2022 :: week 1

 

January 2

I made the kids take a picture after church while we were waiting for Tony for finish talking to a few people. We don't typically all drive together, but it felt safest to travel in the van. It was very cold and the roads were a slick, so many people opted to stay home and participate via zoom. There weren't enough teachers there to staff primary, and second hour was cancelled. Normally I would be all for that, but I had spent a lot of time preparing my Sunday School lesson and was excited for the potential discussions. 

January 3

Because the boys were going a little stir-crazy, I sent them to shovel the driveway Monday afternoon. We have had a great break from school! We've done lots of fun things together as a family with Anthony was home for a solid week. Usually when he takes that much time off from work we travel somewhere, so it was nice to enjoy some relaxing time at home. However, by Monday afternoon the kids had really started to bicker and bounce off the walls. That night Elliott and Will had their first basketball practices. I totally dropped the ball and remembered Elliott's 5pm practice at about 5:30pm, but he made it and is excited.

January 4

Another witching hour, another picture of my boys outside expelling some energy. Over the past month Miles has really fallen in love with jumping on the trampoline. It is his favorite thing to do, especially with Elliott.

January 5

Just some Dad/Elliott/Miles wrestling. Like I said before, the kids are going a little stir crazy and Dad is good for a wrestling match now and again to distract the boys while I make dinner. The big kids went back to school today. They were excited, but it was a little disorienting for Miles to be stuck with just mom all day.

January 6

I snapped this picture of the kids hanging out on the couch after dinner. The kids have started watching Phineas and Ferb, and it is a pretty clever show. They are enjoying being back in school and seeing their friends, but struggling to adjust to their comparative loss of free-time. 

January 7

When I saw that Wicked was coming to Kansas City I wanted to go, but wasn't willing to pay $100+ per ticket. I decided I would enter the lottery and if I won tickets we would go. On Friday morning I got a text that I did! I was able to buy two tickets to the show at $30 a piece. 

January 8

We had a pretty quiet Saturday. I ran some errands and in the evening we watched the Chiefs game. Lauren and Tony spent some time in the afternoon reconstructing Lauren's Lego set. They are almost done collecting the pieces of the Hogwarts castle from the Whomping Willow Lego Set she received a few years ago. Now that she has the clocktower she can connect the section of Hogwarts in this set to the section of Hogwarts in the clocktower set. They have spent hours digging through our Lego bins searching for pieces. Sometimes I read to them  while they are searching. Lauren and I are currently reading A Grimm Warning, book 3 in the Land of Stories series.