2016 :: week 33

August 14

It was a long Sunday. I had my RS committee meeting before church so we had to be there an hour early. Anthony left for the airport after Sacrament meeting, heading to DC (the first of 3 cities he would be visiting that week, also Philidelphia and Norfolk, VA). I planned on making stroganoff for dinner, but the "use by" date on meat I planned on using was a few days older than I thought. I had some reservations, but went ahead and cooked it because all my other meat was frozen. I was pretty sure it was bad once I started the brown it. When I took a bite I knew. We ended up eating cereal for dinner then went for a walk while eating ice cream sandwiches.

August 15

One of the cute things Elliott does right now is "Where's Elliott?" You ask him and he instantly covers his face. I love watching his little fingers spread out to cover his big blue eyes.

August 16

Lauren started her second year of preschool Tuesday afternoon. The hardest part about afternoon preschool (for her) is waiting all morning. The hardest part for me is picking her up (at 3pm) and getting back to pick Will up ten minutes later. Luckily her preschool is close and Will prefers to wait on the playground.

August 17

My kids know that we only buy Happy Meals on Wednesday because they are $2.29. I had to do a double take when I saw a boy that looked just like Will. He's almost the exact same size, has the same thick blonde hair, glasses and was even wearing a shirt that Will has too!

August 18

Lauren spends a lot of time building Hogwarts with her duplos. As Elliott's mobility increases he makes it much more difficult for Hogwarts to last so I told her she could move them up to the dining room table.

August 19

Ever since Will watched one of Katie Ledeky's gold medal races he has started swimming laps when we go to the pool. He's getting to be a pretty good swimmer.

August 20

We had to document that we saw Anthony! The kids hadn't spent any time with him since the previous Saturday. It was still a pretty busy church Saturday. A temple sealing for a family in our ward in the morning, then the stake meetings held in conjunction with Stake Conference in the afternoon and evening left very little family time.