We made it through week 24 of staying home!
Well at least I am not the only sucker in this family. Look at the inflatable slide Matt bought for the kids! They’ve been doing really well at their swim lessons, so he figured they were ready for some excitement that was a little safer than the diving board. We’re still a little nervous about the deep end… it’s very deep…!
Neema appears to be loving the fact that Natalie’s hair is getting longer and she can do more exciting braided hairstyles! I wouldn’t even know where to start on this…
Also, with everything else going on, I forgot to schedule her 30 month check-up. (I forgot it was a thing, honestly). So we were a little late, but her pediatrician was so happy with how well she is doing!
But it’s Natalie, so rarely do we get an appointment with absolutely no stress… Her pediatrician asked if Natalie had ever had a renal ultrasound since Microtia and kidney issues commonly show up together - same timing of development for ears and kidneys! She didn’t seem overly concerned, but it was one we needed to check off the list. The imaging department didn’t have any openings until that evening, so Natalie got to go in her pj’s.
Unlike her cardiac ultrasound when she turned into a Hulk baby, she was chill as could be for this one. I let her have my photo to watch videos and she was quite the cooperative patient.
And no kidney abnormalities! Whew…!
Henry had a pretty rough day with virtual school and was just very out of sorts. He disappeared and when I went to find him, I found him sleeping in Natalie’s room.
Sometimes you just need a nap.
I mean, I feel his frustrations, their schedules are insane. I can barely keep track of when they are supposed to be on Zoom meetings even when I printed out the schedules. It’s a bit of a stretch to expect a 6 year old to figure this all out on his own.
But Thomas had a good citizen assignment today and needed some photos of him doing good deeds. I was more than willing to make suggestions on this assignment! ;)
Matt was out of town this weekend, so I decided to treat the kids to donuts. And the lady taking orders apparently got confused by my donut list I read out. We ended up with waaaaay too many donuts. So we took the extras to my friend, Kayla, who lives right down the street.
There are benefits to living close to me. ;)
Natalie putting her brother to work! She actually makes me nervous trying to use the skateboard, so I like this method much better. :)
Girl stole my pizza! I cut up her own little pizza pieces, but she only wanted the piece I had.
Rude.
I accidentally left my phone in her room during nap time. I couldn’t find it and thought it might be in there, so I didn’t want to ring it in case she was sleeping. Then I realized that with the apple watch, you can activate the camera on the phone and took a picture to confirm it was in her room. Which is also when I noticed my camera roll already had several toddler-taken pictures.
lol - well I guess she’s too busy to be sleeping…
Crocs & socks??? Definitely his dad’s fashion sense there…
Playing a hide & seek game with the kids. And enjoying the alone time while they are trying to find me.
It’s the little things when it’s 3 against 1 for a weekend… ;)
I ordered a new chair for our upcoming beach trip and someone thinks it is her new chair. I will fight you for it, little one…!
Kayla was having a rough day and couldn’t find any restaurants that would deliver her chocolate cake. So I did what any good friend would do and made her a chocolate cake.
Well - half a chocolate cake - it wasn’t bad enough of a day for a whole cake. ;)