We made it through week 6 of staying home!
Someone really enjoys pulling everything out of her dresser in the mornings before I come get her. Usually it’s just stuff on the floor, but today she added this headband as a belt that matched her outfit so well, I didn’t notice it for awhile!
Also you can see that we modified her crib to be a big girl bed! Which means we had to put up a baby gate to her bathroom since there isn’t a door between her room and the sink. You know Miss Trouble would be all over making a mess in there! ;)
I finally introduced her to my favorite Pete the Cat book and she was pretty excited to have a stuffed version to carry around with her. (We’ve been trying to rotate out her books and toys that she is outgrowing, so she got a whole bunch of books from the boys that are much too easy for them!)
I bought these “curtain” wires from IKEA years ago - I think it was the first trip I took back to Texas with the boys? We never got around to hanging them in Alaska, but Matt finally got them up in the boys lab to display all of their art work and treasures!
The boys try to help entertain their sister if Matt and I both have meetings. Apparently this morning was building a major toy battle in the lab. Not sure who they think is going to win, but my money is on the pink turtle riding a dinosaur!
Since she did so well the other day running in the rain, I’ve been trying to give her more time out of the wagon. This girl looooooves to run after her brothers.
If we lose track of Natalie these days, she’s generally snuck into the pantry to steal Pringles. She clearly is my kid, her favorite is Salt & Vinegar. :)
Evening walk time! Only thing our fun walking trails need are a little more shade? ;)
Someone discovered her brother’s motorcycle! This never got much action in Alaska, but has gotten more use now that we have a paved walkway in the yard that is perfect for riding!
Sadly for Natalie, the battery was pretty much dead this afternoon…
Luckily for Natalie, she has everyone wrapped around her fingers and Henry pulled her around the yard instead. She’s so spoiled! ;)
Getting a little tired of “what’s for dinner?” being asked like 30 times a day. Also, losing motivation to cook if we are being honest… (How you can tell Jen is running out of steam!)
So I have been making a list of possible things to make with what we have on hand. It seems a little easier if we can just pick something from a list instead of thinking of something every day. Plus it makes grocery shopping easier to just replace the same things over and over.
Virtual happy hour with my favorite ladies at work! We’re all on the same team and I swear we’ve gotten to be better friends in quarantine. A silver lining to all this madness! :)
Evening yard time with the kiddos! It’s pretty much the best part of the day most days!
Ever since someone figured out how to work the fridge water dispenser, I realized how much she loves pouring water from cup to cup. (Ok - that and the water buckets…) I decided that we were going to be home enough that investing in a water table might be a good idea. And she looooooooves it!
Since she usually ends up pretty soaked, I thought we would play with it this morning before putting on our real clothes. Otherwise we would be going through at least 3 outfits today! ;)
This kid will just give me the cutest smiles for photos sometimes. Also, you can tell it’s a chalk art kinda day!
Although today was less about drawing fun things and more about coloring in the walkway squares. And then smearing it all around with your hands? My hope to not waste the chalk is clearly not going well…
At least they are having fun while it lasts!