It’s not really a secret that I tend to write these blog posts after the fact in batches. This particular one was written well into the lengthy stay at home phase we find ourselves in. It’s weird to see photos of how normal everything was before things went bonkers!
Ok, well not everything was normal. Henry’s always been a crazy kid… ;)
There was certainly some inkling that trouble might be coming, so I decided that adding a little extra to the grocery list to stock up on non-perishables wasn’t a terrible idea…!
Then Natalie decided to spike a crazy fever! She’d been a little fussy and warm all evening, but when I checked her before bed I got this scary number. Obviously, I called the after hours nurse to see how concerned I should be and they told us to come in the next day since she didn’t have any exposure risks for this new scary virus.
I slept greeeeeat that night (not!)
The fever had gone back down the next day, but we took her in anyways. They did test her for the flu, but that was it - and it was negative. Kids and their weird, unexplained fevers…
There was quite a few fun activities at school in the week before spring break. Thomas’ class has been working hard getting ready for a Disney themed talent show! That’s Thomas & his teacher before the show!
Since it’s Rodeo time of year, they had a Go Texan day. I was in a panic the night before because they gave us like zero warning… But look at all the fun dress up stuff I found squirreled away - all we were missing was the cowboy boots!
Matt and I took advantage of a Friday off to go for a bike ride with the youngest before picking up the boys. We did our usual bike down to George Bush park and Matt decided to veer off onto a trail to see where it would lead. He was very sure that the bike trailer could make it on the trail, but I was convinced of the opposite. I was totally right and this text message exchange still cracks me up…
You all see the width problem, right??
We made it to the point the trails came back together and got to chill out while waiting for dadda to make it back to us. She didn’t care, she loves hanging out in her trailer! :)
Pretty much whatever this girl wants to eat, I will give her. Even if it’s my breakfast… She really seemed to like my oatmeal, but when I made it for her the next day, she was uninterested. Only good if it’s mine, I guess! ;)
We had planned on doing something for Spring Break and I ended up failing on making any plans. So I had to find a last minute fun camp for them to attend. Luckily there were still spots at the golf camp that is super close to work! It was only a half day, but I just went and got them at lunch. They seemed to really be enjoying it!
Henry was trying to explain the large colored circles on the field, but I have to admit - I still don’'t get it. They had fun and can now hit a golf ball, so that’s all that I really cared about! ;)
I got an email with a countdown to the State Fair and I was clearly pretty excited! Also the last time I saw my office for a loooooooooong time.
My 3 cutie-patooties! Still can’t get everyone to smile, but at least they are all looking at the camera? ;)
Since it was the last day of Spring Break, Matt & I took the day off to have some fun with the boys before they had to go back to school (lol!). Neema was hanging out with Natalie, so we decided to scope out some of the trails into the park that the trailer can’t go on (see above!).
Thomas was super excited to go off the paved path! You have to duck under a metal bar to go into the park from this direction and he just thought that was the coolest.
The trail goes along the creek for awhile and then cuts into the park. The path was crazy fun and included random bridge paths and planks of wood. There was even a slight snake encounter, but thankfully he wasn’t interested in me…
This kid did awesome! He was pedaling like a champ and loving his new fancy bike! Henry did good too, of course, but all he has to do is hold on tight… Ha!
Ok, we might have worn out the oldest a little bit… He needed a snack so bad he couldn’t even leave the pantry before eating it. Silly boy!
The weather is just so nice this time of the year that we took another outing over the weekend to the park nearby. The boys and I showed Natalie how to blow the dandelions and she loved it! She just couldn’t quite figure it out on her own…
Don’t worry though - the rest of us blew a bunch of them for her! Her squeals of delight were totally worth the weeds that will be sprouting up soon. ;)
Also, I always forget to use the portrait mode on the iPhone, but it took some cute looking ones! Though if you look at Natalie’s - you can see it didn’t quite know what to do for blur around her ponytail…