Well, I sent him to the playground wearing my Fitbit because it was the quickest watch and alarm I had (he’s getting more responsibility and is allowed to go by himself). So imagine my surprise when my fitbit synced tonight and I saw this:
It means he was moving consistently for almost 34 minutes! (The calories are off because it uses my weight.)
I love data.
Overall he did AWESOME for a set meant for ages 14+…but from now on, we’re sticking to a bit less complicated sets.
Owen hauled both bears downstairs tonight…and then this happened.
“They’re loving each other.”
He was actually planning a bear wedding but it never happened.
I’ve been experimenting with pizza dough in the stand mixer so we’ve been having lots of pizza and breadsticks. For pizzas, we often just use whatever leftovers we have…and the kids get cheese or pepperoni. However, tonight we both got leftovers: mac and cheese for the kids (hope they like it) and chimichurri, steak, and pickled onions for us. Of course topped with cheese.
The verdict? Owen loved it, Katie tolerated it. Ours sounded better than it tasted but it wasn’t bad. But unfortunately the crust was overdone (not sure why—I did everything the same as previous times when it turned out).
Owen’s baseball practices officially start this Friday so we wanted to take him out and practice a little first. Of course, Katie wanted to play, too. She’s not great at catching with a mitt but she’s not too bad at hitting! And she looks so cute doing it!
Owen is raising funds for playground and technology!
On Friday, March 18, he’ll complete 30 to 35 laps to help his school. If you’d like to be one of his sponsors, his goal is $10 per lap (but any amount is appreciated)!
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Uncle Rob named this one. 🙂
Tom was home sick today so they were playing games together before school. 🙂
With the two front teeth that still aren’t fully in!
Friends from South Carolina came to DC for the weekend and we grabbed dinner with a bunch of other friends at a pizza place.
Of course, the kids were watching TV. (Guess how old the boy is. Just guess. Nope—he’s 6.5 and in first grade! I know, right? I told you we grow them big. 🙂 )
Owen’s cool crayon sculpture!
As a sidenote. We had a perfect example of why I say I hate people. Parking in downtown DC is always a nightmare, but we were thrilled to realize there was a parking garage right next door to the restaurant. Except some asshat parked next to us in a NON-PARKING spot which necessitated a 23-point turn to exit our space. (Parking is tight in the best of cases, so with him there it was ridiculous.)
Katie was frustrated that I wouldn’t let her play and stamp the bingo sheets…so I gave her the pizza box. Which kept her busy for a whole 10 minutes.
Pics the principal took (the lights were off so we could see the overhead projector…which made for not-great pics):
We thought Owen won the last game but one of his stamp marks was a little overzealous so he was one short. 🙁
It got put away for awhile since we needed the room for a Saturday Night Dinner so it finally just came back upstairs. I think he has two bags left.
My first-ever attempt at making Owen 100 years old for his 100th day of school:
Oops! Forgot the glasses!
Typical Owen. 🙂
And of course little sister had to grab the glasses. 🙂
Pictures from the school’s Facebook page:
3/3/09 and 3/3/16 (Yes I quickly posed him for this shot. I could have gotten it closer but I didn’t want him to lose interest.)
#haircutwithdaddy
And Katie had to get her picture taken, too.
I love her face!
We took Owen to the doctor about three weeks ago because he had a bad cough. Today was just a recheck because he’s still coughing a little and I just wanted to make sure he wasn’t getting worse. He’s fine.
He was super excited for this day. He remembered we had the colored gel—and exactly what colors we have!
I’m not sure where he got this pose, but it was the very first thing he did. 🙂
Green on one side…
Orange on the other…
And pics from the school’s Facebook page:
They usually play like this when Owen gets home from school.
It’s the first really nice day we’ve had so I took the kids to the library playground and walked two miles while they played.
A friend of Owen’s was there so they had fun running around together.
Their treat while I did a return at TJ Maxx.
The old pic popped up on Tom’s “On this day” Facebook timeline and I knew I had to do a side-by-side with a recent pic!
Owen had only done tiny Perler bead projects, but of course he wanted to try the HUGE parrot design that came with the new superboard…which means mom ended up doing about 90% of it.
Katie got a Keurig for her kitchen so she can make coffee for daddy…
And Owen got a Valentine’s Lego set and home-printed cards for his favorite iPad game (which we cut out and laminated). If you can believe it, the cards were his favorite thing and he forgot all about the Legos for an entire day!
It’s hard to see, but he made a vampire heart…with fangs!
Katie had her Doc McStuffins stethoscope on my chest:
Mom! You have some sounds! I hearded them!
I told Katie to go open the front door because Tom was coming home:
I can’t! I don’t have muscles!
While half watching The Flash (daddy was watching) while “reading” to me, Katie saw bullets on the floor in the scene:
Those are her shoots.
Katie, looking at my wedding ring:
Mama! Look! There’s a pretty jewel right there!
Tom: Tell mama about your flower nightlight.
Katie: Daddy used screws!
Owen: Katie, your voice is cute. I want to listen to it forever. That means I don’t want you to die.
Owen, watching a friend play XBox Lego Movie and trying to help:
Do it [that way]. Just trust me.
The kids were talking about our mosaic wedding photo during dinner.
Katie: And that’s my mom and that’s my dad. You were a princess. And daddy was your prince. ❤️
We were watching Hotel Transylvania 2 and Katie said she wanted to ride a bike like Mavis (BMX-style).
Me: Katie, you don’t ride the bike you have.
Katie, frowning: I keep giving up.
The kids had swim lessons today and after they came home and ate lunch, we told them it was nap time. Owen had only gotten maybe seven hours of sleep which was definitely NOT enough…and of course he fought it. We told him he didn’t have to sleep but he had to rest. When I took Katie up five minutes later, I found this:
Out. B over his head and snoring away. 🙂 Katie didn’t fight it and slept for three hours (at which point we actually woke her up because we had to leave for a Super Bowl party).
Owen got up after about an hour, but then came into room still quite groggy and this happened:
