Sunday, August 31, 2014

2014 :: week 35

August 24
Sunday we made Cafe Rio pork salads and burritos for dinner. Because that is a meal that takes a bit more work than I usually like to put into our dinners we had pudding cups for dessert. Will was impatient and struggled to get his cup opened on his own, so he stuck his fork in it.

August 25
I felt really...grown up when I picked up Will from school in my mom's minivan. Monday marked the first day of Will's second week of school. He's at the same school with the same teachers, but he's in the afternoon class this year. It was also the day we got our car back with a new and improved AC. Thanks again, Mom for letting us use your van!

August 26
Family selfie in honor of our 8th anniversary.

August 27
We went to the Lenexa Open Gym with a few friends from church Wednesday morning. The kids were really good and I thought it would be fun to get Chick-fil-A for lunch. I'm still getting used to Will's afternoon school schedule and we were going to be cutting it close to get Will to school on time if we stopped at home to get him lunch. As usual Lauren didn't want to leave and threw a huge fit when it was time to leave the restaurant. I've vowed to not take her out to eat without another adult again until she's 12.

August 28
We went to the pool for an afternoon swim Thursday. It's been a hot week and we've been squeezing in as much pool time as possible before it closes next week. We went to the pool earlier in the week and bought a pizza on the way home because we stayed at the pool longer than we had planned and it was late to begin meal preparations. Will was so excited to eat the pizza that he informed us while we were back to our house that he had already said a prayer so we could eat it immediately when we arrived at home. He wanted to get another pizza the next time we were heading home from the pool and I told him the only way we would buy a pizza would be if the power in our house was still out (it had been out several hours earlier). When we got home the power was out! So we drove back to Little Ceaser's (keeping the kids' expectations nice and low) and bought a pizza. By the time we arrived back home again the power was back on. Will was so pleased with all the pizza we got this week. Apparently he also has faith that can cause temporary power outages.

August 29
Will and Tony went to a baseball game Friday night. Will has wanted to go to a game with fireworks all summer and TJ was able to get discounted tickets to this game through his work. Even though the Royals lost (we have bad luck with Royals' games) the boys had a great time. They even endured a rain delay. Lauren and I went grocery shopping, bought nail polish and painted her nails. We had a fun time together, but when she was brushing her teeth at bedtime she told me she missed her "broder, William."

August 30
Melanie and I had a brief sister date at the pool and had to get a squinty selfie as we were leaving. She's been in town for most of the past month and is heading back to Florida in the morning. It was fun visiting with her. We've hung out a lot this past month, but never just the two of us. Can't wait to visit her sometime next year in the Sunshine State!

4 comments:

Laura said...

They are the funniest kids. I love their personalities!

Meredith said...

I love the family selfie. Steven has big plans for if the Mariners play the Royals in the playoffs...a lot of things would have to fall into place...but plan on seeing some Maxfields if the stars align.

Susan said...

Happy Anniversary! 8 years passes by too fast, doesn't it?

Lauren said...

Well isn't Will just the greatest example of Faith! :) I'm so sad the pool is closed now. We did not take advantage like we should have the last week or two.