Timehop Tuesday

Today we have TODDLERS IN PIGTAILS!

And Uncles with their twin’s toddler:

Weekend Wrap-Up: Happy (Belated) Valentine’s Day!

Hello! It is already Monday night and I realized I would have usually done a Valentines post but I honestly didn’t think about it! So...happy belated V-Day!

Here are the pics from the rest of our weekend.

On Friday night we watched the 1997 Brandi. We soon of Cinderella. I have actually looked for this version to show the girls many times, because I must have watched it A LOT in high school and remembered it fondly. And it finally popped up on Disney+! It was so fun to rewatch it and the girls loved it.  On Saturday we just hunkered down, made Valentine’s treats and played games.

We headed to Boom's house on Sunday morning and it was SO COLD.

But the girls heated it up with a very hilarious Valentines Day performance.  Click here for some video evidence!

Yesterday afternoon we delivered some Valentines treats around and Maya was wearing an old dance costume...very weather appropriate.

We spent the rest of the evening doing Valentine Mad Libs on the bed- our favorite family spot!

Today we hunkered down and got productive.  The girls cleaned up their rooms and playrooms, with the promise of being able to sleep together in Maya's room if it is clean upstairs.  So it looks like Callie will be sleeping on Maya's floor!  They don't have school tomorrow, so it is a good night for that to happen.

Have a great week!

A Picture Update

Hi all! TGIF! Here's a look at our week...

Monday/Tuesday: Maya's new invention (aka a way to con people into giving her money) the "Toy Masheen" and a quick visit to play with Mitchell!

Wednesday/Thursday: fun/school at G-ma and Pa's house and Maya's school Valentine's Google Meet (adorable!)

Friday: morning frost outside the window because it is negative a million degrees outside and fun/school at Boom's house (and check out the new watercolor paintings Boom made the girls for Valentine’s Day!)

Today many kids at the girls' school started back full time in person (after a few stops and starts in the past month).  However, we have decided to continue distance learning for the rest of the year.  We have a really good thing going and are so lucky that the girls can spend more time with G-ma, Pa and Boom each week.  I do feel bad that they will be missing out on some of the social things at school, but overall we feel like they are both doing a great job handling the distance learning and I'm grateful for that.

Have a great long weekend!  I'll be back on Monday night for the Weekend Wrap-Up.

I’ll leave you with a dog who is totally over the negative million degree weather and now actively steals my heating pad whenever she can.

Timehop Tuesday

First up: can you ever imagine going back to an indoor play place like this??? Eeeeek!  Now the playing happens in family basements with masks on...

And my new favorite:

Weekend Wrap-Up

Brrrrrr!!! It is REALLY cold here and I’m trying not to be too crabby about it because me made it to FEBRUARY before any sort of Polar Vortex.

So obviously we did not do any outdoor winter adventures. Instead we masked up for some indoor family time.

But first, yesterday morning: Luna and I did have to venture out yesterday morning. And then I finished my puzzle (of the Captiol building I bought about a week before the insurrection, ironically).

Callie decided to throw a wedding. She married Mr. Bear. It was fancy. Luna was a flower girl. 

Then we went to Boom’s house! The cousins enjoyed some playtime and Mila enjoyed Navarattan Korma, which turned her skin a sparkly shade of gold!

This morning we went to see Mitchell! He is close to walking and loved walking with Maya! 

This afternoon we played the game Callie spent her birthday money on arrived. Something about matching Disney pictures to Memes. It was cute.

Tonight G-ma and Pa stopped by for a bit of the Super Bowl. We giggled at the commercials, mostly. 

Have a great week! 

A Picture Update

Happy Friday!  Happy February!  Minnesota will be enjoying a week+ of ZERO DEGREES AND BELOW temperatures, and I'm trying not to be too crabby about it because we have been so lucky so far this winter.  But it is a tough swallow during a pandemic.  Thankfully, some of our people are starting to get vaccinated (the teacher vaccine rollout has been a mess but I'm told I may get my first shot by the end of the month...?) and hopefully that means the end is in sight, or at least closer to us than it may feel right now when it feels like a bazillion below zero.  Anyway.  

Monday/Tuesday: these days are just such a blur when we are all four at home working and doing school. I'm SO grateful these two are such rockstars at distance learning and really doing a remarkable job doing what they are supposed to do pretty independently.  On those mornings I disappear behind my bedroom door at 8am and don't really reappear until about 11:45.  And then I throw some lunch together and disappear again until 3:30 or so.  And somehow they get all their stuff done.  True rockstars.  As you can see below, we spent some time on the Nintendo and on our big king bed!

On Tuesday afternoon the girls had dentist appointments and Callie's took extra long for some reason.  Maya has a history of turning into a little tornado nightmare in waiting rooms of dental and doctor offices, and Tuesday afternoon was no exception.  But we survived. And later there was more time on the king bed.

Last night we watched "The Masked Dancer" (which is a RIOT, Chris and I are just as into as the girls because the "celebrities" that are masked on that show are likely stars from days gone by...like the 90s or 2000s).  Regardless, it is engaging enough for the girls to love it and then act it out on their own.  After we watched the week's episode, Callie danced her own routine as "The Unicorn." Maya threw on a can-can dress and was the backup dancer.

This morning I took Luna out in 6 degree weather (not sure the feels-like temp but it was a bit brutal) and the girls had a fun day of school and playing at Boom's house.

Have a lovely weekend.  Stay warm.  Love to you all!

Timehop Tuesday

Here we go!

MILA!!!

Cousins!

A cousin dress!