I'm just a fat, squatty newborn I guess. π€·ββοΈ She also
wrote that I don't like to clean, which made me laugh because I basically clean
all the time and I don't operate super well without a clean house. Turns out,
she said that because her teacher asked her what I don't like and she "<i>had </i>to
pick something!" that I don't like. I'm just glad it wasn't easy for her
to think of things I don't like - guess that means I'm a pretty happy person. π She also gave me a little plant and a cute little picture of herself on a
little tile with some ribbon on it to hang it up somewhere. Too cute! Maeve
helped Rowan make a cute little card for me too, so that was adorable. Adam
made me some crepes filled with nutella and strawberries for breakfast that
were delish - our new Mother's Day tradition - and then he also made some
chicken and cheese stuffed breadsticks for dinner - another new tradition cause
they're that good!! Yum. Adam also got Maeve and I a matching necklace set -
they're both dainty gold short necklaces (just longer than a choker) with
little circles on them. Mine has a full dandelion on it blowing in the wind,
while Maeve's has just a piece of one on it like a piece of mine went to hers.
Super cute mother daughter set! He did a good job. π He even altered them both to
be shorter, because they weren't quite as short as I was hoping. It was awesome
to end up with it being the perfect length! π</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">It was a nice low key day spent with my people
at home. We skipped church cause Maeve wasn't feeling great in the morning -
she was fine, but was seriously so mellow and lazy ALL day. Apparently all the
birthday festivities just wore her out! I call it the post birthday hangover. π It didn't help that she didn't get enough sleep Thursday or Friday night
because she was just soooo excited for everything. I think she only came alive
once during all of Sunday when we randomly got going on some Knock Knock jokes.
I kid you not that her and Rowan were spitting out the most random, not even
for real knock knock jokes for like an hour straight. They thought they were
soooo funny, which was pretty hilarious because most of them didn't make sense
at all. Adam and I were laughing pretty hard at times. The best might have been
when Rowan did the Banana one where you say that one repeat and then he finally
ended it with "Orange you glad I didn't say orange!" πππ€ Too funny.
They also loved throwing out "Knock knock. Who's there? Door. Door Who?
Dora the Explora!" π</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Other than that, the only other major excitement
was pulling out Maeve's new fort building kit and making a legit fort in the
living room. Her and Rowan had fun with it, but we quickly learned that Nolan
should never be allowed near a fort and all future forts must be made when he
is not present. π€¦ββοΈ That kid simply destroys anything and everything in his path,
he might as well have Destroyer as his middle name. π Trouble! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Wellllll, that about does it!! A busy fun week
for sure. And now for lots of pics!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_U28xEIbZsgQLOvgyVgLtmjGoMYcmgBp0E5Y-ocOCsqaj91nLd8CG_vbDrDMsO4gau-AV3MeQfHBlVfk20EIGVz4C__HEvCmrh8ikFBtkH8fk9iz1hc_kwpcUZouer-O7nilCFLeWnE/s2048/20210504_132356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_U28xEIbZsgQLOvgyVgLtmjGoMYcmgBp0E5Y-ocOCsqaj91nLd8CG_vbDrDMsO4gau-AV3MeQfHBlVfk20EIGVz4C__HEvCmrh8ikFBtkH8fk9iz1hc_kwpcUZouer-O7nilCFLeWnE/s320/20210504_132356.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rowan's face! π³π He's crazy!! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oc3irPVtXVjx4Je-BzQp_qHXGyEF8HPcG3XP4TR-7-WveAxBn6m9bBvadZqUwxZC2IgUjBTC2Dma34aeW2T8_IlIFlGBolKoBBWQ9ENRFUR4lqoHdTpSEH6nppxOf0mz0aqsXTX8d2g/s2048/20210504_132408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oc3irPVtXVjx4Je-BzQp_qHXGyEF8HPcG3XP4TR-7-WveAxBn6m9bBvadZqUwxZC2IgUjBTC2Dma34aeW2T8_IlIFlGBolKoBBWQ9ENRFUR4lqoHdTpSEH6nppxOf0mz0aqsXTX8d2g/s320/20210504_132408.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nolan surprisingly loves this game π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyzur4Dq-SuzyamS_h6I60_YDSpTSD4dyVleOtMk1WRMDRxpa7_vednn-M958h1dOPJ_T2PC2p-g7rJNVWlDckmCLRnHQ3pYiwQHeAAWZMX5GyC4tGJPHv29BqYUbnfo3HPAb8zDoN9M/s2048/20210504_182000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyzur4Dq-SuzyamS_h6I60_YDSpTSD4dyVleOtMk1WRMDRxpa7_vednn-M958h1dOPJ_T2PC2p-g7rJNVWlDckmCLRnHQ3pYiwQHeAAWZMX5GyC4tGJPHv29BqYUbnfo3HPAb8zDoN9M/s320/20210504_182000.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trouble!! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrN3-hPPkAwMZpUiYtHqhILTXoSR_SeOdwSgtS3r2KwR_2cvkd8Jn2TFzFdGJO3a3c2vFFkqAnB12HPe9T_uFyqY_REllzBNtwYKzFiexJ3rmOSZ9A9FtFtxWkfKcky5n2Xmcs9BWBsbo/s2048/20210506_134357.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrN3-hPPkAwMZpUiYtHqhILTXoSR_SeOdwSgtS3r2KwR_2cvkd8Jn2TFzFdGJO3a3c2vFFkqAnB12HPe9T_uFyqY_REllzBNtwYKzFiexJ3rmOSZ9A9FtFtxWkfKcky5n2Xmcs9BWBsbo/s320/20210506_134357.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walmart shenanigans. These boys are too much sometimes!! ππ They were being pretty silly and it was cracking me up. Poor Nolan basically gets put in headlocks and still laughs. π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWzrKKH7yEmZZOzvYlVsC3TreNW3iI2vuWfKiQ_K4eXaVyhclPDKnugoHUP9zmsU54x5ggh5GvggTJHmQcFGlVfJ010cEP-X0KDhk7yD90W9TfQI5b0ofoHttn_ya6fWShEaUcwSX2Qo/s2048/20210506_134400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWzrKKH7yEmZZOzvYlVsC3TreNW3iI2vuWfKiQ_K4eXaVyhclPDKnugoHUP9zmsU54x5ggh5GvggTJHmQcFGlVfJ010cEP-X0KDhk7yD90W9TfQI5b0ofoHttn_ya6fWShEaUcwSX2Qo/s320/20210506_134400.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRa0s2cEEmjy5fhC7BNCQZ2a2JJBRV6RKddSxmhoNvKaYDBn02VnePAKC-THZu_d7MpkbMW7vzn6ePblouxSZ_jQ3epg9pG-jQcN1qTj01kWEk5QY6oc6CMyKmlnNrR22aPyUgsMze3p4/s2048/20210506_134417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRa0s2cEEmjy5fhC7BNCQZ2a2JJBRV6RKddSxmhoNvKaYDBn02VnePAKC-THZu_d7MpkbMW7vzn6ePblouxSZ_jQ3epg9pG-jQcN1qTj01kWEk5QY6oc6CMyKmlnNrR22aPyUgsMze3p4/s320/20210506_134417.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExzmIUWQ7wSgj2fcwaMYgSF9Pgp2bl-w1O1BEydJQYB5kuHHLRrz3dO8cfilFo-aOVXn0lps6ys79GhDe2RYu44uYyINcVtScmeMULWfSv7RE0XgnBcxB1GZ8WHu05IG8VO0tIc5MuAA/s2048/20210506_194009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExzmIUWQ7wSgj2fcwaMYgSF9Pgp2bl-w1O1BEydJQYB5kuHHLRrz3dO8cfilFo-aOVXn0lps6ys79GhDe2RYu44uYyINcVtScmeMULWfSv7RE0XgnBcxB1GZ8WHu05IG8VO0tIc5MuAA/s320/20210506_194009.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Braided her hair before bed so it would be crimped for 80s day! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPj0q5XWnd9RaI1GxcFaQHDwJfysVscHRMywZuHdiW8Oz-iVZALbR2lzFyLBxlzTtyLTzmk1FyZPqqktu8_vWcG-WMU7Ly40L1naPjBVgB6g1eEPEyRrYaqAEf2HXlMaCIdy-ATLeakU/s2048/20210506_194036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPj0q5XWnd9RaI1GxcFaQHDwJfysVscHRMywZuHdiW8Oz-iVZALbR2lzFyLBxlzTtyLTzmk1FyZPqqktu8_vWcG-WMU7Ly40L1naPjBVgB6g1eEPEyRrYaqAEf2HXlMaCIdy-ATLeakU/s320/20210506_194036.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyQXs8eazWo4E_Nr_h9TlFMFffNbEuDwvGYF_bL-2IoYNJzE_9Kb4ASh3p9dJYKdwO7G2iZxbzJzOY_zedZtTxHaSapo5Sf_iTKgBOA-I6wavnCanHuyKQnS7NWfJaGfAH33KFFSF39A/s2048/20210507_001715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyQXs8eazWo4E_Nr_h9TlFMFffNbEuDwvGYF_bL-2IoYNJzE_9Kb4ASh3p9dJYKdwO7G2iZxbzJzOY_zedZtTxHaSapo5Sf_iTKgBOA-I6wavnCanHuyKQnS7NWfJaGfAH33KFFSF39A/s320/20210507_001715.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">700 hours and swear words later... π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fdrbQiHK5MyPkMZ4FJYUGPYWp1HdMV6mNlA75U2STBabIshzybFBgWxf47S35X4EpaYrcPFSV9m5VlI_d7uQwO5CvET9TIHPjJWsukpEk2b4slsGlM8cpmI3zn23LyKQGvDSZQbdvuQ/s2048/20210507_001801.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4fdrbQiHK5MyPkMZ4FJYUGPYWp1HdMV6mNlA75U2STBabIshzybFBgWxf47S35X4EpaYrcPFSV9m5VlI_d7uQwO5CvET9TIHPjJWsukpEk2b4slsGlM8cpmI3zn23LyKQGvDSZQbdvuQ/s320/20210507_001801.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Used the cupcake toppers to make the presents look more clearly zombie themed too! Nailed it. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtA1Kmx3zVqlYCiJ1Y_YQFOqZSm_eUBXQHfOLSWTVOLRQsKIa4jSeC2zDStRokOZzN9O9kz9ujxiHcggNFnSvENancomecuH1v32u6ThuHLkdcuQjDKr5-oSTGJFYWYoE46TvGxUhyphenhyphenSXM/s2048/20210507_065445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtA1Kmx3zVqlYCiJ1Y_YQFOqZSm_eUBXQHfOLSWTVOLRQsKIa4jSeC2zDStRokOZzN9O9kz9ujxiHcggNFnSvENancomecuH1v32u6ThuHLkdcuQjDKr5-oSTGJFYWYoE46TvGxUhyphenhyphenSXM/s320/20210507_065445.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRzS2UcA43rG-sh-2TepnEV_RMa4rej8L1vOGyr8HXz-lpgC2ddSU6DRIqEhYJfQ2MxjEdrent9OTE0H4xBI71qi4oafWHpOhkZ61NnpHNVy84YecjYAkpS9MSHO8H6uUu-3ZWnGCpn8/s2048/20210507_065523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRzS2UcA43rG-sh-2TepnEV_RMa4rej8L1vOGyr8HXz-lpgC2ddSU6DRIqEhYJfQ2MxjEdrent9OTE0H4xBI71qi4oafWHpOhkZ61NnpHNVy84YecjYAkpS9MSHO8H6uUu-3ZWnGCpn8/s320/20210507_065523.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My 80s birthday girl! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4eP2XUSAMYfroLEwNmR2mlzPPUe2rFJCKuyLdgB7rAjdYlpq0coMugdyFmbOhBhDuSHuH0uvjzN3mUFb8Z3BOdIu1zPTDVT-VyPKP_seZLQfyN2sGjNVRSsWBhRDlOCTnOWWwCcMSdU/s2048/20210507_182125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4eP2XUSAMYfroLEwNmR2mlzPPUe2rFJCKuyLdgB7rAjdYlpq0coMugdyFmbOhBhDuSHuH0uvjzN3mUFb8Z3BOdIu1zPTDVT-VyPKP_seZLQfyN2sGjNVRSsWBhRDlOCTnOWWwCcMSdU/s320/20210507_182125.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opening presents! She picked out an LOL doll from Gram and of course that was her favorite gift ππ€¦ββοΈ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHR56m9214mMQYlzAWQtf01C3_0cXZiYpGVugr320H1_tw4OOYlOMmpcSX_pAdrrUqzjfNfkenaORBYqe-bQrdWFvoHHrHGfszUFfx8QZivitOJv-Xo3kvznX7hikW0n68fJ9Y-_hu7WY/s2048/20210507_182132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHR56m9214mMQYlzAWQtf01C3_0cXZiYpGVugr320H1_tw4OOYlOMmpcSX_pAdrrUqzjfNfkenaORBYqe-bQrdWFvoHHrHGfszUFfx8QZivitOJv-Xo3kvznX7hikW0n68fJ9Y-_hu7WY/s320/20210507_182132.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wDSLSdTMCnLWS1sL9CHrZzyiWdoJyp1kznL5TZXhmPgKOBLA_Sz7yeYBZLcUJCm8CpbTuLkdHDV1hHmXyRq7Gu27Hs-jgdelek0XOkDx_0QvY8JMnFLrW8gkI5e90utxNIBB7hnhyphenhyphenSs/s2048/20210507_183641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7wDSLSdTMCnLWS1sL9CHrZzyiWdoJyp1kznL5TZXhmPgKOBLA_Sz7yeYBZLcUJCm8CpbTuLkdHDV1hHmXyRq7Gu27Hs-jgdelek0XOkDx_0QvY8JMnFLrW8gkI5e90utxNIBB7hnhyphenhyphenSs/s320/20210507_183641.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her haul π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWBP4VWJHo8anD1lw1NRD1jtA79C5RKgvAdVrOW3sbb-kXZzyYJtESp4iOdLdSefpAiqfMeM2f6vCKwGqY1n71p1dnbD8ktXLmBTOrYn5A-ItI5ni0JPnY-EsOKh1Fa7fnvk9otXC9NA/s2048/20210507_184534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWBP4VWJHo8anD1lw1NRD1jtA79C5RKgvAdVrOW3sbb-kXZzyYJtESp4iOdLdSefpAiqfMeM2f6vCKwGqY1n71p1dnbD8ktXLmBTOrYn5A-ItI5ni0JPnY-EsOKh1Fa7fnvk9otXC9NA/s320/20210507_184534.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's so pretty! Love that pretty little face. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxlyTmTBgEKKIQpbBzT1nMzSat5WwdVv6fcPi6xC1yfSJgrPLlU4__Fw-6-bX5SPUXt-AH3okZWGXLF_6RnxaVL_Hi84aDPXj3iJXDKEXgT3lr28mmRnMFsqCU3nMiD38FfpAC3neWd4/s2048/20210507_184614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxlyTmTBgEKKIQpbBzT1nMzSat5WwdVv6fcPi6xC1yfSJgrPLlU4__Fw-6-bX5SPUXt-AH3okZWGXLF_6RnxaVL_Hi84aDPXj3iJXDKEXgT3lr28mmRnMFsqCU3nMiD38FfpAC3neWd4/s320/20210507_184614.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEHC218-B2zzgVX3boSTeTYkhlvQXcQRB77YSKLcYeO-qNon_FPd979KNdukX3b8gTD4EeTG7pFnrvPLXOgKPibfDtgwFoTfn-v8XvIsl9kuIkhNBKtu-dpFXnxifj-9dE5zJkMKjf0g/s2048/20210507_184759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEHC218-B2zzgVX3boSTeTYkhlvQXcQRB77YSKLcYeO-qNon_FPd979KNdukX3b8gTD4EeTG7pFnrvPLXOgKPibfDtgwFoTfn-v8XvIsl9kuIkhNBKtu-dpFXnxifj-9dE5zJkMKjf0g/s320/20210507_184759.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These turned out pretty great! 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π She did eat 3 pieces of pizza, so she's clearly no joke! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXwu8VNvwxBcxOJbOzDXTsyO_SVrI57-J991zpUks91sqUZ49mHjDraJO4I0OVhDAaLvZ4Qvy8bEtppqjHmx0CwB5X2GCKyd6MAtVT7L21_yxSxgBfmpDztiBrTMpY7EULCAckggEcRY/s2048/20210508_134414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXwu8VNvwxBcxOJbOzDXTsyO_SVrI57-J991zpUks91sqUZ49mHjDraJO4I0OVhDAaLvZ4Qvy8bEtppqjHmx0CwB5X2GCKyd6MAtVT7L21_yxSxgBfmpDztiBrTMpY7EULCAckggEcRY/s320/20210508_134414.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With her party presents! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngRl3z4t0ltT9SrBbYr76HQxLaYoMjAww0cPK1lJPRnarldN8YU1vkQQt4Q9G8ZljNZ6sSNeKxFfaiHgpxAKACzvYb_xfkoKz2cHh00MsBrTnAy4VBL_EVSodoaCiBPYpiCwMrz8JlDA/s2048/20210508_134837.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngRl3z4t0ltT9SrBbYr76HQxLaYoMjAww0cPK1lJPRnarldN8YU1vkQQt4Q9G8ZljNZ6sSNeKxFfaiHgpxAKACzvYb_xfkoKz2cHh00MsBrTnAy4VBL_EVSodoaCiBPYpiCwMrz8JlDA/s320/20210508_134837.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left to right: Bella, Ivy, Maeve, Sarah, and Amira. Sarah and Amira are from her Kindergarten class. She invited a couple other school friends that couldn't make it unfortunately. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlp6WHxhbu-CiHxpUvY5npKbDVrY5DVvMBoKWIgPGU04fETW0l1mCsJeUu1rIpuVzrVXuCieMs1o0EEWFtYRojXFIvnA_kD7TZPYjvWFQ-bFaZHSlsi8fVwMkmm2cewaiBHxODAUfL_eg/s2048/20210508_135142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlp6WHxhbu-CiHxpUvY5npKbDVrY5DVvMBoKWIgPGU04fETW0l1mCsJeUu1rIpuVzrVXuCieMs1o0EEWFtYRojXFIvnA_kD7TZPYjvWFQ-bFaZHSlsi8fVwMkmm2cewaiBHxODAUfL_eg/s320/20210508_135142.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxa5jBxQUnEFhfV9L0J3jkvPsL5LATbe8MwoFPkNKzVXew2QgIcNA0rdG6CVQ2-Zhe8UO42WAxGstr4xMXYLmI9-gjBVAj2-UIURBbolTopqHp6nymu90ycBfAv5qut_wMCuqbW0D3_U/s2048/20210508_135657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxa5jBxQUnEFhfV9L0J3jkvPsL5LATbe8MwoFPkNKzVXew2QgIcNA0rdG6CVQ2-Zhe8UO42WAxGstr4xMXYLmI9-gjBVAj2-UIURBbolTopqHp6nymu90ycBfAv5qut_wMCuqbW0D3_U/s320/20210508_135657.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at that inside!! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimoULiBSCK3x-95N0gScNzjo4K1jnM3py10TsjL2q8aWv_4W5O5Gok-yxff54SSfIHNrjrf9b7t2RCNkBWdFPIta8YW1qG3A9-9vUlAbU9gGgqi97mWYX0alYDOTCXcexWu86Wkuk4vko/s2048/20210508_180831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimoULiBSCK3x-95N0gScNzjo4K1jnM3py10TsjL2q8aWv_4W5O5Gok-yxff54SSfIHNrjrf9b7t2RCNkBWdFPIta8YW1qG3A9-9vUlAbU9gGgqi97mWYX0alYDOTCXcexWu86Wkuk4vko/s320/20210508_180831.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I put these on him 57748374 times π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGSlgXfGpiV-4hurtcYjIl6TgoKPYHg41DxVrYubXr3V-SqtFn1oGel5wiCPrEuy3X5oJ3W9EfmwGpg4bI_RYKqTXVy_UP3vBdBUTcujndy6C5a2fUOrvZp9Q2XMgp5qn1kylSfkw9VA/s2048/20210508_225824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGSlgXfGpiV-4hurtcYjIl6TgoKPYHg41DxVrYubXr3V-SqtFn1oGel5wiCPrEuy3X5oJ3W9EfmwGpg4bI_RYKqTXVy_UP3vBdBUTcujndy6C5a2fUOrvZp9Q2XMgp5qn1kylSfkw9VA/s320/20210508_225824.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love that she fell asleep like this with her unicorn blanket ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzrKAjiiaA8Kx26CUi56mJgewzqtGO00ZXPJHBJiyADKFr1Dr5l3sX5EfCxjJHBuw0HwF6QbAjrPSqhv6sR7uocgy-0JT3oiMy7sVbD2fN3GFb9JlpAi5vlmPmlIU8fyir5oZ_7rzht0/s2048/20210509_105015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzrKAjiiaA8Kx26CUi56mJgewzqtGO00ZXPJHBJiyADKFr1Dr5l3sX5EfCxjJHBuw0HwF6QbAjrPSqhv6sR7uocgy-0JT3oiMy7sVbD2fN3GFb9JlpAi5vlmPmlIU8fyir5oZ_7rzht0/s320/20210509_105015.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her cute drawing on her gift bag that she gave me from school! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLmPwNQJOM9Ouq87mAejgigOAZh7rbE6ZQy_zQIzYpp63D0pq1tovZ2rS8dmg2EJzfgYPUyO2ZxF5pXbXDSb61wNI8Sl2dCtW48sL79OIGNi8fwk9vGASnjOjR0T86p-_b1oxrD6DdNM/s2048/20210509_110012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLLmPwNQJOM9Ouq87mAejgigOAZh7rbE6ZQy_zQIzYpp63D0pq1tovZ2rS8dmg2EJzfgYPUyO2ZxF5pXbXDSb61wNI8Sl2dCtW48sL79OIGNi8fwk9vGASnjOjR0T86p-_b1oxrD6DdNM/s320/20210509_110012.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How's that for fancy?? ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-14S_EFfeTtpiplFGhUnczTdGF52Yo8auGjW-_dOJcw4FIDWtLwERi2wRK-x49nL7ucI1Wl_iOW9d73wttGpmUlogUhiM_Tiiqp-YsivYcHpX1ezuZcovTxRN2XTFnjY_YdfNrjdjro0/s2048/20210510_173429.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-14S_EFfeTtpiplFGhUnczTdGF52Yo8auGjW-_dOJcw4FIDWtLwERi2wRK-x49nL7ucI1Wl_iOW9d73wttGpmUlogUhiM_Tiiqp-YsivYcHpX1ezuZcovTxRN2XTFnjY_YdfNrjdjro0/s320/20210510_173429.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He literally stole my whole dinner off my plate. Happy Mother's Day to me! π Such a scoundrel. Thank goodness he's cute! π</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />Peace and blessings. βοΈ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div> </div>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-18860367705655966632021-05-17T18:39:00.003-07:002021-05-17T18:39:30.521-07:00April 26th - May 2nd, 2021: Party in KY<p>Look at me, sticking to my goals to get updated and back on track. Whoop whoooop! π Here we go headed into the week before last...</p><p>π I said that because I wrote this whole post the day after I posted my last post, but the only thing I didn't do was add captions to my photos. So that was the only hold up to actually clicking post aaaaand here we are 5 days later finally doing that. π€¦ββοΈ</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Monday, April 26th:</b></p><p>I really only have some funny stuff that was said throughout the day to share from this particular day, so let's get laughing...</p><p>~Nolan was guzzling down some water and I said to him, "Is it sooo yummy??" to which Rowan responded, "No, it's so <b>drinky</b>! Cause you drink it! Drinky!" Then he laughed at himself, proud of how clever he was. π I see what you're throwing down there dude, pretty good, pretty good! I'll give it to you. </p><p>~We had some real fun during preschool when I let Rowan pick the second movement for our teddy bear poem. The poem is:</p><p>Get your teddy bear from the ground. <br />Then go [insert movement] all around.<br />Hold him high and hold him low.<br />As [insert movement] all around you go. </p><p>Usually we do dancing, skipping, hopping, running, jumping... something like that. I asked him what movement he wanted to do during our second run through and he confidently threw out "<b>Skop</b>!" π€ I asked him to demonstrate and I fully expected him to just kinda stand there unsure of what motion to do considering it was made up, but he busted out his own made up move so confidently and to be honest with you, it really did look like a mash up between a skip and a hop, so for all I know the name he chose was intentional. π€·ββοΈπ I was cracking up pretty good and he was pretty proud of himself for making me laugh. Skopping is a thing now in our book! </p><p>~Another laugh during preschool was when we went to read our book. I normally tell him the title and ask him what he thinks it's going to be about. We read "Corduroy" which is about a teddy bear named Corduroy. Considering he's never even heard that term though, I said, "You're probably not so sure what this book's gonna be about, huh?" and he responded, "I think maybe they're cording something...?" *shrugs* ππ A solid guess, little dude. <br /></p><p>~Maeve and Rowan were waiting for something to happen (I don't remember what anymore) and they got into this lovely feud and I honestly couldn't help but laugh:</p><p>Maeve: "It's taking FOREVER!" <br />Rowan: "No, you mean 'it's taking SO LONG!'" <br />Maeve: "Nooo, I <i>mean</i>, it's taking <i>FOREVER!</i>"<br />Rowan: "NO! <i>YOU MEAN 'IT'S TAKING SO LONG!!!'"</i></p><p>Apparently Rowan doesn't know what the word forever means... π</p><p>~Rowan is obsessed with headbands and had on a particularly girly headband of mine with a bow on it. He wanted to go outside to play and I told him he probably should take that off before going outside because it's especially girly. His face lit up and he said, "AH HA! I know! We can go to the store and look for BOY headbands!!!" πππ€·ββοΈ He literally kills me. </p><p><b>Tuesday, April 27th: </b></p><p>Tuesday can be summed up in four words: Walmart. Playground. YW Activities. That about sums it up. A pretty typical day in the life. </p><p><b>Wednesday, April 28th: </b></p><p>We ventured all the way to Costco to restock up, which is always a win because since it takes awhile to get over there, shop, and get back home, I always splurge and get us all pizza. Which yes, is a total splurge considering it's a whopping $4 total to feed the boys and I. ππ The <i>real</i> splurge this time was spending the extra couple bucks to get some frozen yogurt too. I must say, it all hit the spot!!! That vanilla fro yo is so perfectly smooth and creamy and for being so cheap and basic, their pizza really is amazing. Costco knows how to do it. We also stopped at my old Ortho office because my retainer case wouldn't clasp shut anymore, so it worked out well to be able to drop in and get a new one. The rest of the day was spent doing laundry, cleaning, and packing to get ready to head to my sister's house in KY the next day to spend the weekend there. </p><p><b>Thursday, April 29th: </b></p><p>Since I got most of the packing done the night before, I just had to do the final push and spend the rest of the morning and early afternoon cleaning the house and car/showering. It was probably the most chill day I've ever had getting ready to leave town because usually I am hustling way more and end up not getting to quite everything I hope to because I run out of time. I am a true procrastinator by nature. π I was pretty proud that I got to everything I wanted to besides putting on makeup without being so super rushed. Baby steps! We dropped off Zoey at my bishop's sister's house and they were all soooo excited to have her and thought she was the cutest so I knew she was in good hands. We had to leave her behind because Rach got a new puppy the day before and was a little worried to have her, Tilly, and Zoey all together. Probably would have been too much stimulation, so I totally understood. It was nice not to have to deal with her on the road, to be honest, so it all worked out. We also did something we've never done before on other travel days to KY and that was for me to drive to Adam's work to meet him there and then just leave his car there and drive the rest of the way from there. It was way nice and saved us good time for sure. Plus we avoided traffic that way. Total win win. I'm sure we'll do it every time now. As for the drive, I have to say that road trips with a 17 month old are <i>such</i> a joy. The whole time is literally offering snacks around the clock until those have run out and then offering new toys every 2 minutes, because it only takes that long for each toy to be chucked and he's ready for something better. π€¦ββοΈπ Heaven help us. At least it wasn't longer than a 3.5 hour drive!</p><p><b>Friday the 30th - Sunday May 2nd: </b></p><p>We had ourselves a fun little weekend! We got to be with Rach's fam and my Mom and Dad, who were still there since my Mom stayed with Tess and Zach while everyone else was in Utah for a hiking trip with Josh and Dan as well. They had just gotten back a couple days before we showed up. I was bummed to be the only one to miss out, but what can you do with the little ones at home! There's always next time. As always, the weekend ended too quickly! The highlights include:</p><p>~Running errands<br />~Each child getting $25 from Gram and Gramps to spend so they had fun at Target picking out some new toys. Maeve and Rowan also ended up picking out some birthday presents since their birthdays were both coming up. π<br />~All the kids also got to hit up the dollar store and spend $5 each on random treats and trinkets, which they also loved. <br />~Little Caesars & Culvers for lunch on Friday and Saturday respectively<br />~Hit up the Nike store to get new sneakers for Maeve and Rowan in the next size up. Got some good ones!<br />~A Birthday party for Maeve and Zach, the birthday twins. Maeve was soooo excited for it. Rach came up with some fun little games to do last minute - one of which involved nerf guns and we all learned that Rowan has impeccable aim. It was cracking us all up because he could even hit us if we were moving!! π€― He was pretty obsessed with the nerf guns from that point forward until we left their house. π<br />~Going to church<br />~Lots and lots of time playing outside! Maeve learned how to get some air doing a front flip on the trampoline and I was impressed she was brave enough to try. She was pretty proud of herself! Rowan also entertained everyone with his newly invented skop. π<br />~Getting to try out Rach's LED light face mask which was pretty cool! I might have to ask for one of those for an upcoming birthday or Christmas gift. <br />~Rowan scored an extra Nike sweatband that was probably Bennett's or Liam's and he was quite thrilled to have a new "basketball headband" ππ</p><p>That about wraps things up! The drive home was pretty uneventful, other than picking Which Wich to stop at for dinner, thinking they'd have a drive thru, but showing up to find out it was attached to a gas station so they didn't have one. So much for a quick stop. Then it took FOREVER for them to make everything too. Oh well, at least it was way better and healthier than getting burgers again, which if Maeve had it her way we'd get every single time. π€¦ββοΈ We had one SUPER excited Zoey to see us again, which was pretty heartwarming. She knows who she belongs to that's for sure! </p><p>And now for pics from the week: </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1DIVwkU_xuxvL8XVFAn1-AQWIqcg-_FoMKIgQ9fDUzZtJ1WAOzle4pDuKxSQDsJM5gf-ei1K5tDCTBYJJEikrJoB7v9-LCWswp3EVj9DLCvjqXONXcv8u5i-zRMvNHdk_iyTglcPLvE/s2048/20210427_111814.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1DIVwkU_xuxvL8XVFAn1-AQWIqcg-_FoMKIgQ9fDUzZtJ1WAOzle4pDuKxSQDsJM5gf-ei1K5tDCTBYJJEikrJoB7v9-LCWswp3EVj9DLCvjqXONXcv8u5i-zRMvNHdk_iyTglcPLvE/s320/20210427_111814.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lover boy looooves exploring the playground. I can barely keep up with him! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJz7ZE9Nmo59hDpijoZuIN2vRExSXLe9r51WiJjrEBmNwz0PM1qA2dW-8x1B2G8CMpfmdHRyxOz971Sw5KbbDu0HCNLjUoKkMfOqfmhE5U9xww1pyx8Zfxv_7pH-Oqi6tePNiajf4j-M4/s2048/20210427_125644.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJz7ZE9Nmo59hDpijoZuIN2vRExSXLe9r51WiJjrEBmNwz0PM1qA2dW-8x1B2G8CMpfmdHRyxOz971Sw5KbbDu0HCNLjUoKkMfOqfmhE5U9xww1pyx8Zfxv_7pH-Oqi6tePNiajf4j-M4/s320/20210427_125644.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Konked out π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDE_wBB6-v3ipgcaJsrvY4voUiWS5VbHGsRxvwkJxbyKhMqCNS6Wb9iwanxXJDWSfYYqPk8U0zqTI8TY-bXO0Q4BNQwE6ncra9roj2KPrQ_Ot45MAKj3WJonVuknQWyoNTsCYZ3BmyH4/s2048/20210428_090339.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDE_wBB6-v3ipgcaJsrvY4voUiWS5VbHGsRxvwkJxbyKhMqCNS6Wb9iwanxXJDWSfYYqPk8U0zqTI8TY-bXO0Q4BNQwE6ncra9roj2KPrQ_Ot45MAKj3WJonVuknQWyoNTsCYZ3BmyH4/s320/20210428_090339.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cracks me up that he enjoys sitting jnside this toy basket. Not the first time he's done it! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlubMUxRtY90wRfDAeFh9Si8L878bgVOkOml1cNxYLRLWRFvMGZGSb21haEdLejFoSfD3_WWpzrxWhTaPuUII02Spl-PRtQ8MnLmpM0Ct4DfN0by5_DIJ2ll6j9vIW5GBw6Fzr-G0T54/s2048/20210430_084706.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlubMUxRtY90wRfDAeFh9Si8L878bgVOkOml1cNxYLRLWRFvMGZGSb21haEdLejFoSfD3_WWpzrxWhTaPuUII02Spl-PRtQ8MnLmpM0Ct4DfN0by5_DIJ2ll6j9vIW5GBw6Fzr-G0T54/s320/20210430_084706.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looooves his Aunt Rach and Tess. Just winning him over with screen time. π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHS16Fbddw6b_fxGafpY-fglIV1xAFdhcqJbUwY6i7KyC-k5MzROp0_VTakaEgBKOwwupORHajDrK3RlzntyjJrDXJzP_WvnwpfGUyTFvZLgR_0XdIxhhfEF6dXOf8Fz-R1hyphenhyphendBuItNaw/s2048/20210430_171154.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHS16Fbddw6b_fxGafpY-fglIV1xAFdhcqJbUwY6i7KyC-k5MzROp0_VTakaEgBKOwwupORHajDrK3RlzntyjJrDXJzP_WvnwpfGUyTFvZLgR_0XdIxhhfEF6dXOf8Fz-R1hyphenhyphendBuItNaw/s320/20210430_171154.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rach couldn't help herself but try out a pony in the back of his hair where he's got the most bulk. Worked quite nicely. ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNuSPTl255_wmG7J5RGG5BIRGsN1XCjyYrPvey_po_3v6lIV7dmUfPsLG7NNf-iyLeSTw8-NVpzFlTELq4R9LrFhWvEL95UOTkbNEms4D60veY6e9IIA8DQXG9i3SDZoulNW0bo2rPkI/s2048/20210430_175913.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNuSPTl255_wmG7J5RGG5BIRGsN1XCjyYrPvey_po_3v6lIV7dmUfPsLG7NNf-iyLeSTw8-NVpzFlTELq4R9LrFhWvEL95UOTkbNEms4D60veY6e9IIA8DQXG9i3SDZoulNW0bo2rPkI/s320/20210430_175913.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zach was beeegging me to convince Rowan to do his hair just his like his so that they could be twins. Wasn't easy, but we eventually got what we bargained for. π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rHnZfQ4gRQJ2cJMJ52h76cOayane7UZcXEFDWp0FVfj4NpiJ1F_9zslP_nAF2sKAG42XEyOtSKeIGoDH6J5hzYp7VJtDXxrrTpmEs0XB9owBbjMOVPNtXdrt5SdL8GA0owGwTShN_uc/s2048/20210501_083941.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9rHnZfQ4gRQJ2cJMJ52h76cOayane7UZcXEFDWp0FVfj4NpiJ1F_9zslP_nAF2sKAG42XEyOtSKeIGoDH6J5hzYp7VJtDXxrrTpmEs0XB9owBbjMOVPNtXdrt5SdL8GA0owGwTShN_uc/s320/20210501_083941.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Romper & sandal twins. π These cousins all just love finding any ways they can be the same! Fresh lipstick courtesy of Gram. π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzuSQrJKXotGo3VO6rv5gIQ3QvUqmLEsrXrB-qHR6PDvmmpgHofr4wa-VzCMBYFk8gQYg-yZh1QxSZ8mikXIfw1AhfCpw-ViqTX95mskQhN6esDQ8hzjcWaH6iBSeH_y6GGCqXJaPamU/s2048/20210501_084122.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmzuSQrJKXotGo3VO6rv5gIQ3QvUqmLEsrXrB-qHR6PDvmmpgHofr4wa-VzCMBYFk8gQYg-yZh1QxSZ8mikXIfw1AhfCpw-ViqTX95mskQhN6esDQ8hzjcWaH6iBSeH_y6GGCqXJaPamU/s320/20210501_084122.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tess is the cutest with this little lover boy. She was his little mama all weekend as often as she could be! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyYw0hyBL5leUpZEJ15DQDfxgWRGazyWqm6ukcAUrBccI0Vyex0ISmpzljGyC_iOL4Gldwg8f277Dx6v9CDWmIlGIslzMfcrCM70NkrBg1dadVOEhoAQn6c88xE65D6YFPaMHwQ4edNY/s2048/20210501_084150.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyYw0hyBL5leUpZEJ15DQDfxgWRGazyWqm6ukcAUrBccI0Vyex0ISmpzljGyC_iOL4Gldwg8f277Dx6v9CDWmIlGIslzMfcrCM70NkrBg1dadVOEhoAQn6c88xE65D6YFPaMHwQ4edNY/s320/20210501_084150.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Q7L8_NdoDz5qZBS2zeP0f7DuY6NW1rx3LYNEaZvUPQfwXb7cl_jERpRQLPPv4f8XnGbAMU_LmB0Wv2C_789yYBZu195k8NiuJwkWJMAagUW5oho3uWWUVutBHU582_98R65UEp8Evd8/s2048/20210501_095857.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Q7L8_NdoDz5qZBS2zeP0f7DuY6NW1rx3LYNEaZvUPQfwXb7cl_jERpRQLPPv4f8XnGbAMU_LmB0Wv2C_789yYBZu195k8NiuJwkWJMAagUW5oho3uWWUVutBHU582_98R65UEp8Evd8/s320/20210501_095857.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ I can't even. He loves her right back! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPfmcfJXI3Ip9WPRXb4L9faeiu2PqDRni2vRqCphM-SWIu5m9uabvZLKYnZyZ24TzM6od22myVElH166dN6cAeAxXlb28e0bPezCGqjY2NrjZOZYBfaHzK2PqSjeTM9UjLEIKMrw1PpE/s2048/20210501_095900.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPfmcfJXI3Ip9WPRXb4L9faeiu2PqDRni2vRqCphM-SWIu5m9uabvZLKYnZyZ24TzM6od22myVElH166dN6cAeAxXlb28e0bPezCGqjY2NrjZOZYBfaHzK2PqSjeTM9UjLEIKMrw1PpE/s320/20210501_095900.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0hPLmwpN5l02D0Xt9MhXuqBUeHcKLV1vskw-3aAHeQ3oxHipRwE1FNF71TKrROGpmz7AP-ryvV-iPI0gvCAvjveVitjheXAjb1EnbrLxHj9O-TgaSITPhZvJWRoFf6PMKMWBdMEvlo0/s2048/20210501_095903.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0hPLmwpN5l02D0Xt9MhXuqBUeHcKLV1vskw-3aAHeQ3oxHipRwE1FNF71TKrROGpmz7AP-ryvV-iPI0gvCAvjveVitjheXAjb1EnbrLxHj9O-TgaSITPhZvJWRoFf6PMKMWBdMEvlo0/s320/20210501_095903.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24XY5VpD4LmEnlFMP2GW8yTZhFqVU2sYNQ5bvZI8LuV6RIV1Y7ksMAmLPPiEzz37o6hAgJJGrXwgmowxKsfJH78IvoL_FLBq1eeKakwEcj1jlkWRTfYn2QMFLfVVZtgOSIao2-lqDxFk/s2048/20210501_133256.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24XY5VpD4LmEnlFMP2GW8yTZhFqVU2sYNQ5bvZI8LuV6RIV1Y7ksMAmLPPiEzz37o6hAgJJGrXwgmowxKsfJH78IvoL_FLBq1eeKakwEcj1jlkWRTfYn2QMFLfVVZtgOSIao2-lqDxFk/s320/20210501_133256.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just acting like they aren't little sittin' in the backseat of Rach's van with no boosters or car seats.... π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfL7FxIHPms9oBn8Vp6ybjsexBJWTHCPL9_xRO7PkZ4K7AScFyBvSQfn1M9rHdw2aebCaB6iIgXscvLPJV7muRg0dYoaYRvwVYGQbYQyQbSazezq-V9MKnt7alX0YA_zhs9nD7IFR3uEA/s2048/20210501_184616.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfL7FxIHPms9oBn8Vp6ybjsexBJWTHCPL9_xRO7PkZ4K7AScFyBvSQfn1M9rHdw2aebCaB6iIgXscvLPJV7muRg0dYoaYRvwVYGQbYQyQbSazezq-V9MKnt7alX0YA_zhs9nD7IFR3uEA/s320/20210501_184616.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marshmallow cup game! Timed to see who could get the most marshmallows in the cup in one minute. Bennett and Liam were quite competitive for all the games and pretty sure one of them won every single game. ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKFmuEf1I2E3SRT1JHCtSPAQow0oapaxXYEC0JDQ-PlnKQoBfmaJxXlyuJW9zYjcbTxd25x1jY7bw33BdBlwL2MrLRXLvGBjk57hVQ64tHr6u9k2wsYIG8tbTePx5iM6iVpbQ5Mz6KiE/s2048/20210501_192931.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKFmuEf1I2E3SRT1JHCtSPAQow0oapaxXYEC0JDQ-PlnKQoBfmaJxXlyuJW9zYjcbTxd25x1jY7bw33BdBlwL2MrLRXLvGBjk57hVQ64tHr6u9k2wsYIG8tbTePx5iM6iVpbQ5Mz6KiE/s320/20210501_192931.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sneaking marshmallows </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uUXGDhs9FmKlDl4AsWudClBxiMMq6eMY94F4XOQmT_bPtdqnuGPvrUTP1xJlBHgrDwTMaNN-CEblsgxb8jlUwL4RYTMwcV-8h1ke5pGqeKurQ5Z3P9PgZNEOXG8zy7I7hb4jjmjZi-A/s2048/20210501_193127.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uUXGDhs9FmKlDl4AsWudClBxiMMq6eMY94F4XOQmT_bPtdqnuGPvrUTP1xJlBHgrDwTMaNN-CEblsgxb8jlUwL4RYTMwcV-8h1ke5pGqeKurQ5Z3P9PgZNEOXG8zy7I7hb4jjmjZi-A/s320/20210501_193127.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birthday twinners π₯°</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUa-XvRT5avrrUzUAdnej4TfZTozBi2r6Cm40Y68kQ1pW-ijnTKPrf_w0FMZ7T7Z_kMrkxfBcs6zi3XUYnRhLR8vz21HSJnkwIYMsMmE71VhuSWr68aaoF5dM1WhbQ__z5Z8zO03_wsI/s2048/20210501_193307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUa-XvRT5avrrUzUAdnej4TfZTozBi2r6Cm40Y68kQ1pW-ijnTKPrf_w0FMZ7T7Z_kMrkxfBcs6zi3XUYnRhLR8vz21HSJnkwIYMsMmE71VhuSWr68aaoF5dM1WhbQ__z5Z8zO03_wsI/s320/20210501_193307.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpO6KoiZEuCPF1Du6gSYXAeMyLTR6ahtaiNnsUg3C-ovl7kysSlqgSSKVe-6vJSHAhkHAyTRRqnKH0I_b-1G-59rRddPM06av316wrMR38fBAiKYUANOg12eYyENudAuP9sFvU-ANnjQ/s2048/20210501_193311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpO6KoiZEuCPF1Du6gSYXAeMyLTR6ahtaiNnsUg3C-ovl7kysSlqgSSKVe-6vJSHAhkHAyTRRqnKH0I_b-1G-59rRddPM06av316wrMR38fBAiKYUANOg12eYyENudAuP9sFvU-ANnjQ/s320/20210501_193311.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Inq7tdjsBWpMZd80Op-r7dz3K4dVjdrS-HaJNEcaw9B7HEElVQhR3d7BX87FBApi_9I2eJuIqGS1sSnIBAdbcC1m9MEXsKXRp56aFtHMvU5aJEm-wjkRHeq5YxYKWBEHfCR5Ky7EHVo/s1600/Resized_20210430_113357.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="758" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Inq7tdjsBWpMZd80Op-r7dz3K4dVjdrS-HaJNEcaw9B7HEElVQhR3d7BX87FBApi_9I2eJuIqGS1sSnIBAdbcC1m9MEXsKXRp56aFtHMvU5aJEm-wjkRHeq5YxYKWBEHfCR5Ky7EHVo/s320/Resized_20210430_113357.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A cute little pic we got of Zoey while we were gone from the family who watched her! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>And here's a couple videos of Liam totally cracking up Nolan every single with the same sound effect. Too cute! ππ </p><p>https://youtube.com/shorts/dbzc-b_vUtA?feature=share</p><p>https://youtube.com/shorts/VeLGKys5TII?feature=share</p><p>Side note: As I rewatched these videos to trim them and share them here, Nolan is currently sitting next to me awake (should be asleep, but fought it hard) watching them and laughing at himself laughing. π Gotta love it!</p><p>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</p>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-59821999767690967392021-05-11T19:14:00.008-07:002021-05-12T18:35:11.821-07:00April 19th - April 25th, 2021: 0/2 for Consistency <p>Remember that one time I thought maybe I could scale back and blog once a week? Apparently I am now learning that for the sake of consistency and keeping up the habit that miiiight not work. Cause here I am now updating on the last 3 weeks... π€¦ββοΈ Oops! Except, truth be told, I'm only gonna get through one week in this post before I have to wrap it up, so I'm gonna have to break it up. </p><p><b>Monday, April 19th: </b></p><p>I realized I goofed and called the title of my last blog post "Are you ready to broke your butt?" which was probably very confusing when I didn't even mention that phrase once in the post. π That's because that phrase was actually said on this particular Monday instead and I didn't even write about that day in that post. Total fail on my part! Allow me to clear up that confusion in a minute. Mostly I just have funny stuff to share from Monday, so here we go: </p><p>~I actually don't know what Rowan was looking at when he said this, but whatever it was, there being 8 was A LOT because he said "There's 8! That's like 1,000!!! ... Nooo, actually like 20!" ππ€</p><p>~We were trying to get Nolan to practice walking and he wasn't really cooperating. The goal was for him to walk to me in order to get a particular stuffed animal. He wasn't really walking, so Rowan and I proceeded to have this exchange:</p><p>Rowan (noticing he wasn't cooperating, he picked up a different stuffed animal): "The loser gets this one"<br />Me: "OK so if he doesn't walk he gets this stuffed animal as a prize instead?" <br />Rowan: "Yeah" </p><p>ππ Clearly he didn't understand the point of rewarding only the walking so that he would want to walk... </p><p>~Getting ready to play some pretend game with Maeve after she was home from school, Rowan said to me, "Welllll, actually... Maeve is supposed to be the Mommy. I know she's small cause she's 5, but it's just pretend!" ππ </p><p>~Just before starting preschool, Rowan said to me, "Mommy! Are you ready to broke your butt?? *laughs* No no, I mean, do preschool??" ππ€¦ββοΈ An easy mix-up to make... π</p><p>~Everytime I go into the files on my phone to open the preschool program Rowan thinks I'm going to Amazon and exclaims "Amazon!" Not sure where the confusion came from on that one... ππ€·ββοΈ</p><p>Other than that funny stuff, there's just a few other noteworthy things to mention from that day: </p><p>1. Rowan let Zoey back in the house from one of her potty breaks all by himself for the first time! I have missed having a child at home all hours of the day that can let her in for me. π Exciting milestone! He was so proud. </p><p>2. We're literally almost to the end of the school year and out of nowhere, Maeve was beside herself that night and the night before because she was going to miss me soooo much at school. What in the world!? I have no idea why we are experiencing a regression after months of being used to it. Kinda mind boggling. </p><p>3. I got Maeve to admit to me that she lied when she told me someone in her class was allergic to beans. She only said that so that she wouldn't have to bring beans in her lunch anymore. Little stink! Turns out she's just tired of taking them, but I guess thought that even if she told me that I'd still make her take them. Now she knows I'm not THAT mean! </p><p><b>Tuesday, April 20th: </b></p><p>Just a few noteworthy items to mention... </p><p>1. Rowan came up with the bright idea of lowering our over the door basketball hoop to hang from the oven bar instead so that Nolan could easily shoot baskets with him. It was too cute and they had so much fun with it!</p><p>2. Bella came over to play in the afternoon, which is always fun. I took her and all my kids to the store when I realized I needed one more thing for dinner and they looooved that they all got to sit in the backseat together. I had to let Rowan join in on the fun and ditch his regular car seat because he just needed to be like the big girls! I figured no big deal since Kroger is right down the road. Bella's mom was fine with her not having a booster seat and then Bella said "Oh yeah, she lets me skip using it when I'm with her sometimes too - I just have to give her the puppy dog eyes and it works every time!" ππ At the store they literally all stole 1,000 of the green zip ties that can be used with the produce bags before I even noticed. π¬π</p><p>3. Over the course of the afternoon Rowan got mad at Maeve more than once and clobbered her so many times she ended up with multiple scratches all over her face... π‘ Kill me! That boy and his rage is just too much sometimes. He has been doing better overall lately, but every now and then just has a bad week again! Poor Maeve's face looked so sad. </p><p>4. My work out was interrupted because Rowan knocked my water bottle over and spilled a bunch of water behind the TV... so super fun! Recently Nolan did the same thing, but it was actually worse because it spilled down into the toy basket too so I had to empty most of it and wipe down a bunch of toys.... ππ. The joys of motherhood. </p><p>5. We're seeing a turnaround in Rowan allowing me to do his hair without fighting about it and it has me all sorts of happy!!! Sometimes if he sees Maeve doing her hair, he'll say "oh, let's do mine too!" and then this particular day after initially saying "No, no!" and starting to run away when I said it was time to do his hair, he caught himself and said, "Wait!! I can be <b>brave</b>!" with a huge smile on his face and proceeded to cooperate perfectly. So stinking adorable and heartwarming! π₯°</p><p><b>Wednesday, April 21st: </b></p><p>Ivy and Roman came over to play for a bit before dinner. Otherwise, all I have to mention are these two funny things:</p><p>~Rowan and I had this conversation when it was almost time to do preschool:<br />Rowan: "Let's do preschool!"<br />Me: "But you're eating"<br />Rowan: "I can do it while I eat"<br />Me: "Do you have your teddy bear for our song and poem?"<br />Rowan (referring to his strawberries): "No, but it's okay, these won't go bad if I go get it. They'll just change flavor. Welllll, actually, they won't, cause you just bite them!" πππ€ Don't ask me!</p><p>~Maeve was trying to remember what new 3D shapes she learned about at school and couldn't remember one of the names of them so she said, "Look up 3D shapes with your phone. Or big kid shapes." One in the same, right?! ππ </p><p><b>Thursday, April 22nd: </b></p><p>This doesn't really have to do with Thursday specifically, but I just have to mention that Maeve and Rowan LOVE the word "actually" - I've been noticing that they say it so often and it cracks me up because it's always pronounced "atchally" and they say it with sooo much expression. It is too cute and funny! And Rowan's still coming in strong pronouncing "because" without the b sound at the front. ππ</p><p>What we actually did after school was pick up some new plants for our porch that Adam ordered that are supposed to thrive literally ALL year round (we'll see about that! π). Maeve insisted she was famished and claimed she had no food left in her lunch box to eat, so we stopped for some fries on the way there. Cause I'm such a nice mom, ya know! Well, COME TO FIND OUT she worked the system and actually did have pretzels left in her lunchbox, but <i>those</i> didn't sound good, so she pretended <i>those</i> didn't exist! Big fat LIAR! π I was not too pleased she got fries out of me given that. Lesson learned I have to check her lunchbox myself. </p><p>Thursday night I had the joy of going to traffic school to get that speeding ticket taken off my record that I got on my way to church the month before. It was supposed to be from 6 to 10pm, but I was singing praises when the instructor said that beginning that it definitely wasn't going to be 4 hours. We were done around 8! π Hallelujah! He was a pretty cool officer and said that he personally doesn't pull people over for stuff he is guilty of doing - ie. not coming to a complete stop at stop signs (cause who ever REALLY stops all the way!? No one!) and going 10 MPH over the speed limit. He only pulls over for 15 MPH+ and even said that they come up with what speed limits should be based on knowing that everyone will drive 10 MPH faster than what is listed. So if they don't want people to go faster than 75 MPH, they will make it 65 MPH. Interesting! I guess it makes sense to do that considering most people are guilty of speeding. Anyway, I appreciated his style. </p><p><b>Friday, April 23rd: </b></p><p>That night we got invited to go over to the Pylant's house for a donut themed birthday party for Zia! Amanda's sister's family came to town to surprise her for her baptism and it was super fun to meet them! They were awesome and so funny. Her sister's husband was a man from another planet!! He was literally cleaning the whole kitchen after most of the party guests left and it turns out he is just a total clean freak. He said he works late most nights, but still stays up till midnight every night making sure their house is in perfect shape before he goes to bed. WOW! Truly one of a kind. It was a super fun night with lots of friends and we stayed late playing games after most everyone else left, because we're the favorite friends. ππ Not to toot my own horn, but Amanda <i>was </i>hoping we would stay late, she said so herself, sooo ya know! π</p><p>In other news, my laugh of the day was when it was raining and Rowan said, "It's OK if our windows are wet because in the summertime they'll dry" ππ€ I guess they'll be wet for another almost 2 months... darn. </p><p><b>Saturday, April 24th: </b></p><p>We had a fun-filled Saturday hopping around for a bit. Maeve had dance and then we all went to Zia's baptism. It was a sweet little service and they displayed a bunch of cute pictures of their kids through the years and it was fun to see their older girls Zia and Zoey so tiny! We got some lunch afterwards at Culver's and Oscar's (Oscar's for me and Culver's for everyone else... I just really wanted some tacos!). The only downside to picking Oscar's was that I had to watch everyone else eat their custard. Ironically, I decided to hold strong because I wanted to get Crumbl cookies that night as my treat, but then when I went to get the cookies I found out 2 of the flavors that I wanted most were sold out!! ππ So it wasn't even worth it and I walked out with nothing. Such a letdown!! Should have gotten custard after all. I settled instead for some break and bake cookies from Kroger and ya know, they were pretty dang good, so not all was lost. We did also go to Home Depot for some stuff Adam needed to finish building his planters for the front porch plants. AND we got some marigolds for the back patio - it will be so fun to see some flowers and other stuff blooming again over the summer! π </p><p><b>Sunday, April 25th: </b></p><p>We stayed home and watched church. Only because I was originally asked to give a talk this particular Sunday, but I ended up rescheduling when I thought there was a potential for us to be at my sister's house that weekend if my mom and dad's trip got cut short because of his work schedule. Since that didn't happen, we were able to stay home, but I felt too weird showing up after rescheduling when in the end I could have done it. π Oh well, better safe than sorry sometimes!! </p><p>Since we had no major plans for the day, I decided to make some homemade braided Challah! It was supposed to be kind of a sweet bread, but it didn't really taste that sweet. π€·ββοΈ It was still SO fluffy, soft and amazing so I'll take it!! It was a hit for the whole fam! The braid turned out great too, which I was happy about, since the first time I made Challah I totally failed - granted that braid was more complex that time, so I knew to go with a simpler one this time. The weather was great, so since I was stuck with the bread making, Adam took Maeve and Rowan on a bike ride to the playground. Rowan fell off the swing while they were there and said to Adam, "Dad, will you tell Mom when we get home that <b>you</b> <b>let</b> <b>me</b> fall off the swing? I want her to know so she can give me a hug." ππ₯° Kills me that he couldn't take the ownership of falling off and also that he's so stinking sweet needing a hug from mom to make it all better! </p><p>After dinner, we did also make a fire and have some S'mores before the kids needed to get to bed! A great Sunday for the books for sure. π</p><p>Well that sums up the week and throughout the week this week I plan on finishing the weekly updates for the last two weeks as well. Stay tuned! </p><p>Here's pics from the 20th-26th:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTL5N6NFOtRxL9g5tC1pmYxbh3SVNaYptzqNn2q8F_583eycBlIhs8r0pmZP3rKGDXQ04DIrzeb3Pf4mXBAUg9XKaZ4aYAaLi6d6TP8ABwtgpmwrWq4N7m50EnEZ2neOwBaEq1MGyNB28/s2048/20210420_091617.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTL5N6NFOtRxL9g5tC1pmYxbh3SVNaYptzqNn2q8F_583eycBlIhs8r0pmZP3rKGDXQ04DIrzeb3Pf4mXBAUg9XKaZ4aYAaLi6d6TP8ABwtgpmwrWq4N7m50EnEZ2neOwBaEq1MGyNB28/s320/20210420_091617.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute little bros who both share a strong love of basketball already! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIo9Xk2UkA6cc4-IFYxqeF_plo5UVEGrTCw-WVfKXsW-x78goMr_NqEz2Xiy7r4SFLHBrcdaJMN6X70KDP3eB5B9ZGTaxoxDO4fOKuLnduJL0_ofr-Vim4zet3hqiASjkPKyD4RVnMD0/s2048/20210420_092853.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIo9Xk2UkA6cc4-IFYxqeF_plo5UVEGrTCw-WVfKXsW-x78goMr_NqEz2Xiy7r4SFLHBrcdaJMN6X70KDP3eB5B9ZGTaxoxDO4fOKuLnduJL0_ofr-Vim4zet3hqiASjkPKyD4RVnMD0/s320/20210420_092853.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's too much! π Getting way too big and smart for his own good! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHI0c7JJA2FRqyddxLLOxHRERr0paN-QhGOl_kMsxiuH0uQLgvzEaLqwddM9Sp3sFe1ZG7onqIXsU3paL567qDhn2CJ-BzVmJGfhyphenhypheniDizZq2YAGTZmL01Cx9WcT8Iwk1WfzM0q69CSPM/s2048/20210420_093104.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHI0c7JJA2FRqyddxLLOxHRERr0paN-QhGOl_kMsxiuH0uQLgvzEaLqwddM9Sp3sFe1ZG7onqIXsU3paL567qDhn2CJ-BzVmJGfhyphenhypheniDizZq2YAGTZmL01Cx9WcT8Iwk1WfzM0q69CSPM/s320/20210420_093104.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He knows he's trouble and proud of it!! π That cheesy face is killer ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQc7BRI1VPOVX_lb5-v6bbyftn7GEcPlkGYDP66Ej3VZCjeSZER-DoW5ZgTlT4RZPLmvC4xIa0gjPVCuiWU_dDDoPkkyKWv4MJeFnIrrDz3dCkr8NkyGJoRI6LDrdq3o6AdlPURVXevMQ/s2048/20210420_100619.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQc7BRI1VPOVX_lb5-v6bbyftn7GEcPlkGYDP66Ej3VZCjeSZER-DoW5ZgTlT4RZPLmvC4xIa0gjPVCuiWU_dDDoPkkyKWv4MJeFnIrrDz3dCkr8NkyGJoRI6LDrdq3o6AdlPURVXevMQ/s320/20210420_100619.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He is so obsessed with putting on any and all shoes. He constantly brings them over to me and then holds up his feet one at a time so I'll put them on. ππ<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVomFAbj_JObWHy41CVvOTp4xwGAthoSLLkZ7Msv5DW4TTW7bnTsPxmClBoVvuCkzEGxi8wf4zpHMJOiXyIHatDR8Lpyoo_bbUs2aQYSryWqbymQC7IYU5liClKTcZB0OQ3AYW-aqdsU/s2048/20210420_152456.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVomFAbj_JObWHy41CVvOTp4xwGAthoSLLkZ7Msv5DW4TTW7bnTsPxmClBoVvuCkzEGxi8wf4zpHMJOiXyIHatDR8Lpyoo_bbUs2aQYSryWqbymQC7IYU5liClKTcZB0OQ3AYW-aqdsU/s320/20210420_152456.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another spot they found for the hoop π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkMjiQFg0LeVGcorUM_P6ebenbIlPD68pZqcm2562n2Bf3GGXYqzUsmCygliCvRKyU-pMIMU-I2WDHpDccfvVVrMpJ2Osxykr-gjyk37vzuW_dRR2NCga5iy-nCUTv56A2FNxwlGR0BI/s2048/20210420_161108.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkMjiQFg0LeVGcorUM_P6ebenbIlPD68pZqcm2562n2Bf3GGXYqzUsmCygliCvRKyU-pMIMU-I2WDHpDccfvVVrMpJ2Osxykr-gjyk37vzuW_dRR2NCga5iy-nCUTv56A2FNxwlGR0BI/s320/20210420_161108.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute Bella had them cracking up big time in the car!! It was the best ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubQSFcXUCYcnuTgZTDIUI6tj9YVl2njKg4n-IZNOI9RYqYkc19L4USdqcL_iuCN42Ltq_VqZhZ4STe90LSUGrYGU75X53X59YiTotywXZqLmhyCFerUhjn9gp6-NkvVanW2OeSDbcybA/s2048/20210420_161131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubQSFcXUCYcnuTgZTDIUI6tj9YVl2njKg4n-IZNOI9RYqYkc19L4USdqcL_iuCN42Ltq_VqZhZ4STe90LSUGrYGU75X53X59YiTotywXZqLmhyCFerUhjn9gp6-NkvVanW2OeSDbcybA/s320/20210420_161131.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUOyxVOGiX5Yn7dTL8HCkOQFu6IrmOPXvzccRsKIBjXz4XXW-kjjxlvHuoPKLKyJtAZ1ee-u2uF-nadw6lFn-9SEMpZTgi_kfg-73SCdultZVPlzAXSDwXl7Uzkf7lKz1PC9Gzb6Dw0U/s2048/20210421_142447.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUOyxVOGiX5Yn7dTL8HCkOQFu6IrmOPXvzccRsKIBjXz4XXW-kjjxlvHuoPKLKyJtAZ1ee-u2uF-nadw6lFn-9SEMpZTgi_kfg-73SCdultZVPlzAXSDwXl7Uzkf7lKz1PC9Gzb6Dw0U/s320/20210421_142447.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's as if he's angrily saying "get outta my crib!" ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDp3qBsIE0jMDbalrSOzL2xmxBWRnsKHfDyQVgv4KEJ9VjvBxST-VbaCTm7aKYcZlpGRbpbnXs-6Y6gQ43eOKt6itdGNKXsFlmISJEwD15dyNLHUkIA8ABl9DKkSBP9OeEXz7KKIaRaw/s2048/20210421_152215.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmDp3qBsIE0jMDbalrSOzL2xmxBWRnsKHfDyQVgv4KEJ9VjvBxST-VbaCTm7aKYcZlpGRbpbnXs-6Y6gQ43eOKt6itdGNKXsFlmISJEwD15dyNLHUkIA8ABl9DKkSBP9OeEXz7KKIaRaw/s320/20210421_152215.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's always always pulling himself up to steal whatever snacks and drinks he can from the table. π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfLEupOuVHGKA6kUDR-aCIQWX-HTK-ybR9MrbDhzEOPJvHl5RKxrU3-wWaOePgva07jW9Lz06DSgFaLloDEzezkYXytw44YICfTitDoow0k2T5vQOPyOh6lUU3p76JJ2Q32tYcL9o3gE/s2048/20210423_083048.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfLEupOuVHGKA6kUDR-aCIQWX-HTK-ybR9MrbDhzEOPJvHl5RKxrU3-wWaOePgva07jW9Lz06DSgFaLloDEzezkYXytw44YICfTitDoow0k2T5vQOPyOh6lUU3p76JJ2Q32tYcL9o3gE/s320/20210423_083048.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trouble!!! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_h3DRVXJCoX6cmc5Wsrp8YxeH9jF_q2wg5oqtbM5b5rgZnR9P0YyajHtbVQztsvsSGxBUqtnynroAyOABkP5VtBTe3WHHszHRZZhvIAbMeivMPkbofKKutP6qMDkaot7WvrhtPf04rXM/s2048/20210425_110242.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_h3DRVXJCoX6cmc5Wsrp8YxeH9jF_q2wg5oqtbM5b5rgZnR9P0YyajHtbVQztsvsSGxBUqtnynroAyOABkP5VtBTe3WHHszHRZZhvIAbMeivMPkbofKKutP6qMDkaot7WvrhtPf04rXM/s320/20210425_110242.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just Elsa and Olaf watching a show together ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFO5-rxGlafDBIQ7YQsRwc61EEfIrvbssVk3M2AEj_ehGyXd_6hfqgcKy1qmqcCJSB2u_D19uNmrRgeSPIkFO56S4wF1ng7z9JMmd3YiXr3Vtof5taJf8zACdERxYAjTCD0RLKU4RCU0o/s2048/20210425_151253.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFO5-rxGlafDBIQ7YQsRwc61EEfIrvbssVk3M2AEj_ehGyXd_6hfqgcKy1qmqcCJSB2u_D19uNmrRgeSPIkFO56S4wF1ng7z9JMmd3YiXr3Vtof5taJf8zACdERxYAjTCD0RLKU4RCU0o/s320/20210425_151253.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool baby π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOI3PMZPm2RgAGzRWO_rLNBry9KCD38_tLH8EqIlWbgp_q2Ztd3xltsWWKtcww2pylFfdJFgDwS1IA-rtCQJz8_C4-sv3qUa32c6ekH5slNB6XBBWk4EpwuKIPYvpITLqXIZxzNdPtYg/s2048/20210425_180327.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOI3PMZPm2RgAGzRWO_rLNBry9KCD38_tLH8EqIlWbgp_q2Ztd3xltsWWKtcww2pylFfdJFgDwS1IA-rtCQJz8_C4-sv3qUa32c6ekH5slNB6XBBWk4EpwuKIPYvpITLqXIZxzNdPtYg/s320/20210425_180327.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yum!! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kRVH606jsiKTMtsmhs5Ppi9ni9n9lBuJmjkXz1mfrbA4paCA_a6F9RQE-6qpadDtnri2MCyuZyk4CWkS_C_OEwDO4H2tkvWu2FiPvc8K543IchEo_BeHwcoV0Vdlwlu2vjVqcyRNKpU/s2048/20210425_180424.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kRVH606jsiKTMtsmhs5Ppi9ni9n9lBuJmjkXz1mfrbA4paCA_a6F9RQE-6qpadDtnri2MCyuZyk4CWkS_C_OEwDO4H2tkvWu2FiPvc8K543IchEo_BeHwcoV0Vdlwlu2vjVqcyRNKpU/s320/20210425_180424.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again, the obsession with shoes. Naked with shoes on. It's a regular thing! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujzerqUZcK5BgOND1K9ckc34avXbbTZmtYavcjxUy4mZnF0xx-z6PY6Jqpbo1GeLxmfnPwjK9ofZM2aYym_ney_s7rY-qYMMJIWt0upy05jZmT5PAdBaDgQgTQ2mJBTOci7XR63bSP8Q/s2048/20210426_150659.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujzerqUZcK5BgOND1K9ckc34avXbbTZmtYavcjxUy4mZnF0xx-z6PY6Jqpbo1GeLxmfnPwjK9ofZM2aYym_ney_s7rY-qYMMJIWt0upy05jZmT5PAdBaDgQgTQ2mJBTOci7XR63bSP8Q/s320/20210426_150659.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adam put this cute random note in Maeve's lunch one day during the week and she just loooooved it. She got in the car after school and immediately exclaimed, "It was sooooo sweet what Daddy did! He wrote me the sweetest note and gave me candy!" I asked to see it and the Smarties were still intact. I asked her why she didn't eat them and she said, "It was just so sweet, I didn't want to mess with it!!" ππ₯° She kills me! She's clearly a sentimental little one. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Nt9i3GK_YSitDKX6WqnQDcQTPhKIKixqImLMVTBeSkBISPjsQ_r56jkge7PmONEsoQAQ-o6Fy_oDSZ0qAVWiU0ozXS0WWJdEUD0Vf5BkSKgYCtvb0itG3_IgiHIeVH2lpVJCfgvHWik/s2048/20210426_150949.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Nt9i3GK_YSitDKX6WqnQDcQTPhKIKixqImLMVTBeSkBISPjsQ_r56jkge7PmONEsoQAQ-o6Fy_oDSZ0qAVWiU0ozXS0WWJdEUD0Vf5BkSKgYCtvb0itG3_IgiHIeVH2lpVJCfgvHWik/s320/20210426_150949.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right when we got home she proceeded to follow suit and make me this and handed me a marshmallow when she gave it to me. ππ₯° I just love her and her cute little heart so much. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHcq74zhf8TB7E_DGSLgU-1Wsx6ngsdDawUgqIsOUVeqarOAENbAY1-zFjUNXhoIqK_PDJMf3J6GM8Dlq_vS8t3k3Au94NlSjZpOfpfO0G4UJi4UZ1iadeZo0AxhuPK40pMPTjCLsgCo/s2048/image000000%252825%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEHcq74zhf8TB7E_DGSLgU-1Wsx6ngsdDawUgqIsOUVeqarOAENbAY1-zFjUNXhoIqK_PDJMf3J6GM8Dlq_vS8t3k3Au94NlSjZpOfpfO0G4UJi4UZ1iadeZo0AxhuPK40pMPTjCLsgCo/s320/image000000%252825%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zia's baptism! We sure spend a lot of time with this cute fam and love every minute of it. π<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Also, here's a few videos of Nolan tricking us into thinking he was going to really start walking for good!! He was walking up a storm and literally went back to crawling the next day. π€¦ββοΈ He's so lazy! </p><p>https://youtube.com/shorts/5HRGecLAQGI?feature=share</p><p>https://youtube.com/shorts/FMqUldjqtjs?feature=share</p><p>This one cracks me up how Maeve is copying his stumbles and then Rowan leaves him in the dust saying, "I'm the faster!" ππ</p><p>https://youtube.com/shorts/zHveC07PGdU?feature=share</p><p><br />Peace and blessings. βοΈ</p><p><br /></p>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-60521890400579891832021-04-26T20:00:00.003-07:002021-05-12T18:32:29.083-07:00April 12th - 18th, 2021: Are you ready to broke your butt? <p>Another week in the books at the McKarns house. It wasn't the most exciting week, but a little busier than usual and some funny moments mixed in. So here we go.</p><p><b>Monday, April 12th: </b></p><p>It was warm enough on Monday for outside water play. CRAZY! Which we did exactly that, because it was Zia Pylant's 8th birthday, so we played at their house in the afternoon after school got out to have fun with her on her special day. The kids had a blast with the sprinklers and a slip n slide and enjoyed every minute of getting wet. They even all dipped in the baby pool set up for the babies because apparently you're never too old for that. ππ€·ββοΈ The boys were in and out of it and it took Nolan a hot minute to decide if he even liked being in it, the silly boy. Speaking of him, I spent about an HOUR digging around in the attic and the kids room for the bathing suit and rash guard that Nolan wore last summer when it was still a bit big on him knowing it would work great this summer too and I COULD NOT FIND IT! Seriously, stuff like that cannot be explained. I searched high and low and I know I did not throw it away. I am so dumbfounded and it is pretty annoying, so he had to rock the only other 12 M bathing suit I have, but without a rash guard. ππ€¦ββοΈ I'm going to be forced to just buy another one I'm sure, and it's gonna show up when we move out of this house and I don't need it anymore..... super helpful. I even said a prayer hoping to have that lightbulb moment, but it didn't come. π©π What can you do! Anyway, my laugh of the day was when Maeve made Zia a birthday card while in the car on the way to their house and Rowan said, "Draw me in the picture too, but put me in a dress so she likes it" ππ Crazy boy! </p><p><b>Tuesday, April 13th: </b></p><p>A super low key day. I really have about nothing to say other than the fact that we: </p><p>~Did preschool<br />~Went to the grocery store for a few odds and ends|<br />~I bought some headbands and a hat on Amazon<br />~I went to Young Women's. The girls just split up into groups and played some board games, so very low key, but fun for them.</p><p>Just a typical Tuesday!</p><p><b>Wednesday, April 14th: </b></p><p>Another typical weekday, but with a few funny moments mixed in, such as....</p><p>~During preschool, we were talking about things that smell bad and Rowan's ideas all sounded like variations of "A dirty floor with poop on it! A dirty chair with poop on it!" etc. etc. ππ€¦ββοΈ He'll never miss an opportunity to talk about poop and then say it as many times as he can... π</p><p>~Rowan's new thing is to help me fold laundry. He gets very excited to do the final fold of each piece, cause ya know, baby steps. He is particular and likes to know he's doing it right, so folding the whole thing is too much for him. While helping though, he said, "I'm gonna put mine and Nolan's clothes in the same pile because I love him. But Maeve's will go on the floor by themselves because I don't love her when she steals the ball from me when I'm doing baseball. So bad girl! Goes on the floor!" ππ€¦ββοΈ Then he proceeded to say "bad girl!" every time he would set one of her folded clothing articles in her pile. Talk about a major shift! Not only is Nolan feeling the love, but he's feeling it even more than Maeve. Wowzers. Guess that's what happens when you get in the way of a boy and his baseball. π€·ββοΈ</p><p>~Rowan decided to change into one of my old shirts that he has been using as a jammie shirt from time to time for probably the last 2 years. I noticed that it goes down to his knees now and it used to go down to almost his ankles when he first started wearing it!! I pointed it out to him and got all sad about it cause that's what moms do when they recognize their kids are growing like weeds and there's nothing they can do about it, am I right!?! ππMaeve asked why that kind of a thing would make me sad and I said, "Because! You just all used to be so much tinier and look at tiny Nolan! You're just so especially cute when you're so tiny!" Her response: "...Yeah, but do you really want a baby that just stays little and is pooping in diapers forever???" πThe answer to her question is yes, yes I do - as crazy as it might sound to her and probably many others - I'll deal with diaper changes for the rest of my life if it means I can have a forever baby. Sign me up! πββοΈ</p><p>We did also get Papa Murphy's for dinner because I was just really wanting some good food and sometimes you just cave to that when the husband is willing to entertain the idea. π Word to the wise though, their cheesy bread is not the best. Literally just bread and cheese and no good seasonings like all other pizza places put on theirs. Marcos is probably my fav!</p><p><b>Thursday, April 15th: </b></p><p>Adam worked from home and the weather was GLORIOUS, so he actually stopped working a bit early and we went on a family walk. What should have been a pleasant walk though did NOT turn out that way because Rowan decided he wanted to ride his police car instead of his bike or scooter. What he didn't think about is that he can't go very fast on that and it didn't take long very he was LOSING it over the fact that Maeve was going way faster than him, no matter how hard he tried to go fast. She'd pause and wait for him, but within seconds of going again she'd be too far ahead again and cue the tears. I felt nice enough to offer to go back with him and get his bike or scooter, but he didn't go for that and instead just chose to be a huge butthead. I <i>really </i>did not want to miss out on the nice weather and take him back home, so I told him he wasn't going to ruin it for me and he'd have to just sit in the bottom of the stroller. I also told him that if he chose to whine for much longer that he'd have to spend some time in his room by myself when we got home. Take a big fat guess on the outcome of that one.... ππ Children sometimes!! </p><p>In other news, I got a People magazine in the mail for signing up for Fabletics and in checking it out I saw an article about Amanda Seyfried having kids and decided to google how old she was. I sort of fell down the rabbit hole and ended up finding out that when Mean Girls was filmed, Rachel McAdams was 26!! She was 7 and 8 years older than Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Seyfried respectively during filming. SO crazy!! I would have never guessed. Also so crazy to think Rachel McAdams was that old and cast as a high school student... π€―. I also found out that Shailene Woodley is engaged to Aaron Rodgers, who is Jordan Rodgers' brother - the guy engaged to JoJo Fletcher from the Bachelor. Kinda wacko that Shailene will be JoJo's sister in law π€―, if she ever actually marries Jordan that is! So there's a little Pop Culture for ya. I am normally soooo out of the loop on all of that. </p><p>I got my headbands in the mail, which I guess I have to admit why I had to buy them....... ππ³. You might remember how Adam helped me out by buzzing my widow's peak because it was driving me SO nuts. Well, I had been taking matters into my own hands since then to keep it maintained and turns out it is easy to take a couple extra hairs each time you do it, which in the long run can turn into a disastrous mistake....... πππ. SO embarrassing. I may or may not have a chunk of hair that needs to grow back now. SOOO, my solution is covering that up with headbands for what is probably going to feel like the rest of my life. And I guess never dunk my head under the water when I go to the pool this summer π€·ββοΈ... UGH. Kind of a horrible mistake to make. I probably should have just embraced my widow's peak because here we are in a way worse spot. Totally a first world problem, I know. </p><p>Before Rowan went to bed, he asked Adam, "What are we going do tomorrow?" Adam responded with school and preschool and then he chimed in, "And drink water!" ππ€ Too funny. Maybe he's onto something with that one - if I <i>actually</i> took note that I would drink water the next day, maybe I'd <i>actually </i>drink enough water during the day. ππ€·ββοΈ One final thing worth noting is that Maeve surprised me with the cutest note on my bedside table that I saw when I went to bed. I'll have to share it in the pics. Such a sweet girl. β€οΈ</p><p><b>Friday, April 16th: </b></p><p>In the morning, Rowan and I made pancakes together for breakfast. I always prefer to use our metal whisk, but we have a colorful plastic whisk too and after I pulled out the metal one, Rowan said (referring to the colorful one), "Next time I want to use the beautiful one! But after we use it, we need to wash it to make it pretty again." ππ Cute boy. He also had me laughing when he saw that the batter got bubbly when I put the water in and he said, "You need the water because it makes bubbles and pancakes need bubbles!" Whatever you say, little dude. π While I cooked all the pancakes, Rowan and Nolan played "the baby game" - which basically means that Nolan is himself and Rowan pretends to be a baby and plays with him. Now that he appreciates Nolan more, it's a new favorite game around here. ππ₯° It's pretty cute. </p><p>The rest of the day was pretty lowkey until the evening when I went out to pick up stuff to make homemade frozen custard and on my way home started to feel sick to my stomach pretty suddenly. I wasn't so sure I'd be able to even eat any of it, which was a bummer, but it ended up kinda working out because Adam made a mistake and kind of ruined it so we weren't able to eat it that night anyway. I spent the rest of the night in bed, thinking I might throw up, though it didn't end up happening. I sure felt like it for a while though. π€’</p><p><b>Saturday, April 17th: </b></p><p>Luckily I felt fine in the morning, so Maeve and I went off to her dance class and then after that I went back out by myself to return a hat I'd gotten from Amazon that I didn't end up liking. I also thought I was going to return some of the headbands as well, but turns out I got a refund for them, but didn't have to return them. Crazy! They were cute so it was a win - I just didn't want to spend that much money on headbands, so I ordered a few different sets with the intent to return one of them. Lucky me, I get to keep them all, but only pay for 2 sets! Cha-ching! π I ended up going to Once Upon a Child and Old Navy afterwards to look for clothes and such for the kids and myself with this warmer weather that is about to be here to stay. I found some good stuff so that was fun! </p><p>That night we had planned to go to a Truck and Tractor pull with the Pylants and some other friends to really immerse ourselves in the south, but the kids behavior went so far south before leaving that we felt like they didn't deserve to go. Kind of a punishment for us too, but it's probably for the best we didn't go and stay out late. I think they needed the good sleep they got that night. Since we planned on getting a bite to eat before going and I had no dinner plans otherwise, we still went out to pick up food and let me tell you, it was quite the fiasco deciding what to get. Close to nothing sounded good to me and Maeve was dead set on getting a burger, but Adam wanted something healthier. Eventually we realized there wasn't any 1 place that was going to appeal to all of us, so we got McDonald's for the kids and Chinese food for us. I ordered the Coconut Chicken, which I had never tried before, and it was actually really good! π I liked the sauce a lot. A nice change from our usual orders. </p><p><b>Sunday, April 18th: </b></p><p>Normally Sundays are relaxing and spent mostly at home, but for me this was not the case this particular day! In addition to going to church, I also went to see the last performance of a high school play that one of our Young Women performed in as one of the lead characters. They put on Clue and she was Mrs. Peacock. She did a great job and it was fun to watch her shine in another light because she is normally so shy and reserved! I went with Jessica, the YW President, and we were both proud of her and her bravery!! I had about an hour to kill after getting home from that before going back out to the church for a Youth Presidency Training meeting. I had to talk to all the new secretaries in Young Women and Young Men about their new role as a secretary and what all that will entail, etc. Not the most exciting, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do sometimes. </p><p>K and then that night the WEIRDEST thing happened!! Adam and I had briefly talked earlier that day about maybe getting a nicer vacuum that is better for carpet/rugs. We certainly made no decision, but then that night I got a confirmation email from Walmart.com that a REALLY expensive vacuum had been ordered on my account. For a second I thought maybe Adam went in and ordered one to surprise me or something, but when I saw that it was $700 I knew that couldn't be true. π³ Luckily I also saw an email that came in right after that that said it was flagged as suspicious and the order was canceled and I wouldn't be charged. SO weird!?!? It's like someone KNEW we talked about it that day.... like what are the odds!? But also, WHO got on my account and tried to order that is what else I wanna know!! I changed my password to the account and maybe I should also delete that saved credit card too. So annoying and unsettling when stuff like that happens!</p><p>Well, that's a wrap for the week! Now for the photo dump of the week. π</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWIXpvt-QoXh_OaGxJ8GNy8qOYXe5koCojMieCDRPqITkA1E8kuRkEprnlM64Ol6TRvPB-_G3tYyk9ThAdqJQu2OIF-ZL6KuSzGYb-IioM2hYsg7LAbc-Lajw8G9pRxlKT_htuTbTEmJ8/s2048/20210412_141541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWIXpvt-QoXh_OaGxJ8GNy8qOYXe5koCojMieCDRPqITkA1E8kuRkEprnlM64Ol6TRvPB-_G3tYyk9ThAdqJQu2OIF-ZL6KuSzGYb-IioM2hYsg7LAbc-Lajw8G9pRxlKT_htuTbTEmJ8/s320/20210412_141541.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This kid kills me with his obsession with changing batteries when things die. He literally will get out the screwdriver and batteries and basically do it all on his own now... ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsOotGftWQvaBvPOfF_wkvzFznyMQTjmxBcSU_WTBH9USQh0rG8Wj-Mqo4AHyQY6eg9He3z2NuYCw52DEEqXRS8QHjH6i4rmWH-RlSf7xkbD6VOvk-n2C5PweQBgPBuY34vECONiC6_c/s2048/20210413_105050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsOotGftWQvaBvPOfF_wkvzFznyMQTjmxBcSU_WTBH9USQh0rG8Wj-Mqo4AHyQY6eg9He3z2NuYCw52DEEqXRS8QHjH6i4rmWH-RlSf7xkbD6VOvk-n2C5PweQBgPBuY34vECONiC6_c/s320/20210413_105050.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nolan saw the car cart and very quickly let me know he wanted to ride in it instead of sitting in the front of the cart. And so it begins! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKep9xyfARAOAKITVhypk5rHAVIzpyo9vMUpl2e_ZJgSHRyUYzCvqCN9vV9z6rv4A5n8F4hsLt4HIBDzP1L0HOpysqd9-t0l7hSLFRJlIWKA0eL5ZczzdNZBAN22qk_NS7oDXzUIbOo0o/s2048/20210414_170706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKep9xyfARAOAKITVhypk5rHAVIzpyo9vMUpl2e_ZJgSHRyUYzCvqCN9vV9z6rv4A5n8F4hsLt4HIBDzP1L0HOpysqd9-t0l7hSLFRJlIWKA0eL5ZczzdNZBAN22qk_NS7oDXzUIbOo0o/s320/20210414_170706.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know it's not a good pic, but it was too cute walking in on them playing this sleep game in their room. They take their pretend play seriously with props and everything! ππ₯°</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kXXVFw3gxIRxyQSHaTo9TqSBM2usqkz4aX8GPaG7nq9LbYg3WbhdARao66rOu5_WDimx8NsbR4J5WPsY52nuk6taU2XereonhHFKrecaRdCK6X1F8b2u8l7S-wPidM88D80BTry6b5g/s2048/20210415_232333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kXXVFw3gxIRxyQSHaTo9TqSBM2usqkz4aX8GPaG7nq9LbYg3WbhdARao66rOu5_WDimx8NsbR4J5WPsY52nuk6taU2XereonhHFKrecaRdCK6X1F8b2u8l7S-wPidM88D80BTry6b5g/s320/20210415_232333.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maeve's cute note she left for me to see when I went to bed ππ₯° - gotta love how she added that Rowan and Nolan love her. She's definitely got confidence! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnHhV4Q0YOPLdI9WPHW-Ks4cbSnLe0gDcNYaO8NppMr3q9jfJ5pQ-T07ieSY2B41SRMhDDDNPGrZ-G5SkWoVtqQ2MwvgedITndtYR2ygOKVfA3v40WOG11tDdKRoM63WsN1n5pfvpiBQ/s2048/20210416_150052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnHhV4Q0YOPLdI9WPHW-Ks4cbSnLe0gDcNYaO8NppMr3q9jfJ5pQ-T07ieSY2B41SRMhDDDNPGrZ-G5SkWoVtqQ2MwvgedITndtYR2ygOKVfA3v40WOG11tDdKRoM63WsN1n5pfvpiBQ/s320/20210416_150052.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He miiiiiight have an obsession with headbands.... ππ€¦ββοΈ There are few rules when it comes to going through the school pick up line. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-EyIVerxGDaiHlaW_u13HrsW2kNR2yjP-DYQ3K9oBnA59OAYCWYeCv3msxC_xnqUFm2pKPf91QtqQO_Y8wKyXgOG5ZuqVFkikuwwFrAPHIR48FmFlAhQI6iOIxgQ1_YA4DfvqFQ7VFKU/s2048/20210416_150834.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-EyIVerxGDaiHlaW_u13HrsW2kNR2yjP-DYQ3K9oBnA59OAYCWYeCv3msxC_xnqUFm2pKPf91QtqQO_Y8wKyXgOG5ZuqVFkikuwwFrAPHIR48FmFlAhQI6iOIxgQ1_YA4DfvqFQ7VFKU/s320/20210416_150834.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love these cute babies of mine. I asked Maeve if she wanted to take a pic to show our hair bows and she was of course ready, but Rowan had to jump in too. ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPbl8QVP-ykshrH1hKNabms-qfv1hyphenhyphen20b2CWWjEA-zi669jbRgPoVAJ7lcNRicRP32Ap-bL-idRKPLyeHRNR0U_cPKbv8eoBZn26aIlU7SeiDk7qPGaRqehITgwCPZh34CsA729-YHtw/s2048/20210418_091142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPbl8QVP-ykshrH1hKNabms-qfv1hyphenhyphen20b2CWWjEA-zi669jbRgPoVAJ7lcNRicRP32Ap-bL-idRKPLyeHRNR0U_cPKbv8eoBZn26aIlU7SeiDk7qPGaRqehITgwCPZh34CsA729-YHtw/s320/20210418_091142.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Probably the best kid spelling you'll ever see for strawberries... ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Also this video is too good of Rowan saying "Brrrr!" because he thought it was cold outside ππ:</p><p>https://youtube.com/shorts/ikpybXb_RI4?feature=share</p><p>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</p><p><br /></p>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-36928284919432675762021-04-14T19:37:00.002-07:002021-04-14T19:37:14.001-07:00April 9th - 11th, 2021: When allergies get angry... <p>Alright, so I was supposed to write on Monday, but I didn't, soooo here I am now to write about the weekend even though it's Wednesday. It's fine. I'm fine. Everything's fine. ππ</p><p><b>Friday, April 9th: </b></p><p>I have "snacking means pooping" written in my notes for Friday and I don't even remember the context for that anymore. ππ€ I want to say maybe one of the kids said that when I caught them eating yet another snack and was not too thrilled about it. So, naturally, they tried to back track by saying "snacking means pooping" -- real convincing. ππ€¦ββοΈ</p><p>I think I shared some pictures of the boys at the playground in my last post and I realize now, those were from Friday so I should have put them on this post. π€¦ββοΈ But anyway, that's actually the day we hit up the playground cause the weather was so fantastic. It was a fun time!</p><p>Adam's allergies have been TERRIBLE lately, starting on Easter. I had to run to the store to get him some eye drops with antihistamine in them and apparently the kind I got wasn't as good as the kind he has used in the past, because he was struggling pretty bad still on Friday night. So I went to the store again to the get the better kind <i>and </i>pick up some mango pepsi, cause hello, gotta try that when you see it. It's pretty good, in case you wanted to know. Maeve also played at Bella's house on Friday night after dinner for a bit, and when I went to pick her up I chatted for a little bit with her parents, Leslie and John. John saw her helmet she wore when she rode her scooter over and asked if she wears that for tornado drills. I laughed at first, but then I stopped and thought about how good of an idea that is! Apparently their girls pull out their helmets when they're hunkered down for tornado warnings, and not gonna lie, that's super smart to protect your head just in case. I'll totally have to have the kids do that in the future. A+ tip to put in my pocket. </p><p><b>Saturday, April 10th: </b></p><p>Maeve's dance studio decided to offer a free class for fun for all dancers that got A's and B's on their report cards. As a Kindergartener, A's are more like M's (Meets expectations) and Maeve did get all M's so she got to try out a tumbling class in addition to her musical theater class that day. She seemed to have fun, but said at the end that some of the stuff was hard and she didn't get a treat at the end like she normally gets after her other class. ππ€¦ββοΈ Now I'm wondering if she really likes her musical theater class or if she just likes the treat at the end.... π€ Say the word "treat" and a kid will be interested, right?! I mean, as an adult, I've been known to do things for food before too. ππ Anywho, poor Adam's eyes looked puffy and crazy on Saturday following his major allergy flare up Friday night and I felt so bad. I have never seen him struggle so much with it before! Poor dude. And on top of the crazy eyes, he also had a headache and felt kinda dizzy so he rested in bed for a bit in the afternoon. He claimed he was still up for it, so at 5pm we still went over to the Pylant's house for the evening to eat dinner and play games. Poor Amanda made a veggie curry that she loves and accidentally dumped a little (or maybe a lot) too much cumin into it and when she taste tested it, it was so bad she said we couldn't eat it. Poor girl was so frustrated about ruining it, but obviously we assured her it was totally fine and we ended up just ordering some pizza. At least we're good friends and they have no reason to be embarrassed with us! It would have been a different story if it was the first time having someone over. ππ³ We also played the game What Do You Meme, which is kinda like Apples to Apples, but with pictures and memes to go with them. I may have been laughing so hard a few times that I couldn't get my words out. πππ Some of the memes were just too good!! It was a really fun night and I needed the laughs with friends. π</p><p><b>Sunday, April 11th: </b></p><p>Adam didn't want to show up to church looking like a trainwreck (his poor eyes were that bad), so we decided to stay home and just watch sacrament meeting on Zoom. The primary music leader posts singing time videos once a month on our ward primary Facebook page for the kids to learn a new song each month and Maeve has been loving that. She posted a new one that day and Maeve got to learn it and make a heart with some word prompts on it to help her remember all the lyrics. She sang it on repeat for the rest of the day! While we were at it, we also revisited the other songs from the last few months. It's crazy to me that Rowan would be a Sunbeam if primary was happening in person, so I did try and get him in on this singing too, but he wasn't really too into it. I think it's going to take him actually going to Primary for the first time for him to realize it's for him too. π€·ββοΈ The weather was super nice on Sunday, so with Adam's eyes settled enough in the afternoon, we decided to go on a bike ride. I tested Nolan out in the carrier before making the decision to go and though he is much heavier now, I was able to do it, and luckily he was happy as long as the bike was moving. Anytime we stopped, he was not too thrilled about being confined in that carrier though. π Luckily on our actual bike ride, we just rode to the school playground the kids love and let him loose right when we got there and he lasted fine again while we cruised home. It was nice to enjoy our first bike ride of the season and I think Adam really loved getting to see Nolan in action at the playground loving the slides now. It was a party! Sadly, that night I had to run back out the store again to get Flonase for Adam because those other new eye drops started to not cut it either and he was super itchy and watery again. So miserable!! The Flonase helped a lot though pretty quickly, so that's a blessing. π</p><p>A couple funny/heartwarming things said by the children that day: </p><p>~Rowan is not one to usually say "I love you too" whenever we tell him that we love him. It's pretty rare for him to do it, even when I remind him often that that is something you should say back if you love the person too. Given that, you can probably imagine how rare it is for him to say "I love you" to anyone in the first place, too. So it was pretty heartwarming and kinda the sweetest thing EVER, when he randomly said to me while cuddling, "I love you very much. All the day!" π₯°π Ooooh my. So cute. </p><p>~Apparently Maeve told Adam that she wished we could have gotten snow cones when we went on our bike ride and Adam reminded her that it was Sunday and we don't buy stuff on Sundays anyway. She responded, "That's not buying stuff, it's stealing". ππ€ Apparently, she thinks we've been stealing snow cones this whole time whenever we go the snow cone stand in the summertime.... I'm guessing the confusion is in the fact that she associates buying things with being inside stores, so maybe the snow cone shack throws her off. Too funny!