It’s always too late or too early when we drive by…but today it was perfect! It was tooo much ice cream for sure!!
We’ve wanted to stop here for years!
Category Archives: Katie
Wow, that was a doozy of a storm last night!
And Tom slept through it all thanks to two Tylenol PMs!
Katie was having a sleepover so her and her friend came bursting into our room at 1:45am just when the power went out (the first time). Katie was REALLY freaked out but her friend was so sweet trying to comfort her. Owen had been sleeping out in the gazebo but came inside at some point. (He later said he was getting rained on—but it was just rain coming in through the open vent of the gazebo.)
Both of our computer battery backups were beeping and I couldn’t turn them off (I could barely manage to reach one and unplugging it did nothing). So then I was wide awake…so read for an hour—and the power came back on about 3 and then it started storming again…and the power went out again and is still out. I’m exhausted.
Post-swim lesson playtime
It’s for damn sure 5 o’clock.
Ten year old girls are GRRRRRRRRRRR.
Making cotton candy!
Katie decided to get a cotton candy machine with some of her birthday money. I might have showed it to her.
Unfortunately it got taken away for a bit since she left everything out after me telling her about four times to take care of it.
Katie’s a Shark 2!
We thought she was a Turtle 2 for the last while… But turns out she was a Shark 1, so today she graduated to Shark 2! So now we have two Shark 2 swimmers!
Katie’s orthodontic consult!
Checking out her X-rays.
Her reaction to seeing her X-rays—gross!
She’s good for now but they want to keep an eye on it. We have to come back for a recheck in seven months.
2022 dual birthday pool party!
For as much as I take pictures of everything we do, I seemingly always let it slip on pool party day. At least I got one of both kids.
This one was from a friend.
And this was as we were packing up—Anna found a little grasshopper and put it on Katie.
The party was a big success again! All the kids love it! And it’s easy since we don’t have to clean the house.
Happy 10th *GOLDEN* birthday, Katie!
Double digits today! She says Owen calls her the double digit midget.
This is Katie’s GOLDEN birthday!! (Let’s not talk about how I apparently didn’t take a 9yo photo. I have no idea what happened.) You completed our perfect little family, even if Owen screamed that he didn’t want you to come home with us because you wouldn’t stop crying. You’ve been a cute little pistol ever since, and he loves you now, even if he’s a teenager that rarely shows feelings. And we love you, too, even though you challenge us on a seemingly daily basis.
Olive cuddles!
Dave and Buster’s!
We finally took the kids to Dave and Buster’s for the first time today! They had gotten a gift certificate from Anna for their birthdays last year that we’d forgotten about. I honestly wasn’t looking forward to it because I knew from other people’s stories that it’s usually crazy busy and loud and I assumed the food would be blah. Thankfully I was wrong!
I’m sure it’s due to the state of the world, but it was practically empty! And the menu looked pretty good (especially the drink menu)! My margarita was yummy!
Anna did warn us that we’d spend more money than we’d want to and we just needed to let it go and let the kids have fun (LOL). We didn’t go crazy with the games—and we did make them pay for a tiny part of it—but yeah, that was an expensive lunch. Hopefully they have lasting memories of it!
And also, now Dave and Buster’s gift cards are a great gift to give!!
P.S. This drink was DELICIOUS and we need to try and recreate it at home:
CARIBBEAN LUXE LONG ISLAND TEA
Don Julio Reposado Tequila, Grey Goose Vodka, Bacardi Superior Rum, Grand Marnier, mango puree, scratch sour mix and cranberry juice.
Back at swim lessons!
Our two fishes are back to swim lessons at British Swim School! We are so happy we discovered BSS back in Virginia when they were just babes!
A minor league game!
After an hour drive, the only bad thing about our free Vettix tickets are that we were in the bleachers in the sun. If we came again, we’d spring for actual seats…in the shade!!
It was hot…so Tom got me a margarita!
And the kids got Dipping Dots!
Monochromatic mom and daughter makeup
2022 Summer Makeup Trend — Monochromatic Makeup Looks!
Olive loves her purple monkey.
And a nap with Katie.
And a cuddle with Owen.
