Made it through week 19 of staying home!
If you lose kids in the house and it gets very quiet, it generally means they are secretly watching the ipad. Pretty cute to find them all snuggled up with each other.
Unsurprisingly, Natalie loves chocolate pudding! This girl loves pretty much anything chocolate. :)
Also, you can tell the days I am in charge of hairstyles pretty clearly, huh?
My dad has been bummed because he hasn’t been able to find his favorite drink anywhere these days. He even called the company to find out what was up (that’s my dad) and they said production was halted right now. But then Matt randomly grabbed my this at the gas station today, so I had to send it to my dad. He was just a teensy bit jealous.
Turns out I was jealous too - Matt drank it because I left it in the fridge overnight. :(
I read all these stories of animal shelters trying to raise money by offering to draw people’s pet for a small donation. The skill of the volunteer artists was not guaranteed and there were some hilarious “fails” on the drawings. One of my friends up in Vermont posted that a shelter up there was doing the same thing and she was going to volunteer to draw. So I jumped on the chance to get a ridiculously bad drawing.
Turns out I didn’t get a ridiculously bad drawing, I got the most amazing drawings of Natalie & Eliza that I could have imagined. Holy cow, I would love to be like half this talented…!
Also, I feel like I own them way more money!
For the past few years, I have been pretty prone to having ergonomic issues and the not ideal home office set-up finally caught up too me. (Possibly too much time on electronics isn’t helping either…) I was hurting enough that I booked a massage in the middle of a pandemic - side note, getting a massage with a face mask on is weird.
Matt sweetly found an adjustable option at Home Depot that he could modify for a new computer desk. It came with drawers that he removed and he moved the floor brace to the back so it wouldn’t be at my feet. While I am still trying to yoga my way back to not hurting, the desk at a proper height is definitely helping!
I’ve been bummed that Natalie has been tearing up books, but they have mostly been ones I didn’t mind too much. But today she ripped up my favorite kids book!
What did Pete the Cat do to you, Natalie?!?! I was going to try to salvage him, but there is a pretty sizable chunk of two pages that is just missing. Surely she didn’t eat it…?
Sigh… Good thing she knows how to be utterly adorable?
Neema left her with some perfect braids before leaving for the weekend. And she accessorized herself with some Hawaiian leis. Looks like she’s just about to go to a beach party, huh?
Speaking of accessories - look at her adorable new shoes! I picked them out online and she loves them more than I could have imagined. Unfortunately that means she refuses to take them off - ever. I have been sneaking into her room after she falls asleep to take them off so her feet get a little bit of breathing time.
The boys decided to turn their bunk bed into a spaceship - which apparently means almost everything went overboard. They used to make boats and rocket ships by throwing all of the couch cushions on the floor - guess they haven’t lost that building technique yet. ;)
Technically they were supposed to launch yesterday, but the launch window got delayed because the astronauts wanted to go swimming. But at 3pm today, there was lift-off! Matt surprised them by playing a countdown over the speakers and since I was next to Thomas, I did my best job to make the bunk bed shake like a rocket.
I think you can tell from his expression that it was worth the effort! ;)
Of course, they were deep into space when I asked why no one had on the astronaut costume. Lol - there was a mad scramble to go retrieve it from the closet. That’s better - it’s much safer to do space walks with the right equipment!
Also you may have noticed that Henry is only wearing one sock. I swear he’s only wearing one sock more frequently than 0 or 2. Every time I ask him why he just says “Because that’s what I do, I’m a crazy kid.”
Maybe I’ve told him he’s crazy a few too many times…? ;)