</p><p>That's all she wrote, peeps. Time for some pics!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOzDz5sT-ahm06c3JvNie1f2ZF-DF5HGuHMR3wSKVmhwMZlzz986ywAtWWyUNVG3SXs9dBBPgY6mN0xU1cJKA5MujsBzo_LpQ2W6gRvTJ3II2JQlVB094LV8mKNCGt8nt9y9ccdkcIac/s2048/20210410_135308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOzDz5sT-ahm06c3JvNie1f2ZF-DF5HGuHMR3wSKVmhwMZlzz986ywAtWWyUNVG3SXs9dBBPgY6mN0xU1cJKA5MujsBzo_LpQ2W6gRvTJ3II2JQlVB094LV8mKNCGt8nt9y9ccdkcIac/s320/20210410_135308.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was killing me sitting in this little playroom chair at the little table. Trying to be a big kid! ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIGKSP8IStZAA7b2IgC11CCzt7blpYFqRjbSccdrkiGeW96mFNiPjNRSfjoC8qPHRq7Bj8lUtPOmMOryAEoYtP5jlbTJFNI4nZqnW7c4WeFTCQjN4C6fM5LFbcyC6UgdJmHZjnc4Q30c/s2048/20210410_174727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIGKSP8IStZAA7b2IgC11CCzt7blpYFqRjbSccdrkiGeW96mFNiPjNRSfjoC8qPHRq7Bj8lUtPOmMOryAEoYtP5jlbTJFNI4nZqnW7c4WeFTCQjN4C6fM5LFbcyC6UgdJmHZjnc4Q30c/s320/20210410_174727.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little besties staring out the window together! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbcJ5FzPEY4vZkA7EsJFds3l1I_X353uQwC1E_PWb_mr1ZQgatcE2pCHcErEbc0aHveoBwmDCNsfwR0Xn0PUnsSt5YNpXkUnaEkQoc3O5VUYRt9SnosfW9EjCKYnJnaIahHHNc7NNXzw/s2048/20210410_174731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbcJ5FzPEY4vZkA7EsJFds3l1I_X353uQwC1E_PWb_mr1ZQgatcE2pCHcErEbc0aHveoBwmDCNsfwR0Xn0PUnsSt5YNpXkUnaEkQoc3O5VUYRt9SnosfW9EjCKYnJnaIahHHNc7NNXzw/s320/20210410_174731.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love that Aurum had to pose and smile once he saw I was snapping pics. ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbu7EH9Ho_iHIii9TOxUyhglSYCgUCjUTjOCqjvgHvSUgYXlbB6rSl9oerqRI4L2sHTIFnf4rBpnt8GPycFNrbFoijYbHQ0E5uwi-wRYiEEQ7jHVl57cSBxaJzYZkM-82xbOTInbVy1Fw/s2048/20210411_144049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbu7EH9Ho_iHIii9TOxUyhglSYCgUCjUTjOCqjvgHvSUgYXlbB6rSl9oerqRI4L2sHTIFnf4rBpnt8GPycFNrbFoijYbHQ0E5uwi-wRYiEEQ7jHVl57cSBxaJzYZkM-82xbOTInbVy1Fw/s320/20210411_144049.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute girl with her heart! The song she learned was Jesus Said Love Everyone<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrizFEE8-MCdHTVecRx_QVegmreSmFdrTKwh-LkVdxIWliYpEAvfORn5aq5s1vHBAxFtp62YOfGdGdgdDZQdPqLQnwfAp4RE2jnS-0dieDom8PlCG8zBfDdZ9M8GNajyoutGx-3k7n8M/s2048/20210411_151106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFrizFEE8-MCdHTVecRx_QVegmreSmFdrTKwh-LkVdxIWliYpEAvfORn5aq5s1vHBAxFtp62YOfGdGdgdDZQdPqLQnwfAp4RE2jnS-0dieDom8PlCG8zBfDdZ9M8GNajyoutGx-3k7n8M/s320/20210411_151106.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">πππ This picture kills me with Rowan's hands on her head! Too much. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifr8UJZjYy-ywlwseNUyzin-8rFAXc2piRa5PMaPVnVadL44Ut2fIaXhuBFhEBytADlezadteOg_yzP03PiG0TqSo29yRpVi64kY1jtCPumiARJk-xhkgT5cE-rvt6lw3Y9oSkMouW__4/s2048/20210411_180811.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifr8UJZjYy-ywlwseNUyzin-8rFAXc2piRa5PMaPVnVadL44Ut2fIaXhuBFhEBytADlezadteOg_yzP03PiG0TqSo29yRpVi64kY1jtCPumiARJk-xhkgT5cE-rvt6lw3Y9oSkMouW__4/s320/20210411_180811.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maeve found these from back when she drove me nuts asking me to basically plan out the whole next day the night before every single night ie. "What are we gonna do after that? And after that? And after that?" said until I went mad. π So I tried this planner out briefly and then things must have mellowed out. Well, she took it upon herself to plan out her week herself once she saw these and it cracks me up that every single day says basically the same thing. So stinking cute! π<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITacxvIFz-RTq58rteIs_pMK2plnRAZPvlo43G-KRh85qtfM9gXyqBJ1O9MB4SCzswpIqQuV1RnkFL8fPODFmkxdzgob2hWxqhiGF8tiG36pLAWdyk7CoVjlw7yiShqydXZCfeNcCo0k/s2048/20210411_183335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITacxvIFz-RTq58rteIs_pMK2plnRAZPvlo43G-KRh85qtfM9gXyqBJ1O9MB4SCzswpIqQuV1RnkFL8fPODFmkxdzgob2hWxqhiGF8tiG36pLAWdyk7CoVjlw7yiShqydXZCfeNcCo0k/s320/20210411_183335.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading party with Daddy π</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Peace and blessings. βοΈ</p><p><br /></p>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-62634377467285354292021-04-11T21:04:00.000-07:002021-04-11T21:04:19.186-07:00April 1st - April 8th, 2021: Tail end of Spring Break, Easter, & Back to the GrindI have been so lazy about writing lately. There, I said it. There's no good excuse, I just didn't want to for the last week. Buuut now that I've let a week go by, it's had me wondering if I should switch to writing once a week. I feel like I spend too much time writing sometimes and maybe if I only write once a week I'll do better about only hitting the true high points and what really matters to be recorded so that it will be brief enough. Maybe I'll try it out and see. So here's the highlights of the last week: <div><br /></div><div><b>Thursday, April 1st: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>After our typical morning routine and getting ready for the day, I surprised the kids by driving them to Nashville. Maeve had no idea what we were doing until we got close enough and she started to see the city skyline. She was SOOO excited. It was a pretty chilly day and SO windy, which made it way worse at first, so once we got to the playground we were gonna play at first I started to wonder if we were crazy for doing it and thought we might only last 30 minutes before going home. π
The second surprise was Adam showing up to the playground 5 minutes after we got there with Chick-fil-A for lunch! π So we all got a picnic with Daddy, which was another major treat for a weekday. It was so windy and we froze and nearly lost a bunch of food while we ate, but survived and thank heavens the wind started to die down after that and it warmed up a little bit, so it wasn't bad at all the rest of the day. And! Nolan discovered that slides actually <i>are </i>fun and was able to ease into it by going down on Maeve first. Super cute to watch. Before long he was sliding down on his own and loving every minute. It was great to see him involved in the fun since he's usually a spectator from the sidelines!! He may have torn up his shoes from all the climbing he did to get back up to the top of the slide every time, but you only live once, right? We hit up a second playground that looked legit and the kids also loved that one. Then, we headed over to Broadway and Fifth and got mini donuts from the Donut Distillery. After trying those out a few weeks ago, I knew the kids would love them and so perfect for them since they're mini. They were not disappointed! We immersed ourselves in the hustle and bustle of the city and decided to walk down Broadway for a little bit just for fun too before leaving. I didn't think we would, but we ended up spending the whole day there and left in time to get home to make dinner. What I didn't think about is that leaving at that time meant being stuck in rush hour traffic just like Adam. Oooops! So we actually ended up getting home about the same time. It was a day for the books and I'm glad we could do something like that that we do not normally do during Spring Break since we stayed put at home. At least we got a mini day trip in! π</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Friday, April 2nd: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Friday morning started off with a bang when we went to the Discovery Center to meet up with Diane and her kids (an old Nashville friend). It had been months since we'd seen each other and even longer since the kids had seen each other because the last time I saw her was for a girls night. I think Diane is awesome, so I'm kinda mad at myself that we let so much time pass before getting together again. Her oldest daughter Amelia had really been wanting to go to the Discovery Center, so they decided to make the trek to Murfreesboro and she texted me to see if we wanted to join. It was way fun to catch up, although it can get a little chaotic at times at a place like that with the kids wanting to do different things, so there were times that we ended up separated unfortunately, but what can you do. We stopped at the library on our way home to pick up some books and then spent some time reading once we got home. I had to laugh over this conversation between Maeve and Rowan... </div><div><br /></div><div>Rowan: "I can read this book myself because it has no words and books have words." π€π</div><div>Maeve: "Yes, it does have words Rowan. I can read them!" </div><div>Rowan: "No Maeve! You're not supposed to read them..." </div><div>Maeve: "Yes, you are! If only it had directions so you'd know that you are supposed to read them!" πππ</div><div><br /></div><div>Can you imagine if books had directions at the front that said "How to read this book: Read every word on every page, and once you've done that you will have completed the book" π Maybe for a 3 year old it's necessary, I dunno... π€·ββοΈ. The only other highlight about Friday was when my ministering sister showed up with an Easter basket for me with some candy in it, saying "You probably never get our own one of these" which yes, so true - I do not assemble my own Easter basket. π Moms just assemble the fun for every one else. Such a sweet idea for her to bring me one! Friday night I slaved away in the kitchen starting some homemade cinnamon rolls in preparation for Conference. I got them all rolled up so they'd be ready to go in the oven in the morning. π</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Saturday, April 3rd: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>After Maeve's dance class, I made homemade maple buttercream frosting to go on the cinnamon rolls and then we enjoyed those while watching the first session of conference. That frosting literally tasted like angels. Cinnamon rolls should only ever be made that way - I don't think I'll ever make them the normal way again. Sooooo freaking good. Bring me back to the days of going to Provo Bakery with their maple cinnamon rolls that we loved. The frosting I made was just as good as that frosting was, if not better!! So smooth, whipped, and creamy! πππ We enjoyed watching conference all day, ya know, as much as you can with a 1 and 3 year old around. π It didn't help that Rowan was EXTRA naughty the day before and was told by Adam that he lost candy for Saturday and Sunday. Which was actually probably a poor consequence, considering we had a candy bowl out for Maeve that she could pick M&Ms out of anytime she heard certain words. Rowan certainly ended up sneaking some here and there, the little stink, but I guess it's hard to avoid that when it's out in the open. ππ€·ββοΈ And then of course Saturday night we got everything ready to go for Easter the next day. The anticipation was UNREAL from the kids!! Oh, and our laugh of the day for Saturday was when Rowan saw a can of tomato sauce in the pantry and called it "bean salad" πππ€ - I literally have no idea why he thought it was that, but I couldn't stop laughing. The rest of the weekend I'd randomly remember and start laughing again! Good times. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Sunday, April 4th: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>The long awaited Easter Sunday!! The kids were overjoyed when it was time to go downstairs and follow their strings that Adam strung through the downstairs to find their Easter baskets. Poor Rowan got to find his, only to then be told that he would not be allowed to eat any of the candy from it at all that day. Luckily there were a few other surprises besides candy in each of their baskets, which kept him excited. Nolan got a cute, super soft stuffed bunny that Rowan actually loves more than he does, so there's that. Maeve and Rowan both got jumbo pencils, and then Maeve also got a wind up plastic bunny that walks and poops out jelly beans (I knew that would be a hit π) and a pack of Yo-yos. Bring me back to my childhood! Then Rowan also got some Batman tattoos and a kaleidoscope. Also a blast from the past for me. Had to introduce my kids to some classic toys I had. Turns out though that yo-yos are not easy enough for 5 year olds to use, even though the packaging said ages 3+. π€¦ββοΈπ€·ββοΈ It was a bit of struggle for Maeve, but she still had fun trying and eventually found her own way to sort of do it. We used the rest of the morning hours to make cute egg crowns for Maeve and Rowan to wear the rest of the day and those were a hit! Gotta love a good craft on holidays. I must say, I wish that Conference and Easter never collided though because although I got to watch the first session, I was unable to really pay attention at all for the second session because of everything I needed to make for our Easter dinner! I was stuck in the kitchen just hoping and praying that I could come up with a way for all of it to be ready on time, not thinking through how 3 of the items needed to go in the oven at different temperatures. π€¦ββοΈππ I may or may not have had a nervous breakdown at one point thinking that we weren't going to be able to eat until 7pm due to my failure to think it all through ahead of time, but somehow it all worked out once I realized I could use our toaster oven for the pork roast and I could just put the rolls in the oven once we sat down to eat. It ended up working out that the first batch was done while we were still eating everything else, so all my tears were for nothing. BUT I didn't get to hear any of conference and that wasn't the original plan, but it was either that or eat super late! Luckily I can read the talks later, so that's what I'm telling myself. We had a delicious spread of pork roast, funeral potatoes, sauteed veggies, fruit salad, and homemade lion house rolls (that turned out AMAZING, after my failed attempt on Thanksgiving when I forgot to put the salt in... had to redeem myself, and I sure did!! π Boom.). We also did our cotton candy Sprite concoction, which is always fun for the kids. Or should I say Maeve, since Rowan doesn't like soda. π€― He chose to just have some cotton candy by itself instead. I have been one happy lady eating off of all our leftovers for the last few days. YUM! We finished off the night by doing our Resurrection egg hunt, to focus on the real reason for all the celebrating. Luckily the kids look just as forward to that part too and I hope they always love and understand the importance of the Easter story. The icing on the cake Sunday night was when Adam tickled the pee out of Rowan and he started peeing all over the carpet in his room, while <i>also </i>conveniently aiming the last of it perfectly into one of Maeve's nearby shoes. π±π³ I never thought I'd have to pour pee out of a shoe, but here we are. I'm sure I'll have <b>ALL </b>the pee stories to tell thanks to Rowan before his childhood is over. Might as well keep 'em coming. ππ</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Monday, April 5th: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Back to school for Maeve! She was not so thrilled to be woken up bright and early, but she survived and had a good first day back. We ran out of time on Easter to make and eat our Easter dessert before the kids needed to go to bed (oops), so Maeve and Rowan helped me make it on Monday while dinner was cooking. I thought I'd try out mini Cadbury egg Blondie's that I'd seen circulating around social media a bit, and they were pretty tasty! Monday was also my mom's birthday, so we did a little family Zoom call including all the kiddies that night, which was a real party. I had a number of laughs on Monday and those are really the only other highlights, so here are those...</div><div><br /></div><div>~In talking about our five senses, we were discussing all the things we hear in our house and I said to Rowan, "What does Zoey do that we hear?" expecting him to say "Bark" but instead he said, "Say ruff!" π</div><div><br /></div><div>~Then we talked about smells and he decided he wanted to go over and smell my birthday flowers on our kitchen table and after doing so, he said "Mmmm! Smells like lemonade" ππ€</div><div><br /></div><div>~While I was getting ready in my bathroom, Rowan was sitting with me and noticed our orchid had flowers again (it was bare for a long time, but finally bloomed a few new flowers!) and he said, "Mom look! You have flowers!" I said, "I know! Aren't they fun?!" Smiling, he shook his head and said, "Nope! Playing with <b>toys</b> <i>is </i>fun!" ππ€·ββοΈ I must say, he has a point there. Fun was probably <i>not</i> the best word to use there, so I don't blame him for the response. Definitely made me laugh out loud though! </div><div><br /></div><div>~As always happens, the kids were trying to sneak some food right before dinner time and I told them they could only have said item if they still ate all their dinner. First Maeve chimed in, "I will!" followed by Rowan, "I will!" and without skipping a beat, Nolan with a garbled version of "I will!" ππAdam and I couldn't help but laugh, because it really did sound like he was trying to follow suit and copy them. It was too good! </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tuesday, April 6th: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Adam worked from home and we took his car to the shop to FINALLY fix the door. That car looked janky for waaaay too long and I personally wouldn't have been willing to drive it like that if it were my car - Adam, on the other hand, doesn't really get embarrassed by anything so he wasn't feeling too rushed. I'm feeling pretty happy though that it's fixed now, it was certainly past time. We also ran some errands before I needed to go to Young Women's, so we ended up getting Culver's for dinner on the go, which is always a good thing, for our taste buds anyway. π</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Wednesday, April 7th</b>: </div><div><br /></div><div>After my usual morning routine on Wednesday, I made a couple phone calls to take care of some matters of business. While on the phone, Rowan started throwing all the cards to a game we were playing before I got on the phone, and despite my asking him to stop, he laughed and kept doing it. π I tried to physically stop him from reaching for more and his hand ended up knocking into my bowl of cereal that I had finished, which knocked it over and spilled the milk all over the rest of the cards and game boards. π€¬π€¬ I managed to stay quiet since I was on the phone, but I certainly reacted as angrily as I could while maintaining silence... π
. Seriously so annoying when that kinda junk happens while you're in the middle of a phone call! </div><div><br /></div><div>A few new developments as of Wednesday are: </div><div>1. Nolan learning how to say "beep beep" and saying it on repeat for a while. Seriously so cute! </div><div>2. Rowan making great strides in the potty department, by not only going to the bathroom without even telling me he needed to and doing it all on his own, but also trying it standing up, which was successful. ππ Music to my ears!!</div><div>3. Rowan decided he wanted to try out showering, so he took a shower with Maeve. He actually also did this on Easter, so it was second time. It might be the craziest shower party you've ever seen, but they sure had fun together and with a little bit of help from me he got himself all clean that way. I imagine he'll be the in the 50/50 shower/bath club so that he can party with Maeve half the time and party with Nolan the other half of the time. </div><div><br /></div><div>You know how sometimes adults will put their mouths on babies bellies and blow and make what kinda sounds like a fart noise? I don't know what you actually call that, but Maeve and Rowan got going on doing that to me all over my legs and arms before bedtime and they thought it was the most hilarious thing in the world - cause of course - fart noises!! They decided to call it "mouthtoots", which I thought was pretty good! ππ Too funny. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Thursday, April 8th: </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Well, you know just 1 day before I said that Rowan was making great strides in the potty department? Don't worry, he couldn't keep my hopes up for too long, and decided it would be fun to pee his pants THREE times that day. And considering he's really into getting himself dressed right now, that means he cycled through 3 pairs of pants in one day. Having a hard time keeping enough clean pants/shorts around for this kid and he has had to go out in jammie pants recently, so that's cool. π I'll call one of his accidents an <i><b>almost</b></i> win, because I was in the shower when it happened, and he came to me after I got out with new undies in his hand and said "Is this the right way?". (he rocked them backwards for a number of days and has since been convinced that it's better to put them on the right way so now he always confirms) I said, "uh oh, why are you putting on new undies?". His response: "Because I peed on the floor, but I cleaned it up" and minus using cleaner, he totally did wipe it all up, and he even said there was "a LOT". ππ I'm doing <i>something</i> right around here when my 3 year old cleans up his own pee, because I'm not around. Guess that means he should be cleaning it up himself every time. π And speaking of being in the shower, he started screaming Mommy over and over while I was in there, so of course I eventually turned off the water to make sure he wasn't dying, and turns out he so critically needed to tell me that "popsicle starts with P!" πππ€¦ββοΈ. If only his pee getting in the potty was as critical, but as I tell this story, now it has me wondering if I just thought he said that, but really he said something like "I need to pee" or "I just peed"... π€. I'm 80% sure though that I heard the word popsicle. Maybe I'll have to ask him tomorrow to see if he remembers what he was trying to tell me to see if I can confirm. </div><div><br /></div><div>The weather was GLORIOUS so after school we rode bikes/scooters through the neighborhood to Bella's house and she rode back with us to play at our house for a bit. In honor of Grandpa's birthday (Adam's dad), that night we also decided to redeem our free custard from Culver's that we didn't get on Tuesday since the kids didn't deserve it then. π
We ate it outside and I am loooooving this great weather right now. Can't wait for pool season and neither can Maeve!! She actually just told me in her words: "I love Summer because we go to the pool and get snow cones. I love Fall because the leaves are pretty. I love Spring because there are lots of flowers. And I kind of like Winter because sometimes there's snow, but I don't like that it's cold and I have to bundle up... soooo, I'd say I like 3 1/2 seasons" ππ. She kills me. </div><div><br /></div><div>Alright, I realize at this point I am finishing this post on a Sunday and now I have the weekend to still write about too, but I will do that tomorrow and then I might start writing once a week on Sunday or Monday nights after that. We shall see if I can stay committed doing it that way instead. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here are pics and videos from the week! </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmyXYtmvAlvhxyHVSjU0sW0G4ixPvULRfKPRSYUmdMifyt2qs5_WSGfhO2v0688q6DPW2FumP-kKKJNAkIfBCIn_o3sg4B_nwCMBgaC8iOw2t_yc43anrHMLAW_j66wDkoT0dGMCZJzg/s2048/20210401_114011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmyXYtmvAlvhxyHVSjU0sW0G4ixPvULRfKPRSYUmdMifyt2qs5_WSGfhO2v0688q6DPW2FumP-kKKJNAkIfBCIn_o3sg4B_nwCMBgaC8iOw2t_yc43anrHMLAW_j66wDkoT0dGMCZJzg/s320/20210401_114011.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first bunch are from our day in Nashville! ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyA4Fx-7aUt_itR1KqLApz2WOzIaNDOPwi-foLMR1RBs6VvKzScCk56J8aqm6BL6PxjO7WjYMfdA4uvGCB7zjb-TusLBITXzGdjbpTKk-_ABXNx5msC4HFw661cFaRGVTbrNm0s5pwrc/s2048/20210401_131151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyA4Fx-7aUt_itR1KqLApz2WOzIaNDOPwi-foLMR1RBs6VvKzScCk56J8aqm6BL6PxjO7WjYMfdA4uvGCB7zjb-TusLBITXzGdjbpTKk-_ABXNx5msC4HFw661cFaRGVTbrNm0s5pwrc/s320/20210401_131151.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ Nolan is figuring out how to keep up with his older sibs! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEMN63vdirRhzV1XT5Wp35K4pA8zyhZywik8dMVTVx20M_y7QfvDyXr5uRJhMdzHBlbqzpajflG1n_ZQxJ9Wjf3PGH4zv7oDUFhcWmP7SCfEPSZbqOS1-azJs8IdFpanl5DKS9x-XFP4/s2048/20210401_135855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kqyw_RXwlt3oe11gLdSol0Gd4Mckq3j5dfm-Ho6H3IoJCE999LYQP67IdTpTlyz6cbABKWgAZjA_RJD3dlUCwgD0NXhX-aFkRiX9e47oaR6JIDTsdCLGk6AQFGr1mEk5GXiow-7i1vk/s320/20210401_141436%25280%2529.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's sooo pretty! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRqHWJvR01HQhLOuwwlMI9RR-VSjUQVlfRZ4ZWiGO79_I5RFr0z3iYi3gbkCTGhCiy12EVw-O7PrMaDvQY5xfYDp7WVmUTGTrCSc7HH2obJ7JEIElXNaG14v8xlRB4hStZNUYwjMUlrU/s2048/20210401_151717.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRqHWJvR01HQhLOuwwlMI9RR-VSjUQVlfRZ4ZWiGO79_I5RFr0z3iYi3gbkCTGhCiy12EVw-O7PrMaDvQY5xfYDp7WVmUTGTrCSc7HH2obJ7JEIElXNaG14v8xlRB4hStZNUYwjMUlrU/s320/20210401_151717.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Passed out hard! He did so good all day and eventually wore himself out. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginkKw4OVf1Dkrle9wpAt1ctwBVV-gJXwHgOkfm7nuvZntwP7bmgOi8OBDQNytvmE09CfxtNpc2SjmJugR6MgNNB4cGY63clysxyxYnP6sbJi2VoplQNqkBT0WcY9Fd9VAW45tLiorqOg/s2048/20210401_152337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginkKw4OVf1Dkrle9wpAt1ctwBVV-gJXwHgOkfm7nuvZntwP7bmgOi8OBDQNytvmE09CfxtNpc2SjmJugR6MgNNB4cGY63clysxyxYnP6sbJi2VoplQNqkBT0WcY9Fd9VAW45tLiorqOg/s320/20210401_152337.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLh8Qo0JKeADY73StdEnQfB-IS7Mlo6RyFqKIevLtT78dVqhMRl78TxXu_AjDIvJ3S6JkKJHK0se_mE_DYShkv5IMIcHldbDzthRJTQ0rcBc1MsuCvQLKlNTy1NUFzyU0gxEWG3Y5a9Q/s2048/20210401_153745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLh8Qo0JKeADY73StdEnQfB-IS7Mlo6RyFqKIevLtT78dVqhMRl78TxXu_AjDIvJ3S6JkKJHK0se_mE_DYShkv5IMIcHldbDzthRJTQ0rcBc1MsuCvQLKlNTy1NUFzyU0gxEWG3Y5a9Q/s320/20210401_153745.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little stink wouldn't take a pic with us so he got his own, which also was real successful π€¦ββοΈπ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs93hS8Hyuhs1lZgHjMX8ncSLvDixEqiNWbC8RaC7UY8otItGDivfON6EzI5nGFaNjU8ftREheBZciVNc5FFv_hp_vxGzbXrsr-KQhR7B_VvoNo9vlnTwPCO5jiUQ8VJN9ccZoiwahLVY/s2048/20210401_153804.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs93hS8Hyuhs1lZgHjMX8ncSLvDixEqiNWbC8RaC7UY8otItGDivfON6EzI5nGFaNjU8ftREheBZciVNc5FFv_hp_vxGzbXrsr-KQhR7B_VvoNo9vlnTwPCO5jiUQ8VJN9ccZoiwahLVY/s320/20210401_153804.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donut Distillery mini donuts! 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</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDeORON6zYHyvBlf1vGlbPO-DEbyYktSVAd6rgTHabmqHh6-bRI3FbayOwI9RQx6ocBEo3yNUayzigK6rbZioRmvDPzo2dJLN71dRALH1Y6mmjliY1EE4YP1hXM67WodM5VC9iYNwCo0/s2048/20210403_115945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDeORON6zYHyvBlf1vGlbPO-DEbyYktSVAd6rgTHabmqHh6-bRI3FbayOwI9RQx6ocBEo3yNUayzigK6rbZioRmvDPzo2dJLN71dRALH1Y6mmjliY1EE4YP1hXM67WodM5VC9iYNwCo0/s320/20210403_115945.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maple cinnamon rolls! Get in my belly! π€€</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hQbsN9G89z2lbdWDScMTC6tb6oCA9FagtDRuC7pEM8va6OjBfO26ddr3uzSPaOtbR_oLD8ujI-M1gzqNo2VoFX0XcIxCqpVmn6MjFE6EzbtMBqHnBPvYioGH4ecmaPiagDbB4lXb4OY/s2048/20210403_153445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hQbsN9G89z2lbdWDScMTC6tb6oCA9FagtDRuC7pEM8va6OjBfO26ddr3uzSPaOtbR_oLD8ujI-M1gzqNo2VoFX0XcIxCqpVmn6MjFE6EzbtMBqHnBPvYioGH4ecmaPiagDbB4lXb4OY/s320/20210403_153445.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maeve paid attention real well at times during conference as her selfies will show you... πππ€¦ββοΈ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98ZJitCBKQi3Hc-BXXo8xqBrXMM434qwlvxDPez_oWEhHBsCculHnruKzHlp7GNQJJZ0r7Bajs1whIEyifrpIgChLNMF0K8iGo1C-bzxYMjW4thZvHkNnr-JdmfhbfgwbCtsatXKXJnM/s320/20210403_155055.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one is kinda cute to me that she wanted to capture her feet up there like mine ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuyXRfr6VrcZjc6_hNKsbUkx2SAoK9GEFi-QqQVx9ihD5EwWN39Qx4Cvy_i34VmOZx6sUiBv9QID6T8H9FBty1N_MpBZYzCPqYhCyug1FZPc801B0ITKdwged1No0Mbcp8-BGwvjOSx1o/s2048/20210403_155111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuyXRfr6VrcZjc6_hNKsbUkx2SAoK9GEFi-QqQVx9ihD5EwWN39Qx4Cvy_i34VmOZx6sUiBv9QID6T8H9FBty1N_MpBZYzCPqYhCyug1FZPc801B0ITKdwged1No0Mbcp8-BGwvjOSx1o/s320/20210403_155111.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkeMDCvAks0f5pwfH13W8NHsOsBzagqMypw6kfpO8wPRAf02XtR-72GV0SK9n-GJe0IhrJkDuhta34TLCRxwcAGDfsLln9dorlZ7frFkVBXtrBKQdP3AMxCwBeB6SLew6SgBCj8AnbTiI/s320/20210404_080425.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nolan just got this bunny in his basket and getting a pic of him with it and the kids was unrealistic cause he will not cooperate for that and is crawling away in 2 seconds! ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Bpm2N9eH1B9GpkDKyErbbAcRC4OZ6nnC55RRcv8mX8KLoem0NBxxPufHyuM9i2JH5ZrSNOzy7cJ-0iH-caR9kx9CJlJIh87lIm3mxL8iFqvGODCBQ1cmy69XUEQH_2olK5CIcOSvE7k/s2048/20210404_080441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Bpm2N9eH1B9GpkDKyErbbAcRC4OZ6nnC55RRcv8mX8KLoem0NBxxPufHyuM9i2JH5ZrSNOzy7cJ-0iH-caR9kx9CJlJIh87lIm3mxL8iFqvGODCBQ1cmy69XUEQH_2olK5CIcOSvE7k/s320/20210404_080441.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Action shot throwing his bunny π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaE0-3WlrOUSIrWa_KflEYOF0lv9ceMTR8Zf1b2BtGqhZUir7U-bChsOHpjoyDAvtsXBdiZOfbLbqOVUdCiiLTtuOdyaNs4IiHtWl4MhzitlNqHYiWtLQmWKv-Y5vK4bT2EAFhnFOjug/s2048/20210404_080729.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaE0-3WlrOUSIrWa_KflEYOF0lv9ceMTR8Zf1b2BtGqhZUir7U-bChsOHpjoyDAvtsXBdiZOfbLbqOVUdCiiLTtuOdyaNs4IiHtWl4MhzitlNqHYiWtLQmWKv-Y5vK4bT2EAFhnFOjug/s320/20210404_080729.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was actually pretty sad he couldn't have all the goodies in their baskets so I guess I did him wrong by only getting him a bunny... ππ€·ββοΈ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9TSd6tFzh0ccTdeXm6YWjSy2AjEzNmUbySTX0CWUHLzJIPMm_iABjGP-GBJa-_UMLSS1VbEsNNr2AboaT3byrxeLmJ5MH9vkiHkdBvZXiemVP9e3Zh6YDRcHh7DK1DC5WL8pSn_7hz8/s2048/20210404_142629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9TSd6tFzh0ccTdeXm6YWjSy2AjEzNmUbySTX0CWUHLzJIPMm_iABjGP-GBJa-_UMLSS1VbEsNNr2AboaT3byrxeLmJ5MH9vkiHkdBvZXiemVP9e3Zh6YDRcHh7DK1DC5WL8pSn_7hz8/s320/20210404_142629.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rowan had to show off his cute drawing π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuaA8VjzrN1NVzfjWdZQTxv41NutfYy8GDFkddv5ZqhkbnPByksEftF2mpwUTjx16dqNEJD4sV4UDj595RXnyAym0hTA5-SIPQEHzx5ul8KwIVabEi286g00nTZwi1U9tru6DOnLb1Lo/s2048/20210404_142848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuaA8VjzrN1NVzfjWdZQTxv41NutfYy8GDFkddv5ZqhkbnPByksEftF2mpwUTjx16dqNEJD4sV4UDj595RXnyAym0hTA5-SIPQEHzx5ul8KwIVabEi286g00nTZwi1U9tru6DOnLb1Lo/s320/20210404_142848.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">πππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhmDxiZfejDCvXWS4ujW4dFfROVBfc__fBMO6NInVCiGxzvINfhi9fR6Eqvt60EeH8bW93l4LzyF4qB3PomgjpDnF2Kg_AvF7cFsvg1qA-1TBUMm8GjN2bLsSoiDLNHn4VF8MFQCLgXI/s2048/20210404_143658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhmDxiZfejDCvXWS4ujW4dFfROVBfc__fBMO6NInVCiGxzvINfhi9fR6Eqvt60EeH8bW93l4LzyF4qB3PomgjpDnF2Kg_AvF7cFsvg1qA-1TBUMm8GjN2bLsSoiDLNHn4VF8MFQCLgXI/s320/20210404_143658.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnC1Wyqcqj-4ZR0Iioldk1t661d0YF-zTPHtXsI-RqUi8KZu4Mo9At5Omf4Ragdphkr1eSfqO-awlbyoY1QbhCCsdyZbDxEX-IOjcHZRdcgAGMG4WihtqPQQtlxEtnJuMo1GpvkVkMDI/s2048/20210404_175747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGnC1Wyqcqj-4ZR0Iioldk1t661d0YF-zTPHtXsI-RqUi8KZu4Mo9At5Omf4Ragdphkr1eSfqO-awlbyoY1QbhCCsdyZbDxEX-IOjcHZRdcgAGMG4WihtqPQQtlxEtnJuMo1GpvkVkMDI/s320/20210404_175747.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rowan was not feeling this dinner spread being documented... π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStBp2PUBT1G5kXAyldf5eaIJMl6NRjfjdWjvmtjUYxnwHWf_wuLnWx4X8nvmQOmTr8lSJDV7wQmJS4pJ6ViekqEZ9uh6I3SCYcq8ZUTrd-DIvdnGWzX2o5r-5EqTzlN44bFYVRCJdQ3o/s2048/20210404_185352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStBp2PUBT1G5kXAyldf5eaIJMl6NRjfjdWjvmtjUYxnwHWf_wuLnWx4X8nvmQOmTr8lSJDV7wQmJS4pJ6ViekqEZ9uh6I3SCYcq8ZUTrd-DIvdnGWzX2o5r-5EqTzlN44bFYVRCJdQ3o/s320/20210404_185352.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Resurrection egg hunt! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlEARV6w6b18dabAhQ6YPiEiWbEgVH0-GCeX5tU8iEj_jzOvJhw__OnnM65aJWeR1WQhV6mtTdm2wlwIgMockTd4g2lE_zaf3XdSO-GbtSU-fF9EicBQGDkuX-pYhngZJ1_TLY8Z74l0/s2048/20210404_185355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlEARV6w6b18dabAhQ6YPiEiWbEgVH0-GCeX5tU8iEj_jzOvJhw__OnnM65aJWeR1WQhV6mtTdm2wlwIgMockTd4g2lE_zaf3XdSO-GbtSU-fF9EicBQGDkuX-pYhngZJ1_TLY8Z74l0/s320/20210404_185355.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She had to pose like this acting more excited once she noticed I was snapping pics ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLTSGyEtXStS7cbU8e6QvcfUTHqwhpaYv9sMuc9fNQHRDkEtWi6FNOU01EiyATbbkTw5-_E6pPYohEZZJMxuptR57wsuKugQ8nWVQtmWamgWSi7NApuGC2rxnnuNUKxvWvEtboMflG7Y/s2048/20210404_185616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLTSGyEtXStS7cbU8e6QvcfUTHqwhpaYv9sMuc9fNQHRDkEtWi6FNOU01EiyATbbkTw5-_E6pPYohEZZJMxuptR57wsuKugQ8nWVQtmWamgWSi7NApuGC2rxnnuNUKxvWvEtboMflG7Y/s320/20210404_185616.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matching Easter leggings since 2017. Might be the last time we get to match cause I think they'll be too short for her next year! π₯Ί</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh62GeOY9SshkP51TEuA0_IepgvdAl6ZMjLChF3yIWpPX6x2m_wXl-quhKVW5uhQtjUTR8pO6WQt5paqI2nVHNrBvBJUwAbM0ModzHjI9vD84ZZl3kEga3sFsxRweP3IoTiiXAOsd-5Psg/s1080/IMG_20210404_204535_547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh62GeOY9SshkP51TEuA0_IepgvdAl6ZMjLChF3yIWpPX6x2m_wXl-quhKVW5uhQtjUTR8pO6WQt5paqI2nVHNrBvBJUwAbM0ModzHjI9vD84ZZl3kEga3sFsxRweP3IoTiiXAOsd-5Psg/s320/IMG_20210404_204535_547.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before I got the smiling pics from above, these are the pics I got when I first asked them to smile. πππππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuksCQbvRKVo4XKSQ0xfUt6DdWVWOTsFdiN4EmojARcyi7Iq1JZYg_FSSD6UalNT1OaW10gd1BX6H8ihyphenhyphenKef4StobOetif3RQ-7jHvNadnDUtc0uRLUqA24XsrBIRUW7OSoHCptvVhjQ/s1080/IMG_20210404_204535_566.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuksCQbvRKVo4XKSQ0xfUt6DdWVWOTsFdiN4EmojARcyi7Iq1JZYg_FSSD6UalNT1OaW10gd1BX6H8ihyphenhyphenKef4StobOetif3RQ-7jHvNadnDUtc0uRLUqA24XsrBIRUW7OSoHCptvVhjQ/s320/IMG_20210404_204535_566.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They are so crazy! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xotn09jbQAcaCWkxV6cDHZgbCu2TZKZdWgvCK3g89VlfVaejuVkEi6GHeMI6AsQsicU35fkXJT0ePDtRn5_3AbEzqHK0I2jiPN1XKYuKn5vBgMWcfFY4aXVbpCJrNRZcNXu3wdgrR68/s1080/IMG_20210404_204535_583.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xotn09jbQAcaCWkxV6cDHZgbCu2TZKZdWgvCK3g89VlfVaejuVkEi6GHeMI6AsQsicU35fkXJT0ePDtRn5_3AbEzqHK0I2jiPN1XKYuKn5vBgMWcfFY4aXVbpCJrNRZcNXu3wdgrR68/s320/IMG_20210404_204535_583.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My dynamic duo! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aIER8w36KT8aK_Zv-oevjWQokB3kjV91zwS_U5j0zl44ZH5yQR2WuHgu4mcgATQg3seFhkLJzY7Jj6jhwW7xUzy51DmLdEWQuNZRwQMWmkI7_wkoz5p-S_5rVr5H3CMKMNscPJO323Q/s1080/IMG_20210404_204535_627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aIER8w36KT8aK_Zv-oevjWQokB3kjV91zwS_U5j0zl44ZH5yQR2WuHgu4mcgATQg3seFhkLJzY7Jj6jhwW7xUzy51DmLdEWQuNZRwQMWmkI7_wkoz5p-S_5rVr5H3CMKMNscPJO323Q/s320/IMG_20210404_204535_627.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCJkoGAiw9S4fahP3iQkgAKyEprxin5_js26AGVjVpa7gPNcY3RAU_IVwiOdcf-4v-LeXsq0952B2uqgWVMrPlE-wknhkQmxrGA6SV_wJ1vZjR2McP7X8Pw4GGMGF8mI_hhqZjRCE5gE/s1080/IMG_20210404_204535_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikCJkoGAiw9S4fahP3iQkgAKyEprxin5_js26AGVjVpa7gPNcY3RAU_IVwiOdcf-4v-LeXsq0952B2uqgWVMrPlE-wknhkQmxrGA6SV_wJ1vZjR2McP7X8Pw4GGMGF8mI_hhqZjRCE5gE/s320/IMG_20210404_204535_640.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then you've got this cutest little dude that ever lived!! That smile! πππ</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOahBSO6czkznDB2c9RImJcasbYDeP87uRXq2du7x_xdfnPywxcT9mWxGcdJVVdOv_AeHUycxREJwOHth9JqudfkTGgssaeQeO6jev1U42f_9W5tJyiJieFIHyCvDhMuByPoFWDhkAswA/s2048/20210407_115038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOahBSO6czkznDB2c9RImJcasbYDeP87uRXq2du7x_xdfnPywxcT9mWxGcdJVVdOv_AeHUycxREJwOHth9JqudfkTGgssaeQeO6jev1U42f_9W5tJyiJieFIHyCvDhMuByPoFWDhkAswA/s320/20210407_115038.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rowan's birthday card to me that I forgot to snap a pic of ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdK64Csk8ETaX0uEfLuUxoWFnka3HVAHVY1s9DSDHhKEXULORRgVdwsfkQIrKsQ22BMR3tbFMoyWIbeZScdj1Q0-36yRhScTagP159LtXMRF89QFl2e7Uf9AKwKaj9dOYb5msEDIpnII/s2048/20210407_115050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdK64Csk8ETaX0uEfLuUxoWFnka3HVAHVY1s9DSDHhKEXULORRgVdwsfkQIrKsQ22BMR3tbFMoyWIbeZScdj1Q0-36yRhScTagP159LtXMRF89QFl2e7Uf9AKwKaj9dOYb5msEDIpnII/s320/20210407_115050.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It is funny that it says "shy" because those are letters that Maeve wrote down for Rowan so he would know how to write an S, H, and Y. Ironically he needed to know those letters in order so it happens to spell shy and Maeve didn't bother to write them on a different piece of paper π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVa-SE9TUyNjk_u0tEpr6BrTjoVthjk9v6LyG-kQPBP6W1NQp2dD_-Ex6PW0wZ6Nk78XMb4_VEZVZkC_I2UIfeWJT8OlpUlXMRqhm-RRrAmB8OZDr1FzMZfYmJyC7XJNI-a1woYxVgL_4/s2048/20210407_115057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVa-SE9TUyNjk_u0tEpr6BrTjoVthjk9v6LyG-kQPBP6W1NQp2dD_-Ex6PW0wZ6Nk78XMb4_VEZVZkC_I2UIfeWJT8OlpUlXMRqhm-RRrAmB8OZDr1FzMZfYmJyC7XJNI-a1woYxVgL_4/s320/20210407_115057.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gotta love the Christmas tree π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgRns29PZUIuh-NzZcq9ScqRMiDbIDbzURVIvs-MCRUDMWUHq-dDvHc2IT6GtX0KIE8ByhseZgxFz3SzJ8IcwC7mpSzOOfUy03prBRszDzgBVEFM3JaE06_HiCU3aJ_KDd3cENujYI2w/s2048/20210407_163645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgRns29PZUIuh-NzZcq9ScqRMiDbIDbzURVIvs-MCRUDMWUHq-dDvHc2IT6GtX0KIE8ByhseZgxFz3SzJ8IcwC7mpSzOOfUy03prBRszDzgBVEFM3JaE06_HiCU3aJ_KDd3cENujYI2w/s320/20210407_163645.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little boy knows to cheese it now when he sees the camera! πππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcJEO2AbQp_hI5CHDYTde-Lte8NZ4cE-WLHe5JsUkUdSC5wp8qJp2-8kJFLW5wCjEuevxWigl7ms4JYXx6j-j1MPET17hfkrYHcLV69FvNUKpHYvk8TM5fSRlasLOyVyrDVZLAHcBwjY/s2048/20210407_163650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcJEO2AbQp_hI5CHDYTde-Lte8NZ4cE-WLHe5JsUkUdSC5wp8qJp2-8kJFLW5wCjEuevxWigl7ms4JYXx6j-j1MPET17hfkrYHcLV69FvNUKpHYvk8TM5fSRlasLOyVyrDVZLAHcBwjY/s320/20210407_163650.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6fJOduFWG37nQZ_-n9lcfQbKCL9vfRdYLuVDT6sqx8cU939ReSCM-znSqWgOyWBL0juF1-d7KkZksVNHNlLO-WC4JlQ2z9hFyVYMG3W0IZdg0ydZxjH7cPW7PsBMquf90gZPzV4sZA8/s2048/20210407_173010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6fJOduFWG37nQZ_-n9lcfQbKCL9vfRdYLuVDT6sqx8cU939ReSCM-znSqWgOyWBL0juF1-d7KkZksVNHNlLO-WC4JlQ2z9hFyVYMG3W0IZdg0ydZxjH7cPW7PsBMquf90gZPzV4sZA8/s320/20210407_173010.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUQgIoq0jDfzHlrpCNzsXvgT8mAZ_HIKnbqjuG3thKwfcESh_KAbpM5hDEDbT05iT5Y7BbxH_07kPKVfM6uTlsW8lxSlP2QJa2oVtTt-IsweweoA0651aFPPr94jq-OMND6xpNc_19o8/s2048/20210407_173018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUQgIoq0jDfzHlrpCNzsXvgT8mAZ_HIKnbqjuG3thKwfcESh_KAbpM5hDEDbT05iT5Y7BbxH_07kPKVfM6uTlsW8lxSlP2QJa2oVtTt-IsweweoA0651aFPPr94jq-OMND6xpNc_19o8/s320/20210407_173018.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh my goodness ππ I just can't handle this photo. Little Nolan is not nearly as shafted these days and the love is starting to become real between him and Rowan and him and Maeve! Warms my mama heart cause it's been a long time coming. β₯οΈ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nxoNUPhKzs14isQE2TMbuctJLtYjbdoqaZC1d_zNBxxJHxSwBV-VM-5AC-psjutlSs4wBS_q7iN5ryWRIsrrzGjv7y6ZuJqTY7uO0UMtxTrOveLsnL6RkqPLeQJoi_Z2hEyTXXT2MJ0/s2048/20210408_105525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7nxoNUPhKzs14isQE2TMbuctJLtYjbdoqaZC1d_zNBxxJHxSwBV-VM-5AC-psjutlSs4wBS_q7iN5ryWRIsrrzGjv7y6ZuJqTY7uO0UMtxTrOveLsnL6RkqPLeQJoi_Z2hEyTXXT2MJ0/s320/20210408_105525.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He fell in this basket by stepping backwards and not realizing it was in his way ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdNSd2-d0tSrBqsOyP5N-kiLng_dx9UDd_5wink_FTBTS3iL3RWzxG8fAOMiZCZFpuIF_l75CFjejwhhsgV5ix_t0xm_fbdKwIm2U4_3brz8PXOXPklcPVmldwvxAsNn6lE-8mqbXRIA/s2048/20210409_110813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdNSd2-d0tSrBqsOyP5N-kiLng_dx9UDd_5wink_FTBTS3iL3RWzxG8fAOMiZCZFpuIF_l75CFjejwhhsgV5ix_t0xm_fbdKwIm2U4_3brz8PXOXPklcPVmldwvxAsNn6lE-8mqbXRIA/s320/20210409_110813.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some playground fun! ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAh7Mpz_nly2xsYhVw_abKkygf4oepClicoj-qkqREfv2gZM3MfWSUEeusSW0Dh4lqaD72mPKlSqN8IcBphE25-ljux0A_W5J8W-W20mgxBttgjMa3sxkl7Yhl4t6qGGKNHm9Frwn4KI/s2048/20210409_110814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAh7Mpz_nly2xsYhVw_abKkygf4oepClicoj-qkqREfv2gZM3MfWSUEeusSW0Dh4lqaD72mPKlSqN8IcBphE25-ljux0A_W5J8W-W20mgxBttgjMa3sxkl7Yhl4t6qGGKNHm9Frwn4KI/s320/20210409_110814.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPfFEZV1n5hoW-r7Dl3vpFgL8CUukpvFVKR5wyVFg4IBJ8aqYbTa8GyCpxyrXHzgw5hA4vXFKEHmKx1r5hnSufWn2BpPQyCnYRtYAHWpRQTfcB12DZmtpuyU2uJO4gxBJM49bVqja-IU/s2048/20210409_110819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPfFEZV1n5hoW-r7Dl3vpFgL8CUukpvFVKR5wyVFg4IBJ8aqYbTa8GyCpxyrXHzgw5hA4vXFKEHmKx1r5hnSufWn2BpPQyCnYRtYAHWpRQTfcB12DZmtpuyU2uJO4gxBJM49bVqja-IU/s320/20210409_110819.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9KZuXyDo4Ystc7DKMusGbcrLURCaoBG4USKvM2YlN1lYsJPZzKg10TTfRa_cXE0NpmqoYXZgJYNT3YHSHTwdrEbi4QMXK74yLEJJoty9ik7C4jwD0Id1-lUcX-dU5YBr8JHDQ11kNZM/s2048/20210409_111936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9KZuXyDo4Ystc7DKMusGbcrLURCaoBG4USKvM2YlN1lYsJPZzKg10TTfRa_cXE0NpmqoYXZgJYNT3YHSHTwdrEbi4QMXK74yLEJJoty9ik7C4jwD0Id1-lUcX-dU5YBr8JHDQ11kNZM/s320/20210409_111936.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzo1b3pAYXZJKhSQOqnIDam59jdxpf4gQEFq9HIwKlKzOmgDdOWtWF_7n9PTsZI24787KN0A2L003CXRPL20vTEpxbN7YrY_uRKsjlUQr8Lmh1EGWK6_jaGSRvf5INnzSbeynPW2sFcPw/s2048/20210409_111937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzo1b3pAYXZJKhSQOqnIDam59jdxpf4gQEFq9HIwKlKzOmgDdOWtWF_7n9PTsZI24787KN0A2L003CXRPL20vTEpxbN7YrY_uRKsjlUQr8Lmh1EGWK6_jaGSRvf5INnzSbeynPW2sFcPw/s320/20210409_111937.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He no longer hates swings, but despite this smile I managed to get I would say it's more like he tolerated it. He wasn't so sure but decided he didn't need to cry and was pretty straight faced most of the time. π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTUDlMrZHIMvyKFXWOXblxbM3vKdQh_eylvFpreOCA1uatnPsBcytZt5qHM58XXLSTcA0_hdvzT6P0YqiuLiFXURWWMNh_9CiCvwhyphenhyphena25Xa6zVby5ZvHrmdj3tmrAwBqFxrBpCBxTUyQ/s2048/20210409_112313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTUDlMrZHIMvyKFXWOXblxbM3vKdQh_eylvFpreOCA1uatnPsBcytZt5qHM58XXLSTcA0_hdvzT6P0YqiuLiFXURWWMNh_9CiCvwhyphenhyphena25Xa6zVby5ZvHrmdj3tmrAwBqFxrBpCBxTUyQ/s320/20210409_112313.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh man. I looooved when Rowan wore this lion romper and now it's Nolan's turn and I'm soooo happy I get to see it again! Cutest little romper that ever existed. πππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBIsr94egpIAtfI0qsRc3wCbwaSUtQUrqdINekmtyOkrg-vsqOMvuhhf-xXV9pr-348aRAD-76yyb6gP46g9QhauDWnXzxTx4JiBy-x21cZE2HbzOLCtGvP7e7IlplXJ1lrXQiCv-dtA/s2048/20210409_112335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBIsr94egpIAtfI0qsRc3wCbwaSUtQUrqdINekmtyOkrg-vsqOMvuhhf-xXV9pr-348aRAD-76yyb6gP46g9QhauDWnXzxTx4JiBy-x21cZE2HbzOLCtGvP7e7IlplXJ1lrXQiCv-dtA/s320/20210409_112335.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitAC3SfP46kffnPlHW69EeZM-tD6tasiCs8HEG4LVCICjUIeKNYT8ADYRpAe7Xrd7A0xbdZFIP0fUoRApSL6Vpnf_MoIkN76gZj-ml511dNr1x2zsg0TVpahq0Pc8NaasC0gHXIoX16k/s2048/20210409_115002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitAC3SfP46kffnPlHW69EeZM-tD6tasiCs8HEG4LVCICjUIeKNYT8ADYRpAe7Xrd7A0xbdZFIP0fUoRApSL6Vpnf_MoIkN76gZj-ml511dNr1x2zsg0TVpahq0Pc8NaasC0gHXIoX16k/s320/20210409_115002.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Someone didn't love this one ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Maeve was paying attention real well during Conference ππ€¦ββοΈ: https://youtube.com/shorts/vovonbenVrM?feature=share <br /><br />Maeve explaining how she planned on spreading out the reading of her chapter books everyday π: https://youtube.com/shorts/iuxSFlsQL2Y?feature=share<br /><div><br /></div><div>Nolan warming up to the slide by going down with Maeve and eventually doing it like a pro climbing up himself and everything! π:</div><div>https://youtube.com/shorts/tfajcQJyrLI?feature=share</div><div>https://youtube.com/shorts/QXLkt2mY8FU?feature=share</div><div><br /></div><div>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</div>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-42367174797258004162021-04-06T19:33:00.007-07:002021-04-06T19:33:45.023-07:00March 29th - 31st, 2021: 32 <p>Well, as of last Monday, I am now 32 years old. I went to bed 31 and woke up 32. Boom. The kids were SO excited for the day, which did make it that much more fun. Until Maeve and Rowan decided to be really annoying and not get along AT ALL. I definitely threw out the phrase "Can we remember that it's my birthday and we want this to be a happy and fun day full of KINDNESS?!" more than once. It was mostly Rowan driving Maeve nuts over and over and eventually he got locked in his room for 30 minutes because that boy needed some time to simmer down and not bother anyone. I ended up texting Adam telling him that from now on my birthday present needs to be him taking the day off so I can escape and actually have a peaceful day. π
π Luckily, it wasn't all bad though, and after Rowan chilled out in his room things did improve, thank heavens. </p><p>So ya know, birthdays aren't ever completely glorious when you're a mom. I mean, the morning started off with Nolan waking up in jammies that were soaking wet literally almost from the top to the bottom. I have NO idea how he peed through and it spread that far up top and down below. Bizarre! Needless to say, I threw him in the bath with Rowan and Maeve took a shower, so it was nice to get everyone nice and clean first thing in the morning. Of course in the 2 minutes Nolan was loose on the floor naked while the bath was filling up, he peed on the floor. I also found a worm in our kitchen that I had to pick up and I really wish I had someone else to pawn that off on because it felt REALLY gross. I do not like bugs!!!! Happy Birthday to me! </p><p>Before I declared everyone just needed a bath, Rowan gave me a good laugh when he said, "I'm gonna go get dressed. Don't do your birthday yet!" π as if he thought that we were doing the whole big birthday celebration first thing in the morning without Adam there. I think in his mind, that's all a birthday is about, so he just wanted to get the show on the road immediately. ππ€¦ Too funny. </p><p>After everyone was cleaned up, the kids were just way too excited about going to get donuts for breakfast (gotta treat myself to good food ya know), that we went ahead and left to get those before I could work out. I had hoped to work out first, but what can you do when you have hungry excited kids. π On our way there, the kids got talking about the five senses and Maeve was saying how we taste with our tongue and Rowan said, "No, I think it's mouth because we bite with our tongue and it's in our mouth..." ππ€ Too good. You gotta love all the incorrect reasoning and statements and that come out of the mouths of little kids. </p><p>The donuts did not disappoint and I love that the kids are pretty adventurous with donuts. Of course they ask for basic ones with sprinkles, but then I get a whole assortment of a bunch of more exciting flavors and they ended up trying everything before all those donuts were gone! Go them. π </p><p>Maeve made me laugh when she asked me if Adam had said Happy Birthday to me in the morning before he went to work. I said yes and then she followed that up with, "Did he give you a hug?" I said no, but honestly I was groggy and not even thinking about or wanting a hug and I'm sure he knew that. But then she stuck it to him by saying, "If <i>I</i> was married, I would say Happy Birthday <i>and</i> give them a hug and a kiss"! Way to go, girlfriend. You show him the way to do it. π</p><p>We did Facetime for a little bit with my parents, which was mostly monopolized by Maeve until she decided to help Rowan make a card for me. At first, he requested that I help him, but uh, once I explained that would be weird, Maeve was all over it. She later said, "I can't <i>wait </i>to see the smile on your face when you look at my card and Rowan's card" π₯°β€οΈ - such a sweet girl, she totally kills me. She has such a good little heart! </p><p>Some nice birthday wishes trickled in throughout the day and my sweet friend Amanda dropped off some flowers for me, which was such a nice surprise! I did manage to get a workout in while Nolan napped, but poor Maeve was so determined to have fun with me all day that she was not too happy about my wanting to work out. It wasn't until I suggested she do it with me that she cheered up and went for it. Girlfriend was having a hard time understanding that not only should you let the birthday girl/boy decide what they want to during the day, but that you should still let them do it even if it doesn't necessarily involve you. It ended up being pretty cute to have her and Rowan copy me the whole time, lifting their own little weights (2 & 3 lbs for them), and saying from time to time "Oh, this is SO hard!" ππ€¦</p><p>Adam got home a little early from work, which was nice and gave him more time to make my cake and allowed us to leave at 5pm to go to dinner. I picked this place called Buster's Place, which Maeve was SO thrilled about considering I have been reading the Polly and Buster series to her. It's hole in the wall Burger joint with a bar and I had no idea what the place would be like before showing up - I had only seen online that it was family friendly and the best place in Murfreesboro to get a burger. It looked a little run down from the outside and I think Adam was wondering what the heck I was thinking picking it π
, but I said "Hey hey, it might not look that great on the outside, but let's just see what it is like on the inside" and luckily it did look better on the inside. The vibe was good and I got the whipped feta and bacon jam burger that had pickled onions on it. I was so excited for it considering the pickled onions and feta, plus the bacon jam sounded intriguing, and I must say it was πππ. All the flavors came together very nicely!! I would definitely go back again and again just for that. Adam didn't rave over his burger, but I think he would have been if he had gotten the same one as me. It was legit. A birthday dinner success. π</p><p>It was a perfect evening weather wise and the kids saw their favorite neighbor kids outside when we got back so they ran around outside with them for a little bit, while Adam frosted the cake. Then we did cake and ice cream and it was all delish! I chose the oreo chocolate cake mix I had just seen at the store and Adam had the idea of using vanilla frosting, but mixing peanut butter into it to make it peanut butter frosting. Of course, he always knows how to speak my language! It was a smart adjustment for sure. I got a few surprise presents from my sister including some toner for my face, a donut pan, and some cake decorating tools which will be fun to try out! Adam got me a nice handheld vacuum for the car that can charge in the car, so that will be super nice to use so I can keep the car under control more easily. Seems like there's always dry cereal all over the place. π€¦ Of course all the cards I got were great, and I DID get a big smile on my face looking at Maeve and Rowan's. Rowan's signature thing right now is drawing a Christmas tree and monster truck every single time for every single card he makes. I just love it - a birthday card with a Christmas tree on it - doesn't get better than that! ππ</p><p>I got a good birthday call from my bro Josh in the evening and then Nolan decided he was sad he missed out on the cake and ice cream and needed to celebrate the final moments of my birthday with me in bed from 11:30 to midnight. He woke up and just would not settle back down so he played with me in bed until midnight. Just had to be silly and make me smile until the very end, I think. So all in all, it was a pretty great day!</p><p>Yesterday and today were pretty low key. I don't have too much to report, other than the fact that Ivy from the neighborhood came over to play yesterday. She is 6 and also goes to Overall Creek like Maeve and is also in Kindergarten. Her mom wasn't home when we invited her over to play, but luckily I figured out how to get her mom's number so now I won't feel so weird whenever they're around (her brother Roman is usually with her). They've popped into our house a few times and it felt a little unsettling considering their mom doesn't even know who I am and had no idea they were in someone else's house. It's nice to know I can confirm all is well with her if I ever need to. Ivy is a sweet thing and was especially cute with Nolan while she was at our house, and he ate it up. It was cute to watch. </p><p>Today we were thinking we'd go play at Amanda's house, but unfortunately her daughter Zia is sick so we had to do a raincheck. Such a bummer considering we were excited about the fact that playdates would be easy this week while Maeve is on spring break! Too bad. Maeve was pretty bummed. And unfortunately it was rainy today, so we stayed inside and just read books, played guessing games, and had a lazy day. I have a surprise up my sleeve for tomorrow though, so it should be good!</p><p>We did also go to Kroger this evening and Adam worked his magic using a bunch of coupons and we ended up saving $30 on a bunch of produce, cereal, and milk. We stocked up real good. I give him props for having the patience to find/use coupons, because I just don't have it in me to jump fully in with coupons. Too much work. Planning out the meals for the week, making the list, and doing the shopping are enough work for me. π
</p><p>Here are my laughs for the day: </p><p>~This morning Maeve was telling me the apple phone was dead, so she needed the charger. Rowan was a little confused though and said, "Is the charger dead?" π</p><p>~Tonight while snuggling in bed, Maeve was ranking our family members in our little family in order of who she liked the most and who liked the least. The breakdown is: #1: Me, #2: Nolan, #3: Adam, #4: Rowan - I was a bit surprised by this, but her reasoning was that Nolan is very cute right now trying to walk, saying words, smiling, and laughing. He's higher than Adam because Adam likes to crack her neck (ππ) and Rowan was at the bottom because even though she plays with him a lot, he likes to hit her sometimes. I was at the top because I help her so much and I spend the most time with her. Can't argue with that. Luckily I know she has a lot of love in her heart for each one of us, so ya know, she's not playing favorites too hardcore. I'm definitely not a fan of the favorite game and I always tell her it's best to just love everyone a lot! </p><p>That's all she wrote for tonight, so here are some pics: </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHegdzKTFvYzBFmi3hz6AlOG3X_7VQDvjHMKcbVSWXRm9IqlWGRIuFQuZrjf5Qm8bPR7rwrLkA64B1elxxwzVRgkc0iTlzOL6A0vT3xHqtSBs6gzPabTqAhu_f_AZDPKcrkQUkAWBQis/s2048/20210328_222319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHegdzKTFvYzBFmi3hz6AlOG3X_7VQDvjHMKcbVSWXRm9IqlWGRIuFQuZrjf5Qm8bPR7rwrLkA64B1elxxwzVRgkc0iTlzOL6A0vT3xHqtSBs6gzPabTqAhu_f_AZDPKcrkQUkAWBQis/s320/20210328_222319.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right after I went upstairs after finishing my last post, I literally walked into our bathroom as Adam was almost finished cleaning it! HBD to me! So I got my pic of his mirror frame job. Such a different feel now! Loving it! <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTGs7IjSNQ4IhbiuDvxR19jMBFufrqvlUdkaomROvNhdcEGQJOq7SoIhIoBbMuSCcqfVcSMCayEkaFQdBd39nrDaLDFb4A2hqPV5F4q7Q6WAQmgRYlfbrNPCZo6HrHTloq66GmGmzHbw/s2048/20210329_093042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTGs7IjSNQ4IhbiuDvxR19jMBFufrqvlUdkaomROvNhdcEGQJOq7SoIhIoBbMuSCcqfVcSMCayEkaFQdBd39nrDaLDFb4A2hqPV5F4q7Q6WAQmgRYlfbrNPCZo6HrHTloq66GmGmzHbw/s320/20210329_093042.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXUgKnoxaMiHrjXzKryGxf_6drB19fo0CWo0NA_QfvUgen_IPC6a85kI4wy5ym395FKeO3carXM6wWhhHfnuYj-SkmOyri6Qf4H4lkrqtzyvEq3xHcp9-SZNyM_J4Tt1q2Gsetvj0UYw/s2048/20210329_093145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqXUgKnoxaMiHrjXzKryGxf_6drB19fo0CWo0NA_QfvUgen_IPC6a85kI4wy5ym395FKeO3carXM6wWhhHfnuYj-SkmOyri6Qf4H4lkrqtzyvEq3xHcp9-SZNyM_J4Tt1q2Gsetvj0UYw/s320/20210329_093145.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJL2MqKt6__F6uUM1wpWIqgnzKCaSyjlSF6v2_QXhyRYTMHg6EWcNCWnD-nAcLiNHjb0ZzYOtgih7sszYRbHgk6WiQBDfEe8ltVdZ3swtpjviKvfxhNfrLl4dcH9Nw32b8FBMtWMkM5dA/s2048/20210329_093622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJL2MqKt6__F6uUM1wpWIqgnzKCaSyjlSF6v2_QXhyRYTMHg6EWcNCWnD-nAcLiNHjb0ZzYOtgih7sszYRbHgk6WiQBDfEe8ltVdZ3swtpjviKvfxhNfrLl4dcH9Nw32b8FBMtWMkM5dA/s320/20210329_093622.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQa19n4sjsOIDbEmkQDz8idCFOsqE0g1FPOgq1hdjgGdxdP0phaRBvchLa4lZoii7BpXzLY6un4rqFQIKuOI1KFcmVBYdVMP4PBZHAdcnTpRoo2CexxljLmSRt8CnWXyDxc-3sHza-e68/s2048/20210329_134339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQa19n4sjsOIDbEmkQDz8idCFOsqE0g1FPOgq1hdjgGdxdP0phaRBvchLa4lZoii7BpXzLY6un4rqFQIKuOI1KFcmVBYdVMP4PBZHAdcnTpRoo2CexxljLmSRt8CnWXyDxc-3sHza-e68/s320/20210329_134339.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My pretty girl! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSa8BLf6HYmEkhDSRBVligghp7-292fK2KV41FGsAjBagK5cuOx_dxFLj4tFTxPrcs40OPu6uxQZ868pm1qkNuxKDLL4cqSbLr0MBpssMtx0pXKItrV1PPN5yRfOIKL31DgwoAEDuYuJw/s2048/20210329_135502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSa8BLf6HYmEkhDSRBVligghp7-292fK2KV41FGsAjBagK5cuOx_dxFLj4tFTxPrcs40OPu6uxQZ868pm1qkNuxKDLL4cqSbLr0MBpssMtx0pXKItrV1PPN5yRfOIKL31DgwoAEDuYuJw/s320/20210329_135502.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's really starting to love this little boy and is a sweet big sister to him π<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgmvDI-tcqK6SPhOCR_njTmLtg2w9B2E0ZGnLnwiDMK9HeQY7B4ZMbdZstgIqv4pa-FEbcU-jwjwdC72RLwT_FwFPGK94zqVOA-txJADYp6WI4EBbWYZeF7xdEo-_Ll5g5wpN6pWVuBs/s2048/20210329_135514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBgmvDI-tcqK6SPhOCR_njTmLtg2w9B2E0ZGnLnwiDMK9HeQY7B4ZMbdZstgIqv4pa-FEbcU-jwjwdC72RLwT_FwFPGK94zqVOA-txJADYp6WI4EBbWYZeF7xdEo-_Ll5g5wpN6pWVuBs/s320/20210329_135514.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8xtQJwCDClf8jqJEWptLemVikzAjFLnOLZ9khZJt-samwwNtMtIn7_8nFUaIElf0gt13f-HQ2x46gscHiwiNMnlRrjL5n1RycRWc95XdA-Kc0TiyiySKwfK_toiaN5fuoH2PUg5iyaU/s2048/20210329_153843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8xtQJwCDClf8jqJEWptLemVikzAjFLnOLZ9khZJt-samwwNtMtIn7_8nFUaIElf0gt13f-HQ2x46gscHiwiNMnlRrjL5n1RycRWc95XdA-Kc0TiyiySKwfK_toiaN5fuoH2PUg5iyaU/s320/20210329_153843.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He makes a handsome princess ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqVtvJSh8c94_jfQ1nIGwi3T2TT1ATHc4Ka4GCr09RMY3RU2S1MWDYeusgrjZUN9tHZ8CeneRlvQLGg7wES349naXg9rAZQBYjPN1WNcRvLfHxzBYA4I46RyH86TsQ-dJZzLfWu9AcY0/s2048/20210329_153921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqVtvJSh8c94_jfQ1nIGwi3T2TT1ATHc4Ka4GCr09RMY3RU2S1MWDYeusgrjZUN9tHZ8CeneRlvQLGg7wES349naXg9rAZQBYjPN1WNcRvLfHxzBYA4I46RyH86TsQ-dJZzLfWu9AcY0/s320/20210329_153921.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tTknq16mBNxkzbG31bmlp4LzCr0Hcqif2qmfm9hqJ8KipL55nlGBkGBW0gW5iG0NzX_qWQGKT3vUhyphenhyphenApfS7rooNqpliMKuffrlXlDpOfIT5GhcBd0-DljBrmTta9pAUB1dM9t1OPIkc/s2048/20210329_154017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tTknq16mBNxkzbG31bmlp4LzCr0Hcqif2qmfm9hqJ8KipL55nlGBkGBW0gW5iG0NzX_qWQGKT3vUhyphenhyphenApfS7rooNqpliMKuffrlXlDpOfIT5GhcBd0-DljBrmTta9pAUB1dM9t1OPIkc/s320/20210329_154017.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let the silly photoshoot begin. A present to myself! πππ Turns out a lot of my funny faces are ugly π
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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtD8KMq_86yyo6m2coAsC7-dLEkYPFHjmQChcwvhrTuZZLutAAhZwBXkdV3weTfH2AZJNplp_hyGm27HjTaTgczkhOwzPlyLC1-LZt3EHpObnde2Ki6aes6yIDz1mh60wn0yFE4MYy_5c/s2048/20210330_142743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtD8KMq_86yyo6m2coAsC7-dLEkYPFHjmQChcwvhrTuZZLutAAhZwBXkdV3weTfH2AZJNplp_hyGm27HjTaTgczkhOwzPlyLC1-LZt3EHpObnde2Ki6aes6yIDz1mh60wn0yFE4MYy_5c/s320/20210330_142743.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was so impressed with how neatly he wrote his name! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkIT_mwpwfRtdUgHP9BS2Q7ywIl0veT_HjSkGT4ghyMmeCdA-yTpr8LG3grxjAaD8HadgFujibf2-hEp84NNNtsgJ0wDvvxsVOe_hahR2B_rz22GB3Xl0Xab3BbHyyR5bV1cha_JOyeM/s2048/20210331_134730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QjTrZ2y4hXGFI-zpHwUJ3svH2ZQ1EnN0umv0lfuvZLVVptxNaStUiEKff9zzW-KmLyZUagPgsgLHHa_v9s6dhZwXfd52FRZPNa4BekWVtG7Pg-fvfLt95qKTKbEwH2q5brbn1DsEAbk/s320/20210401_074415.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love her cute little drawing of me and her!</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />And a couple videos from my birthday too... </p><p>Everyone singing HBD to me - just watch Maeve the whole time ππ: </p><p>https://youtube.com/shorts/NKT_G4W6UWY?feature=share</p><p>Maeve was being so cute playing with Nolan and he was cracking up so I had to record:</p><p>https://youtube.com/shorts/0RbJenHOqaQ?feature=share</p><p>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</p>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-3377690024796729112021-03-28T20:12:00.002-07:002021-03-28T20:12:49.391-07:00March 25th - 28th, 2021: I want a tornado to come now!I didn't write on Thursday because we were all too busy crowding into our utility closet that night because of a tornado warning. π± It was a rainy and stormy day and Maeve actually ended up getting dismissed from school 2 hours early because of it. Adam worked from home that day as well, although he ended up only working a few hours because he wasn't feeling great. It was a pretty lazy day for all of us after Maeve got home. <div><br /></div><div>Once the storms started rolling through in the late afternoon, Rowan said, "Come on! Let's get in the closet!!" When we told him that it wasn't time yet and that we didn't get need to get in unless an actual tornado was coming through, he cried and said, "I want a tornado to come NOW!!!" ππ³ So don't worry, I proceeded to pretend a tornado was coming through about 15 times in a row and hopped in the pitch black closet with a flashlight with Maeve and Rowan time and time again and it was the best game of their lives. π Doesn't take much with these kiddies! I also got a good kick out of the fact that before the tornado came through Rowan asked, "Is it gonna break our toys?" ππ₯Ί I'm here to report no toys were broken. </div><div><br /></div><div>Since we were feeling super lazy, I threw the kids in the car while Adam had a zoom lesson with the missionaries and we went to grab some Taco Bell for dinner before the storms ramped up. We did see some lightning and hear loud thunder once while we were driving, which spooked the kids a little bit, but then Maeve said, "It's okay! God is with us." π₯°β€οΈ It was a proud, tender mom moment for sure. Such a sweet, smart girl. </div><div><br /></div><div>Luckily all was well that night and we remained safe from the tornado. The kids secretly loved it and Nolan was a champ being woken up from bed for a few minutes, and luckily went right back to sleep just fine. π</div><div><br /></div><div>Friday was an asynchronous learning day at home for Maeve so she just had her packet to breeze through. She was so excited about that and for the chance to play with Rowan most of the day since her packet does not take her long to do. Of course Rowan loves to sit with her and watch her complete her packets on all these learning days at home, and I like to think he's only getting smarter because of it. It was also a major win because she got sent home with a sack lunch for that day and it was big enough to feed both her and Rowan, so he was overjoyed that she split it with him and I was overjoyed I did not have to lift a finger. π</div><div><br /></div><div>I had my first private coaching session at 11:30 that day to get coached through my fear of throw up. It went alright, although it wasn't the most profound experience and I feel like mostly I was told to do things that I kinda already knew I could do. The problem is that it is hard to do said things, but I guess I need to consciously work harder to do them. We shall see if over time I can get better at changing all my negative thoughts that just make me spiral. I'm hoping and I'm praying. ππ</div><div><br /></div><div>The kids also had a major dance party in the living room with the blinds closed and the lights on party mode. It was pretty fun, but the kicker is they were rocking out to Kidz Bop Christmas music. π€¦π€·Whatever brings them joy is all I have to say sometimes. </div><div><br /></div><div>I also had a lady text me on Friday morning that we had previously done some dog sitting for back in October 2020 asking me if I could dog sit again for the weekend. So she dropped her dog off Friday afternoon and now I'm $100 richer. Ka-ching. πAfter she dropped her dog off, we went out to run a few boring errands, which I don't normally drag the kids through. We went to home goods to look for a soap I wanted that is THE BEST smelling soap I've ever encountered, but they didn't have more. I did end up scoring a cute hamper though that was meant to be in the kids room, so still a win. We also stopped at Petsmart to return some special dog food Zoey didn't need all of when she sick and then also popped into TJMaxx to try and find a hair product that I wanted, but failed to find. Shockingly the kids did great almost the entire time, but then Maeve lost it in the car saying through her sobs, "It's my favorite day of the week and we haven't done <i>anything </i>fun and now we won't have time to do anything else besides have dinner, screen time, and go to bed!!" What a rough life for a 5 year old, I'm telling you. Lucky for her, we ended up going to Culver's for custard after dinner. I realize that maybe sounds like she got rewarded for talking like a spoiled brat, but in no way did I make it seem like we would do that to appease her. Some time had certainly passed between that little meltdown and us going and the meltdown was short lived too. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm trying really hard right now to get back into making time for reading for pleasure, so I got a bunch of book recommendations on Thursday and really got into a book on Friday night that I had started a while back and never finished (story of my life). Between Friday night and last night I have already made it through 70% of the book and it has been pretty good. It's called When Breath Becomes Air and is about a guy in residency to become a neurosurgeon who gets diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Pretty depressing, but for some reason I can't get enough of books that pull at the heartstrings. </div><div><br /></div><div>Yesterday (Saturday) was another stormy day. It honestly poured rain and was stormy off and on all day long. We made it to and from dance class for Maeve without getting too wet though luckily. She's got a new teacher now and actually was the only one that showed up to class that day so she got some one on one instruction. Not too shabby. π Adam was committed to getting his project done of adding framing around our master bathroom mirror and the kids bathroom mirror, so he made a trip to Home Depot with the kids that afternoon while I stayed with Nolan napping, and then we all made one more trip before dinner when he realized he needed one more thing. He finished up today and the mirrors look SO much nicer now that they're framed and it totally changes the feel of the bathrooms. So awesome for only $30. I'll have to take a picture the next time I clean the bathrooms and they're in perfect shape. </div><div><br /></div><div>While Adam was working on that project, the kids and I were downstairs playing a hide and seek game with sticky notes. Maeve wrote "Mo" for Mommy "Ma" for Maeve and "Ro" for Rowan on a bunch of sticky notes and they would hide them together around the living room and then we would all find our respective sticky notes. Eventually she told me I needed to hide my own, and when I acted confused by that, she said, "Yeah, sometimes I hide yours and mine and I forget where they are by the time I'm looking for them..." ππ€ Maybe that works for a 5 year old, but I wasn't as successful at really stumping myself when I hid mine and 2 seconds later turned around to find them. But I'm just here to nod, pretend, and go along for the ride so π€·. </div><div><br /></div><div>Today I woke up with a pretty bad headache, so we opted not to go to church and just watch the meeting from home instead. It was a pretty low key day at home. I got a call from my sister a day early for my birthday, which is tomorrow, so we had a good chat for a bit. Among other things, we talked about Rowan's potty woes. I told her how yesterday he started peeing on the floor in the bathroom when I pulled down his pants and thought it would be fun to move his body around so that the pee sprayed all over the place. I was pretty mad he was making a game out of it and stuck his little booty in time out. Then today he was losing his mind saying he needed me and when I went over to ask what was up, he was sitting on the floor in his own pee with a smile on his face, saying, "I peed" π©π©π© Kill me now. So after I got off the phone with my sis, I was brainstorming on how I can motivate him to want to get all his pee in the potty from now on. I had the thought that maybe each time he successfully goes to the bathroom all on his own without my help and gets every last drop in the toilet, we'll pull his bat out and I'll throw 3 pitches for him because he's 3. I presented that idea to him and he said, "hmmm, how about 5 because Maeve's 5?" ππ€¦ He's not stupid and knows how to logically request more. I settled for that so we'll see if it helps. He was successful 2 times before bed with that and was pretty happy to earn some batting. Let's hope it sticks and he continues to have success all on his own, because that independence is something else we need to solidify before he's 4. π </div><div><br /></div><div>While I was on the phone, Adam had the kids watch some church Easter videos and that got Maeve going on drawing pictures of Jesus on the cross and the empty tomb. It was pretty cute. She is so excited for Easter. She is also SO excited for my birthday tomorrow and told me before going to bed, "I can't sleep, I'm SO excited for your birthday!!" I think she might be more excited than I am. π</div><div><br /></div><div>I think that's about all I have to say about this weekend, other than a few more laughs: </div><div><br /></div><div>~I ordered a couple new bibs for Nolan and Rowan has been calling them boobs. He asked me, "Do Nolan's boobs fit him?" ππ</div><div><br /></div><div>~As happens quite often, the kids forgot to close the baby gate behind themselves downstairs when coming upstairs once and Adam called them out on it. Maeve responded, "We're just kids, we don't know how to do that stuff!" ππ€¦ Nice try, sister.</div><div><br /></div><div>~The kids ate a bunch of fruit tonight as a bedtime snack and Maeve told me she ate a blackberry that didn't taste good. I asked what it tasted like and she thought for a minute and said, "A diaper" π³π€¦ Then of course Rowan soon followed that up with, "I just got a blueberry that had a diaper <i>in</i> it. And I ate it." ππ³ That gave me a good laugh for sure!</div><div><br /></div><div>~I just ordered Doctrine and Covenants Stories, Book of Mormon Stories, Old Testament Stories, and New Testament Stories. All the beginning reader illustrated versions. We have been reading a chapter or two from the Doctrine and Covenants one each night this last week and Maeve calls it the Jesus book. π</div><div><br /></div><div>Now for some pics!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fRrTCDcZSkqJYiwS0Ds2O1T8Tp2qXTGffuF8jKVzUXU4TirrwjZk4hKf4SV8-a179Ivw4pYzy0wZjuyjT3d6un_SGnPqQKngZZ8lu6PSEENSH1v72zuAR_yxuZ3VlWXSQXnpi5F6BII/s2048/20210325_093746.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fRrTCDcZSkqJYiwS0Ds2O1T8Tp2qXTGffuF8jKVzUXU4TirrwjZk4hKf4SV8-a179Ivw4pYzy0wZjuyjT3d6un_SGnPqQKngZZ8lu6PSEENSH1v72zuAR_yxuZ3VlWXSQXnpi5F6BII/s320/20210325_093746.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9kCve8DvJQMfn6i7z9TuefIZOXzrHuzXQq339bEkScGg1yQOL1BNkAcUWBBd6k1hZrae1mNyp_xJgDXrUBuui_WPp2H6dNK8QGVfT16OeNpn8cEpYHKDVmXXTCD6MKX3IYSY4WVtwKM/s2048/20210325_094101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9kCve8DvJQMfn6i7z9TuefIZOXzrHuzXQq339bEkScGg1yQOL1BNkAcUWBBd6k1hZrae1mNyp_xJgDXrUBuui_WPp2H6dNK8QGVfT16OeNpn8cEpYHKDVmXXTCD6MKX3IYSY4WVtwKM/s320/20210325_094101.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1F0MNSbqJ6q22uIT5Pd92hfYPRRnOMwkapxPc9lH2H70MoMu7YJkLnjJX8czUiESPUanFU2osaTmHi1qd23hflWj11R2rEcRium1n5yOwSWl2nhoEQkt0TsD8r8sSDv3L04smt-QIkY/s2048/20210325_181201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1F0MNSbqJ6q22uIT5Pd92hfYPRRnOMwkapxPc9lH2H70MoMu7YJkLnjJX8czUiESPUanFU2osaTmHi1qd23hflWj11R2rEcRium1n5yOwSWl2nhoEQkt0TsD8r8sSDv3L04smt-QIkY/s320/20210325_181201.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet boy loves his daddy </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1raNMVf8R6Csr7NCxXJtvU1XbZYzJpsr-EtjWa5kGeW8RIkVEfApMM0fkKo-ba41NbGNvSQ4aU8RQgH7hFOdRGMC5TaKegQ6-HU7KRYy7wdVlsQaSl6o7S9pLBzJeF0USxKj28IqLEQ/s2048/20210325_205025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG1raNMVf8R6Csr7NCxXJtvU1XbZYzJpsr-EtjWa5kGeW8RIkVEfApMM0fkKo-ba41NbGNvSQ4aU8RQgH7hFOdRGMC5TaKegQ6-HU7KRYy7wdVlsQaSl6o7S9pLBzJeF0USxKj28IqLEQ/s320/20210325_205025.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Huddled in the closet!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbuKpL4ZfcSxwuPh9Ct5SMG7MSVMpAVuzLmy_jOhGng2-n0PCTOvl31ui59WhjRJhGqiFJGT5YkYsU7wpv5aQvSGXQS5KdumOWW5yrxZRNRwnahPpyWKiHrB8HsVFn_2JtZeUIhrEuNo/s2048/20210326_082745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbuKpL4ZfcSxwuPh9Ct5SMG7MSVMpAVuzLmy_jOhGng2-n0PCTOvl31ui59WhjRJhGqiFJGT5YkYsU7wpv5aQvSGXQS5KdumOWW5yrxZRNRwnahPpyWKiHrB8HsVFn_2JtZeUIhrEuNo/s320/20210326_082745.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She drew a picture of herself at the dentist - gotta love the teeth! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDV-Qok46c1rVYx7e9EmqnzZqjW9eFwZthKEkXHrb1o7XXn_W3xZPHf6EzfTNUOoFKA6JTO5o6rw4DXGkooOtbE-LOxaaKIgacyXPFWo7a1HBmPfp6xj5kFqeOEiB9znxInCko40gTjaY/s2048/20210326_141919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDV-Qok46c1rVYx7e9EmqnzZqjW9eFwZthKEkXHrb1o7XXn_W3xZPHf6EzfTNUOoFKA6JTO5o6rw4DXGkooOtbE-LOxaaKIgacyXPFWo7a1HBmPfp6xj5kFqeOEiB9znxInCko40gTjaY/s320/20210326_141919.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little boy is allllways sticking his tongue out randomly now π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1VAfOF4OoNsLLhzeM1CNrBpYnLkTlVRBLGLkvIFfEUszTWAtgSPeSgleF2z-GsSUlQxO-Edg_P_4V5JCjB7aJ4n3AsAqrzo9sbDsCjxYx82WOlYPQRr2Z8o2uKTgxjDEDodXy3xsRQ0/s2048/20210326_143857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1VAfOF4OoNsLLhzeM1CNrBpYnLkTlVRBLGLkvIFfEUszTWAtgSPeSgleF2z-GsSUlQxO-Edg_P_4V5JCjB7aJ4n3AsAqrzo9sbDsCjxYx82WOlYPQRr2Z8o2uKTgxjDEDodXy3xsRQ0/s320/20210326_143857.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maeve brought it upon herself to write "Remember to not hit" on a sticky note for Rowan to wear in hopes it will help him be better about not hitting her. Nevermind the fact that he can't read. π When I pointed that, he said, "it's okay, I'll just know that's what it says!" ππ€· He loved the idea and was excited about it - too funny. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw61IjfiQDGPaO99NUxFO49MW_EYsm1bVRP6hgGtz5A3nNGCfO-pddq-FbLE3BO5Wu4323-Uru6pr07WccqLBu3vpOdO63SpcYOaAnc0ZlNvtgPW-0GsyhzY0ecjPQ4De_9LP0A1IA-gM/s2048/20210327_150839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw61IjfiQDGPaO99NUxFO49MW_EYsm1bVRP6hgGtz5A3nNGCfO-pddq-FbLE3BO5Wu4323-Uru6pr07WccqLBu3vpOdO63SpcYOaAnc0ZlNvtgPW-0GsyhzY0ecjPQ4De_9LP0A1IA-gM/s320/20210327_150839.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I laughed when I found more sticky notes all around the house. Apparently he needs lots of reminders. The million dollar question is, will this eliminate all hitting?! π€</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-7rfs3qGh4IGQpXkhTrylafnjoNDjht0ag_5qsBrOZJHeIQ1_AFPONXFgUpESra9FYdnqPjxuYty0bwuqHwdT1O_P9GpERKuyZ1N2s0NZfDW3MkdZCHjOYMCQd_Bri6jLYpgHoF71v0/s2048/20210327_191719.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-7rfs3qGh4IGQpXkhTrylafnjoNDjht0ag_5qsBrOZJHeIQ1_AFPONXFgUpESra9FYdnqPjxuYty0bwuqHwdT1O_P9GpERKuyZ1N2s0NZfDW3MkdZCHjOYMCQd_Bri6jLYpgHoF71v0/s320/20210327_191719.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching the lightning with Daddy </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2qDbmQ5hl4vEKjMx-lHPYgza_qKr6M_GCtGVE-kKq1DI3gsj-THjlue2mBywlv8gPYjZ5O1Bw0SXfWJNumZJRdtr5erAEbjvjAeRtjoY7WmEtjoUvMo3AzZRpkSZQd9EM-EuGkWoHzA/s2048/20210327_191750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2qDbmQ5hl4vEKjMx-lHPYgza_qKr6M_GCtGVE-kKq1DI3gsj-THjlue2mBywlv8gPYjZ5O1Bw0SXfWJNumZJRdtr5erAEbjvjAeRtjoY7WmEtjoUvMo3AzZRpkSZQd9EM-EuGkWoHzA/s320/20210327_191750.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfoa2DD5PK9HIrWNIBZGyo7uusFY1jFAC1JTyyEXHBHlik1filfrWF_veHe0yizNNippFKqTQEcxXkKrSZEKexTvnJqjaiaA20GCs2CuI1JfTJFWUvWrp7ruT5Bl7F__Czjm77DU7ht0/s2048/20210328_081534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihfoa2DD5PK9HIrWNIBZGyo7uusFY1jFAC1JTyyEXHBHlik1filfrWF_veHe0yizNNippFKqTQEcxXkKrSZEKexTvnJqjaiaA20GCs2CuI1JfTJFWUvWrp7ruT5Bl7F__Czjm77DU7ht0/s320/20210328_081534.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cause on top of Daddy's head is the perfect place to sit π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJ15fgFV6PhA6Vluw47jfWU0Iv8MT_O19hcA22a1a3uyPytAc_BWeVpRz-Ddak9qJa4I4U5edWO_nrC99WZSqdyyhdVhM0lye0efKTt3x0OiwP7XfafR3zl_mfNj2HQ4ef3m8t-UC8vE/s2048/20210328_083032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJ15fgFV6PhA6Vluw47jfWU0Iv8MT_O19hcA22a1a3uyPytAc_BWeVpRz-Ddak9qJa4I4U5edWO_nrC99WZSqdyyhdVhM0lye0efKTt3x0OiwP7XfafR3zl_mfNj2HQ4ef3m8t-UC8vE/s320/20210328_083032.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7_jrNuPMhX4CDUT8q-IMYPey4h-m4Eq0Ssv1q0XnF7O2kEejtjpHzA6pNI9TtsZjaeD_FSZHx6NIgkNR12HnBxM_GiHV-vxCKt7pyacSQmWDdPoxKiihCPkM-Q5FSE7Nor-j60hIunE/s2048/20210328_095032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7_jrNuPMhX4CDUT8q-IMYPey4h-m4Eq0Ssv1q0XnF7O2kEejtjpHzA6pNI9TtsZjaeD_FSZHx6NIgkNR12HnBxM_GiHV-vxCKt7pyacSQmWDdPoxKiihCPkM-Q5FSE7Nor-j60hIunE/s320/20210328_095032.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">π Two partners in crime always looking out windows together!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-21169048398602394882021-03-24T20:28:00.003-07:002021-03-24T20:28:38.019-07:00March 22nd - 24th, 2021: B Bye Ben G O <p>I've got a few days to catch up on. I could not bring myself to write last night, but we'll get to that in a minute.</p><p>Monday morning got off to an excellent start when Rowan shocked the heck out of me by going upstairs early in the morning without saying a word to me and coming back downstairs fully dressed. π²π² I couldn't believe my eyes! Miracles still happen. He even swapped the pull up out for undies. He might have put those undies on backwards, but hey, if he's getting himself dressed, I don't even care. π I love the independence because it's been a long time coming! 9 times out of 10 now his shirt will be on backwards and the simple sight of it will just make me smile because it means he did it. </p><p>Nolan has also gotten much better about not throwing tons of food on the floor the last few days. It dawned on me tonight I haven't had to vacuum 3 times a day lately! π I'm singing praises. </p><p>The kids had dentist appts. on Monday after Maeve got out of school and they went SO well. I was dreading it considering last time was a total disaster when they had to get x-rays and Maeve lost her mind from gagging and Rowan skipped the gagging and just threw up because of it. π€¦π
