Well, he took part in a youth football league practice session at Northwestern University with the coaches of the league.
He has never played football before so it was totally new but he did really well. He wasn’t shy at all with the whole field of kids and immediately went up to them and started playing.
Post-football dinner with Dad.
I did this at her age, too…
#swimsuitsinwinter
#justbecause
#itlastedfiveminutes
It was a nice day so Tom was burning some scrap wood and playing football with the kids…
And a little dance:
Which meant when I took a break from my Facebook party, I was sitting out there enjoying the smell. And getting the coals ready (I’d already run to the dollar store to get marshmallows for roasting).
But before s’mores there was a costume change:
And then it was time.
Except it makes me want to look like that every day… 🙂
Before I took my After photo, I came downstairs like this:
Katie did not like my eyebrows and called them creepy. I think her actual words were more like “MOM! What happened to your eyes? Your eyebrows look soooo creepy!?”
Granted they did get a little too much color in them…but still…getting my makeup application critiqued by a 5yo? Hoo boy.
I needed new and better lighting for my live Facebook videos so Tom helped me make my own ring light for a fraction of the cost. Of course we had to test it out.
Without ring light with horrible ambient yellow bathroom lighting:
With new LED ring light with no other lighting:
She likes to wear season-inappropriate clothes most of the time so I was amazed she wore what I picked out. I love Owen’s shirt on her… And it won’t fit for much longer…
She also LOVES the new high tops I got her that have jewels on them and light up. I loves me a resale shop.
So we’ve had the dry cat food (that Charlie can’t have) in our bathroom since Charlie never comes upstairs. Well look what I caught today.
I was standing there watching her and the following pics took about three minutes. So it took her about three weeks to figure out we moved the food. And now it’s time to get an automated feeder…
But it was time to get up and start getting ready for school.
A present from Katie…
When you’re rearranging your desk and you accidentally tip the ShadowSense container a bit too far forward.
Moving trucks, people running about, additional cars.
This is what I feel like.
Goofball.
Owen came home from school excited to tell us they had a guest in their class today who was a sports reporter (that was a family member of friends). Later I saw this Facebook post.
Can you spot him?
Holy shitballs. Charlie had a vet checkup today and…all is fine. The doc was originally skeptical when I said we were just doing a diet change to start…so was gobsmacked to come in with the news. She said to keep doing what we’re doing!!
I know there are other apps that do this—and I think the kids have used them with a sitter—bit this was my first attempt. The technology is cool.
With all the back issues Tom and I both have (plus his new shoulder issues) we’ve been looking at getting a new bed. We love our Purple pillows and have been dreaming about trying the mattress so when they recently came out with upgraded mattresses we jumped on it.
I did a Facebook Live “unboxing” because I had a bunch of friends who I knew were interested in the whole process:
And then I did the infamous “egg test”:
Of course, the company’s official videos are much, much better. 🙂
Stay tuned to see if we like it…
This is what happens every night as soon as I lay down.
How can this be comfortable?
The kids made a pillow pile then left it and of course Maggie co-opted it.
Tonight was supposed to be a Saturday Night Dinner except one family had to bail due to a family plague and one had clients run long…so we only had one family attend which meant a lot of leftovers. And we didn’t even cook all the ribs we’d prepped in the sous vide. They were delicious!
This is the most insane box maze. When I first heard about it I thought it would be something simple like boxes taped together. Not even close. This is an annual event with a week-long prep with computer drawings and major construction and tons of volunteers and it’s amazing and so well worth a visit. There are slides and tunnels and stairs and rooms and moving parts and fireworks (LEDs on the ceiling) and people throwing “rocks” in certain rooms… They provide knee pads (soccer there’s a lot of crawling) and flashlights (which I laughed off but it gets pitch black in areas). I just wish it was easier to get pics inside (there are lots of kids and people and you follow each other through so if you stop you hold everyone up). Tom and I went through twice and didn’t even see half of it. We let the kids play for over an hour (we saw lots of friends there) and they would have stayed longer.
These two pics are grabbed from the Facebook event page.
And the computer layout they had posted on the wall.
Daddy was responsible for Katie’s butterfly makeup removal this morning so he left just her eyeshadow for a picture. 😂
We took the kids to Rainforest Cafe for the first time tonight and they had a face painter there so of course Katie wanted it done. I could tell the quality wasn’t going to be what we were used to from Miss Anne (at Halley) but Katie was still thrilled. She even got a jewel stuck to her forehead.
That said, we won’t be going there again—the food took forever, was mediocre at best, and was way too expensive for what it was (we only went because the kids got free meal vouchers at Katie’s school event last month). But they got to experience it once so we’re good.
A military pharmacy can often take up to two hours (yes, seriously) so when I sat down I wasn’t a happy camper.
So imagine my delight when I was called up within five minutes for the first call and then about 10-15 for the second. When I first went up I asked about how long it would be and he said 20 minutes and I kind of looked at him and laughed like YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. And then it happened. When I went back up I said “Wow, I like this hospital. I’m used to at least an hour wait. Is it always like this?” He said “KNOCK ON WOOD, no, it’s usually crazy.” (So maybe it was first-timer’s luck.) But I figure that’s an omen that today is going to be great day. Aside from the fact that I’m getting drugs for a UTI, that is. 😂
I’ve given up on getting her to match leggings. 😂
We had a bit of a warm spell so I decided to go for a walk around the neighborhood. It’s not the awesome wooded trail walk I used to have but at least it’s something. Right?
Proof:
