Friday started out just lovely. We had our typical morning routine, but I also made some pancakes and the whole time I was busy with working out, scripture study, and making the pancakes the kids did such a great job of playing together and not even needing suggestions from me on what to do. That Maeve is getting really good at just saying "okay Rowan, now let's go outside on the back patio and ride bikes! Come on!" or "k Rowan let's play this game" or "k Rowan let's dance to some music" etc. etc. and he is always ready to just follow her lead. It is a TOTAL game changer for me. Especially since Nolan is usually the most content baby on the planet, although he is more and more on the move and things are about to get cray cray around here because of that. I guess I should retract and say that they already are a little cray cray considering today we kept finding clumps of hair around the house near wherever he was playing and were a little confused - come to find out, we later found him in the act pulling hair out of the head of one of Maeve's doll's. 🙈🤦 Oh dear. We also discovered that he ripped the arm out of a GI Joe doll and one of the tiny bolt parts was missing, so either he ate it or the dog ate it or it somehow disappeared otherwise. 😳 Only heaven knows, but everyone's still breathing so that's what really matters.
When Maeve and Rowan were eating both standing on kitchen chairs eating pancakes, we had this conversation:
Maeve: "Hey Mom, look, when I stand here next to Rowan, my head is above his! I'm bigger."
Me: "Yep, you're taller than he is since you're 5 and he's 3."
Rowan: "Yeah, I'm just a little bit up, because I'm 3..." 😂 And by "a little bit up", he means only a little tall, but not as tall as Maeve - these kids are too funny when they're trying to figure out how to say things but they say them totally wacko.
Later in the day on Friday, we were headed to the pool and I texted Dreah about her dogs coming over and she ended up telling me she didn't need my help because of exposure to Corona by a coworker. He/she got it and she was around them while they were sick so she had to get tested as well and was waiting on the results. I also found out the day before that a friend in my ward received a prompting to leave a beach trip early with her family and soon after she got home, she came down with it and was really sick. Not going to lie, hearing a case and potential case from ladies I know personally amped up my anxiety a little bit and I was kind of on edge about it the rest of the day. Which made me feel a little sick to my stomach, like I normally get when I'm anxious about something. The brain is more powerful than it's own good sometimes and it's a little annoying...
Anyway, the pool was still fun and Maeve made a little friend, but Rowan fell asleep on the way home and was passed out on the couch for over an hour, which messed up bedtime -- always fun (read not fun) -- especially Maeve was all bothered that that meant she wasn't going to stay up later than Rowan.
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| Sometimes you just have to relax 😂 |
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| Knocked out cold... He was even snoring pretty loud 😂 |
In trying to make her feel better about it, we had this conversation:
Me: Maeve, it shouldn't even really matter to you that much that he's awake with you until you go to bed because you know what you normally do during that alone time without him?! Reading lessons! (hinting at the fact that it isn't a very exciting activity)
Maeve (said in a very matter of fact way): Well, it's important, ya know! I need to know how to read for Kindergarten, ya know! 😂
She kills me! 👆
Ever since Zoey figured out how to squeeze through the gate at the bottom of the stairs, she is constantly following us upstairs now. So, after Maeve went up to get ready for bed with Adam, sure enough she followed them and when she wouldn't come right back down, Rowan kept calling her a "freaking stinko" 😂😂 Not sure where he got that from... 😉🤦
Other pics from Friday:
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| Maeve got a letter in the mail from her friend Lucy (a daughter of one of my good college friends) and she was so excited! |
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| Rowan is loving purses right now 😂 and this puppy purse was all the rage on Friday - after I took this picture, he switched it to wearing it like a cross body bag and said "maybe I wear it like this so I can pet it" 😂😂 and then retracted and said "mmm maybe I don't" - he's so funny |
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| Will you just look at him?! I could eat him a million times in those overalls. He is so perfect! 😍😍😍 |
They kept singing Ring Around the Rosie a few times and then would run outside and ride around on their bikes for a minute, then back in again to sing, on repeat! It was pretty cute so I got a video - and they're just in undies because they had been west oh fancy dress up clothes and didn't want to get them dirty eating pancakes 😉😂
After lunch and Nolan's nap, we went to the pool and are making good strides teaching Maeve to swim. It was her second lesson with us in the water and she was actually able to swim a little bit back and forth on her own. So exciting! It's kinda crazy having a kid old enough to learn how to swim and even read. It kinda seems impossible she was ever a baby! Life was so different back then - time really changes so much for these kiddos and it's both heartbreaking and exciting at the same time to see so much growth and learning happening before our eyes. 😭🤯
Unfortunately we didn't get a bike ride in on Saturday or today, which is a bit of a bummer, but it was just too late after we finished dinner and then today we thought we were going to be helping the missionaries with a lesson with an investigator of theirs at 7:45pm (evening bike rides are the way to go in this summer heat), so that kinda squashed being able to do it today, although ironically since it cancelled we ultimately could have... but oh well. There's always next weekend! After getting the kids in bed though, we did order some cinnamon bread from Marco's pizza - we hadn't had it in a long time and I swear it used to be better. It was kinda disappointing, but still good - just not blow you away good like I remember. I just decided to restart Boy Meets World from the very beginning since I've finished Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist now (can't wait for next season! Although who knows when that will air thanks to Corona...😑), so we watched some of that while we ate and then I quickly fell asleep like I always do. Poor Adam! Always left with a sleeping wife when we watch just about anything... 🤷♀️
Today was an exciting Sunday - we had a productive morning cleaning the house and got our home church done and then I found a recipe for Melonpan (a Japanese sweet bread) and decided to slave away and make it. It was very involved and honestly it's a blessing it didn't work out with the missionaries, because I was not finished with it when it was time for that. I didn't get the dough quite elastic enough and so they ended up more dense than they should have and also tore a little bit unfortunately, but they still taste pretty great! I started them at 4:15pm and didn't get to try one till 30 minutes ago (10:30pm) Kinda crazy that the amount of time it will take to eat them is exponentially shorter than the amount of time it took to make them - but hey, it was fun for me. 🕺
And I'll leave you with this last quote from Rowan that I forgot to share from last week. He had let out a loud toot and gasping, said "I tooted! It's okay though, I didn't poop!" 😂🤦 -- what a relief haha.
Peace and blessings. ✌️
Saturday morning Adam went roofing, so I decided to work out while the kids had their screen time. I don't always work out on Saturdays, but I usually do if Adam is gone. Afterwards was pretty magical because once I was done and screen time was over, in the amount of time it took me to make and eat my breakfast, the kids got going playing on their own so I decided to read for pleasure while I was eating and ended up being able to read for awhile before Adam got home. It was awesome! I'm reading The Help an it's getting pretty juicy. I saw the movie once a long time ago, but I think I was distracted when I watched it because I don't remember it well and as I'm reading it, not a whole lot is coming back to me. It's been a fun read so far.
After lunch and Nolan's nap, we went to the pool and are making good strides teaching Maeve to swim. It was her second lesson with us in the water and she was actually able to swim a little bit back and forth on her own. So exciting! It's kinda crazy having a kid old enough to learn how to swim and even read. It kinda seems impossible she was ever a baby! Life was so different back then - time really changes so much for these kiddos and it's both heartbreaking and exciting at the same time to see so much growth and learning happening before our eyes. 😭🤯
Unfortunately we didn't get a bike ride in on Saturday or today, which is a bit of a bummer, but it was just too late after we finished dinner and then today we thought we were going to be helping the missionaries with a lesson with an investigator of theirs at 7:45pm (evening bike rides are the way to go in this summer heat), so that kinda squashed being able to do it today, although ironically since it cancelled we ultimately could have... but oh well. There's always next weekend! After getting the kids in bed though, we did order some cinnamon bread from Marco's pizza - we hadn't had it in a long time and I swear it used to be better. It was kinda disappointing, but still good - just not blow you away good like I remember. I just decided to restart Boy Meets World from the very beginning since I've finished Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist now (can't wait for next season! Although who knows when that will air thanks to Corona...😑), so we watched some of that while we ate and then I quickly fell asleep like I always do. Poor Adam! Always left with a sleeping wife when we watch just about anything... 🤷♀️
Today was an exciting Sunday - we had a productive morning cleaning the house and got our home church done and then I found a recipe for Melonpan (a Japanese sweet bread) and decided to slave away and make it. It was very involved and honestly it's a blessing it didn't work out with the missionaries, because I was not finished with it when it was time for that. I didn't get the dough quite elastic enough and so they ended up more dense than they should have and also tore a little bit unfortunately, but they still taste pretty great! I started them at 4:15pm and didn't get to try one till 30 minutes ago (10:30pm) Kinda crazy that the amount of time it will take to eat them is exponentially shorter than the amount of time it took to make them - but hey, it was fun for me. 🕺
And I'll leave you with this last quote from Rowan that I forgot to share from last week. He had let out a loud toot and gasping, said "I tooted! It's okay though, I didn't poop!" 😂🤦 -- what a relief haha.
Peace and blessings. ✌️
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