I forewarned them and poor Rowan asked, "Am I gonna choke again?" ππ’ Lucky for us, it was smooth sailing and they didn't say one word about x-rays this time and both check ups were great with no issues. Once again, I'm singing praises. ππ</p><p>Here's where I stop singing praises, because Tuesday morning started off with Rowan up at 5:40am with me while I did my workout. He laid on the couch watching me the whole time and I should have known something was up because he looked pretty somber. While I was getting Maeve ready for school he told me he had a headache so I gave him some tylenol and then soon after that he said it wasn't helping and his back was hurting. Then in the car on the way to school he started freaking out saying "Why isn't it helping yet?? My belly doesn't feel good!!" and then just a few moments later he threw up on himself. π³ Ugh. Lovely considering we weren't even in line yet. Poor kid had to sit there for a bit waiting to get back home. Luckily he didn't throw up again in the car, but he was whining for a bath on the way home, and was still very somber in the bath saying he still didn't feel good. After the bath, he threw up again. Ten minutes after that though, he said he had no more throw up coming. We decided to camp out downstairs in front of the TV with a show on for him so I could help Nolan with breakfast. I started a load of laundry and then he complained again of not feeling well, so I gave him some pepto and luckily nothing else happened. Probably 30 minutes later he was more than back to himself, very excited about his alphabet show, eating lots of cereal and staying happy and well. ππ It made me smile to see him acting like himself again because it's the worst when they're so somber and not feeling well. Luckily the rest of the day was smooth sailing and he was my little buddy following me around as I did some cleaning, re-hung up ALL of Adam's ties that he took upon himself knock down a while ago cause he was "looking for a tie that looked like his" π€¦π, did laundry, and deep cleaned my retainers. FUN stuff, I know. π Turns out it is not a good idea to let a baking soda/water paste sit inside retainers for a few minutes, because I guess it can break down the plastic. I panicked when I saw a small piece of plastic was breaking off the back of one of them. Luckily it's the very back so it shouldn't impact anything, but I was sweating for a second. The good news is they do look less cloudy now! </p><p>After Maeve got back from school, the kids had a dance party with our "party lights" on (ie. colored LED lights behind the TV and lightbulbs in the lamps switch to colored lights too - Adam upgraded the bulbs haha) and we read some books and just hung out. I have really been focusing on helping Nolan walk these days, and I'm just crossing my fingers he will want to take more steps on his own soon!! π€</p><p>I started to get pretty achy in the afternoon, so I opted to skip out on YW and just veg after the kids were in bed. I took a bath and that helped calm my muscles so I could go to sleep. </p><p>Today Rowan woke up again saying he didn't feel good, but luckily after some pepto and eating breakfast he was fine. He was actually so cute with me this morning making pancakes. His new thing is helping get out all the ingredients he can reach, getting the pan out for me, and standing in a chair next to me the whole time I cook them so he can excitedly count them as I cook them. It's kind of my favorite how excited he is about the whole affair. My cute boy! While they were cooking, we also did lots of rolling/throwing balls around to each other, Nolan included. That boy loves his balls!! It's one of my favorite things to do with him because he looks so stinking cute throwing the ball and Rowan loves being involved too!</p><p>We did some preschool today and Rowan counted to 55 with little help! π That boy sure is good at counting. He's also doing so well with his letters and their sounds these days and is so excited about it. π₯°</p><p>After feeding the boys lunch, I snuck upstairs to shower and get ready so we could run out and get a few groceries before picking up Maeve, but when I was finished I found Rowan asleep in Maeve's bed. I had made his already that morning, but got distracted and didn't get to making hers, so he just hopped in there instead. π Smart boy! I couldn't bring myself to wake him up considering he was recently sick, so I just did some cleaning and laundry and played with Nolan instead. Adam helped me out and got those few items this evening, so we're good. </p><p>Now for my list of recent laughs: </p><p>~Rowan asked me the other day if Nolan was allowed to have lemonade. I told him no, and then Adam told me he was confirming that because he had freaked out the day before when Adam let Nolan have a few sips of lemonade, insisting that I normally don't let him have any. π€¦ Looks like we've got ourselves a little policeman named Rowan now. π He also LOST HIS MIND recently when I let Nolan hold the spoon and feed himself some oatmeal, with a little assistance on my part still, because he was SO worried about him making a mess. I know I hate messes, but what 3 year old is SO concerned about messes!? The gene I passed on is a strong one I guess. π€¦π¬ It literally didn't even help that I was telling him I was okay with it and I was monitoring the mess. That boy is crazy!</p><p>~Speaking of messes, thanks to my strong gene being passed down, I don't even have to ask Rowan to clean up after himself usually, which I must say is <i>really </i>nice. He pulled out some playdough on his own on Monday and was playing with it upstairs at his little table in the playroom and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it all got put away when he was done and came back downstairs. The only thing his 3 year old eyes don't see are all the little bits of playdough that are left behind on the table and on the ground underneath, but hey, I'll take it. </p><p>~The other day I gave Rowan a snack that he asked for and after eating it it all, he said, "Actually, I forgot I didn't want that, but I ate it all. I want something else!" ππ€ </p><p>~Yesterday Rowan put some flip flops on himself, but put them on the wrong feet. I told him if he fixed it and put them on right, they'd probably feel better and he responded, "They already do feel better" ππ€</p><p>~Yesterday while sucking on a lollipop, Rowan was holding it in his cheek and he said, "Mom, feel right here!" and thought that the fact that his lollipop was creating a bulge in his cheek was just hilarious! ππ</p><p>~On Sunday night, Rowan referred to his sleeping bag as a suitcase. π He said, "I wanna sleep in my suitcase. I've never slept in my suitcase before!" Which he's definitely used his sleeping bag before, so who knows why he said that, but it was too funny! </p><p>~The other day, Alexa randomly interjected out of the blue without us saying anything to her and said "I'm sorry, what was that?" and Rowan responded, "It was just us!" ππ </p><p>~Apparently these are all about Rowan.... now that I've said his name a million times already, what's a few more times?! He was reading a book to himself after I told him what the lines were and instead of saying "Moving in darkness. Moving in daylight." he said, "Moving in darkness. Moving in lightness." ππ€ </p><p>~Rowan randomly started singing the BINGO song and instead of singing "B-I-N-G-O" he sang, "B-Bye-Ben-G-O" ππ€·</p><p>~The kids were coloring earlier today and writing some little notes for me on paper. Rowan scribbled a few notes for me and Maeve, but then he would run over and read the scribbles to me. One note said, "I love you all day. I love you sweet baby. I love you too." ππ₯° Another one said, "I love you so much. I love when you sleep." *ππ€·</p><p>I think that's all I got for now. Here are some pics and videos!!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-36RAcSFHy5uuVVlRD2U3O7RAmueZmLy8Gy3zLICci0kioSMqZYGYkfGwfDBYMh5o-q2pbKezu_Qqi1tjX49sBCw2vAaUEVVvo31orz3cRgenfaw_jfpvFVNMCf7o9F3N4YTem8AKBqE/s2048/20210322_101515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-36RAcSFHy5uuVVlRD2U3O7RAmueZmLy8Gy3zLICci0kioSMqZYGYkfGwfDBYMh5o-q2pbKezu_Qqi1tjX49sBCw2vAaUEVVvo31orz3cRgenfaw_jfpvFVNMCf7o9F3N4YTem8AKBqE/s320/20210322_101515.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Came out of the bathroom to see Nolan had taken off his own diaper ππ - apparently pants are necessary now! ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI9xgkLKYJCyc7i6HIGSMdQfztAZ1hZ_rNUCHQ-k-WH71xkWfRxAKCfk2B-eqG0Yfm67bjXTo5EMNwrnskxZGRvx6K5Rp5qyHh7SMyhhyQoVmnA9Hs-kLKPTwlmIOM3c81Hvk_JjKv0Q/s2048/20210322_101526.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI9xgkLKYJCyc7i6HIGSMdQfztAZ1hZ_rNUCHQ-k-WH71xkWfRxAKCfk2B-eqG0Yfm67bjXTo5EMNwrnskxZGRvx6K5Rp5qyHh7SMyhhyQoVmnA9Hs-kLKPTwlmIOM3c81Hvk_JjKv0Q/s320/20210322_101526.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRarQC0NoOJHmafFRD4ZM7WoF_qaSw3VaYCfAFRmHKQgrUgLrn_d-gLCXD90eVWyHaWSV1otLAlTAmZh6bD5E2El3UQpuuEJgOjOLVoW5fPo3fs051M6AMJSDAozuXglLYee81VH23cA/s2048/20210322_153423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRarQC0NoOJHmafFRD4ZM7WoF_qaSw3VaYCfAFRmHKQgrUgLrn_d-gLCXD90eVWyHaWSV1otLAlTAmZh6bD5E2El3UQpuuEJgOjOLVoW5fPo3fs051M6AMJSDAozuXglLYee81VH23cA/s320/20210322_153423.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Super casual waiting for the hygienist to do his cleaning π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_qKGDKkhK1iBkoeqPMIBqjKSy9-2iy6jUvv77rmRpMPp7RULqJfR8fB1XzM4nXeNx_fUyAOya5s8lpTtBw4mrI-AsJN2hz2qsnc3oJdYxg5y1FBhEM8_EVE-MLcB3jfrUBA-S9K6Tbs/s2048/20210323_060733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_qKGDKkhK1iBkoeqPMIBqjKSy9-2iy6jUvv77rmRpMPp7RULqJfR8fB1XzM4nXeNx_fUyAOya5s8lpTtBw4mrI-AsJN2hz2qsnc3oJdYxg5y1FBhEM8_EVE-MLcB3jfrUBA-S9K6Tbs/s320/20210323_060733.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet boy snuggled up watching me workout </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSS0JzeaqssFR2_CL95lQjoPoQE83lDJyJcQwRxYYiahvTNC-sAbtskj48qeG9tFoscmxqjtxUfo7FOWbZvKf8RzZYfzMeglOBkoIafFN_KuWz6v6pHjZjXTfdvsg4arg72zoVR1hvv8/s2048/20210323_152243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSS0JzeaqssFR2_CL95lQjoPoQE83lDJyJcQwRxYYiahvTNC-sAbtskj48qeG9tFoscmxqjtxUfo7FOWbZvKf8RzZYfzMeglOBkoIafFN_KuWz6v6pHjZjXTfdvsg4arg72zoVR1hvv8/s320/20210323_152243.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rowan asked Maeve to draw a picture of him throwing up in his carseat π³π€’ - don't ask me why she drew the throw up purple because it was not purple! Love her misspelled words that she sounded out. π₯° Hair, sky, rainbow, and seat (written backwards as tes) </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiEA3HBfsim2v0HfRwKstt181NknCLt4slsYM4yG-arfk81KCRScsvUqPbmI6CmeMDSEx20BmW03EGx1a1dS4FcNfIKGy2Ml8vTqQa1wyuU8mkXMuftmLLrYY3RfEupW68MHuyJAlFHk/s2048/20210324_132155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiEA3HBfsim2v0HfRwKstt181NknCLt4slsYM4yG-arfk81KCRScsvUqPbmI6CmeMDSEx20BmW03EGx1a1dS4FcNfIKGy2Ml8vTqQa1wyuU8mkXMuftmLLrYY3RfEupW68MHuyJAlFHk/s320/20210324_132155.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Napping in Maeve's bed today </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWHcULvGSkm5o5obfzNXI71UkWRcL06pJvB5UCVslzDITrMuzHgMjCvZ93D6BUtOfWsgpBvKxT7VJdi6bnpSTspoUXt8zNWzbwQS9TmojqQRuBorrnd249LK5Qa_LDuw1zntNsNou3_cY/s2048/20210324_142517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWHcULvGSkm5o5obfzNXI71UkWRcL06pJvB5UCVslzDITrMuzHgMjCvZ93D6BUtOfWsgpBvKxT7VJdi6bnpSTspoUXt8zNWzbwQS9TmojqQRuBorrnd249LK5Qa_LDuw1zntNsNou3_cY/s320/20210324_142517.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This boy's little personality is too much right now! He kills me in the below pics. πππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmBdYeidgt_X359V7vR92BPZr-_SV2SBkxDr1SHdg7qjPpD2ZHN1YCpNyJcjk02olRAfosiUWuT5dpVcrTYh3jr_pmgx8Kn7Ae4s2HTj9-gugdPLGDZvwENMn6WVbfaixGjjfc9X7ekU/s2048/20210324_142530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmBdYeidgt_X359V7vR92BPZr-_SV2SBkxDr1SHdg7qjPpD2ZHN1YCpNyJcjk02olRAfosiUWuT5dpVcrTYh3jr_pmgx8Kn7Ae4s2HTj9-gugdPLGDZvwENMn6WVbfaixGjjfc9X7ekU/s320/20210324_142530.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_oovnXvMFaKXIBOpGdL6so2hw5Au590i9536DSfcux7PJTEtcIuY2UuXRp8hJKbuwZ6ijSEeyzVstkHnD9QZIuwO9AZ516HiO7vvHCBIseqTZqttW-VMh9N8aPCmCFnEge8FiJjQkZ4/s2048/20210324_142816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_oovnXvMFaKXIBOpGdL6so2hw5Au590i9536DSfcux7PJTEtcIuY2UuXRp8hJKbuwZ6ijSEeyzVstkHnD9QZIuwO9AZ516HiO7vvHCBIseqTZqttW-VMh9N8aPCmCFnEge8FiJjQkZ4/s320/20210324_142816.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXsYuUWpKCM14IUaGsx4dLt5biZB4eu5dgXEj61cgmi3jiiR1ZilasJSdd204K1dXbB_lOdzKMsgi1Kq9778NJwCms1t5Je909K1Ekn1apMI4tVn7xHEigUyJ7fejAvuttzgKM_Ij_DE/s2048/20210324_142835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXsYuUWpKCM14IUaGsx4dLt5biZB4eu5dgXEj61cgmi3jiiR1ZilasJSdd204K1dXbB_lOdzKMsgi1Kq9778NJwCms1t5Je909K1Ekn1apMI4tVn7xHEigUyJ7fejAvuttzgKM_Ij_DE/s320/20210324_142835.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Nolan being silly on his police car! π https://youtube.com/shorts/Opc1olY6hqg </p><p>Maeve giving us a math lesson π https://youtu.be/asjCZZPepoU</p><p>A clip of Maeve's dance class https://youtube.com/shorts/P2sdg-U-htk </p><p>How Nolan rides his police car π https://youtube.com/shorts/GwOoc7wQZt8 </p><p>Had to record this one because someday I'll want to look back and remember this silly scoot that he does half the time when he doesn't want to crawl normally ππ€· https://youtube.com/shorts/0rT0ipRdtU8</p><p>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</p>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-12938581793173433002021-03-22T19:46:00.005-07:002021-03-22T19:46:43.549-07:00March 19th - 21st, 2021: A visit from Deb & Cam plus friendsss We had some exciting visitors show up at our house on Friday just before it was time to pick up Maeve from school! Of course I was working my hiney off to be ready in time for them to show up - which I did manage to finish everything just in time. π
It's just the it goes around here for me I guess... though I always tell myself I should leave less cleaning for the day of, but it never seems to work out that way. I am a true procrastinator at heart and it's going to be hard to change that haha. But ya know, my Aunt Deb and my cousin's son (her grandson) Cam showed up a bit frazzled telling me they had to drive 100 mph to get to me on time, so I wasn't the only one hurrying. ππ³<div><br /></div><div>We had a fun little visit. Deb always comes prepared to do all the fun things! The fun started by pretending that Cam couldn't come after all, only for him to pop up behind Maeve in the back seat of our van. Apparently though she wasn't too shocked, because she figured it was a joke - she's getting too smart these days. π We started off the afternoon with an egg hunt since Easter is coming up and of course the kids were ALL over that considering that means candy! The kids also played outside for a bit doing chalk, although Cam was pretty glued to his phone. He's already acting like a teenager even though he's only 11. π€¦ He definitely is looking so much older all of a sudden and you can tell he cares what he looks like now. All these kids are growing up! We made our own little personal pizzas for dinner and of course didn't have quite enough cheese. π I was worried the block I got wasn't quite big enough and I was right. Should have just gotten more in the first place. Thank goodness Kroger is so close though because not only did Deb run over to get more cheese, but then Adam ran over to get firewood and some more graham crackers for Smores and then once we got the fire going somehow the marshmallows disappeared in no time before we even started really making the Smores so we went back for a <i>third</i> time! ππ€¦ It was kinda comical and reminded me of the billions of Walmart trips my family always takes when we're together. Someday we'll get our crap together enough to know what we really need on the first trip. π We made the smores with the marshmallows that are filled with chocolate. Whoever came up with that idea is a GENIUS. My biggest beef with smores is always that you're eating this gooey warm marshmallow overtop a hard piece of chocolate. Those chocolate filled marshmallows are a game changer! They are expensive though, so I'll probably just stick to getting regular chocolate and microwaving it a little first when we're doing fires at home like that. </div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday morning the kids were up having a party with Deb and Cam in their room - they ate some hostess donuts in bed, which they did last time Deb was here when I still pregnant with Nolan and it completely blew Maeve's mind that she got to eat something in her bed. π Now it will be a tradition for sure haha. I did sneak out with Maeve to her dance class and we were excited to get our hands on her new tights and tutu dress that she will wear to every class from now on. She looked too cute in it and was so excited to dance in it. π</div><div><br /></div><div>Deb was awesome to let Adam and I get out on Saturday afternoon for a date. ππ We decided to hop around some restaurants downtown to get some food from some of the places Adam is always raving about that he goes for lunch during the week with his coworkers. His boss sure spoils them and I'm always jealous. So, we did carryout at a few different places - got some chips and queso from Superica (we also got some bonus salsa that was awesome too π), some pizza from Slim & Husky's and some mini gourmet donuts from Donut Distillery. It was quite busy downtown so we definitely drove through some traffic, but it was fun to see the city so alive. We actually ended up experiencing a small snag in our plans though because we thought that we ordered carryout from the Slim & Husky's that is by Donut Distillery downtown, but apparently there is another Nashville location we didn't know about and that's where we ordered from instead. π€¦π Kind of a bummer to show up and have them tell you you're at the wrong place. SO we ate our donuts before our pizza, but it's all good. They were divine so I'm not complaining. One of my favorites was actually one that Adam decided to throw in the order, which I wouldn't have even picked, but it was a strawberry lemonade donut - super soft frosting that was sweet and tart at the same time on a super soft donut - it was really unique and really tasty! Thank goodness I'm married to someone who often knows how to pick even better than I do. π Of course we were worried about our pizza being totally cold by the time we got to it, but it ended up working out really well because they were so nice and understanding and decided to just make a new pizza for us. ππ It was delish - they had a jalapeno cilantro ranch drizzle that took the pizza to the next level. So good! The original plan was to share the pizza and share a hot dog too from this other gourmet hot dog place that sounded awesome, but our eyes were bigger than our stomachs and we had no space left for it after the pizza! We'll just have to save it for another day. We decided it would smart to also stop at Costco on the way home for a few things so we wouldn't have to make another trip there soon. Although I'm kicking myself that we didn't get any veggie straws - totally should have and for some reason I didn't even think about it. π€¦We enjoyed ourselves and all the good food though, so it was a fun day out! Of course the kids had a ball while we were gone doing an activity with some Resurrection eggs, face timing with Gram/my mom (my Aunt Deb is my mom's sister), having a picnic, and doing some puzzles. They loved every minute of having Deb and Cam with us - which was made clear when I asked Maeve what her favorite part was after they left and she said "I can't pick one because everything was my favorite!" π Cam was also so cute with Nolan helping him walk and before they left he actually took a few steps on his own! We finally might be close!! π€</div><div><br /></div><div>We were bummed to see them go, but little did I know that night that my Fabletics order would show up on our doorstep! Woo hoo, I was so excited to get my hands on those leggings and bras and try them on! I was very pleased with it all - so cute and everything feels great and fits well! Yay for having more cute workout clothes - it's about time with how dedicated I have been for the last 15 months. π After the kids went to bed, we were in the mood for milkshakes and decided what the heck - nevermind the fact that we already had donuts that day. π I tried the new big scoop cookie dough blast from Sonic and it was GOOOD! You can always sign me up for anything with lots of cookie dough in it. I mean, it was topped with a scoop of oreo chocolate chip cookie dough instead of whipped cream. That's what dreams are made of if you ask me!!! </div><div><br /></div><div>Yesterday (Sunday) morning the kids were up at 7 happy to be alive, but luckily Nolan slept in because Adam and I were feeling so tired and lazy and ended up sleeping in until 8:10 with 30 minutes to quickly throw some clothes on and go to church. Given that, I give ourselves a high five that we walked in when the opening hymn was being sung. And also a high five that we willed ourselves to go. π</div><div><br /></div><div>In other news, I am about ready to kick Rowan to the curb because he's back AGAIN to just randomly peeing his pants. We're at all an all time low too because instead of just not holding it long enough and peeing on me or the bathroom floor like he usually does, now he just pees wherever he wants and says "I peed" or "I'm peeing" just randomly out of the blue. Usually, he will just be standing in the middle of the floor somewhere, but yesterday afternoon, it had to be worse. Of course it had to be worse, because his name is Rowan and he likes to ruffle my feathers when it comes to his bodily fluids. SO yep, it happened to be while SITTING ON OUR BED! AND like 20 minutes before we were supposed to leave to go to the Pylant's house to hang out and have dinner. Wwwwhhhhhyyyyy!?! ππ So of course we had to strip our bed and wash every last dang piece of our bedding only to see our mattress and discover that Zoey is apparently also peeing all over our bed while she has been sleeping with us at night lately. π€¦π€¦π€¦ So those days are over and she's gonna have to get used to being locked in her house again. Stinking dog! </div><div><br /></div><div>So of course we were late showing up to the the Pylant's house, and we have Rowan's impeccable timing to thank for that. As always though, we had a good time with them and Adam squared (our husbands are both named Adam π) was able to work together to finish a project in their back yard moving and assembling a playset. The weather was so nice and the kids loved getting to run around in their big back yard. We had pesto pasta, salad, and rolls for dinner and it was all π. Amanda is actually having to cut out dairy and meat right now to try and calm her colon down since she got colitis and thinks the dairy especially is a contributor, so we're two peas in a pod now eating vegan. I've sent her lots of recipes and I'm hoping she will find some that she likes and acclimate to the change, all while hopefully feeling better! π€</div><div><br /></div><div>In the interest of time, I'm gonna wrap up here. Here are a bunch of pics from the weekend!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uk5hc6uSY39gEpFuqVxmtoXKH2JdAthoVb7zUCIRsppOyxtaxjYbev3J5tpxQSGOVm4aKKgxmgr2zfDQN1Lhx55bsD_KJKdM6O287g0u1ELYNRLZ6Cy6InfuWJjC7zYTm5TvBCcI0YU/s2048/20210319_152719.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uk5hc6uSY39gEpFuqVxmtoXKH2JdAthoVb7zUCIRsppOyxtaxjYbev3J5tpxQSGOVm4aKKgxmgr2zfDQN1Lhx55bsD_KJKdM6O287g0u1ELYNRLZ6Cy6InfuWJjC7zYTm5TvBCcI0YU/s320/20210319_152719.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwacQZzGUKwTFEl4DFyFDnSWScroazuN0OxUzCOt9suvF0t1l3q3QxiqF0_bexxrFV_nE8x6x_IthRY-sZl1LXuY-EdwkLhXBfDqUncYUCguLjsO274mUKuxha0byPm2blLC62xz41TEM/s2048/20210320_134712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwacQZzGUKwTFEl4DFyFDnSWScroazuN0OxUzCOt9suvF0t1l3q3QxiqF0_bexxrFV_nE8x6x_IthRY-sZl1LXuY-EdwkLhXBfDqUncYUCguLjsO274mUKuxha0byPm2blLC62xz41TEM/s320/20210320_134712.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPLcT6MfTbmIgNrhkP1crYJ9RTUa0Iyuph_QujTgZVWdu3hio8ulNSyU49hZKh-18QBOUA1wBmKQk3nORJkHvVEniau9jplRDB-gnuA3jQXhq_q78h142xF2Eqy5g_bAlYsBgBKUqkJA/s2048/20210320_140135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPLcT6MfTbmIgNrhkP1crYJ9RTUa0Iyuph_QujTgZVWdu3hio8ulNSyU49hZKh-18QBOUA1wBmKQk3nORJkHvVEniau9jplRDB-gnuA3jQXhq_q78h142xF2Eqy5g_bAlYsBgBKUqkJA/s320/20210320_140135.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_a4ond4eh0aZZx_Qwgtn_j6wnPIpd83df_MTqAJaDejsKPHfqbMttmpUcnO_jm85iHQ9kAP62KHUt5yJB7cY5oXlOZGIxN5H5rO_pOEPy5EJBImGW5Qhed4tmB-Che0X8P_sFLQIJBBs/s2048/20210320_165650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_a4ond4eh0aZZx_Qwgtn_j6wnPIpd83df_MTqAJaDejsKPHfqbMttmpUcnO_jm85iHQ9kAP62KHUt5yJB7cY5oXlOZGIxN5H5rO_pOEPy5EJBImGW5Qhed4tmB-Che0X8P_sFLQIJBBs/s320/20210320_165650.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj234092TvabDm4-yP068dnoKNYeO67EwwIkgvIY8OcXWOle9ji-oDKiqH_urMnXJLlCrJ3NzxehVfICEJUArqbqzCiVWmSIfVeIX0XSs2WlyNE1q-RJpv890foBi_BdcWVc_NrtMAtjy8/s2048/20210320_165720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj234092TvabDm4-yP068dnoKNYeO67EwwIkgvIY8OcXWOle9ji-oDKiqH_urMnXJLlCrJ3NzxehVfICEJUArqbqzCiVWmSIfVeIX0XSs2WlyNE1q-RJpv890foBi_BdcWVc_NrtMAtjy8/s320/20210320_165720.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYiTc78Av6QlHE9Ca2iIGsz_NvkYqdzk5TfPh8Wt2bUSUOAfPtqhyawxySS30p-6JXYOC86cP7U0t-PMxFkvl3msG2lWD97gceVp3F-UQGNoYU0sRjg_FwdbQlTY8PYKw2WAKDCSl3XE/s2048/20210320_174713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYiTc78Av6QlHE9Ca2iIGsz_NvkYqdzk5TfPh8Wt2bUSUOAfPtqhyawxySS30p-6JXYOC86cP7U0t-PMxFkvl3msG2lWD97gceVp3F-UQGNoYU0sRjg_FwdbQlTY8PYKw2WAKDCSl3XE/s320/20210320_174713.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Mom, look at me! Take a picture of me!" ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYSAbt3tuA46JaYfF3ZsIYo6pcXD9VD2mARlz6d_eQzF2ae7seJ2qwFJrageC8ETPX4YgqfHbZKO0KHIoFGNHvKPsbYgiTyc5rqL9PoXR5UGtf0JiMeu3851Ut3LWUtQtSjUsxIOuW90/s2048/123_1%252810%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYSAbt3tuA46JaYfF3ZsIYo6pcXD9VD2mARlz6d_eQzF2ae7seJ2qwFJrageC8ETPX4YgqfHbZKO0KHIoFGNHvKPsbYgiTyc5rqL9PoXR5UGtf0JiMeu3851Ut3LWUtQtSjUsxIOuW90/s320/123_1%252810%2529.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8pmQCoN7DzoiG2RvmNCAOMo8XOYfA0u7LTrmBJtA9h27AjOSVP2XVP8bI0qi9ouNHb7MBSZnOBUi7kOEVbgSWXvaZP35C86w-5-tk9J7loZRLcN3Hni1_vD0gtvkQg8e071_rzhF0SQ/s2048/123_1%252815%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB8pmQCoN7DzoiG2RvmNCAOMo8XOYfA0u7LTrmBJtA9h27AjOSVP2XVP8bI0qi9ouNHb7MBSZnOBUi7kOEVbgSWXvaZP35C86w-5-tk9J7loZRLcN3Hni1_vD0gtvkQg8e071_rzhF0SQ/s320/123_1%252815%2529.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFu9OW7TgwpAS4fZcXV3iDIlC1ESw2RyC0Jusnm9-Ba9DaFeiPd8eb05fKCpi7J7e_Vhgvw3uDVePiYS6UtCDq_XPknEvx-YHUr3i0qv7qpfktuNg4bcPhPp0IhQTiG0XF8izjkG3OpUE/s2048/123_1%252817%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFu9OW7TgwpAS4fZcXV3iDIlC1ESw2RyC0Jusnm9-Ba9DaFeiPd8eb05fKCpi7J7e_Vhgvw3uDVePiYS6UtCDq_XPknEvx-YHUr3i0qv7qpfktuNg4bcPhPp0IhQTiG0XF8izjkG3OpUE/s320/123_1%252817%2529.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhobKLfrAK33h1Bo1jTTVR6YeO234CqFdcc1GSJxaD1b6BvJ7JoygDj1p1BFH_VylkoRCahBibZ6F87lT-1N0G94MCBSK2_xSwqYAPzbSeIKAF8tNwcWYd3gYvBrdTJZ98725SEhgwRQ/s2048/123_1%252818%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhobKLfrAK33h1Bo1jTTVR6YeO234CqFdcc1GSJxaD1b6BvJ7JoygDj1p1BFH_VylkoRCahBibZ6F87lT-1N0G94MCBSK2_xSwqYAPzbSeIKAF8tNwcWYd3gYvBrdTJZ98725SEhgwRQ/s320/123_1%252818%2529.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teeth brushing party! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9q8Y2fXmVUsd-sUmEZSfWeUuv5I3IHSoX4j_zfjJqdAESGfOufTD8v6yz8klCrxX15ixcZdVYLfUJF8xQrffD-w-Ya7zAx3Whj26BP_WXQcx950PgNjYN1qfMlO3G4KE3pUOd5ZRhp10/s2048/123_1%252819%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9q8Y2fXmVUsd-sUmEZSfWeUuv5I3IHSoX4j_zfjJqdAESGfOufTD8v6yz8klCrxX15ixcZdVYLfUJF8xQrffD-w-Ya7zAx3Whj26BP_WXQcx950PgNjYN1qfMlO3G4KE3pUOd5ZRhp10/s320/123_1%252819%2529.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early morning donuts! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGbfHpjlv9AqXlNuSX96FITveevRawaIgZVf697KKXEPhaNHSQLxq3QRPKIMTCDq_X1uK5v1ICSIA-A8JLpHbhJbuUc9CXWFDZvBSWXyj_zz3F-9B-N_4bdyo4mVeChEaHl1g3WPDXos/s2048/123_1%252821%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGbfHpjlv9AqXlNuSX96FITveevRawaIgZVf697KKXEPhaNHSQLxq3QRPKIMTCDq_X1uK5v1ICSIA-A8JLpHbhJbuUc9CXWFDZvBSWXyj_zz3F-9B-N_4bdyo4mVeChEaHl1g3WPDXos/s320/123_1%252821%2529.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90DWQqfxsI5y_MjOwv0xR_t3Bah5-2Hbdl36Z-NdF9MRm_UblzVl5LDuepkEKsCcWdmpZ4Agz3Bhn_-Iz9OH-Tqjg-3Hnhf422-zt0kcz4BXtqgkAOYA2o1yNp7ZoZmhcIHofFEr3YtI/s2048/123_1%252822%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90DWQqfxsI5y_MjOwv0xR_t3Bah5-2Hbdl36Z-NdF9MRm_UblzVl5LDuepkEKsCcWdmpZ4Agz3Bhn_-Iz9OH-Tqjg-3Hnhf422-zt0kcz4BXtqgkAOYA2o1yNp7ZoZmhcIHofFEr3YtI/s320/123_1%252822%2529.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their tongues! ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUydUccf8ddBjphR5jcu0kDv2YVs0iIWe1zzhVNdg5dK8-n4uU7kGClNFbIkeuyzeMtierx7nkXTJU_b9VyMKeS-1VOl9NKbfDSnAfBH9QaPzF8Kw6Xqpmk1IEVpW8nIV4qek9SKN38E8/s2048/123_1%252823%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUydUccf8ddBjphR5jcu0kDv2YVs0iIWe1zzhVNdg5dK8-n4uU7kGClNFbIkeuyzeMtierx7nkXTJU_b9VyMKeS-1VOl9NKbfDSnAfBH9QaPzF8Kw6Xqpmk1IEVpW8nIV4qek9SKN38E8/s320/123_1%252823%2529.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm sorry, but that face and that foot! I just can't!! He's too perfect!! πππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Lnb1Q1ZhDDGythk71jIc3VlioKDNI8sQjrR-L_qmq3h21Kmx9ANieDGXNaL0zuHDUvHqsXrpl7NlW6CVTz4W-n9uOImm2dtugElm0DvoOjFLUHQvpQUZACcBCpUTCzoXPbxIlb1PyN8/s1920/123_1%252825%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Lnb1Q1ZhDDGythk71jIc3VlioKDNI8sQjrR-L_qmq3h21Kmx9ANieDGXNaL0zuHDUvHqsXrpl7NlW6CVTz4W-n9uOImm2dtugElm0DvoOjFLUHQvpQUZACcBCpUTCzoXPbxIlb1PyN8/s320/123_1%252825%2529.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /><br /></div><div>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-80892544645983025452021-03-18T19:27:00.001-07:002021-03-18T19:27:14.960-07:00March 17th & 18th, 2021: St. Patricks ShenanigansI basically spent St. Patrick's Day yesterday making 2 different batches of cookies. π I mean, it's not all I did, but when you fill in the rest of the cracks with working out, feeding the children, eating meals myself, cleaning up some, and getting ready for the day.... that pretty much sums it up until I left the house at 6:15pm to go to youth activities. And no, we aren't <i style="font-weight: bold;">so </i>fat that we wanted 2 batches of cookies for ourselves to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but I know that's what you're thinking. I do live with a voracious eater of a husband after all. ππ€· In all honesty, the first batch of cookies was for one of the sisters that I minister to because it was her birthday yesterday. Which by the way - totally BLEW Maeve's mind that it could be St. Patrick's Day AND someone's birthday. ππ Love her. I decided it would be a nice gesture to deliver her favorite treat - peanut butter cookies - and a quote from a conference talk, so I also spent some time figuring that out, making it cute, and printing it out. Turns out it was her big 40th. Craaaazy. She didn't seem super excited to be exiting her 30s, but who is!? Turning 40 will definitely be wild. Luckily I still have 8 years to go. Rowan helped me make the peanut butter cookies and after I cracked the egg, he wanted to see it in the bowl. He took a look and exclaimed, "Woah! It looks like <i>egg </i>guts!" ππ Spot on dude, spot on. He is my cute little helper in the kitchen. Very enthusiastic the whole time! <div><br /></div><div>The second batch of cookies was actually for us in honor of St. Patrick's Day - we made basically a homemade version of grasshopper mint cookies. Maeve and Rowan were very much involved in the whole process of making them. I got a good laugh when Maeve asked me if there were grasshoppers in them... ππ Ya can't blame her for wondering, based on the name. She learned that they're named that just because the mint part is green like a grasshopper. She did a great job frosting all the cookies with me. All 3 kids highly approved of the end result - as did Adam and I! Very delish and so soft. Yummm.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our youth activity last night was a little more exciting and out of the ordinary because we combined with 2 other wards to have pizza and popcorn and then watch the Worldwide Youth Music Festival. It was pretty awesome! It is so cool to me that the church does really well these days with the videos they come out with and the musical performances and such - it's not all so cheesy like it used to be. I was watching it thinking that you wouldn't know the performers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints just by watching them and listening to the words - of course all the songs were Christ centered, but there no other dead giveaways and I liked that. I think it's great from a missionary work standpoint to show other people that we're not weirdos and just like everyone else! We just happen to passionate in our belief of Christ and the performances definitely showed that. Some great talent and I guess there's A Great Work album (the youth theme this year) put together and it's available on spotify, apple music, the gospel library app, and maybe somewhere else. Pretty cool!! </div><div><br /></div><div>Adam held down the fort at home real well while I was gone and impressed me by not only bathing all the kids but he was also in the middle of deep cleaning our rug when I got home. Major props to him!! I was thinking I needed to do it, but he beat me to it and I love him for it. ππ₯°</div><div><br /></div><div>Today was a pretty low key day spent just playing at home. Since our rug wasn't totally dry yet, I occupied the boys in the kitchen for a while making pancakes and then we played upstairs in the playroom for a while before Nolan went to bed. The boys were trying to make baskets by throwing balls inside the potty seat that I was holding up in the air as the basket. π Totally Rowan's idea, and don't worry, I cleaned it real good before we used it for that. We also played with blocks and built some ramps for cars to drive over. Speaking of ramps, Nolan is a huge fan now of the little car ramp toy we have and figured out today how to put the little cars on it and watch them zoom down the ramp. He did it over and over and over for a while. I remember when Maeve and Rowan were obsessed with it when we first got it! Glad it will receive a little more love again now. </div><div><br /></div><div>We also had our traditional Steak and Fettucine Alfredo dinner that we normally have on St. Patrick's Day, but pushed it off to today because I had dinner at my youth activity last night. Of course we also had some bottled soda, as per usual, although this time I got only green colored sodas. Maeve was so excited for the soda that, the health conscious girl that she is, she told me she didn't want me to put a juice box in her lunch so that she could have the soda with dinner. I love her healthy, little rule following self (we normally only allow one sugary drink a day). We were impressed this year that Maeve was up for trying the steak and ate her portion plus the portion that Rowan wouldn't eat. ππ She loved it! </div><div><br /></div><div>Tonight at bedtime, I can't even put into words what Rowan was doing while I was laying with him, but I wish I could have gotten a video of it. He is such a goof and I love him for it. I couldn't help but laugh, so of course he ate that up, laughed himself, and kept being goofy. Such an animated little character. Everyone needs a Rowan in their life! It might involve getting beat up a little bit here and there, but a loooot of entertainment will also be involved. ππ</div><div><br /></div><div>That's all she wrote, so here are some pics from yesterday and today: </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIw1_7nWbg9VCkvRrFTp2ncNknmAa_bg3YYZ8NYh5QdD958qf8MdRoVutx2LZQEbuwGgoCvOSD3zOwp2SVjwpe7NuhoLLRFxKb4khKht-HCnA3A6uTCPqzrXhsOLogiJh_mIElLTNBjE/s2048/20210317_160253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIw1_7nWbg9VCkvRrFTp2ncNknmAa_bg3YYZ8NYh5QdD958qf8MdRoVutx2LZQEbuwGgoCvOSD3zOwp2SVjwpe7NuhoLLRFxKb4khKht-HCnA3A6uTCPqzrXhsOLogiJh_mIElLTNBjE/s320/20210317_160253.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">πππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoAlj-YfMu5xMUcpw8nhrsssRqNyx6pa6Q-o-283n0upg5ji0SgSvovJuQfSSJg_T2yuCO-ewIVvGreCzKCs_rWzPPTQtc5HnTndjgvzhcYLFdBToTB9dQr9MTmNRTj3qbGAWEcMMxPk/s2048/20210317_160257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoAlj-YfMu5xMUcpw8nhrsssRqNyx6pa6Q-o-283n0upg5ji0SgSvovJuQfSSJg_T2yuCO-ewIVvGreCzKCs_rWzPPTQtc5HnTndjgvzhcYLFdBToTB9dQr9MTmNRTj3qbGAWEcMMxPk/s320/20210317_160257.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet boy loving on his sis! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcbwT3jPoo356oEbtKivMCfSYBQrN-XOuowAOP0Z0A29ZxVXfo586YQHf6mesPinlQMAslGSpDSahFCSYz8x2aJm6wVFPyEd6PLusrwtJ3NU3p8t4XNAxz2NALeecWNeaBAcZ2WR1gZs/s2048/20210317_160435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcbwT3jPoo356oEbtKivMCfSYBQrN-XOuowAOP0Z0A29ZxVXfo586YQHf6mesPinlQMAslGSpDSahFCSYz8x2aJm6wVFPyEd6PLusrwtJ3NU3p8t4XNAxz2NALeecWNeaBAcZ2WR1gZs/s320/20210317_160435.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">π I love him! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitt6yBua75tJlzuDqUf12LfuUX6i_YXHqdgBK00c_GbtCIawvQQqHsJxhKDrK_WnIbMn9raTwRGzegJT0hvvrsBS5gF_QE_CwTlp7aW_h5OQrXpaODnXG-KyzN1_8vlmENVWX0OgIhBr0/s2048/20210317_160953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitt6yBua75tJlzuDqUf12LfuUX6i_YXHqdgBK00c_GbtCIawvQQqHsJxhKDrK_WnIbMn9raTwRGzegJT0hvvrsBS5gF_QE_CwTlp7aW_h5OQrXpaODnXG-KyzN1_8vlmENVWX0OgIhBr0/s320/20210317_160953.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">πππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanwsaSSPNoVDKUH3fC0xqSL_FnkFLgBkRWfvgIbw2p_Zpxtf4ig-qOt987IrT18hc4Kslg6rEtRDn_glYWZE0SPFVUiwfevvxmN8t8_nDEya-KAhV1BOrGFf6XG72uZNjAy3Z6rJiZb0/s2048/20210317_174553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanwsaSSPNoVDKUH3fC0xqSL_FnkFLgBkRWfvgIbw2p_Zpxtf4ig-qOt987IrT18hc4Kslg6rEtRDn_glYWZE0SPFVUiwfevvxmN8t8_nDEya-KAhV1BOrGFf6XG72uZNjAy3Z6rJiZb0/s320/20210317_174553.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My enthusiastic cookie froster π€£</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwbaBzulk09DcxE1h7EnqIV4eKSVrc1gWusBjTQj0XpKFeoLyrBFylQaJ98h9YiiYF3DHWAhtZWkxYKcmm2mAM5n9Xz9ip5PL4lxXn7MAHP3ATL-tROaEfUWxFa1dXlxwVNcHjhQ0NeQ/s2048/20210317_174600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwbaBzulk09DcxE1h7EnqIV4eKSVrc1gWusBjTQj0XpKFeoLyrBFylQaJ98h9YiiYF3DHWAhtZWkxYKcmm2mAM5n9Xz9ip5PL4lxXn7MAHP3ATL-tROaEfUWxFa1dXlxwVNcHjhQ0NeQ/s320/20210317_174600.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0b9yahhyphenhyphenfAwvcZzvuYgskMYglGicVKkUGIPxpdW-cZeT1ZIvglDvyU6JkO12W5Z9m2maaI3cfDpIO7caHaLocn2QPzTpfkCynp9kCLAh7FDYFxAin9stP03ngWwYN58oPPmh7tQ-PsuU/s2048/20210317_181013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0b9yahhyphenhyphenfAwvcZzvuYgskMYglGicVKkUGIPxpdW-cZeT1ZIvglDvyU6JkO12W5Z9m2maaI3cfDpIO7caHaLocn2QPzTpfkCynp9kCLAh7FDYFxAin9stP03ngWwYN58oPPmh7tQ-PsuU/s320/20210317_181013.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rowan never agreed to get dressed, otherwise he would have been wearing green too. π€¦ Also he may or may not have refused to eat his dinner, was told he couldn't have a cookie, but snuck one anyway when Adam wasn't around.... π³π€¦</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBJo95thyPKVageyiLH-M90XKq1X3ggMA4ED__BYEL0BctaE5QZKAgFeKIUq__a8XM-HCu-gK30XW6_8mWNBdDb4zaFjh_g1sZzvLNtxE2cqfM6gfDlXlHIpjKPc2Wr-xYubIWal1YIQ/s2048/20210318_182202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBJo95thyPKVageyiLH-M90XKq1X3ggMA4ED__BYEL0BctaE5QZKAgFeKIUq__a8XM-HCu-gK30XW6_8mWNBdDb4zaFjh_g1sZzvLNtxE2cqfM6gfDlXlHIpjKPc2Wr-xYubIWal1YIQ/s320/20210318_182202.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I might not have set this photo up super well, but it kinda cracks me up that Rowan's head is perfectly positioned between the 2 soda bottles. ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEDtBUckEOHTdlg37O-YTMEH2xShwSkOIQXWuPPB8YNTpwyhFiM2XWlQnCJcZBU_aIooXz-3sYNLuDyopbOtq6RsF1mb1wbZy-cqIgryJEcHVb-x6BBNnh8g2t7PPsY_Kzj4xQ-3WN8A/s2048/20210318_202632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEDtBUckEOHTdlg37O-YTMEH2xShwSkOIQXWuPPB8YNTpwyhFiM2XWlQnCJcZBU_aIooXz-3sYNLuDyopbOtq6RsF1mb1wbZy-cqIgryJEcHVb-x6BBNnh8g2t7PPsY_Kzj4xQ-3WN8A/s320/20210318_202632.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet little Zoey! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3jcsKgiSV2ulype81sf0oT5dv0lBZ-LjdQqNK6HCowgueWnuNc7Kgbk0jnvs9HKeKtv1g_MIj2Its-KWzdVeCOnLMkMZXNAmhkRUjTC40QsD9T-s8JYZXDF1xlSkLWGColGbyFzcwZg/s2048/20210318_202634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3jcsKgiSV2ulype81sf0oT5dv0lBZ-LjdQqNK6HCowgueWnuNc7Kgbk0jnvs9HKeKtv1g_MIj2Its-KWzdVeCOnLMkMZXNAmhkRUjTC40QsD9T-s8JYZXDF1xlSkLWGColGbyFzcwZg/s320/20210318_202634.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznezUaQXf485eSA4VpuD4FhlWCFQUCLiq2zhU2cnxVuURyWfD9xMTLNGXi9r93G_kCAyUbGkIGhRD-8VIO1lq28K4-bz39L51989g17ZW2vMYBw13Tcr3I46OO5B5WbwRsGRru-PpbRA/s2048/20210318_212012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1708" data-original-width="2048" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznezUaQXf485eSA4VpuD4FhlWCFQUCLiq2zhU2cnxVuURyWfD9xMTLNGXi9r93G_kCAyUbGkIGhRD-8VIO1lq28K4-bz39L51989g17ZW2vMYBw13Tcr3I46OO5B5WbwRsGRru-PpbRA/w320-h267/20210318_212012.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ The faces she makes without me even asking her to... Nailed it! ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</div>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-64220634924940942972021-03-16T19:18:00.003-07:002021-03-16T19:18:29.880-07:00March 15th & 16th, 2021: Eenie Meenie Miney Mo & Outings galore Yesterday was the start of a new week and I will confess I didn't have the strongest start because I chose to sleep in as long as I could instead of working out early. My excuse is it being that time of month. Working out isn't as enjoyable when you're in the thick of that so I wasn't looking forward to it as much. I still made myself do it after dropping Maeve off at school, so 2 points for me instead of 4. π Luckily it was a HIIT workout so it was 30 minutes instead of an hour, which helped the morning not drag, so it all worked out. I had some crescent rolls warmed up with jam on them for breakfast and MAN were they good! It is a little bit dangerous to be able to make such top notch baked goods at home myself. Better keep myself in line so I don't gain 100 lbs. π
<div><div><br /></div><div>Rowan and I started a new unit, The Five Senses, for preschool. He was pretty fired up about it and followed along quite well. One of the activities was to do a taste test with different stuff like cocoa powder, brown sugar, vinegar, mustard, spices, etc. to teach him taste vocabulary - sweet, salty, bitter, and sour. Which makes me think I should have included lemon juice! π€¦ Doesn't matter much anyway, because he was too afraid to try 80% of them. Not that I'm surprised. I did get Maeve to try all of them after school and I was laughing so hard when she tried the ginger like it was nothing and quickly realized it caused quite the burn. I tried everything with Rowan and my mouth was literally on fire after that one. But it went away pretty quick, so I wasn't too worried for her but it was fun to see her reaction. I had no idea it was so hot on it's own! π³ An interesting sensation for sure. Also paprika tastes terrible on it's own - so bitter and gross. Every time she tried one she guessed what it was afterwards and got most of them right, except for obscure spices and chocolate syrup. I laughed so hard when she licked the chocolate syrup off her finger and said "BBQ sauce?" I don't think she even let herself register the taste before saying that, she just thought it looked like that. π€¦ It was pretty funny though! Far from it. </div><div><br /></div><div>I've realized something about Maeve and Rowan and that is that both of them don't really understand the purpose of Eenie Meenie Miney Mo. That was made clear yesterday when Rowan used it to decide where he wanted to be to do his hair (ππ€·), but then because he landed on an option he didn't actually want he figured out which option to start the chant on instead, so that he would land on the right one that he actually wanted. And then presumed to do the chant again. π€¦ Maeve has done that same thing too before, and it always confused me, but I realize now that they just like to say the chant and it has nothing to do with the fact that they can't decide which option to go with. Every time without fail they already have the option they really want picked out in their head, but just like to do the chant anyway for fun. ππ€¦ Too funny. Crazy kids! </div><div><br /></div><div>Another laugh of the day yesterday was when I still hadn't showered yet and didn't have very much time before we needed to leave to get Maeve, but Rowan asked me to play a game with him. I told him I really needed to shower, but maybe I could manage to play for 10 minutes. Then he said proudly, "No! How about TWO minutes!?" ππ€ You got it, dude. I like the way you bargain. π</div><div><br /></div><div>I can't think of anything else noteworthy to share from yesterday, other than the fact that we're all slowly losing our minds over here because of the incessant whining that only gets louder if you don't immediately give him what he wants when he's in his high chair or he randomly sees someone else with food or drink that he wants. It's so over the top annoying, especially because he is the pickiest eater so meal times pretty much look like offering him a million different things, for most of them to get thrown on the floor with whining mixed in whenever his tray is empty again. UGH. Send help. Adam told me tonight he just isn't going to feed him dinner anymore. π€¦ Too bad we can't starve our 15 month old. If only we could just go that route instead. </div><div><br /></div><div>Today was a go, go, go kinda day. We left the house at 9:20am and aside from being home from 12:30 to 2:30pm we were otherwise gone until 4:30pm when it was time to settle back at home and make dinner. We had a well check for Nolan, did some grocery shopping, picked up Maeve from school, went to Walmart since I couldn't get something I needed at Kroger π€¦, and stopped at Smoothie King for some smoothies since Adam had rewards that were going to expire. A jam packed day for sure! Nolan cried almost his entire appointment, even from the moment we stepped foot in the room he got checked out in. He clearly knew exactly where he was, and poor boy was not a fan! He's still a tiny guy, but a healthy one, so we'll take it. I should back up though and mention that on our way to the doc, I gave myself a pat on the back, because I finally convinced Rowan to let me take the unnecessary bandaid off his forehead that had been there for a few days by telling him that if the doctor saw it, he might think something was wrong and tell him he needed a shot. ππ Sometimes you just gotta lie through your teeth to get the job done, cause sure enough off that bandaid came before we went into the office. π</div><div><br /></div><div>A few things that made me laugh throughout the day today are... </div><div><br /></div><div>~Rowan thought it would be cool to poke a hole in his styrofoam cup that his smoothie came in, which caused some smoothie to leak out all over his pants in the car. π€¦π€¦π€¦ So of course, when we got home, he wanted me to take his wet pants off and these particular pants have elastic at the bottom but it is not nearly stretchy enough so they're hard to get off. I was struggling and said "ugh, these are so tight" and he responded, "I think it's because the seat belt is tight" π€π€ - yeah, we weren't even in the car at that point, so not sure how to explain that response.. ππ€·</div><div><br /></div><div>~Maeve got in the car after school and said with all the enthusiasm in the world, "I have something VERY exciting to tell you that we were DYING over -- we got to see REAL baby otters!" I of course responded with just as much enthusiasm and said "Whaaaat!? Oh my gosh! Are you serious??" to which she incorrectly replied, "Nope!" π I guess she was a little confused by my question. Then I had to laugh when she further explained and said that she just watched a video about baby otters - even though she initially painted the picture that she saw them in real life in front of her face. π I guess it was pretty awesome though just seeing them on a screen! Their school mascot is an otter, so that's probably a big part of why it was so exciting. </div><div><br /></div><div>~Tonight Rowan was flying one of his foam airplanes around and then Maeve joined in for a minute and before long they were both holding onto it at the same time and pulled a little too hard and snapped it. Rowan BURST into tears! I tried to make him feel better by reminding him that he still had 2 perfect airplanes to use and through his sobs he said, "But I wanted <i>3</i> because <i>I'm </i>3!" ππ Poor little boyfriend. 3 really is the magic number around here for him. </div><div><br /></div><div>That's about all I got, other than the fact that we've got a VERY excited Maeve going to bed tonight that cannot WAIT for St. Patrick's Day tomorrow. She makes everything 1000 times more fun because of how into it all she is!! She was also absolutely GIDDY last Thursday night knowing she was going to get school breakfast the next morning. Life is pretty dang awesome when you're 5 and in Kindergarten! π</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll leave you with a few pics:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6ngpNKK2iA46ZPs3-GN-kYrsCKmfw5i6zDz6cStQuUVyVaDAlczy7MX-DByAzWaH16V6ywpn2ABx8glrF2TZ6IJvQk6otX6-_I_diXuV7Cj6bUawJ0Y76EV0p7wZ6COVTwT0iwslbEU/s2048/20210315_124613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6ngpNKK2iA46ZPs3-GN-kYrsCKmfw5i6zDz6cStQuUVyVaDAlczy7MX-DByAzWaH16V6ywpn2ABx8glrF2TZ6IJvQk6otX6-_I_diXuV7Cj6bUawJ0Y76EV0p7wZ6COVTwT0iwslbEU/s320/20210315_124613.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rowan wore his pants backwards yesterday ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmd3cpeG8_Gzfh0A1UQvnSCnCO1TNaitWNHYBH7z1WXoV5k-0q22PPVx2hxkFwpCxdfo1c4jqnL-GR4OchpcHsGPtcecFNj5VSZ_xInwgmkzXJoYKIs9fm9ieqPpzXyEJeSNMozlkD0g/s2048/20210316_121003%25280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsmd3cpeG8_Gzfh0A1UQvnSCnCO1TNaitWNHYBH7z1WXoV5k-0q22PPVx2hxkFwpCxdfo1c4jqnL-GR4OchpcHsGPtcecFNj5VSZ_xInwgmkzXJoYKIs9fm9ieqPpzXyEJeSNMozlkD0g/s320/20210316_121003%25280%2529.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still thinking that these baby seats in bathroom stalls are the best invention ever for moms. And he's a one shoe on one shoe off kinda dude. ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUn8lEOB2RA8K7I62VPpvySEQNTYRF6_9lt48M37yAUinKd3kqOr9Yx7hZBS-G4pSFsSEONsnRNNCUV_TbwY3fDIF7vgxTOTuvFDZiynmLDB3ri8zrnHeFvnLf9nAujvJpjK4HtVvnfA/s2048/20210316_153751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUn8lEOB2RA8K7I62VPpvySEQNTYRF6_9lt48M37yAUinKd3kqOr9Yx7hZBS-G4pSFsSEONsnRNNCUV_TbwY3fDIF7vgxTOTuvFDZiynmLDB3ri8zrnHeFvnLf9nAujvJpjK4HtVvnfA/s320/20210316_153751.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How you easily tote 3 kids around Walmart - boom baby! Bulky big blue carts for the win. π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCO71fj2FJr6LjL_bI6gs9e7T55ht6aSivoNHXwCQIETKNwGgBF2tMNn9nqN5FX0BuX0d1Cgs3_RZs3lsW5MOhSOLV8VqxX290PhF4ot3ibNAiiQO_l0o-mf_DfGWsSZVwi8dp1VAivpQ/s2048/20210316_153954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCO71fj2FJr6LjL_bI6gs9e7T55ht6aSivoNHXwCQIETKNwGgBF2tMNn9nqN5FX0BuX0d1Cgs3_RZs3lsW5MOhSOLV8VqxX290PhF4ot3ibNAiiQO_l0o-mf_DfGWsSZVwi8dp1VAivpQ/s320/20210316_153954.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was laughing that Maeve and Nolan's reactions look so similar. This is the face they made when they heard a loud sound in the parking lot and wanted to see what it was. π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</div></div>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-60679640000050342272021-03-15T19:54:00.002-07:002021-03-15T19:54:40.706-07:00March 12th - 14th, 2021: Good eats and online shopping I am racking my brain right now to even remember anything about Friday except for what I made for dinner and what Adam and I both made for dessert. ππ€¦ That is literally all that is coming to me. It must mean that whatever I did during the day with the boys and then after school with Maeve was not very meaningful. <div><br /></div><div>Oh oh... wait... it's coming to me a little bit. I remember now that for preschool Rowan got to play with a sensory bin of flour and had a party driving his monster trucks all around in the flour. He made less of a mess than I honestly anticipated he would, so that was a win. We also made homemade ice cream by shaking it in a bag for 8 minutes. My arms were pretty tired after that, let me tell you, especially because Rowan didn't want to help shake it much. I don't blame him, it was kinda heavy with all the ice. Unlike Maeve, Rowan actually enjoyed the ice cream though and ate about half of it. Maeve took one bit and decided it was not up to par for her tastes. π€¦ I'll give it to her that it isn't exactly high quality ice cream when you're making it that way, but that's what you get when you're making it the toddler friendly way with 2 ingredients. π€· The other thing I remember about Friday is after Maeve got home all 3 kids were chowing down on Kix and a looooot of Kix ended up all over the floor. Thanks to Nolan (understandable) and sadly also Rowan, who decided it would be funny to shoot them out of his mouth, as if he was shooting some hoops if there had been a basket to collect them ... π€¦π
- I told him I liked his creativity, but still wanted him to stop. Too bad that kid rarely listens to me. Which means - you guessed it - way more Kix ended up on the floor than there should have been. So many that even with Nolan and Zoey eating them from off the floor hardly put a dent in it. YAY. <div><br /></div><div>The real party started when we had sweet potato black bean vegan chorizo tacos. I had to laugh and also cheer on the inside when Maeve chose to put everything on her tacos <i>but</i> the lettuce, while Rowan on the other hand <i>only </i>wanted lettuce on his. I'm sorry, but what was that?! You want <i>only</i> lettuce folded up inside a tortilla bro? He meant what he said and he took a bite, made a strange face, but still gave us a thumbs up. ππ You do you, boy. I'm just glad he ate some lettuce! He eventually asked for honey mustard on it, after realizing it had no taste at all. π We took the party to the next level by making chocolate cake mix cookies with homemade chocolate frosting - a recipe I got from my sis and they are so simple but SO good. I decided to try out putting peanut butter M&Ms in half of them too, and though they were also good that way, I do think I appreciated the pure softness of the plain ones and maybe liked them better that way. A little surprising since I love peanut butter M&Ms so much, but I guess sometimes simpler is just best. Meanwhile, Adam made some homemade vanilla ice cream because he wasn't so much in a chocolate mood, but more in an ice cream kinda mood. But let's be honest - in the end, we all had some of both. π It was all divine, but very much a sugar overload!! You know that's especially the case when the kids don't even want to finish their ice cream. π€―</div><div><br /></div><div>I was so excited to see that a new episode of A Million Little Things was finally available to watch, so that's what we watched after the kids went to bed and it was a good one! Although it is kinda annoying that almost every show has decided to pull Covid into their storylines - I get why, but at the same time, when I watch shows I kinda appreciate that I get a break from reality - not anymore! π </div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday morning I got some good cuddles and mostly quiet time with Maeve and Rowan in our bed before we got up and moving. Maeve loves to play guessing games by describing stuff to us within a category and seeing if we can name what she's describing, so we did that for a little while and also played some I Spy. For one turn, she spied something green, which ended up being her water bottle, and Rowan was confused because it was also purple and pink. I tried to explain though that she still just said green because it's mostly green because that's the background color. Then he picked up the bottle and pointed to the front and back respectively and said, "This is the frontround and this is the background" ππ€ Kinda don't blame him for coming up with that logic. </div><div><br /></div><div>When we went downstairs, Adam had already been making waffles for all of us, which was a nice surprise! We devoured them and then I took Maeve to her dance class. I'm glad I get to at least watch her on a screen since I don't get to be in the same room as her watching - she is pretty cute copying all the dance moves. She does pretty well following for the most part! </div><div><br /></div><div>It was a rainy day, so no roofing for Adam after we got back. Nolan was fighting the nap, but I wanted to give him one more chance for one, so him and I stayed home while Adam took Maeve and Rowan to the Discovery Center in the afternoon. They also stopped at Home Depot on the way home, so they were gone for a while. And yet, I still managed to basically only shop for workout clothes on the Fabletics website. Figured I'd give that site a try since the prices are actually pretty good if you have a membership and the membership fee actually goes toward your purchase too, so it's kinda a win when all is said and done and you can cancel anytime. π It was fun picking them out! They should come by Wednesday and I'm excited to see if I like everything. Fingers crossed. Oh and also - Nolan ended up staying awake the whole time, the little stinker! So in hindsight, we all could have gone out, but hey, now I've got some more workout clothes coming in the mail, which is an early birthday present for me. π</div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday night I decided to check out redbox because it had been forever since we rented a movie. Turns out there was a movie available that sounded really good and got rave reviews so we went for it. Words on Bathroom Walls is what it was called - about a high school boy with Schizophrenia who still manages to meet a love interest and kinda tries to hide that side of him for awhile, but eventually she finds out and he comes to term with the fact that his mental illness does not define him. It was pretty wild and raw - definitely good acting and very eye opening about Schizophrenia. Very sad to watch him struggle so much, but I really enjoyed it! That night my cycle also finally started, which I was kinda sweating for a few days when it hadn't started yet, thinking <i>oh man, the jokes on me and I'm already pregnant </i>given my recent hesitations - but then Adam reminded me that February is a shorter month so really I was on track and just hadn't taken that into account! Oops. Turns out I had no reason to sweat at all. π€¦ </div><div><br /></div><div>Yesterday morning (Sunday) Adam and I had to drive separately to church because he had to stay after to do a lesson with the missionaries. I followed him most of the way there, but eventually decided to break off and go my favorite way, while he went a different way. I now regret that, because then I got pulled over for speeding. π€¦π€¦π€¦ While we were still following each other, I heard Maeve and Rowan saying this to each other in the backseat: </div><div><br /></div><div>Rowan: Do you know Mommy and Daddy are in the same line? (ie. on the same road) </div><div>Maeve: Yeah, it's because there's only one <b>trail</b> to church </div><div><br /></div><div>ππ </div><div><br /></div><div>Too funny! Maeve soon learned she was wrong about that when I veered off and got my ticket. After the officer came to get my license and registration, he went back to his car and the kids were immediately like, "Okay Mom! Go! Let's go!" π Little did they know, I could not just drive away. I wish! This is actually the first ticket I've gotten since having kids! I had such a long stretch of luck, but alas, that had to come to end. Maeve was very concerned about what the outcome would be, and when she found out I could take traffic school, she definitely thought that was the best way to go since it's cheapest. She asked if traffic school is fun and I told her it's pretty boring, but then she said, "boring for adults... but probably fun for kids" - of course she would say that since she loves school so much!! ππ While waiting on the cop, Rowan finally realized Adam was no longer driving with us, so he asked where he went. I told him he had kept driving, so he was probably already at the church waiting, and then he said, "No, I think he got in a car crash too..." ππ€ Not sure why he thought we crashed, but anyway.... π€· after an eventful extra 5-10 minutes, we made it to church. </div><div><br /></div><div>Church was good and then I hopped on my zoom YW lesson as soon as Adam got home. Literally 4 minutes after the lesson was supposed to start, the young woman that was supposed to teach texted one of the other leaders and said she woke up not feeling well and couldn't teach. This was at 11:34am. π€¦π€¦ Way to drop the bomb as late as she possibly could. Poor Angela, one of the counselors, had to just wing it and teach the lesson last minute. Never a dull moment with these YW! Luckily she's awesome (she actually goes by Sister Awesome π- she's a hoot) and did a fabulous job winging it. </div><div><br /></div><div>Much of the rest our sabbath day I spent in the kitchen making a second batch of cookies for Adam to take to one of his ministering families and then we gave most of the rest to our neighbors. I also made some homemade crescent rolls - a new recipe - and they were SOOO good!! I feel like I officially know what the perfect dough really feels like and will be able to have perfect results now every single time, no matter the recipe I am making, which is so exciting for me. Definitely a skill I never thought I'd have, but I love it. They were a hit for every single member of our family and all 24 rolls are already gone! π A sad reality. While I was in my own little world doing that, the kids were in their own little world in their fort in the living room (always building forts these days), and they also watched the Friend to Friend broadcast for a 3rd time. π I love that they love it so much, but I just hope they do more of these on a semi regular basis! Such a fun idea for them and they loooooved following along for the drawing part. </div><div><br /></div><div>After the kids went to bed, I had my biweekly family zoom call, which had no shortage of hiccups. I ended up sitting on the bathroom floor, trying to get as far away from Adam as I could, considering he was on a church call with someone else - but of course my family could still hear him in the background. π The kids took forever to settle so I kept having to go upstairs to knock some sense into them and probably because of that my connection was terrible and I kept having to leave the call and rejoin so that everyone wouldn't sound choppy. SO when all was said and done, I got about 20% of what was shared, but oh well. I still get an A for effort. π
</div><div><br /></div><div>That's all I got, so here are some pics from the weekend:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdhaLb4F7_jiIvorDeWFiL6RXqT0nvi2P4qF_lyJN_uOXgyhAICH67SgF-D9-fyLNnWhnQUMVS_kGlMOo8Jcsx_mROYkkOh0-zRdXxAOhyphenhyphenCaRfp853IonovmAqZYR7qIOlEfHzEZWwFgI/s2048/20210312_131758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdhaLb4F7_jiIvorDeWFiL6RXqT0nvi2P4qF_lyJN_uOXgyhAICH67SgF-D9-fyLNnWhnQUMVS_kGlMOo8Jcsx_mROYkkOh0-zRdXxAOhyphenhyphenCaRfp853IonovmAqZYR7qIOlEfHzEZWwFgI/s320/20210312_131758.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WhPETFOa5-jZ-LESGno5W7UxeUdtqxnJHSrahMM82FUAhquNq5QYjyLuOaAwRh8qZP_vlhJF6F9SrP62izwIhe1nWsUadvEYk2CZOOWFZgw7mNxTfYz_WJBKXFArYFlqfXU6-Gq2Pj0/s2048/20210312_131806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_WhPETFOa5-jZ-LESGno5W7UxeUdtqxnJHSrahMM82FUAhquNq5QYjyLuOaAwRh8qZP_vlhJF6F9SrP62izwIhe1nWsUadvEYk2CZOOWFZgw7mNxTfYz_WJBKXFArYFlqfXU6-Gq2Pj0/s320/20210312_131806.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHifZh0SUUvvVuRTT18xdsBs4ZmLExfa35WSM68QPQgeqdfInoICfng70KqoRKs4VJDSiL_KwRtdIyiz4bBGvrRmPx8u5Ij9Zrrvd38dvncuyaYfmBC3hyCyQHy4NSmTJLYNTfVbCIj_w/s2048/20210312_151904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHifZh0SUUvvVuRTT18xdsBs4ZmLExfa35WSM68QPQgeqdfInoICfng70KqoRKs4VJDSiL_KwRtdIyiz4bBGvrRmPx8u5Ij9Zrrvd38dvncuyaYfmBC3hyCyQHy4NSmTJLYNTfVbCIj_w/s320/20210312_151904.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She cracks me up changing up the bows in her hair and putting on alllll the jewelry after school. ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRuRv0ffzm2A8zPJdjJzIG4lA2a4NU0f6Rp6n8o_1GefzRcmCUNC4QDGVHa_UNx1MksXQVCC4xYotZh8kyfCXKU6BXwVtir1ZC9ik3Mov03cEPRTpxzjXhTKEcgpG7YksmhjDHfTx4cE/s2048/20210312_152040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRuRv0ffzm2A8zPJdjJzIG4lA2a4NU0f6Rp6n8o_1GefzRcmCUNC4QDGVHa_UNx1MksXQVCC4xYotZh8kyfCXKU6BXwVtir1ZC9ik3Mov03cEPRTpxzjXhTKEcgpG7YksmhjDHfTx4cE/s320/20210312_152040.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This boy is too much!! This sequence of photos was killing me. Soooo cute and silly. He's a hoot! πππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb8KUhJhALTfQpNi2OTqHtnd3FtwoWWCQR9C456omuAl_awGJy8BPIwf6Rs5-AUtjOpsPRkBtGZLFrmTexNmogUr1JEqVQ1YJrS69Xdv-nE5lyOT3Ppq2dsUGbM8Fi51H9rhvDic0XSsE/s2048/20210312_152101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb8KUhJhALTfQpNi2OTqHtnd3FtwoWWCQR9C456omuAl_awGJy8BPIwf6Rs5-AUtjOpsPRkBtGZLFrmTexNmogUr1JEqVQ1YJrS69Xdv-nE5lyOT3Ppq2dsUGbM8Fi51H9rhvDic0XSsE/s320/20210312_152101.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrfG4M6GvNLJ_-CNQs6-eC-QNy9CrfhTHClaROZz0-u6LG-BReCm2zWfXfCvhyphenhyphenHGSnQAQUezKlF5jjF9lTVXtmNNXVojiAGv0KSJeaeeJWbZmwQ3utNSLCBYj34Jt1ydGeRAhNA_nqBc/s2048/20210312_152105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZrfG4M6GvNLJ_-CNQs6-eC-QNy9CrfhTHClaROZz0-u6LG-BReCm2zWfXfCvhyphenhyphenHGSnQAQUezKlF5jjF9lTVXtmNNXVojiAGv0KSJeaeeJWbZmwQ3utNSLCBYj34Jt1ydGeRAhNA_nqBc/s320/20210312_152105.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirh4QGLNvvIRXi-hNZ2XRa6JMu52VKsKr0utq6Q58XO5KeMYZ_3deGEmVSsWfwwLx9syCCve0N3rTyTfbf7kNLJJKx8vIo6jTwR2XkV04aWU4ZHbS5ecG6VjtsfbzydwNjxhGOHRSnIpI/s2048/20210312_152109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirh4QGLNvvIRXi-hNZ2XRa6JMu52VKsKr0utq6Q58XO5KeMYZ_3deGEmVSsWfwwLx9syCCve0N3rTyTfbf7kNLJJKx8vIo6jTwR2XkV04aWU4ZHbS5ecG6VjtsfbzydwNjxhGOHRSnIpI/s320/20210312_152109.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtNTaFD8wNLszYdZPx7AgCPNUthgaATPbHy-sENsaGG_ROKGkFayJrMuWQ5agEhfgRepWo9oYIMigesLm8_bWznvU0eS99ln-Zo3tzyRbGgjYFh7fI5rweQYM65vySmAiJa9xrH5NE1s/s2048/20210313_134403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtNTaFD8wNLszYdZPx7AgCPNUthgaATPbHy-sENsaGG_ROKGkFayJrMuWQ5agEhfgRepWo9oYIMigesLm8_bWznvU0eS99ln-Zo3tzyRbGgjYFh7fI5rweQYM65vySmAiJa9xrH5NE1s/s320/20210313_134403.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I share this blurry one just to show Rowan's initial pose when I told him I wanted to take a pic. Like, he doesn't even know how to NOT go all out when he poses. ππ He is soooo crazy. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszoKrXdaYOrKq2LAZmNpYZLgT80g3KOyj_SaPRTFcQx1AXLbAUGQ0ZOKRoMVqeUaQfgBLtG4lykRmobTqoOEwKJpuO175V4GFq2WlriDw_-qxHwUaa0FI2WNJzhF3NoB3ArX92BTQNLw/s2048/20210313_134414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszoKrXdaYOrKq2LAZmNpYZLgT80g3KOyj_SaPRTFcQx1AXLbAUGQ0ZOKRoMVqeUaQfgBLtG4lykRmobTqoOEwKJpuO175V4GFq2WlriDw_-qxHwUaa0FI2WNJzhF3NoB3ArX92BTQNLw/s320/20210313_134414.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maeve's dead serious face and pose, with her sparkly heels and wand tucked in her pants. πππ They were being "magic stars" with their magic devices. Gotta love that Rowan couldn't think of any other way to secure his bubble wand other than stuffing it in his shirt. πππ€¦</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLSeHAFrhvF3hAdg_lzHX394zK74LqXEDkNSTvqvx21QqIliLKP167ywZiZLM_dXK-Ga8vvv8p6DqofZGfOgKOOEEfqm9fvFrWmTBRyKD31rX3Fb9eYrSLkvwFf7RYIC-aXXNBqYej6E/s2048/20210314_144923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLSeHAFrhvF3hAdg_lzHX394zK74LqXEDkNSTvqvx21QqIliLKP167ywZiZLM_dXK-Ga8vvv8p6DqofZGfOgKOOEEfqm9fvFrWmTBRyKD31rX3Fb9eYrSLkvwFf7RYIC-aXXNBqYej6E/s320/20210314_144923.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fort time all the time. I straightened Maeve's hair for church and I feel like it makes her look so much older!! π</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-8253272782995283242021-03-11T19:04:00.002-08:002021-03-11T19:04:18.479-08:00March 10th-11th, 2021: Busy busy + Half day and parent teacher conferences <p>I didn't write yesterday because it was such a busy day and I chose to just relax and watch New Amsterdam instead. I needed a good veg session. π</p><p>I feel like my update for yesterday can basically be a list of all the stuff I had to do, which was: </p><p>1. Sorting out with eBay the fact that someone took over my account trying to sell some items. π¨ Of course I saw all these weird emails when I was in the middle of finishing my workout, so I had to pause and take care of it, because I knew if I just waited until I was finished the boys would start distracting me with wants and needs and I would forget. Annoying. I got it taken care of, but it left me wondering how they got into my account. Of course I have since changed my eBay and email passwords. </p><p>2. All the cleaning and dishes that never end </p><p>3. Preschool with Rowan - we talked about the dairy food group and counted cheese towers and "painted" toast with colored milk. Rowan was <i>convinced </i>that he could not drink the milk because he thought that it somehow turned into paint since we put food coloring in it and were "painting" with it. He kept calling it paint. π He was stunned when I decided to show him the way and try some and he saw that nothing bad happened to me. Then he was even more stunned that the green, pink, and purple milk all tasted the same. π And now he knows... food coloring doesn't change the flavor OR turn milk into paint just because you're using a paintbrush with it. We're learning big things around here. We also read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, If You Give a Pig a Pancake, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, and If You Take a Mouse to School - he looooved them and made me read them all a second time. It was so cute how attentive he was. π₯° <br /></p><p>4. Planned out meals for the rest of the week and went grocery shopping</p><p>5. Figured out what to do about the ringworm that we found on Zoey. π€¦ Considering the fact she JUST went to the vet, we were not excited about taking her right back. I googled it and apparently you can treat it with an anti-fungal dog shampoo. They didn't have one at Kroger, so I was going to get it today from the pet store, but then I went to look at the spot on her and it is gone now. π³ So bizarre! I have no idea how it's already gone, but I guess she's fine now. π€·</p><p>6. Made stir fry for dinner </p><p>7. Hopped on zoom for a Relief Society talent show/favorite things party. Most of the sisters shared crafty talents, but there were a couple noteworthy ones that were more unique and cool to me - one sister has a typewriter that she uses to write old fashioned letters to pen pals regularly. A lot of the people she writes to are strangers that are part of this pen pal correspondence she found. She's only gotten to know them through letters. She also has a best friend that she literally only communicates with through letters. π² I applaud her for keeping it old fashioned in the kind of world we live in today. She's not much older than me either, so pretty cool for someone in my generation. Another sister keeps extensive spreadsheets about EVERYTHING in her life. Her husband calls it a talent, but she also called it a problem because it's a little excessive. I was laughing when she said that she has one that records the outfits she wears to substitute teach so she doesn't show up in repeat outfits to the same classroom. ππ Too funny! </p><p>And that brings us to today! I guess the kids heard me working out this morning, because they ended up waking up on their own before it was time to get ready. Maeve kept coming downstairs saying "Is it time yet?" or "How about now?" π I think she was excited for her half day, due to parent teacher conferences. I had mine this afternoon with her teacher and heard only good things! Maeve is a superstar needing more of a challenge everyday. She will be more than ready for first grade and it's hard to believe that she only has a few months of Kindergarten left. π</p><p>Other noteworthy affairs of the day include: trying out a baked oats recipe for breakfast (pretty tasty!), mopping the entire downstairs - it needed it BAD, and I had been wanting to for a few days now, but it's harder to get done with crazy Nolan these days, painting the kids nails (yep, Rowan too π€¦- and don't worry, he chose pink!), and <b><i>almost</i></b> pulling my hair out before Adam got home. Nolan was losing it being sooo whiny and Rowan kept charging at Maeve for no reason at all. Poor Maeve just wanted to do a reading lesson with me and we just couldn't do it because of the crazy boys. Which reminds me of this morning when Rowan wanted to read the Mouse book collection again, but him and Nolan were being CRAZY while I was reading all the books. Rowan kept insisting he was listening and it's pretty impossible to tell Nolan to be quiet, but my goodness it was NOISY! Eventually I started practically yelling the words in the book, which got their attention and mad them quiet down for a little bit, until they were back it climbing all over each other again and being loud before long. Moral of the story: boys are CRAZY! I literally was in tears tonight because sometimes 3 kids is wild and crazy and overwhelming, especially with Nolan wreaking more havoc these days.... and I just don't know if I can handle a 4th child! But then I get really emotional thinking that because I LOVE babies and feel like I need to be mentally prepared soaking every last moment in with my last baby-- and I didn't do that with Nolan because I just assumed I would have a 4th. Ugh. It's a lot and I'm sure I started crying about it tonight just because of PMS since I'm about to start my cycle. π
π Anyway, there's some real talk for ya. I leave it in God's hands. Only time will tell what's in store for our crazy family. </p><p>That's about all I got. I wish I could go bake something right now, but all I want to bake is unhealthy desserts so it's probably not a good idea. π I might not be crafty, but I love to create in my kitchen. Sadly it's not quite as fun to bake the healthy stuff. π Oh well. Maybe this weekend! </p><p>And now for my laughs of the day:</p><p>~Rowan put a toy up on the ledge in the kitchen and said to me "I'm putting this up here because I'm playing with it and I don't want Nolan to get it." π€ Little does he know then he can't really play with it either... π€£</p><p>~Nolan threw a cutie on the floor, so Rowan asked Alexa if dogs can eat oranges. She responded that oranges are not considered poisonous to dogs, but might contain individual ingredients that might be toxic so it's best to check with your veterinarian π so Rowan said, "So she can eat oranges, however, she can't eat oranges" π - pretty solid interpretation for a 3 year old based on her answer if you ask me! </p><p>I also remembered that I forgot to share in one of my previous posts that last Friday I not only forgot to pack a lunch for Maeve for school, but then we also forgot her backpack on the way out the door. Poor girl had to walk into school backpack-less and it felt so weird to see - luckily that kinda thing doesn't make a 5 year old self conscious! Total mom fail for me though. π€¦π€¦ </p><p>Here's some pics from today and a video of Nolan saying the words apple (app) and dog (dah)! </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NMroAq3q8dw7QuuB5r4Jz-wBosnJaO_HnehVg__iIIqxHD44ypWdpoEhY56fsTaU1v1CvcEtp0hBQo38mrSRpkS0vShjDwGNt0EOyD_zAl8gnvOYdC-U-dCFBX9oGSs2CNEyMmS1HGo/s2048/20210311_102326.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NMroAq3q8dw7QuuB5r4Jz-wBosnJaO_HnehVg__iIIqxHD44ypWdpoEhY56fsTaU1v1CvcEtp0hBQo38mrSRpkS0vShjDwGNt0EOyD_zAl8gnvOYdC-U-dCFBX9oGSs2CNEyMmS1HGo/s320/20210311_102326.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My baked oats! Yum</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WoBvxAhGdmbQYVJZmURD-gSDOlwL848FattSwVtBfLrAVLK4HNbzCFoZOZA2XIq503UOh1l_sYg_R1uo1iGQ7ar24cEd0w2VbeDMyUwoo8UBsiuMzwNw8zLm8h9TPLSOXz-xd07ecOM/s2048/20210311_160719.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WoBvxAhGdmbQYVJZmURD-gSDOlwL848FattSwVtBfLrAVLK4HNbzCFoZOZA2XIq503UOh1l_sYg_R1uo1iGQ7ar24cEd0w2VbeDMyUwoo8UBsiuMzwNw8zLm8h9TPLSOXz-xd07ecOM/s320/20210311_160719.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I caught him in the middle of a funny face! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUWAZ4a39eANM3mWt3l4dl4Tm-thG8SDrljFPjoN5Q9ipaj3tx7DZhuG-djFeOJZaLg1WEunBzYvvNymZGPecaUPE9iyk0AnFYKr9uIUfkiLXeBERYyLRNtEpKSBgLtAOrsR7tg7RlYQ/s2048/20210311_160721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAUWAZ4a39eANM3mWt3l4dl4Tm-thG8SDrljFPjoN5Q9ipaj3tx7DZhuG-djFeOJZaLg1WEunBzYvvNymZGPecaUPE9iyk0AnFYKr9uIUfkiLXeBERYyLRNtEpKSBgLtAOrsR7tg7RlYQ/s320/20210311_160721.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzm9tM7Q4iRR9KUlQQzd-plRgUvkGISoFcqsKGX3jLqY8YZzeVZkdyeB7EFhISud3NS0ynbS-lsyJVDQVKgpPXTKWfO7LUcNYUce7y0uC0pIqnkvTvE7VJpOvMRufu8RczJ7gK0EoL6gU/s2048/20210311_164245.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzm9tM7Q4iRR9KUlQQzd-plRgUvkGISoFcqsKGX3jLqY8YZzeVZkdyeB7EFhISud3NS0ynbS-lsyJVDQVKgpPXTKWfO7LUcNYUce7y0uC0pIqnkvTvE7VJpOvMRufu8RczJ7gK0EoL6gU/s320/20210311_164245.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trouble! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vJFXE2X_7Pl2FHm9yjbC_ZzCWuIp2zRmDhPOm2BieNqOZulF4J6jst9jdpE7azYOzGlbiz60BpC1ujhy9weYCzDlOnVjd5YGD0J7Lv03xT7yFXfHES0A_StUWIKFAq_2a1SKtFjmAG4/s2048/20210311_180802.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vJFXE2X_7Pl2FHm9yjbC_ZzCWuIp2zRmDhPOm2BieNqOZulF4J6jst9jdpE7azYOzGlbiz60BpC1ujhy9weYCzDlOnVjd5YGD0J7Lv03xT7yFXfHES0A_StUWIKFAq_2a1SKtFjmAG4/s320/20210311_180802.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He loves to stand on his car behind this table and one of these days he is going to totally biff it. π€¦π</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />https://youtu.be/CzfLMBzBDUo</p><p>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</p>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-24522090147755392952021-03-09T20:02:00.006-08:002021-03-09T20:02:35.924-08:00March 9th, 2021: Homemade bread in a bag<p>Well, it was a successful round 2 of waking up early to workout. So this morning Rowan and I played Uno, while Nolan was buckled into his high chair and entertained with putting popsicle sticks down our tissue paper holder. Sometimes you just gotta think outside the box to keep them happy and contained, otherwise he would have been whining to get in my lap so he could steal cards left and right. π€¦ So that's what I came up with and it totally did the trick keeping him occupied for a while. π We also did round 2 of flying our airplanes outside, and also added in some batting practice. So, we had ourselves a fun little morning before doing preschool!</p><p>Preschool was a total hoot. Rowan kept making me laugh. We talked about fruit and grains today and when I asked him what his favorite fruit was, his first response was "vegetables!" ππ€ We also revisited the letter M and then printed out his M for his alphabet book and used marshmallows for stamp art to decorate the M. I told him to pick out some paint colors and first he said he wanted orange and green, but then ended up pulling out pink and purple. I asked him why he got those instead of what he said first and he said, "I have to use Maeve's favorite colors!" ππ€ Nevermind what his favorite colors are... I guess that's besides the point. π€· Then we read The Little Red Hen and made our own homemade bread in a ziplock bag. In the book, the hen goes through the whole entire process starting with planting the wheat before she can turn it into flour and make her bread. I told Rowan we were going to make our own homemade bread too and he didn't seem too thrilled about it, and then asked, "Are we going to do it just like her? Plant the wheat and everything?" πππ€¦ No wonder he wasn't so thrilled about doing it if he thought we had to do ALL that hard work too! I laughed and told him that it would take a reeeal long time to grow some wheat ourselves and that we would just use our flour from the pantry. π He was more onboard after hearing that and was a great little helper. Our loaf turned out great!! I actually figured out how to shape it too so that it would look nice and pretty. π Gotta love homemade bread - there is just nothing like it! </p><p>Bella came over and played at our house this afternoon after Maeve got home from school. It was kinda nice because it got all the kids playing upstairs happily and I just had Nolan playing downstairs happily on his own with me while I worked in the kitchen doing dishes and prep for dinner. I made a new recipe tonight for dinner, which involved making a homemade vegan cheese dip that I then used for quesadillas and then threw some other veggies in there with black beans and pickled jalapenos. They turned out great!! I was actually very impressed by the cheese dip - it mimicked the cheese flavor pretty darn well and reminded me of queso. The consistency was awesome. As usual, Rowan would not go for it, but I did at least get him to try it. Such a bummer he didn't like it. I pray one of these days that boy will expand his horizons! Maeve scarfed hers down though, so hallelujah for that! Thank goodness I have one child I can depend on eating well.</p><p>The major lowlight of the day was Rowan peeing ALL over the floor because he didn't push his penis down in time and there was no stopping it. It went all over like a rainbow. ππ Then to make matters worse, just before I needed to leave for YW tonight, he waited a little too long to get on the pot again and sprayed me with pee yet again. π How many times will I get sprayed with pee before he turns 18 and leaves my house?? π© It sure feels like this kid is always going to have potty issues sometimes. Heaven help me if Nolan is a Rowan 2.0 with potty training because if so, I'm throwing in the towel and I will hire someone else to be his Mom until he's 4 or 5 and doesn't struggle anymore. π
