A Picture Update

Hey all! Happy Friday. We survived another crazy week, complete with lots of storms and rainy weather.

Today I went to work late so I could hang out with Maya this morning and then take her to the bus, which ended up not coming so I took her and her bus stop pals to school. 

Tonight we ordered pizza and watched Dancing With the Stars!

I haven’t done a video update for a long time, so click here for some videos that go all the way back to mid-August in Chicago up until now.

Have a good weekend!

Timehop Tuesday

I must have posted this last year at some point because it showed up in my Timehop today. So my Timehop is a repost because it is SO STINKING CUTE!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Welcome to the lamest weekend wrap-up in Babygoose history. 

These are the only pics from the weekend:

I got a Covid booster shot yesterday around 11:30am, and we just hung around home the rest of the day and today. The side effects felt a little worse this time so I basically didn’t sleep well and took naps today to makeup for it. Chris and Maya went for a bike ride this afternoon.

Hoping for an early bedtime tonight and feeling better in the morning!

Have a good week. 

A Picture Update

Happy Friday!! I don’t have many pics from this week. Our weekday evenings are busy, so I just don’t even think of it most of the time. Also my children have become less and less amenable to photos of any kind…

But here is what I got:

Monday- playing outside after school, Wednesday- dropping the girls off at church and then going for a run to the cemetery, Thursday- Luna's cute face

Have a good weekend!

Timehop Tuesday

This week, Callie’s cute face:

And the girls at Boom’s place:

Weekend Wrap-Up

If you were curious or confused by my post on Friday, it WAS labeled Weekend Wrap-Up when I posted it…and I realized it on Saturday morning so I fixed it. I may be losing my marbles…

But here you go. NOW for the weekend wrap-up.

I went for a foggy but pretty run on Saturday morning, and later Callie and I did a little shopping and got a couple of the new fall drinks at Starbucks.

Our big outing for the day was an hour long drive south to Waseca, where we went to the Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm for dinner!  It was a BEAUTIFUL day.

There were a lot of people there already when we arrived around 4:30, so we got our pizza order in and learned it would be at least 1.5 hours of wait time.  Luckily, there were lovely paths to explore and other fun things to do to pass the time.

We came upon a pretty garden and got a view of the busy pizza farm from the trail.

The girls played some Bags, and then finally it was our turn for pizza!  We got the standard pepperoni, cheesy bread, and a dessert pizza (blueberry cheesecake with basil!).  It was all amazing.

I even got all three of them to basically smile for a family photo.  I'd call that a successful night!

The only photo I have from today is when Chris and I met friends to play Pickleball at Minneapolis Cider Company in Minneapolis. It was awesome!

Have a great week! 

A Picture Update

Hey all.  We made it to another Friday!  We had all our after school activities (and then some extra things!) and survived with some exhaustion but mostly enjoyment.

Fun outside with Pa and back at gymnastics (I may or may not have thought I signed Maya up for Monday nights and then we went on Monday night and realized that she actually is signed up for Tuesday nights and so she missed the first one last week).

On Wednesday there was some bed shenanigans and homemade curry, and then Thursday was my school carnival.

Tonight I made CHICKEN WILD RICE SOUP (yay for the start of soup season!!!!) and we totally chilled.  Looking forward to a fairly quiet weekend.  

Timehop WEDNESDAY

Definitely missed that yesterday was Tuesday. Here is Maya with her daddy! ❤️

Happy Birthday Boom!!

We love you and hope you have a good day!

Weekend Wrap-Up

Hey all-

Somehow it is already Sunday night!  We had a pretty calm weekend, which was much needed. On Saturday morning I enjoyed a pretty early morning run, Callie helped Auntie Cat clean her canoe (and got a portaging lesson!), and Maya, Luna and I had some downtime on the couch.

Later, Maya took a pretty sunset picture while Cal and I joined Boom at the last minute for a preview show at the Guthrie.  It was great!

Today we headed to Auntie Yoda and Uncle Criagles' house for an early birthday lunch for Boom!

Tonight we enjoyed some outside time and enjoyed the cooler fall weather.

Today also marked the end of Callie's softball season (2 weeks early) because it was just causing too much angst and stress.  The team she ended up on was way too advanced for her (with her having no experience and the rest of them having played together as a team for years). It was becoming a lot of daily management of hard emotions and negative self-talk, and it was just not worth it during an already stressful time of year.

I'm really proud of her that she lasted 3 weeks, and went to practices 2 times a week and had 4 games, even when she really didn't want to do any of them.  She's still interested in honing her softball skills in a more casual and less competitive environment, so we'll see how that goes. She made a friend on the team who lives really close to us, so hopefully she’ll be able to see her regularly too.

Parenting is just one big adventure where you never know if you're doing the right thing!  But she has been so much happier since the decision was made, so I think it was the right call.

Have a good week!

A Picture Update

TGIF y’all. This has been A WEEK.

Tuesday was my first day with students (my work friend Amanda and I always take a first day of school

pic) and it was crazy and exhausting and I needed a big glass of wine. The girls relaxed with iPads after school because we were all devoid of energy.

Last night Maya started Contemporary Dance so I went for a run during her class (the sky was lovely!). Chris and Cal were at softball. 

The girls had fun with Auntie Hanna tonight!

The weeks are busy and feel chaotic and crazy. I know I just have to get used to the faster paced school schedule again. But by 7:30pm every night I am ready for bed!

Have a good weekend!

Timehop Tuesday

It’s the first day(ish) of school, so here we go with some OLD Timehops!

Chris (1995), Me (1995) and Callie as 8th graders:

Chris (1992), Me (1992), and Maya as 5th graders:

Anyone else think that Chris and Maya are basically twins born 30 years apart?

Weekend Wrap-Up

Hey all!  Happy Monday!  

It felt like we spent this weekend mostly in recovery mode...with a couple big outings.  

On early Saturday morning the girls, Boom and I headed to the fair (thanks to our chauffeur, Chris, we didn't have to find and pay for parking!). We got there by 8am and did all the things we wanted to before the crowd got insane...and left a little before 1pm.  

We got all our favorite foods!

And, of course, we had to go to Alphabet Forest for the names.

We basically spent the rest of that day at home resting (after 24,000+ steps!) and then all day Sunday was the same.  I think we had all been so tired from the week, then exerted a lot of energy early Saturday morning, that we need a day and a half to get back to normal.  This time of year is CRAZY.

This morning we met the Dahlens at the lake for one final beach/paddleboarding day and then went out for a late lunch.  Later, the girls and I did some T-Swift karaoke in the basement.

My first day of school with students is tomorrow (year 20!) so the chaos train is just going to keep on truckin'. The girls also start dance class up again (they are both doing 2 classes this year), Callie has softball practice a couple times this week, and Maya starts gymnastics back up next Monday! I will be glad to just settle into the fall routine and get a few weeks under our belt.  But we have to start somewhere, and tomorrow is day 1! 

A Picture Update

Hey all. TGIF. The fact that we made it to a Friday is a gosh darn miracle at this point. 

*Callie went back to school on Monday.

*Maya went back to school on Tuesday.

*Maya got a summer cold on Sunday night that culminated in crappy sleep and missing day 3 of school on Thursday, but then made lots of improvements at home on that rest day.

*On Monday I started back for the full staff “teacher week” (last week was just our small special ed team) where there was serious information overload, as well as actual human overload (way too much people time for my introverted self).

*Chris had a busy work week both at home and in the office. 

*Callie had softball practices twice this week (that are not her favorite).

*Both girls were off Friday and got to have lunch with Nana!

Here are the pics:

Monday with Boom

First days of school:

Pretty morning skies:

Lunch with Nana!

Fun with G-ma!

Have a great long weekend! I’ll be back on Monday night with the wrap-up.