Official Covid Day 3 report
I’m on library book 4. (I started and finished book 3, A Room Full of Bones, last night.)
If I didn’t know better, I’d think I just had a head cold. I’m stuffed up and I have phlegm. Still have the headache in the morning but Excedrin fixes that. Didn’t sleep great but I generally don’t. Overall I’m just TIRED and moving slow.
I’m excited (again) to be able to sit outside for a little bit—fresh air and a change of scenery. Plus I get to cuddle with Olive…
And watch her be cute and have fun in the yard. She loves laying on these inflatable sleds (for the waterslide).
The kids took a break from the slide to try and take Olive over to it. She made it to the side but hopped off once they set it down and tried to push her down the slide!
Official Covid Day 2 report
I slept pretty well. Woke up with a killer headache. Still have a random little cough and some phlegm. I guess I’m a little stuffed up, too. No fever. Really it just feels like being sick.
I’m thankful it’s not a billion degrees outside this morning so I can sit out here and read while the rest of the family is inside…but I already hear my bed calling me.
A few hours later…
Thankfully it’s not unbearable outside so I’m still on the porch. Different egg chair, though, for a bit different view.
And then this happened.
Well, it’s happened.
I tested positive this morning.
Thankfully it’s nothing too awful—a minor sore throat, a random cough, slight body aches (but that could just be me being old), and the worst is a nagging headache but it’s manageable with Excedrin. It really all just feels like an annoying cold. Vaccines and boosters for the win.
The kids feel fine. Tom has tested negative. And apparently dogs can get Covid so if I want to cuddle Olive I need to mask.
At least I have a cute cuddle buddy!
And Katie decided to get out Legos right here. For the first time ever.
Guess who’s learning to jump on the couch?
After a few fails, she finally got it!
She saved her quarters for this!
Of course she only got about 25¢ worth of stuff for her $2. But she had fun!
WTHS Postcard party!
Candy, Anna, and I were working on some Vote YesWTHS reminder postcards today and we even roped the kids into helping (and they have better handwriting than we do)!
It was very weird having the kids sign theirs “class of 2027” and “class of 2030”!!!!
Not so much with the splash pad.
I really thought Olive might like the splash pad so we waited for a hot day and… NOPE. She did not like it at all.
She did like to drink from the spray for about 3 seconds but that was it.
H-O-R-S-E
Olive came to baseball!
Katie desperately wanted to bring Olive to the baseball game…so we let her.
And then look who ended up being Olive’s bed for most of the game?
And I’m so bummed—look what I noticed!! Olive is losing her olive on her paw.
Remember this is what it used to look like:
And then since she was with us, we had to find an outdoor patio to eat lunch after baseball… She was such a good girl!
Welcome to every day of my life.
Today’s argument with Katie was about how long to microwave a large container of Panera Mac and cheese.
She said “30 seconds because it wasn’t in the freezer” and I said it would probably need at least 3-4 minutes, but start with 1:30. I hear a sigh of annoyance. She says it’s hot. I say there’s no way it can be. She brings me my bowl and obviously it’s still completely cold.
I tell her that it needs more and you would not believe the attitude I get. Like I am the biggest inconvenience in the world and she’ll do it but it doesn’t need it. I ask if she tasted it. No. Then how can you tell it’s the right temperature? She doesn’t know.
Every. Day.
I told Anna and she said:
This is like my kids having a freaking meltdown about not being able to find something and then when I ask them where they’ve looked, they haven’t looked anywhere that makes sense. Missing your shoes? Did you check in the mudroom where your shoes go? No? Only checked the refrigerator? Just gonna have a full-blown meltdown about it anyway? OK then.
Last day of school treats!
Culver’s for lunch and Oberweis for dessert (to support the Woodland PTA 50)!!
Katie’s last day of 4th grade!
Katie’s wake up puppy
Katie was oversleeping on the last day of school so she got a wake up puppy!
Gabby is now an Eagle!
We all traveled to Normal for our neice Gabby’s Eagle Scout promotion! But first, dropping Olive at the sitter’s!
And then lunch, because we were at a Mexican restaurant!
Today’s math lesson!
Road trip + no devices = napping kids