Those boy parts really have a way of making the potty experience rough. Girl parts are a lot more tame, I have to say. ππ€·</p><p>Anyway, ditching the fam for YW activities and then coming home to hop on Zoom where Adam got extended a new calling brings us to now. I would say what that calling is, but I realize I shouldn't until it's a done deal on Sunday. But he didn't drop dead, so that's a plus. π</p><p>Enjoy these pics of the day and I'll catch ya next time. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynN82VbKpcnbmH9n59JbQUqLPyeGsDosh3ahP6-qMAlo7l_CLdPzKORF8cjTM5LYUkHQAYlBx-AZIRDpBYkMSM34PbNBcnSz6kG3xwXPKeYAhM2SFemnTq1p3Bz3rIibW9Brs25L2NI0/s2048/20210309_152403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynN82VbKpcnbmH9n59JbQUqLPyeGsDosh3ahP6-qMAlo7l_CLdPzKORF8cjTM5LYUkHQAYlBx-AZIRDpBYkMSM34PbNBcnSz6kG3xwXPKeYAhM2SFemnTq1p3Bz3rIibW9Brs25L2NI0/s320/20210309_152403.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooHk7gYDRkFHFERbR0FwHGDG5T2gdv3kh-SPQVLf3n5Q33C-RZFh-yN-q9zZPSbws6XOqWRAS-M2nC1JOWgFI78aNWJoARfnGQs4TWq5JfttrYU3POYiOMfTqshXi1W8GbZIfeKcUoCE/s2048/20210309_152412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgooHk7gYDRkFHFERbR0FwHGDG5T2gdv3kh-SPQVLf3n5Q33C-RZFh-yN-q9zZPSbws6XOqWRAS-M2nC1JOWgFI78aNWJoARfnGQs4TWq5JfttrYU3POYiOMfTqshXi1W8GbZIfeKcUoCE/s320/20210309_152412.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This kid! πππ He's a nut for sure. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_SXbMpn6P1zfLuu1Pf8OeMunZsghn08MEJKsIN8u2YegjHN52WDdBF_VR8435N_M-L7z4FcfWtIbnrqJyBoYRTGPTbLsNrCM8745EMFigPCuH4b38gjQ55Uozp9cP5iy2bWfWKTBgqw/s2048/20210309_152417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_SXbMpn6P1zfLuu1Pf8OeMunZsghn08MEJKsIN8u2YegjHN52WDdBF_VR8435N_M-L7z4FcfWtIbnrqJyBoYRTGPTbLsNrCM8745EMFigPCuH4b38gjQ55Uozp9cP5iy2bWfWKTBgqw/s320/20210309_152417.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAcga6KjW_cwA2LglWIiKIHMzhVbUBpfh9v4eUUzt4XxZa3d8of1X3AJob6sDJc67mEsyeRwpVimz8Nxh5oIPbOX-vycyvLNl_Gce7-vD4aKip27TYRHxYVFoMAGPGoDYhyphenhyphencIFxEkAgE/s2048/20210309_153409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKAcga6KjW_cwA2LglWIiKIHMzhVbUBpfh9v4eUUzt4XxZa3d8of1X3AJob6sDJc67mEsyeRwpVimz8Nxh5oIPbOX-vycyvLNl_Gce7-vD4aKip27TYRHxYVFoMAGPGoDYhyphenhyphencIFxEkAgE/s320/20210309_153409.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She was too impatient to wait for me to get her a pancake ready as an afternoon snack (her request π€·), she spread the peanut butter on it herself. ππI guess I need to have her do it herself more often! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsdy-tbahXKPVZWfhSSGw0ER7pn1UmZCUVTvyzcZJYTgJ6ePbCmawE0Qr8SceRDsomijQla9wlG6m7vRJS_rzFyNYrzApp6HJiXEEUy4JQMKzhWrUldNuP50rFo0svr0XOAdEqrdxC44/s2048/20210309_155041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsdy-tbahXKPVZWfhSSGw0ER7pn1UmZCUVTvyzcZJYTgJ6ePbCmawE0Qr8SceRDsomijQla9wlG6m7vRJS_rzFyNYrzApp6HJiXEEUy4JQMKzhWrUldNuP50rFo0svr0XOAdEqrdxC44/s320/20210309_155041.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quite the bread!! π</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Peace and blessings. βοΈ</p>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-78183200621025889282021-03-08T18:33:00.001-08:002021-03-08T18:33:04.247-08:00March 8th, 2021: It tastes like Jesus Last night I decided it was time to get back to waking up early to get most of my work out done before waking up Maeve to get ready for school. It's not as dark or cold in the mornings, so I feel up to it again, and it is nice to feel like I have more time during the day to just do fun stuff with the boys. And today, that was playing outside with Rowan flying his foam airplanes around, while Nolan watched from his stroller and played with random little toys on his own. It was nice and sunny and so good for my soul to be out there. Rowan loved every minute of it, so I'm glad that I woke up at 5:40am so that we could do it! ππ― Honestly, I had fun too because those planes go pretty far when you use the slingshot launcher. π It was also really nice to have no interruptions during my workout!! That's honestly a big reason why it ends up feeling like we don't have much time to do stuff together because my 1 hour workout gets turned into a 2 hour workout because of all the times I have to stop to help feed the boys, take Rowan potty, read him a book really quick because he's dying for it, play with his wind up cars for 5 minutes, etc. And then I feel kind of guilty leaving them to play on their own for even more time after that to do my scripture study - so it's much better this way and a win for everyone to get back to waking up before the sun comes up all the way. <div><br /></div><div>Rowan helped me make pancakes for breakfast, and while eating them, he looked in my water bottle and said, "There's a booger in your water". After seeing my disgust, he laughed and said, "Just kidding!" ππ€¦ He then went on to tell me about a time when he saw a crumb in his water, but drank it anyway, and said that it tasted good. π Gross! <br /><div><br /></div><div>This afternoon I witnessed a modern day miracle. Maeve told me she finished her ENTIRE lunch, and I was able to confirm with my own eyes that her lunch box was in fact empty after school. She was so giddy about it, especially because I made such a big deal out of it, and it was too cute. π₯° </div><div><br /></div><div>Once settled in at home, while Maeve was on FaceTime with Gram, Rowan and I were playing with Nolan at the top of the stairs near the baby gate for a little bit, throwing a ball back and forth and watching him open and close the gate over and over. We kept saying "Hi!" and "Bye!" as he would open and shut it and Rowan thought it was just <i>hilarious</i> that he kept wanting to do it. π It's the little things with these babies! I also went to see if Nolan would give me a high 5 and he totally did! It was cracking me up because every time he would give me one he couldn't help but yell out with excitement afterwards. ππ Sweet, silly boy!</div><div><br /></div><div>My two other favorite moments of the day were this evening watching Maeve clean up the toys and basically do a dance routine as she was doing it. π I told her she was my favorite human as I was watching her and I just hope she can always turn work into fun! Also, a few minutes later Rowan took a sip from his water bottle and said, "It tastes like Jesus" ππ€ - to be fair, he had just looked at a picture of Jesus. I guess that means it was some goooood water. </div><div><br /></div><div>The kids are really into the chapter book we're reading, which is Polly and Buster - The Wayward Witch & Feelings Monster and I must say that I am loving it too! It's kinda fun to read something with more meat to that isn't just over in 2 seconds. It's also been fun to see if Maeve can remember what we read the day before, before we start reading again and her reading comprehension has been spot on. π</div><div><br /></div><div>OH and before I wrap up, last night Adam told me that he got a message from a high councilor asking if we could both meet with him on Tuesday night. So of course that most likely means one of us is getting a new calling and Adam is convinced it's him. The whole rest of the night, he was just thinking of all the possible callings it could be and had his panties in a total wad over it. ππ Watch it will be a calling for me and not him! We'll see tomorrow and I'll be here to report if it's ugly or either of us has dropped dead over it. π </div><div><br /></div><div>Last, but not least, somehow while I was sharing the laughs of the weekend in my post from last night, I skipped over one. And ironically, this is one that got written on the list, but that actually didn't happen over the weekend, but I forgot to write about during the week last week. I don't remember what night it was, but after dinner Adam got himself into a MAJOR sneezing fit. He sneezed SO many times that his eyes started to water so bad. I kinda couldn't believe my eyes and eventually Maeve said, "I don't think Dad can go to work anymore... he can't stop sneezing!" ππ</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll leave you with some pictures of me and my tiniest little lover, who started snuggling with me hard core because he had hurt himself so I had to snap a pic. And then decided to snap a few more cause why not! ππ</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-uoCKJOm2HVYD5WlKZ7MDbIeu4iVepAa_bIqGtm-D8snct7wpTteYiSfmli8tmd3_g3dbz-57AYgioQV8351YlEkRgc51k7EULRSuSMO1kiMH1juFTCG9GnxDSZiH9H7f384-1YgRnk/s2048/20210308_140250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs-uoCKJOm2HVYD5WlKZ7MDbIeu4iVepAa_bIqGtm-D8snct7wpTteYiSfmli8tmd3_g3dbz-57AYgioQV8351YlEkRgc51k7EULRSuSMO1kiMH1juFTCG9GnxDSZiH9H7f384-1YgRnk/s320/20210308_140250.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaKbqaOUih37l_5ujw5MygrZeKmu_XtuHeRym2P-TbcYvb9T2N7ynCZTyz1Loa67AqsXJTPWaH3Xho8Rncz-2dTO3HokUj7L0OjvsX7153cpyViQrgZfT1cwj6-LiorD7t28E0gE9TfA/s2048/20210308_140316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiaKbqaOUih37l_5ujw5MygrZeKmu_XtuHeRym2P-TbcYvb9T2N7ynCZTyz1Loa67AqsXJTPWaH3Xho8Rncz-2dTO3HokUj7L0OjvsX7153cpyViQrgZfT1cwj6-LiorD7t28E0gE9TfA/s320/20210308_140316.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1JfsP5A7G0FPkeZqCre1IjtQfJXtZNuo1fKsWagmQf9_kgGeaBVh3RSKTliXB4O3eYZMHJHHfSJPXi537g0WjcyGEKki-NW6MqZcABKV8Y14ppe120bCIinltMT504Y1Rk_Vhc2O1aI/s2048/20210308_140347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1JfsP5A7G0FPkeZqCre1IjtQfJXtZNuo1fKsWagmQf9_kgGeaBVh3RSKTliXB4O3eYZMHJHHfSJPXi537g0WjcyGEKki-NW6MqZcABKV8Y14ppe120bCIinltMT504Y1Rk_Vhc2O1aI/w240-h320/20210308_140347.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's a couple videos too from last week that I forgot to share of Maeve and Nolan dancing together. ππ</div><div><br /></div><div>https://youtu.be/HbmCj13S8yI</div><div>https://youtu.be/0DNXfCQp0Nc</div><div><br /></div><div>Peace and blessings. βοΈ<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-32298094876406372182021-03-07T19:21:00.002-08:002021-03-07T19:21:41.224-08:00March 5th-7th, 2021: Playdates, casual dinners out, & boring adulting Another Sunday night has rolled around and I'll be honest and say that it hasn't been the most exciting weekend - but maybe I mostly feel that way because today was full of doing all the things that just needed to get done around the house. π€·<div><div><br /></div><div>Friday morning we took Zoey back to the vet to follow up so the vet could make sure she was doing okay again. It took all of 5 minutes, and they told us it would be free of charge, but when we checked out we were told we did have an office visit fee to pay. Apparently if you're not signed up for a "packaged plan" with them, then you are always supposed to pay an office visit fee no matter what. Luckily though, since we were told it would be free, and I said that we would not have gone in had it not been free, they took care of it and did not charge me. π And of course, they said she was just fine after looking at her. And speaking of Zoey, something else I did on Friday was give her a very much needed haircut and bath. Had to get rid of her winter coat! That morning she apparently rolled all around in the woodchips and got tons of chips stuck in her hair that I had to pull off π€¦, so I am glad that she is all short again! She always looks like a rat at first, so I kinda have a love hate relationship with her hair being short - I like that she's clean cut and her hair is soooo soft when it is really short, but she does look a little less cute when she's so skinny and tiny looking. It won't take too long though for her to look less like a rat though, so it works out. π</div><div><br /></div><div>We shook things up and had a playdate at our house with Amanda and her kids after Maeve was back home from school. We usually always go to their house, but playdates during the week are kinda hard with Nolan's nap and then picking Maeve up from school. With them living 25 minutes away, there's not a super big window of time between those 2 things to make it worth it enough to go, and since she home schools her kids are just always with her so she has a little more flexibility. It was probably a good thing to have some company though because it gave me the push to do some cleaning tasks that I had neglected for a little while. As always, it was good to hang out with them! I feel for her though because she is just having a tough year - since finding out that her other son also has Tuberous Sclerosis, he had to go get some scans and procedures done to check for abnormalities and he does have a lesion in his brain. They don't know all the details yet, but she's definitely in knots about it waiting to find out. Can't blame her one bit! So stressful and unfortunate. π₯Ί </div><div><br /></div><div>Adam actually got home early from work on Friday and stopped at Costco on his way home. He decided to get some of the sorbet we love from there that come inside of fruit and coconut peels - they're too cute and so good! That was a fun surprise. π</div><div><br /></div><div>After the kids went to bed, I made a new homemade salsa recipe I found and it is ππ - and then I caved and got some crumbl cookies because the birthday cake oreo flavor was calling my name. It was so worth it! Yum. I also talked to Dan for his birthday, since he requested that I not call him the day of since he'd already been on the phone enough with some of our other family members. Always good to catch up! </div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday morning I took Maeve to her dance class and she still enjoyed it the second time around, so that's good! We got to order her tutu dress, tights, and ballet slippers that she will wear to class each week, so that was fun!! I am excited for her to get those. She will look too cute in it! </div><div><br /></div><div>For the first time in a while, Adam actually went roofing! The weather has been so wacko lately on Saturdays so he has not been able to get out. He actually went in the afternoon this time and was gone from 3-6. I was kinda bummed because Nolan would not go to sleep at 11am when he was supposed to, and instead had lunch and then fell asleep after the second attempt at 1pm. We had planned on going to the Discovery Center, but with it only open until 3:30pm and him going down so late it did not work out. Instead, I read some to the kids (we started a new chapter book and they're finally engaged to keep up with it! ππ) and then took them to the playground. There are two different sections near each other at that playground and they were making me laugh by pretending that one section was Rowan's castle and the other was Maeve's castle and they'd invite each other over to play. π After Adam got home, we went to dinner at McAlister's deli - it is right by Culver's and I noticed it recently and decided to check out the menu. It looked pretty good and I found out my sister has actually eaten there before and likes it, so we took the plunge. I really liked my sandwich, but wish that I got the half salad Adam got instead of the loaded potato I got. His salad was a lot better. π€¦ Usually we both order different things so that we can try each other's, but honestly we should have both gotten that salad. But no way to know that ahead of time, so what can you do. Maeve actually did a great job eating her dinner (which had both fruits and veggies in it so score), while Rowan on the other hand basically didn't touch his. Luckily Nolan helped out and was happy to take scraps. </div><div><br /></div><div>Which brings us to today and other than church, it was very unexciting. I think I just made that word up. π I took everything out and cleaned the shelves in the fridge, which had been on my list for longer than I'd like to admit, so that felt good to cross that one off. I also treated some stains in some clothing and got caught up on some more laundry. So yeah, a total party for others to be jealous that they didn't attend. ππ Meanwhile the kids did some reading with Adam, did some pretend play, did facetime with Gram, and played outside some. </div><div><br /></div><div>And now for the laughs of the weekend, which ironically almost all of these happened at the kids bedtime on Saturday and it almost made me slap happy as a result π:</div><div><br /></div><div>~The kids and I were putting a puzzle together to clean it up and we finished everything but the last 2 pieces, and couldn't find them. Maeve had a silly look on her face, so I knew she hid them, but what I didn't know is that she hid them in her pants. π She literally pulled them out from the front of her pants.... π€¦π Crazy girl!</div><div><br /></div><div>~Rowan uses "this year" to refer to what happens in the span of a day and it totally cracks me up! While getting ready for bed, he insisted, "I've been quiet this year!" π Bet you can guess if that was actually true or not. π</div><div><br /></div><div>~Rowan about took my breath away when he did NOT push his penis down correctly in time and sprayed me all down my shirt and pants. And actually, I realize now that that is not funny at all, but instead very annoying and gross. π</div><div><br /></div><div>~Maeve came up with a great knock knock joke:<br /></div><div>"Knock knock" </div><div>"Who's there?"</div><div>"Jar"<br />"Jar who?"</div><div>"Jar of pickles pooping" </div><div>Her explanation was "it's funny cause pickles down have butts or a toilet so it's really weird and crazy" ππ</div><div><br /></div><div>~Adam said "come give me a hug honey" and I almost fell for it until I realized that he just wanted to crack my back π€¦ </div><div><br /></div><div>~On Friday night at bedtime, Rowan was talking about how he doesn't like the slide at the Discovery Center, and he said, "Yeah, that slide is gray and I don't like gray anymore. I just like black and brown." ππ€</div><div><br /></div><div>Aaaand now for a few pics:</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GilPcmix_VlbSnJinImTqCE1yZp8Vm-ngAQBpgcP7rx9pzLpfOxj2j-yF7jzg6S3ifpQpG8uBd5Y57dEX3Y-IA5biPi4Ror8hFHcG0Fe6D7vuuxb27TSjno17PK7ENMLbGhdcSlAlIA/s2048/20210305_085722.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GilPcmix_VlbSnJinImTqCE1yZp8Vm-ngAQBpgcP7rx9pzLpfOxj2j-yF7jzg6S3ifpQpG8uBd5Y57dEX3Y-IA5biPi4Ror8hFHcG0Fe6D7vuuxb27TSjno17PK7ENMLbGhdcSlAlIA/s320/20210305_085722.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was cracking me up putting my shirt around his neck like that π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPAEzQc8qki0cJEjAKUej5-B34W8JwdsqY4DZnngyfzMzYJgHFWUjcslo0ztkrCLEnDhVZmJlOHff6PxEejHnOpcohhRAobTIIqO8knuFEA_9q0nMUi5Q9CjNu0AkDGZ4LKH1hNke1do/s2048/20210305_085741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPAEzQc8qki0cJEjAKUej5-B34W8JwdsqY4DZnngyfzMzYJgHFWUjcslo0ztkrCLEnDhVZmJlOHff6PxEejHnOpcohhRAobTIIqO8knuFEA_9q0nMUi5Q9CjNu0AkDGZ4LKH1hNke1do/s320/20210305_085741.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfA8lUZ9qzGIkMyoPY1wKneAIJJOYqdga_MFFcj1ftscIFQhy-ISa0LDtyPNq6JKdXmX5zyT9mKMo3kSVOBe0jpA9Y0QcTfMITOMLaYuQxSLc_rPnkKgRWtYt9242mAqq02UUCpjLg8s/s2048/20210305_110245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfA8lUZ9qzGIkMyoPY1wKneAIJJOYqdga_MFFcj1ftscIFQhy-ISa0LDtyPNq6JKdXmX5zyT9mKMo3kSVOBe0jpA9Y0QcTfMITOMLaYuQxSLc_rPnkKgRWtYt9242mAqq02UUCpjLg8s/s320/20210305_110245.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course Rowan is obsessed with Maeve's new headbands... But that doesn't surprise me π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOu-ncTf7UIB5QGAiHSP3SEyoijWU606eZtvctuwplrdkvZBKt6IfgDieAKfwaoxkK6UoqogD41Cy7XSPwVQ95-xnJcHN1xqU-LxiBp-9_jpuyb0Tqwj_zNBHN0RldGCebtbma0ntI4s/s2048/20210306_151553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOu-ncTf7UIB5QGAiHSP3SEyoijWU606eZtvctuwplrdkvZBKt6IfgDieAKfwaoxkK6UoqogD41Cy7XSPwVQ95-xnJcHN1xqU-LxiBp-9_jpuyb0Tqwj_zNBHN0RldGCebtbma0ntI4s/s320/20210306_151553.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He told me he put his whole hand in the peanut butter jar because I left it open ππ€¦</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-55113014114055463942021-03-04T20:15:00.005-08:002021-03-04T20:15:53.975-08:00March 4th, 2021: Crazy sock day <p>I have a confession. After I blogged last night Adam went and got me a papadia from Papa Johns. I saw this ad and it just looked so good that it got my mouth watering. It's like quesadilla meets pizza. It was pretty dang good! Definitely fits in the junk category, but sometimes you just have to give in. * I mean look at this pic... π They know how to get you with ads - the only shame is you get it and it never looks quite so perfect as the pic. π</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOGi8MNEHVN3gVVJfmcuCCmcBvWnq-TvOIPNV0izEsTtKWFtvP-i1fgGjvMes-QApWIKdpK5Sh4deMNQjJ8WU290nWNFc1NK1FRLjk4JQD1Ws_aEqVFBaZzdYzNEOGPfNgHav-Jo-ODk/s2340/Screenshot_20210303-204336_Instagram.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2340" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOGi8MNEHVN3gVVJfmcuCCmcBvWnq-TvOIPNV0izEsTtKWFtvP-i1fgGjvMes-QApWIKdpK5Sh4deMNQjJ8WU290nWNFc1NK1FRLjk4JQD1Ws_aEqVFBaZzdYzNEOGPfNgHav-Jo-ODk/s320/Screenshot_20210303-204336_Instagram.jpg" /></a></div><p>Anyway, onto today. It was crazy sock day for Maeve at school in honor of Dr. Seuss's book Fox in Socks. She decided to make it extra crazy by wearing 2 different crazy socks instead of a matching pair. She told me she was the only one that did that. ππ€·</p><p>Adam worked from home today, which was nice because I wanted to be in on the New Member call in the coaching program I'm a part of now and it happened to be at 11am, which is when he takes a lunch break. So convenient! I feel like I'm better acquainted with the program now and how it all works, so that's nice. The good news is I feel like there's so much more I can get out of this program than figuring out how to manage my throw up fears, so it should be pretty life changing. </p><p>It was such nice weather today, so after my call and lunch time, Rowan and I spent some time outside and he rode his bike and scooter around and did some running races against himself where I timed him. He was being so funny about his helmet though and eventually insisted that he wear his helmet every other time riding down the path that he was riding on. So, he kept switching between his hat and his helmet. Not sure what was going on in his little brain to make him want to do that. Maybe it was just him compromising considering he didn't want to wear it at all at first, but I wanted him to wear it the whole time. ππ€· Funny kid.</p><p>He had me laughing this morning when he found a pair of scissors in the drawer of the entry way table and said, "Mom! Who put the scissors in here?? They're not supposed to be in there cause I can get them. They're supposed to be up high!" π So honest of him to turn them in to me instead of just sneaking away and cutting papers up into a million pieces like he normally does with them. </p><p>After Maeve got home from school, she was a pretty cranky mess at first. I felt like I kept having to put out fires for the first 45 minutes and she was just a crying mess over this and that. Luckily things mellowed out and her and Rowan started playing school and invited me in as the student. Maeve and I even had pretend names, Bella and Stella respectively. π Her and Rowan were both teachers and Maeve was writing down math problems for me to answer. After Rowan hadn't done any teaching yet, he said "I'm not teaching, only Maeve is, but there are <i>two </i>teachers here!" ππ€ Had to point himself out as a teacher without even doing any teaching. Too funny. </p><p>After Adam finished work, we went out to take the kids to a playground. On our way, we decided to get a car wash and we had Zoey with us, so she got to experience her first car wash. Eventually she started barking and was pretty confused about what was going on. π The kids had a blast at the playground - their favorite one - which is at the other elementary school. If I had known Nolan would totally hate the baby swings, we would have just gone there on Sunday too, so now we know. When we got home they raced to the front door (their new thing) and Rowan got there first and said, "You losed! But you still win if you lose the game, Maeve." ππ€ Might not make any sense, but too cute that he was trying to make her feel better about it. π₯°</p><p>Oh man, Maeve totally cracked me up when I put her to bed tonight. We were getting ready to do her homework sheet before she settled into bed and she said, "I think I need to grab another pen because I can't find the other one I got." She slowly moseyed over to get another one and come back to me, but when she was next to me again, she got a strange confused look on her face as she referenced her sleeve and said, "Hmmm, I think I feel something up there...." and what do you know, out popped a pen from her sleeve! ππ I was so thrown off and asked her if she planned to do that to trick me and she said yes. π€£ What a little jokester! </p><p>Nolan had me laughing all day today and you'll see why from the pictures below. He is such a ham and changing so much these days. He is starting to feel less and less like my baby, but he also can't walk still so I guess I shouldn't go too far with that statement. He does know how to safely climb back down the stairs now after he climbs up them, so that's nice. π He did try and climb onto the very top of the couch tonight to balance himself there - pretty sure we're going to end up with some injuries here soon. π³ He's too mischievous for his own good! </p><p>And before I share those pictures, the only other thing to report is that I just went to Walmart to try and get Maeve a pink sleeveless dress that looks like Sally's from Cat in the Hat so she can dress up as her tomorrow. They didn't have one, but she's got another dress that is sleeveless that is close enough to pink that it's fine. Has a little more red in it, but oh well, it will work fine enough. I picked up a few other things including stuff to make a new salsa recipe I found, so I'm excited to try that out! π</p><p>Since that's a wrap, here are the pics of the day: </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicirfX0trdaVbfWhUTsFN2CLnMGRJv3h8LcRBzdX1qoN51D7rnR237OLUGucj_iYGx3tRBlIZ0Dzo6R6V0NJnob7neSWXRgKv01f2Eqs1kVESOEKLcJIdclFXip19HfZ9Dt69pst3cb6I/s2048/20210304_103330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicirfX0trdaVbfWhUTsFN2CLnMGRJv3h8LcRBzdX1qoN51D7rnR237OLUGucj_iYGx3tRBlIZ0Dzo6R6V0NJnob7neSWXRgKv01f2Eqs1kVESOEKLcJIdclFXip19HfZ9Dt69pst3cb6I/s320/20210304_103330.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cause why not just get right in the basket to play?! πππ<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkM9e4SV21Oj32ZzSmhIVZUU6X0D1dKe-Ypkt1Pdgmnu5fFes9L3DX_Jqo0vojNWSgFfIO-SXfcMISdrjTAHH24Ky3xjXZA0BmQwS3NoVeEYQvQoDxJKDoXVc7bqFC4nosVRaxP15oBc/s2048/20210304_103354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkM9e4SV21Oj32ZzSmhIVZUU6X0D1dKe-Ypkt1Pdgmnu5fFes9L3DX_Jqo0vojNWSgFfIO-SXfcMISdrjTAHH24Ky3xjXZA0BmQwS3NoVeEYQvQoDxJKDoXVc7bqFC4nosVRaxP15oBc/s320/20210304_103354.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpqzIX8IY0DA5m7ixdQrREwgDlEHhsUGT2RyRODklIafJ5QZ2iDkpnOx5zbwIkbWH-aIVVqvvOqUDUymsHg9kkNMZRsJRoVHOpT7qH-zer_gY9jD7_nGOUahE3K9SMmtz-CH-hI9Tdc0/s2048/20210304_155928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpqzIX8IY0DA5m7ixdQrREwgDlEHhsUGT2RyRODklIafJ5QZ2iDkpnOx5zbwIkbWH-aIVVqvvOqUDUymsHg9kkNMZRsJRoVHOpT7qH-zer_gY9jD7_nGOUahE3K9SMmtz-CH-hI9Tdc0/s320/20210304_155928.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He loves to throw his head back and it cracks me up. π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwzyA3aDeE2Q0rFiv7SHLahRr6dIU66JqGVAR3Y8WsPLcdoXVifZaMfVWYEUfK4LBSk7LYCw4PeZ_649QLbuzl25S7Z8G2TkJc0T7oBoShWZWgbkHqGxifggFgVxzQMeaLX5NgJ1lo9U/s2048/20210304_184241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwzyA3aDeE2Q0rFiv7SHLahRr6dIU66JqGVAR3Y8WsPLcdoXVifZaMfVWYEUfK4LBSk7LYCw4PeZ_649QLbuzl25S7Z8G2TkJc0T7oBoShWZWgbkHqGxifggFgVxzQMeaLX5NgJ1lo9U/s320/20210304_184241.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NBD, just turned the basket over to use it as a seat π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbRmWztbAM5BA0jEGh35QVvq0szcRhgDreR7q7egW8wCpDNvCwUgndrzYYT2N9gw36UgdVz_Ane6oJKBcamVmR88R5jt6ZYDkHkiZy2xPAu9F5hxzkwQA7nquKl3G-dw54lJ1BbM1oqE/s2048/20210304_184312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRbRmWztbAM5BA0jEGh35QVvq0szcRhgDreR7q7egW8wCpDNvCwUgndrzYYT2N9gw36UgdVz_Ane6oJKBcamVmR88R5jt6ZYDkHkiZy2xPAu9F5hxzkwQA7nquKl3G-dw54lJ1BbM1oqE/s320/20210304_184312.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His little feet π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiR-sIw-GDDjHu1O9KM6T2zRaWZhLLHRpn7J8PSMMbYicnzMg5E7_4b6Zeb1pN1xc3ZyGHwILKGnuO5Cr0SfyzT0pqMi1U9Oc55ZZQwIBfP2ZL9YE5q8_L71my4TJEI2ZhNpvWJXEPXU/s2048/20210304_184906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiR-sIw-GDDjHu1O9KM6T2zRaWZhLLHRpn7J8PSMMbYicnzMg5E7_4b6Zeb1pN1xc3ZyGHwILKGnuO5Cr0SfyzT0pqMi1U9Oc55ZZQwIBfP2ZL9YE5q8_L71my4TJEI2ZhNpvWJXEPXU/s320/20210304_184906.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That little diapered butt standing on his tip toes gazing up at the TV totally enthralled. It's too much! π</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Peace and blessings. βοΈ</p>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-9900598484172900142021-03-03T20:11:00.000-08:002021-03-03T20:11:01.929-08:00March 3rd, 2021: Wacky Tacky DayFirst things first, today is my oldest brother Dan's birthday. Party hard Dan! π₯³<div><br /></div><div>In honor of the Dr. Seuss's book Wacky Wednesday, Maeve got to dress up wacky tacky for school today. Always a fun time! She fit the part for sure. She slept with her hair in a high pony braid so that she could take it down in the morning and have a dent and lots of crimped hair. π By the end of the day though, the dent was gone and her hair actually looked super cute all crimped. Who knew! She went on and on about how wacky everything was in the book Wacky Wednesday and told me that everyone was just "laughing their heads off". ππ </div><div><br /></div><div>I feel like there isn't a whole lot worth mentioning today - it ended up being pretty busy because in addition to the normal stuff we do I also had to plan the rest of the meals for the week and then go grocery shopping with the boys before picking up Maeve. Two of the most noteworthy things that stand out to me from the day though are: 1. Nolan discovered that he can climb onto the bench by our front door and reach the light switch. I think he was pretty proud of himself to see that light turn on in our entry way. ππ€¦ and 2. Rowan didn't aim quite right while going potty this evening and straight up sprayed me in the face and neck with his pee. I literally felt some pee drip down my shirt and onto my chest. ππ€’ So gross! </div><div><br /></div><div>I have a few things that have popped into my mind from past few days that I realized I forgot to write about. Those things are:</div><div> </div><div>1. On Sunday night I told Adam that I finally finished the Book of Mormon. I got through Ether, but then end of November and December were crazy with us getting Covid, having my bro in town, and then spending a couple weeks with family for Christmas so I got behind. π When I told him I finished, he decided to test my knowledge and started asking me all these questions about the book. I got most of the questions right, so booyah. Then he switched to the Old Testament and I think I got only one of those right... someday I'll understand the Old Testament better. </div><div><br /></div><div>2. Why is it that when you are so proud as a parent for coming up with a genius idea that gets your child to cooperate happily, only to have it work for a few days?? The novelty wears off and then they're back to not caring at all what you want them to do. That's Rowan once again with getting dressed. So much for the timer trick, cause it doesn't work anymore. ππ</div><div><br /></div><div>3. As of late the baby hairs that stick out where my cowlick is have been driving me NUTS. I hate that it makes it look like there's a clump of hair sticking out, making my hairline look anything but smooth and straight. I was complaining to Adam about it and wondered if I could just cut them off. So he did a thing and took his electric razor to my head and buzzed them off. π― Kinda crazy, but it did the trick and now it looks soooo much better! I don't even care if I have to rebuzz every few days to keep up on it, it is so worth it. ππ</div><div><br /></div><div>4. The other night I had this wacko dream where I had another baby, but instead of delivering like normal I went into labor early and had the baby in like 2 seconds at my house. Then Adam said, "we probably have to go to the hospital because they might say that you need to put the baby back inside since he/she came so early" πππ€ and I was seriously sooo distraught at the thought of that. I was just hoping and praying I wouldn't have to birth the baby again. Then I got to the hospital and all these people were like "that's YOUR baby??" and I'm all "yeah - it's actually my 4th baby. I have 3 other kids at home even though I look like I'm 16. It's fine." πππ They were all so shocked I could even be a mother. Too funny! </div><div><br /></div><div>Wellll, that's a wrap. Enjoy these cute pics from the day!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotlFUusWnxC_wFlkJ6RW04GMnnXGtvDZC277G2rCud5XU4m5CfX31PzBxEWqIXTmzwltl85skW-cWRCD5FCWb0vu3LmstW1hgwWUTTlW7Xb_SVTJLVkbdaj371bBEbrN3iya4nOj1Gew/s2048/20210303_065412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotlFUusWnxC_wFlkJ6RW04GMnnXGtvDZC277G2rCud5XU4m5CfX31PzBxEWqIXTmzwltl85skW-cWRCD5FCWb0vu3LmstW1hgwWUTTlW7Xb_SVTJLVkbdaj371bBEbrN3iya4nOj1Gew/s320/20210303_065412.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPQg0Z08tsPqtgZkKjSssZTPeec2lwLKse0Gt0jcvvbTShlbA0J88KSLZHjU4Npf10vqIjabJ2nHlQocdwXpdP5yvRG0Y1FhF7dh0T2blBp6t8wvJV-F114ICE7a_wcWRZTAhDN7MOrc/s2048/20210303_065421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPQg0Z08tsPqtgZkKjSssZTPeec2lwLKse0Gt0jcvvbTShlbA0J88KSLZHjU4Npf10vqIjabJ2nHlQocdwXpdP5yvRG0Y1FhF7dh0T2blBp6t8wvJV-F114ICE7a_wcWRZTAhDN7MOrc/s320/20210303_065421.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Backwards shirt for the win π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCylkU4ZAkO8vlJmhISVG1tkeqPQifI04admJuK-0_YfyHdh4ujsTSJr79qlEYBBbpj4xFcpfYPoqaLf8b0j4CAbCFJq7ZyfBHFfGU_cyZoxiNZ8GH4pwVWdrrf_sCKor343g_JksOQs/s2048/20210303_093425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNCylkU4ZAkO8vlJmhISVG1tkeqPQifI04admJuK-0_YfyHdh4ujsTSJr79qlEYBBbpj4xFcpfYPoqaLf8b0j4CAbCFJq7ZyfBHFfGU_cyZoxiNZ8GH4pwVWdrrf_sCKor343g_JksOQs/s320/20210303_093425.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAxbcZCxUKZbl6JaKQCpgUztDaHunp2hDTEOZif3pgP0XPFv5uD5dLP5YMZ7aQ9LI52eVhyphenhyphenFwHySxlWJSJKJEk7dQIVPIlCmpMvKqb0mNQrLvU0AZ2v_ECpAVxIHnybYqzF8zqNMxvNE/s2048/20210303_093434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAxbcZCxUKZbl6JaKQCpgUztDaHunp2hDTEOZif3pgP0XPFv5uD5dLP5YMZ7aQ9LI52eVhyphenhyphenFwHySxlWJSJKJEk7dQIVPIlCmpMvKqb0mNQrLvU0AZ2v_ECpAVxIHnybYqzF8zqNMxvNE/s320/20210303_093434.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I could eat that little body! It's a good thing he's so cute!! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BeIcDQFW1v6Ha83G5jKqXTArDEgKvWgTO98aAXQqo-JTaJEMlr1R9mQLt36Zk5KXaErU6ZaglL3B4MlRsvRnFWrUyldlypZ5MnPDzH-JZxIrf_NNXOZPf9KwYkPkr91hNcU049jpUpI/s2048/20210303_124341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BeIcDQFW1v6Ha83G5jKqXTArDEgKvWgTO98aAXQqo-JTaJEMlr1R9mQLt36Zk5KXaErU6ZaglL3B4MlRsvRnFWrUyldlypZ5MnPDzH-JZxIrf_NNXOZPf9KwYkPkr91hNcU049jpUpI/s320/20210303_124341.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just can't even with him and this hedgehog. ππ I'm laughing because it was literally the only stuffed animal available to buy for him for Valentines Day and he LOVES it! It was clearly meant to be. β€οΈ</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</div>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-64607772192151922742021-03-02T19:49:00.007-08:002021-03-03T20:12:26.324-08:00March 1st-2nd, 2021: Dr. Seuss week beginsIt is Read Across America Week at school this week for Maeve and apparently it's Dr. Seuss's birthday today. Because of that, this whole week is dedicated to Dr. Seuss and the kids get to dress up in fun ways all week to celebrate. I had a major mom fail and totally forgot about this. Maeve had planned to wear a birthday hat for crazy hat day on Monday in honor of Cat in the Hat, but I completely spaced it come Monday (yesterday) morning and she did not show up to school wearing that hat. π€¦π€¦ I realized my mistake once we were in the carpool line and felt so bad, but luckily I felt more bad about it than she even cared - she rolled with it quite well, so good for her. At least she will get to participate the rest of the week and the good news is there were some kids that also didn't show up in hats yesterday in her class as well, so she wasn't the only one. <div><br /></div><div>Nolan is getting into more and more mischief these days - I forgot to share this video on yesterday's post where he has figured out how to climb onto the couch. π</div><div><br /></div><div>https://youtu.be/y-AMJDnFR6Q</div><div><br /></div><div>How is it that he can't walk yet if he can do that?? π I swear, my other kids took longer to figure out how to get on the couch because once it happened, I don't remember being worried about them getting on the end tables and falling off and hurting themselves. He goes straight onto the end tables and takes the greenery ball off the glass jar that has a bunch of pebbles in it for decorative purposes and then he starts playing with those - major choking hazard so now I have to be on high alert at all times. π I imagine I will just end up moving those jars and keeping them somewhere else where he can't get to them for the time being. Story of my life when it comes to baby proofing. Things keep getting shuffled around because he's a destroyer. π€¦ Someday my house will be how I want it again haha. Another way he has been getting into mischief has been pulling the little house Adam created that covers Zoey's dog food and water so he can't mess with it. So uh, now that "fix" is no longer fixing the problem. Don't you love that when they figure out how to outsmart you over and over again? π So now we've put weights in it to solve the problem, but I discovered on yesterday that if I don't put it right smack dab up against the wall, he can squeeze his hand through there and still dump out the water. π€¦π€¦ He's trouble and I can't keep up!!</div><div><br /></div><div>For preschool yesterday Rowan built some towers with cans and boxes from our pantry, but had to incorporate his guitar so that he could create a little archway to crawl through. π He loved it. In other news, I have been so good lately about limiting my treat consumption to just on the weekends, but yesterday afternoon we've got some runny noses getting passed around the house and I ended up starting to develop a scratchy throat too. It was bugging me yesterday afternoon and I just kept having to clear it and having some chocolate to soothe it sounded soooo good. So I caved last night and did eat some peanut butter M&Ms and a couple oreos, while I was blogging in fact. π I felt it was a good enough excuse to have some comfort food. Due to said throat bothering me, I also made a vegan broccoli cheese soup for dinner and I was a little skeptical as I was preparing it, but it actually turned out well and Adam and I both really enjoyed it. π It seemed pretty dang cheesy for having no real cheese in it, so that's a total win. The only bummer was Maeve didn't like it too - unlike the boys, she is a pretty adventurous eater and will usually eat most of the meals I make, so I was kinda surprised that she didn't like it. Oh well, can't win 'em all. π€· I'm just glad she is always very ready and willing to try everything I make, because Rowan most definitely will not. It's like pulling teeth to get that boy to taste anything new. π€¦</div><div><span> </span></div><div>My laugh of the day yesterday was this convo with Rowan when he was asking for some milk in a sippy: </div><div><span> </span><span> Rowan: "I don't want that sippy cup"</span><br /></div><div><span><span> </span><span> Me: "Do you want this one?"</span></span></div><div><span><span><span> </span><span> Rowan: "No, that's Maeve's"</span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span> </span><span> Me: "What about this one?"</span><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span><span> </span><span> Rowan: "No, that's mine" ......... π€π€</span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div>Umm, what? Apparently, that's his for other drinks besides milk I guess. π€· Kids sometimes! </div><div><br /></div><div>Today, Maeve went to school wearing green for Green Eggs and Ham day. They read the book, got a Zoom call from Ms. Brown's dad which was a highlight - she wrote that so many of them were shocked that she had parents and didn't just live that at the school. πππ Gotta love it. I know as a kid I thought my teachers lived at the school too. I was shocked one time to see one of mine out in public once. Good times! When Maeve was telling me about the Zoom call with her teacher's dad, she said slowly with so much emphasis, "Guess. what! Today I - <i>for real </i>- saw Ms. Brown's dad!" π So much excitement, but the biggest highlight of all was making green eggs and ham and getting to eat it! Maeve loves eggs so I know she was thrilled. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here at home it was a pretty low key day, just doing all the normal daily stuff. During preschool, we read the book Stone Soup and then Rowan made me some Stone soup in his little play kitchen. I was trying to get him to act as if he was really making it and put in all the veggies and potatoes that they did in the book, but eventually he was adding in grapes and pumpkin and the whole shebang. He told me it needed that stuff so it would be sweeter. π€· I've never had a sweet soup myself, but we rolled with it. Turns out, it was the most incredible soup I've ever had and I told him he really knocked it out of the park when I "tried" it. π</div><div><br /></div><div>For dinner, I made another new soup recipe - a corn chowder - which was pretty good, but I liked the one from last night better. Ironically, Maeve ate her whole bowl of it so she obviously liked it better than last night's soup. If only our opinions on food could always line up haha. π€¦ Nolan gave us quite the show at dinner time and he was also being a little hooligan while I was making dinner. He's turning into quite the character and I've got a few funny videos to show for it. π He had us all laughing for sure!</div><div><br /></div><div>Aaaand now I'm a leaky faucet tonight, blowing my nose a ton so that's fun. </div><div><br /></div><div>I think that's all I got though, so here are some pics and videos. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidLgJ07LLVDr9QuKh2lY3EaZxcnQDokQ8uWkdCrniuPQ4dnUaX9zN3mqmL2zArosuWqWWgbdNkkaFfaq8sy2atq1eymEk0gtTDTXmjCALcf9ItNioVVxApV6AmJKd0d5Yf9r9rW8kwKs/s2048/20210301_113938.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidLgJ07LLVDr9QuKh2lY3EaZxcnQDokQ8uWkdCrniuPQ4dnUaX9zN3mqmL2zArosuWqWWgbdNkkaFfaq8sy2atq1eymEk0gtTDTXmjCALcf9ItNioVVxApV6AmJKd0d5Yf9r9rW8kwKs/s320/20210301_113938.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWN8UyRsXmviKnrvf7h9oUTSY0VrjQBcEUdLxBHPfr-Hz3yy83g7DNij0Ch5QfMIJsbtrBiSwTqOPxmEVvdrKodJeWXJhM7iE6EgwdC7mUfWduRmeeht35wlQ6r2ExBBGMRicbU4ElbUo/s2048/20210301_113957.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWN8UyRsXmviKnrvf7h9oUTSY0VrjQBcEUdLxBHPfr-Hz3yy83g7DNij0Ch5QfMIJsbtrBiSwTqOPxmEVvdrKodJeWXJhM7iE6EgwdC7mUfWduRmeeht35wlQ6r2ExBBGMRicbU4ElbUo/s320/20210301_113957.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7gKMQGYI9PiPpJAj9AIwXAXceVQT2zgLIfwM1HOq-XT2wvNWEC8b08EDWpxB0CBGsGuFNN2Uywdc2dSvcPflN1sM78YYsmM4hjgRS82vGu50cY797tzXLUGA6DT2Ao8hPsi-8JpN_vg/s2048/20210301_130804.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT7gKMQGYI9PiPpJAj9AIwXAXceVQT2zgLIfwM1HOq-XT2wvNWEC8b08EDWpxB0CBGsGuFNN2Uywdc2dSvcPflN1sM78YYsmM4hjgRS82vGu50cY797tzXLUGA6DT2Ao8hPsi-8JpN_vg/s320/20210301_130804.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj4CG3eJImSNq91vyd9JjGZLwS0ssUX6Pc5155YRw-4CyIdjQJ-MCTFwMpNHUofByC3jdxZ-N3C9fyYZixhYpnSmZEjeLlnWdhLKflIScWIFfsInKfBlnSHG5cTNxYZ92j_AB4Ibfk2s/s2048/20210301_130808.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj4CG3eJImSNq91vyd9JjGZLwS0ssUX6Pc5155YRw-4CyIdjQJ-MCTFwMpNHUofByC3jdxZ-N3C9fyYZixhYpnSmZEjeLlnWdhLKflIScWIFfsInKfBlnSHG5cTNxYZ92j_AB4Ibfk2s/s320/20210301_130808.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's trouble and so happy about it! π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BTf0r6UymwzrG1weIL2EaMa9N-Qf5Y0b214MYqgz-qtAjIkT5Bhp9cYHODk_ebu2zLPg_7lCnXdaw-0k2CRSXpG5NXft6CNtSnJi7XWL_6UPLWcxtym-GxAfusWdk_OEpXnA4OFpIMU/s2048/20210302_110024.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BTf0r6UymwzrG1weIL2EaMa9N-Qf5Y0b214MYqgz-qtAjIkT5Bhp9cYHODk_ebu2zLPg_7lCnXdaw-0k2CRSXpG5NXft6CNtSnJi7XWL_6UPLWcxtym-GxAfusWdk_OEpXnA4OFpIMU/s320/20210302_110024.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maeve was trying to copy this picture and I thought the face turned out too cute. π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaLcP0LkstWHTtZHscSgEzeEhbNNiYwBm7XfX8EJ7hkzYeMATHeYT0sVF1YglV7KjVG4r-bBcBUEtUSemi-55uDUDTV0GvXWa5kir64KRgZiXUrb0iJO-CsHdv09HQjNYMe4bacfCJFo/s2048/20210302_174602.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaLcP0LkstWHTtZHscSgEzeEhbNNiYwBm7XfX8EJ7hkzYeMATHeYT0sVF1YglV7KjVG4r-bBcBUEtUSemi-55uDUDTV0GvXWa5kir64KRgZiXUrb0iJO-CsHdv09HQjNYMe4bacfCJFo/s320/20210302_174602.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trouble tonight climbing on the end table over and over! He knew he was being a stinker and when smile and laugh when I'd catch him and tell him to get back on the couch!! π€¦π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrwZm1OGN1LzqeeXX3IHsT6kN1nmPKSuKZLOXKjrqiAL-UkK8r1kSOWFDIweNwUkWZQRaatiJhMZMpQyDV0W56iotYsuzzuKrjQ3lyrzLAM7pIB2hXA41MI8zsdLh18pjQ_zAwylS0pI/s2048/20210302_195140.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrwZm1OGN1LzqeeXX3IHsT6kN1nmPKSuKZLOXKjrqiAL-UkK8r1kSOWFDIweNwUkWZQRaatiJhMZMpQyDV0W56iotYsuzzuKrjQ3lyrzLAM7pIB2hXA41MI8zsdLh18pjQ_zAwylS0pI/s320/20210302_195140.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adam decided to brush Rowan's hair all crazy after his bath π<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Pray for me and my future with these 3 wild children, including this wild child in the making.... πππ</div><div><br /></div><div>https://youtu.be/i0mgqle0GCs</div><div><br /></div><div>https://youtu.be/7oG5LRdDgPg</div><div><br /></div><div>Peace and blessings. βοΈ</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-4556005357306715942021-03-01T21:02:00.002-08:002021-03-01T21:02:12.504-08:00February 26th - February 28th, 2021: A sick doggy, Greko's, & homemade custard <p>Last night I didn't blog because I was trying to finish my Come Follow Me study and also trying to decide if I wanted to join Jody Moore's coaching program to have her as my life coach. I decided to take the plunge because I need help working through my overwhelming fear of throwing up. It's taking over my thoughts too much and I don't know how to stop it myself. Something's gotta give though cause it's no way to live. Here's to hoping her coaching will make a difference! π€π Anyway, now I have 4 days to update on, starting with Friday. </p><p>Friday was an asynchronous learning day for Maeve so she was at home with us. It's kinda nice when we have those days mixed in because then we don't all have to get up quite as early. (I used to wake up at 6am to get at least part of my workout in before getting Maeve ready for school, but it got really hard to keep up with that once it got colder and was SO dark at that hour. So those days are over, but let's be honest, waking up at 6:30am is still pretty early!) Also, I kinda love it because all the sudden the kids are obsessed with hanging out under their beds. ππ They have LED lights strung underneath them so they drape blankets over the side and kinda pretend they're in a fort. They will facetime their Gram under there, do screen time under there, and just play too. It's kind of a dream for me to have more peace and quiet with just Nolan with me and know they're having lots of fun on their own. So Friday morning they spent a lot of time up there before Maeve needed to do her worksheets, and I was able to get my workout and scripture study done in peace. π Adam bought some more little planes for Rowan like the ones he got for Christmas since the 2 he got then both already broke. π€¦ But this time it was a 3 pack and they are not as big, so hopefully that will help them hold up better. They were both also playing with those on Friday morning and after taking a short break from them, Rowan said "come on Maeve, let's go planing!" ππ</p><p>After Maeve finished her worksheets and the kids were playing again, I snuck in a shower. Apparently though, while I was showering, Zoey threw up because I went downstairs and found a pile dark reddish brown goo. It looked pretty sketchy and she had been acting strange the day before and actually thrown up a couple times that day as well. She's never thrown up 2 days in a row and also never had throw up that looked like that at all, so I decided to call the vet and take her in. On our way to drop her off, Maeve asked why we were going and I said "just because Zoey's throw up looked really strange and we need to see what's going on" and Rowan chimed in, "Yeah, and because her butt hurts!" ππ€ Not sure where he pulled that one from. It was kinda nice because with Covid they ask that you just drop your pet off for appointments, so I was able to get some errands done while I was over in that area. So went to Walmart for a few things, I tried to sell some shoes at Plato's Closet (but with no luck - which is so annoying because there were some high end brands in good shape, but they said they were "too fancy" for their store π€¦π), dropped some stuff off at Goodwill, and then used a free coupon I had to try a healthy shake from this new restaurant near Goodwill. I got one that was supposed to mimic a reeses peanut butter cup, and it was decent, but definitely tasted healthy haha. Of course the kids wanted to try it, and then of course when Maeve went to hand it over to Rowan who didn't have a firm grasp on it yet and it fell and 1/4 of it spilled all over the place. π«π€¬ I can't stand messes like that, so it kinda put me in a bad mood and I feel a little bad about that because I know it was an accident. In my grumpy state, I immediately told the kids they could never try something like that of mine again. π I probably should have had a little more mercy. </p><p>Anyway, over $300 later π, Zoey did some blood work which came back normal and then did a pancreatitis test which also came back negative, so that was good. Who knows what messed her up, but at least it was nothing serious, and they just sent us home with special bland food and told me to get some unflavored pedialyte to help her with her dehydration. Ever since Friday, she hasn't thrown up anymore, but her bowels have been out of whack cause she seems to be struggling to poop some and when she does poop it is like pudding. She has had a number of accidents in the house and especially in the middle of the night (we let her sleep in our bed again because we started to trust her more) - so she has been getting out of our bed like 2-3 times to do business and then whines to get back in. I would take her out, except I don't know when she jumps out since it doesn't really make much of a noise, I only hear when she whines to get back up since she can't jump up into our bed herself. π€¦ If only she was smart enough to just whine so that one of us would take her out, but nope. It will be nice when she's totally back to normal and hopefully that's soon. </p><p>Friday night we had potstickers for dinner and then the kids had screen time and then went to bed. Adam got busy with some paperwork after that and finishing taxes, so I did some jump roping and watched some shows until I went to bed, but he stayed up till 2am finishing taxes. π³</p><p>Saturday morning Maeve had her trial Musical Theater dance class and luckily there were no mishaps for that trial and she got to experience the class as it should be. She loved it and decided it was her favorite class, so I will be signing her up for that one. They explained it as kind of a mix between hip hop and jazz, so definitely more upbeat than Ballet and I feel like she needs that with the kind of dancer she is at home. Should be fun for her! Maeve was really excited to eat her Life cereal, drink lemonade, and hang out under her bed when we got home. π Cracks me up. She also changed her clothes after we got home and it made me laugh because she put regular pants on under a dress, instead of leggings. π€π
Which reminds me of another Saturday, where she wore a fancy dress with tights, but with her jean vest over it and her sparkly gold tennis shoes. ππ€ Oh, and she also put tons of crazy necklaces on as well as her slap bracelet and that's how she showed up to our friend's house. π¬ I tried to get her to reconsider some of her choices, but the girl loves her fancy dresses and also really loves that jean vest. What can you do! I also let Rowan go out in Maeve's pink unicorn rainboots recently when he just insisted that's what he wanted to wear. Somehow they've softened me and I don't put my foot down as much. ππ€· Might as well let their little personalities shine through when they can. </p><p>In the afternoon I decided what custard recipe I wanted to make in our ice cream maker and realizing that it would take 4 hours to chill, I went ahead and prepped the custard before we left to go out to dinner at Greko's to celebrate Adam's promotion. He went there for lunch recently with his coworkers and thought it was awesome Greek food. Back to the custard though - while I was prepping it, Maeve asked me what I was doing and I said "oh just working on making some homemade custard in our new ice cream maker for us to have tonight" and she said, "Custard?? We already had so much junk. Why are we making more junk??" ππ€¦ And by already had so much junk, she meant that the day before she had some sour patch kids and m&ms. I assured her that she didn't have to eat any of it if she didn't want to, but of course she wanted to. π</p><p>Greko's was tasty - I always love good Tzatziki sauce and they also had really awesome fries that were seasoned and had some sprinkled cheese on top of them. Of course though because they were fancier fries, the kids weren't as into them. π€¦ Nolan was throwing food on the floor left and right, the little stinker. We made it out of there in the nick of time though, because it was downpouring our whole way home. We gassed up both cars once we got home and while waiting for them to fill up, Adam approached me at my window pretending we were strangers. That's how we spice up our marriage, NBD. π</p><p>Once we got the kids in the bed, we started thinking about the custard again, and it hit me that I hadn't checked to see how long the ice cream maker bowl needed to be in the freezer for before it would be ready to use. And that's when the sad reality hit that it takes 16-24 hours or until the liquid on the inside is frozen and you don't hear it move when you shake it around. We had only had it in there since the afternoon, but Adam felt like he couldn't hear any liquid moving so he thought we should just try it anyway. Buuuut that was a lost cause - it didn't work. π© Such a bummer! We were so excited for it, but at least there was no issue with putting it back in the fridge and waiting to make it on Sunday night. <br /></p><p>Sunday morning we went to church with our whole congregation! We are back to having everyone invited to Sacrament meeting each week and we are also allowed to sing again too, which was so nice. On our way to church, Rowan had us laughing though when he went around a sharp corner and he said, just like his Daddy would, "Hold onto your butts guys!" π I also hopped on our Zoom YW lesson and it was pretty rough. It was on repentance and the girls would not give any comments AT ALL. Literally us leaders had to just step up and say a bunch of comments so there wouldn't be radio silence. π€¦</p><p>We had a low key early afternoon until we decided to go to a playground at 3. We did all our research to figure out which one would have baby swings so that Nolan would be able to have fun too and then I put him in one when we got there and he lost his mind. π€£π It was honestly comical considering we tried so hard to make sure there were dang baby swings. He clung onto me so tight and acted like I was abandoning him by putting him in that thing. Must be an age thing, because he used to like them! I tried him on a slide too and that was also a bust. I guess he's not an adventurous one. The kids had a ball though until Rowan decided it would be fun to just let go of the swing he was on <i>completely, </i>so he fell flat on his back and head and got covered in dirt. Needless to say, he was not a happy camper and back home we went. It was dinner time anyway though, so all good. After dinner, we made our long awaited custard and it worked beautifully! It tasted JUST like Culver's chocolate custard and it was amazing. ππ So cheap too, so it was a major win! And the good news is, one batch makes just enough for us to not overdo it, cause heaven knows we would if we could. π
</p><p>Before I took Nolan upstairs for a bath, I went to "change" his diaper because he was poopy, so I left him naked for seriously 1 minute before taking him upstairs. In that 1 minute, he peed all over the floor. Which really threw us off because at first we thought it was dog pee, not thinking about how he was naked, but it was such a big puddle it didn't make sense to be dog pee. After a minute of confusion, it dawned on us what had happened. π€¦π³ </p><p>Maeve made me laugh at bedtime, because Rowan came into our bedroom where I was laying with her and asked me, "What are we going to do tomorrow?" She quickly plugged her ears so that she wouldn't hear me answer and could then ask me the same question herself. ππ€¦ Maeve has been obsessed with asking me that question for a LONG time and Rowan has learned from her that apparently it's an important question to ask. It kinda drives me nuts, and I wish the answer "whatever you want" would cut it, but I always have to get specific... π</p><p>For the sake of time, I'm going to stop here and give today's update on tomorrow's post. But before I share some pics, here are some other random laughs of the weekend: </p><p>~Rowan's favorite thing to do right now is cut paper up into a million tiny pieces if he ever gets a hold of scissors. Which isn't funny at all and instead very annoying. </p><p>~Adam told me that Rowan said to him one time, "You're like a thousand pounds! I'm like this *runs his hand down in a flat motion* and you're like this *makes a semi-circle motion with his hand like he's outlining a large watermelon*" ππ I'm sure he felt like a million bucks hearing that. π€¦</p><p>~I bought a few miscellaneous items including diapers at Walmart on Friday and forgot to bring them in the house. Maeve saw that they were still in the car later and she said, "There's one thing that we REALLY need to bring in though - the diapers!! Cause Nolan poops A LOT!!!" π</p><p>~This conversation with Rowan: <br /><span> </span><span> Me: "Do you need to go potty?"<br /><span> </span><span> Rowan: "No"<br /><span> </span><span> Me: "Why are you holding your crotch?"<br /><span> </span><span> Rowan: "Because I was feeling to see if there's pee coming out, but there's not" π€</span><br /></span></span></span></p><p>And now for pictures!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDo_At9y4jsHMxgPFCXyCM8l6CNaaJTT0D-FMuEmt0Aam-4C_Hzi2lE4iiIxkj9-6YF1jSeHiE9BJQ2LMIhvKr4phx_rfk2wwkvLLvwLLsqC8A8YMUeVFzAXHdWPcNwSTyQEoST1x_iE/s2048/20210226_100009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihDo_At9y4jsHMxgPFCXyCM8l6CNaaJTT0D-FMuEmt0Aam-4C_Hzi2lE4iiIxkj9-6YF1jSeHiE9BJQ2LMIhvKr4phx_rfk2wwkvLLvwLLsqC8A8YMUeVFzAXHdWPcNwSTyQEoST1x_iE/s320/20210226_100009.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting creative with how they flew the planes π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckqZnKv0OS_aECVJp0lYV30fP4SRqhUPDRhFlimhupeX3tJqV-F1MsuTP9Ge4p60q4os68dcr2mzDxEydTTNhYgwWFcRo450chyK2CFkHVqNddyKGSVpi0FfeqLup0ONHFpS56FPESY4/s2048/20210226_132156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckqZnKv0OS_aECVJp0lYV30fP4SRqhUPDRhFlimhupeX3tJqV-F1MsuTP9Ge4p60q4os68dcr2mzDxEydTTNhYgwWFcRo450chyK2CFkHVqNddyKGSVpi0FfeqLup0ONHFpS56FPESY4/s320/20210226_132156.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet boy trying to play with sad sick little Zoey. This is right after she threw up and before I took her to the vet. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkOWnNFbePzCyud8K9hyphenhyphenBFSKofw0PW9Uer-UCtqTWKdY2wiH_SRZVIHf7x7tm8Nrt1UkMA7ENpmQ25OIhcVH2TKtI35vpMRrSdoPEzFNu1etOP9JexxfesEP_GZyqYRZZaoqnNOwxSqs/s2048/20210226_185337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkOWnNFbePzCyud8K9hyphenhyphenBFSKofw0PW9Uer-UCtqTWKdY2wiH_SRZVIHf7x7tm8Nrt1UkMA7ENpmQ25OIhcVH2TKtI35vpMRrSdoPEzFNu1etOP9JexxfesEP_GZyqYRZZaoqnNOwxSqs/s320/20210226_185337.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was being soooo cute laying down hugging this hedgehog with the biggest smile on his face, but of course once my phone was out I couldn't recreate the moment π€¦</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrAQYAnb1AD9smFKUvWXPCRkjHRoUIGjM7_wB2NDUH1eyhzWaQlN70bjH6rQf57NP9UCAo7yxSGThrBhXKO3UYzIHybedynCKqdrxjbMASOadQQcvWK-6Oh0s7zdCtXIbUvd3e7IYjQI/s2048/20210227_124432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrAQYAnb1AD9smFKUvWXPCRkjHRoUIGjM7_wB2NDUH1eyhzWaQlN70bjH6rQf57NP9UCAo7yxSGThrBhXKO3UYzIHybedynCKqdrxjbMASOadQQcvWK-6Oh0s7zdCtXIbUvd3e7IYjQI/s320/20210227_124432.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The next 6 photos are a photoshoot that Maeve had with Rowan as photographer. π She looks so cute here! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnR-bTpq-dYpOmdiRrCph-omet_If-KEikitbepJ7XgnrE5StYqDbiZViIVRhjAIrxD8C9LJO6sAOqGjJ_4mdXOau2PFYuVn0pdCQwYU9ZaHxLg_dg6YS3YHpiOy0DdUPN8K2GNH8p_lY/s2048/20210227_124501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnR-bTpq-dYpOmdiRrCph-omet_If-KEikitbepJ7XgnrE5StYqDbiZViIVRhjAIrxD8C9LJO6sAOqGjJ_4mdXOau2PFYuVn0pdCQwYU9ZaHxLg_dg6YS3YHpiOy0DdUPN8K2GNH8p_lY/s320/20210227_124501.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Notice pants under dress and the Jean vest even made it on π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4yAm00TpV3c8wtV9L3F0l1T0KgU47m4hEVOnKrmj07XxEWJQDyIvJ9nb3h58UHc46AA095TFtpUspqWxffEHhl3-XLi83izSAp5qvGM_Xc-OYnMZuVIQEoJJNvn8t2N39bNJD5oz4Z4/s2048/20210227_124701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4yAm00TpV3c8wtV9L3F0l1T0KgU47m4hEVOnKrmj07XxEWJQDyIvJ9nb3h58UHc46AA095TFtpUspqWxffEHhl3-XLi83izSAp5qvGM_Xc-OYnMZuVIQEoJJNvn8t2N39bNJD5oz4Z4/s320/20210227_124701.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgELdDMVEfOBbiNU_jo9nWeaqXyz9hSxLvavMYUuDdJkXImQ1xWJmn2SdI6rrXxRv4dIg3doT8_IgATHyg-L-T1bCIBC2egCRoQDR8ykRSY6ZfhR-uk-c13CCPcQUhLX_syUmhXnApvB0s/s2048/20210227_175116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgELdDMVEfOBbiNU_jo9nWeaqXyz9hSxLvavMYUuDdJkXImQ1xWJmn2SdI6rrXxRv4dIg3doT8_IgATHyg-L-T1bCIBC2egCRoQDR8ykRSY6ZfhR-uk-c13CCPcQUhLX_syUmhXnApvB0s/s320/20210227_175116.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's who I'm married to π - he might be crazy but my hair is on point in this photoππ - it actually looks thicker! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyya_r7l-0G1JaUidWS7jEUL6cGzNOZ2BC_qPofrwnNm89ubz9CFpP9dVfNndLqsaoKP6-3-g5SKZXmDjitBgQ1aLeML2JN32HckeS_xjWpyBHIOd4-YrStmi4BX-bmwax5aii1gVLk8w/s2048/20210227_175433.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWznMDBEgDvHQR7u0NvhgvAxW9PiiyaoowGvvE_oCsbxddkPDPaQX8689d47kGfKVPaSsVLcalfGutOXSLxhgYyhyNmIQgudLOarjSC8yiVV75NjopBCoyZ3Q-n_xS-ddupUNtxAZm24/s2048/20210227_181843.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWznMDBEgDvHQR7u0NvhgvAxW9PiiyaoowGvvE_oCsbxddkPDPaQX8689d47kGfKVPaSsVLcalfGutOXSLxhgYyhyNmIQgudLOarjSC8yiVV75NjopBCoyZ3Q-n_xS-ddupUNtxAZm24/s320/20210227_181843.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">π He loves to throw his head back </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoe_iV0FMdsoL8bvHRA1qVNRLRRWanUtB-jvXf8FnlxLxI_p9wkSYMLKOntRu7qqYH-UaD4KFiz59IrWEsex1XOOTb_GevpLzxL9ycI6GMJAGsUTtp4SQXMFMIZE0VPjb0K_MN2baEGeE/s2048/20210227_181846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sAZoIItXGisW-8HsmkLnwb6Y_PpPgrMNKLWC3zcJfBfc1pb5zuMkJh4LGzMkML_-drbUIUanQW3-NiAntDdaG9EluBC_6m8cKpZKK3WJrynY84rLaYmTY87rZagDYtqVbB3X-9rixNQ/s2048/20210227_182209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sAZoIItXGisW-8HsmkLnwb6Y_PpPgrMNKLWC3zcJfBfc1pb5zuMkJh4LGzMkML_-drbUIUanQW3-NiAntDdaG9EluBC_6m8cKpZKK3WJrynY84rLaYmTY87rZagDYtqVbB3X-9rixNQ/s320/20210227_182209.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Take a picture of the cheese all over my lips!" π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtoHhtQZ6Wg19guRZBrRmxQyJX5dyn-DOHF1W4SDI_oZ1TCDnrqqiyixXeEgGXTJGiZGGZ5CjgYRdC3DMmvLL0vuDXZIgOUCoJAu1-d9jJetWPqY-X6v-vQfnjvqrfEcF_X_tJlb6MUI/s2048/20210227_182249.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtoHhtQZ6Wg19guRZBrRmxQyJX5dyn-DOHF1W4SDI_oZ1TCDnrqqiyixXeEgGXTJGiZGGZ5CjgYRdC3DMmvLL0vuDXZIgOUCoJAu1-d9jJetWPqY-X6v-vQfnjvqrfEcF_X_tJlb6MUI/s320/20210227_182249.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His mood after Nolan threw down one too many fries and pitas π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIzyiWkBPT33-wbJwh0_94mZaxX8aPKn7l4dbfIifrW9mpCGg_vM4V2kAcLoVP6xr1OTz7kwYDwjvvfF01cPNrsEPAXyYb5NAPVZt5rXmCDfuiVVaRzwMaE_MyXYCU5hGY0IkCT5LJIE/s2048/20210228_182619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGIzyiWkBPT33-wbJwh0_94mZaxX8aPKn7l4dbfIifrW9mpCGg_vM4V2kAcLoVP6xr1OTz7kwYDwjvvfF01cPNrsEPAXyYb5NAPVZt5rXmCDfuiVVaRzwMaE_MyXYCU5hGY0IkCT5LJIE/s320/20210228_182619.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Homemade custard churning!! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3K1SwXhASnABISQ9WiOn-VNFQmE0dwtyJeI7G2dj6BkK_gNP61IwmJAeYRzEUh3DM8IelN1uyEhorABPoMgSIMgAEFKU8TLxEQ6CN9jZSsCg3Ybdpnx-bhuqOkz98Huw5jfW2hkG3dI/s2048/20210228_184905%25280%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3K1SwXhASnABISQ9WiOn-VNFQmE0dwtyJeI7G2dj6BkK_gNP61IwmJAeYRzEUh3DM8IelN1uyEhorABPoMgSIMgAEFKU8TLxEQ6CN9jZSsCg3Ybdpnx-bhuqOkz98Huw5jfW2hkG3dI/s320/20210228_184905%25280%2529.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He loves to make this face π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUA6RQFvXUadMzy1MLGJFDWcQaosklq0x0iXYd4duxgD2WWmPIUbczNgZADaj4ABI9M4XaS-vQY1ojxNaazN9FxaMVdTkzAU1Q_9aNxbG9Vry9RrJeMCwrLque3nKqSMtATXbcc2vyiI/s2048/20210228_184919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUA6RQFvXUadMzy1MLGJFDWcQaosklq0x0iXYd4duxgD2WWmPIUbczNgZADaj4ABI9M4XaS-vQY1ojxNaazN9FxaMVdTkzAU1Q_9aNxbG9Vry9RrJeMCwrLque3nKqSMtATXbcc2vyiI/s320/20210228_184919.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ππ He approved the custard!! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbePSQdyyHbKUZjQvntXwNzEYjsCUoHQHmlAZJ5hKEszQrYoFCY6GW4S_unyp6O3-Lg5pkmF4gmAWlkOZBPnU4ioq0tJQBdEmQXBO0KhQtqujQEjQQF5PmK0N-35Yri5sCCd_rwMJDRNs/s2048/20210228_190647.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbePSQdyyHbKUZjQvntXwNzEYjsCUoHQHmlAZJ5hKEszQrYoFCY6GW4S_unyp6O3-Lg5pkmF4gmAWlkOZBPnU4ioq0tJQBdEmQXBO0KhQtqujQEjQQF5PmK0N-35Yri5sCCd_rwMJDRNs/s320/20210228_190647.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Action shot π</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXRb2331OU5MPA5wM2UVWPwfVofMTZRCnSLpDRg6r2xUVu-OsEBtmtJLhP3reVp3OPAvaYRfA0UNFu9lvSRqib1r1RTYk98IX95uBXK3aFC61iWJimGWHsOKsRmAyGw2gE8R9l4fLbMM/s2048/20210228_190701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVXRb2331OU5MPA5wM2UVWPwfVofMTZRCnSLpDRg6r2xUVu-OsEBtmtJLhP3reVp3OPAvaYRfA0UNFu9lvSRqib1r1RTYk98IX95uBXK3aFC61iWJimGWHsOKsRmAyGw2gE8R9l4fLbMM/s320/20210228_190701.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love the position he's in with his little foot underneath his bum. π</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Peace and blessings. βοΈ</p><p><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><br /></p>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7515929426756061350.post-52563441002651054772021-02-25T20:46:00.004-08:002021-02-25T20:46:50.028-08:00February 25th, 2021: The Playground is on fire <p>Oh boy. This morning started off with immediately finding pee AND poop upstairs on the carpet in our room and the kids room. But what I <i>didn't </i>see is that there were also little poop remnants in the hallway... I apparently walked right through them and got poop on my socks, which then transferred to my workout leggings. π³π€¬ Stinking Zoey! I knew this was probably the case when she was whining to get back in our bed at 6am. She clearly jumped off and did that business then. π€¦</p><p>And then there's this... we were on our way home from dropping Maeve off at school and I was listening to the Come Follow Me for us podcast and the host was mentioning some different serious sins and said the phrase "cheating on your spouse" and -- I kid you not when I say this -- Rowan lets out a laugh and mutters kinda quietly "cheating on your spouse...!" as if it was silly that was on her list of serious sins. π³π It was mortifying, bizarre, and hilarious all at the same time that he even clung onto that phrase and was listening well enough to repeat it. And heaven knows he doesn't know what cheating means or what a spouse is... I'm throwing my arms up over this one, but it was truly wacko. π€·</p><p>This morning was also one of those mornings where all odds were against me to get a solid workout in. For starters, I decided that enough is enough and I'm not helping Rowan go potty anymore. He's done it on his own off and on lately (pulled down his own pants and made sure he was aiming in the pot), but then 75% of the time he still insists I help him do that. So 15 minutes into my workout when Rowan needed to go potty, I insisted he do it all himself, but he remained stubborn and would not, but I was also stubborn and not willing to give in and help... soooo I had to deal with the major meltdown that ensued. Whyyyyy can't that be one of the things that he insists he do by himself because he's big and independent?! Because there sure are plenty of things he's like that with that he actually <i>does </i>still need help with, but won't let me until he struggles for a while. I can't win!! π So frustrating. I just don't want to baby him anymore since he's almost 4! Send help. Anywho, back to the point, I had that going against me and then I also had our Chromecast wigging out and disconnecting every single time I paused the workout to assist Rowan or Nolan with the millions of things they needed me to do. So I threw my hands up at the halfway point of the workout and called it quits. I still felt like I could do a quick ab workout though, so I put on one of those, BUT had to stop that halfway through too because Nolan would not stop plopping himself on top of me. π
π€¦ And that's when I had to laugh and say to myself "oh well, I tried" and at least did my body <i>some</i> good. </p><p>So ya know, the morning may have been a little shaky and annoying, but I did manage to get a lot of cleaning and laundry done upstairs today while Nolan was napping (and he took a nice long nap for once!! ππ), which felt great so I was feeling like a million bucks after I got that done and got all showered up. Rowan was not a happy camper as I was going into the shower because he really wanted me to go back downstairs with him, but I told him I would be so fast and he said "oh because the water is fast??" Yep, you got it dude, whatever you say! π</p><p>After I buckled Rowan into his seat to go pick up Maeve, he said with remorse in his voice, "I should have run, <i>done cool moves, </i>and jumped into my seat! But I can't. I can't do cool moves. It would hurt myself. <i>That </i>would be a disaster!" ππ This kid kills me sometimes. Such well thought out sentences. π</p><p>After school today, Maeve was SO hoping to play with our neighbor Ivy and hung out outside for a while in hopes that she would come around, but it didn't happen. She claims she said she was going to come by our house, but who knows. π€· I knew I needed to re-make all the beds since I washed the sheets so to try and drum up some excitement, I said, "Who wants to go upstairs and help me make all the beds again!?!" Rowan came right in with a resounding "me!", but I got nothing from Maeve. I asked again, "Maeve!? What about you??" and she said, "...I'm not interested" ππ€¦ Who is this girl and since when does she use the word interested?! I had to laugh at that response. Don't worry though, she still followed us upstairs when she realized she had nothing better to do. Before long, her and Rowan were having a party playing underneath their beds. They only wanted to kill each other a couple of times, but no visible injuries resulted so that's a plus. </p><p>The awesome news of the day is that Adam got promoted at work today! ππ Exciting day for him, for sure!! I think a lot of good things are in store for him right now and I couldn't be happier for him about that. This is the first time he's really in the groove with his job and loving what he's doing since we've been married really. I'm sure it's a great feeling for him!! So grateful that he gave anxiety meds a chance about a year ago. I'm sure that's a big contributor now that he's less in his head! ππ </p><p>As for the rest of the evening, the kids were really cracking us up tonight. Here's a few good laughs we got: </p><p>~We were asking Maeve if she likes any boys in her class and she said there are 2 - she likes Spencer because he plays with her friend Sarah and she likes Ben because he knows our neighbor Ivy. Ivy is in 1st grade though so I asked her how she knows that they know each other and we got a really confusing answer that basically came down to something about Ivy having a baseball statue of a boy that looked like Ben, so therefore they are friends...!? Adam and I were totally laughing because nothing was adding up or making any sense. Who knows what any of it really means, but I wish I could figure it out! </p><p>~The kids both insisted only I help them get in jammies because they "only love me" -- but then Maeve retracted and said, "Well, I love Daddy too because he makes good smoothies and is tall and can reach high stuff" ππ€¦ Some solid reasons, for sure. I know Adam felt great about himself hearing those reasons. π</p><p>~Maeve and Rowan spent some time drawing on their electronic tablets before going up to bed tonight. Rowan drew this picture of himself. π</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccqtDtmYeWNDavqB9nGY1HNzzKwjZH-OdEUzReFLrQrtd3FeMP0QUEAxCEVixM-NjL8qss5Bg9c3bC21_T3iMBkwcDyXtJUaLAJ0LJHcoVOMtPzTa58nSHLl3uKNRlPTk73ihSy8dwXI/s1008/20210225_224551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="756" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccqtDtmYeWNDavqB9nGY1HNzzKwjZH-OdEUzReFLrQrtd3FeMP0QUEAxCEVixM-NjL8qss5Bg9c3bC21_T3iMBkwcDyXtJUaLAJ0LJHcoVOMtPzTa58nSHLl3uKNRlPTk73ihSy8dwXI/s320/20210225_224551.jpg" /></a></div><p>He pointed to the circled part on his face and said, "it's dripping because it's snot. No! It's water." ππ€ and then he drew the other circled part, pointed to it, and said, "That's my butt. No! My penis." ππ³ Crazy kid. Then he drew a picture of a playground with a sign next to it and said, "This is a playground with a sign next to it that says 'Don't go in' because the playground is on fire." π³π€£ Then he drew a second picture of a playground with a sign next to it and said, "This is a playground with a sign next to it that says 'Don't go in' because the playground is broken." π€π€£ and <i>THEN</i> he drew a third picture of playground with a sign next to it and said, "This is a playground with a sign next to it that says 'It's open' and there's a dance party!" Phew, I'm glad there was a happy ending there. Gotta love that little boy's imagination!<br /></p><p>That's it from today's update, but I realized today that I forgot to share a few funny/cute things from yesterday. They are:</p><p>~While at the grocery store yesterday Rowan found a hot wheels car that he really wanted to buy. I had told him that if he was good while we were at the store that he could have ice cream when we got home, so then I bargained with him and told him he could have that car if he wanted in place of the ice cream. He liked that idea so we bought the car and when we got home as he was getting out of the car, with his car in his hand and some giddy excitement, he said, "I gotta show Daddy! It's <i>so </i>surprising!" π - which really meant, <i>he'll</i> be surprised. </p><p>~Normally every time we play with Rowan's wind up race car book, I use the red car and he uses the yellow car. Yesterday though, he decided that he didn't like the yellow car anymore because even though he likes lemonade, which is yellow, he does not like that the sun is too bright sometimes, and it's also yellow. So with that logic, he switched to the red car. ππ€· Impeccable reasoning. π</p><p>~Rowan has been putting up a BIG fight with getting dressed lately, but the other day when I was getting zero compliance yet again, I said "Oh! I know!! Let's set a timer and see if you can race and get dressed before the timer goes off!" BEST IDEA I've ever had - he immediately went for it and was all smiles and giggles hurrying to get those clothes on. π It has worked every time since then and he is always SO proud to finish before the timer goes off. It is quite possibly the cutest thing ever. </p><p>Well, that's a wrap! Here are a few cute pictures I got today of Nolan. He might not be walking yet, but he sure is a troublemaker! Usually he destroys as he goes. π He has also outsmarted Zoey's dog food house because now he can move it away from the wall himself. So much for that. π€¦ He's lucky he's cute!</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0bNDS1ZK3QfpbovYypLqIaCmInpm-r9DoCOvssVPVaCzY9OPXl3mtQayzV1SvYnxsOJEruUsIXS_SAnWfkJHNCmDdEGl4NciaHUij1gYhhsy9e0oes9fUlKXPje_qjbpPMNVDlmArwE/s2048/20210225_160328.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0bNDS1ZK3QfpbovYypLqIaCmInpm-r9DoCOvssVPVaCzY9OPXl3mtQayzV1SvYnxsOJEruUsIXS_SAnWfkJHNCmDdEGl4NciaHUij1gYhhsy9e0oes9fUlKXPje_qjbpPMNVDlmArwE/s320/20210225_160328.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGic4ZwtiYVsgIDLBhT-Vp_Qt-T-BrYL-XTTC3qtmQh5E9tH80cvIi_9NYA8GHlI6M4UODq7p5Jpyo9TVqo7qjxg-EYRZLnC_IjH_uE9yFTcsr5SvxeLgIWO4_Z3RyIP2rc40-pAn_S9E/s2048/20210225_160212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGic4ZwtiYVsgIDLBhT-Vp_Qt-T-BrYL-XTTC3qtmQh5E9tH80cvIi_9NYA8GHlI6M4UODq7p5Jpyo9TVqo7qjxg-EYRZLnC_IjH_uE9yFTcsr5SvxeLgIWO4_Z3RyIP2rc40-pAn_S9E/s320/20210225_160212.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He escaped a diaper change ππ€¦</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Peace and blessings. βοΈ<p></p>AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957489233653137491noreply@blogger.com0