NEVER. This is his reaction when I tell him.
Owen can never feel anything on his face.
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Katie left us notes again tonight.
Of course Tom’s has an I love you in it. Mine she just asks for something.
Owen left these on my side of the bed.
He usually comes downstairs at or after his bedtime to show us these things he draws, so I think this was his compromise.
Yes he’s mowing the lawn.
He loves mowing the lawn because he gets to wear headphones and listen to music but holy moly does it take him forever.
If you look closely you can see the neighbor kid mowing their lawn, too!
Today’s eLearning lesson?
Bartending 101: Bloody Marys — Teach your children well, folks. #dontjudgeme
My liquid lunch.
I might be having a margarita for lunch because e-learning sucks balls and I want to throat punch both kids.
And if you think I look fan-freaking-tastic for being quarantined, then you might want some of the awesome makeup I’m wearing. Just saying. 😂
Why not, since she was wearing the shirt?
Family drive to pick up some more alcohol!
We had to take Tom in to drop off his car (when he took it out this week he realized the brakes needed attention) so since we were going to be out, we placed an order…
I hate not being able to wander and shop but I could get used to drive up service.
Tom came up with dinner tonight
Introducing naan pizzas with leftovers! We each got to build our own with bunches of whatever was left in the fridge!
- Tom: pulled pork, fried onions, fried jalapeño, bbq sauce, mozzarella
- Owen: pizza sauce, spaghetti and meatballs, pulled pork, bratwurst, cheddar cheese
- Jen: mozzarella cheese, fried onions, fried jalapeño, bbq sauce, cheddar cheese
- Katie: bratwurst, pulled pork, cheddar cheese
They were delicious. But more importantly, Katie willingly ate meat! She finished the whole thing!
Tom jokingly put Katie‘s robe on Maggie…
Tom jokingly put Katie‘s robe on Maggie about an hour ago and she has wandered all around the house and up and down the stairs and it still remains.
Not quite a lazy day.
So I knew when I woke up this morning that something was different about today because our room had a really distinct bright white light in it…which can only mean that there was snow outside on the ground. WHAT THE F, MOTHER NATURE?! Then Katie came in all excited because she thought today was going to be a lazy day—apparently she thought that since LAST Friday was a lazy day that THIS Friday was a lazy day, not realizing that last Friday was a holiday.
“BUT THERE’S SNOW OUTSIDE….” she whined.
“Yes, and in regular times, you’d still be going to school.”
I did agree that today should be a LAZIER day (because my ulterior motive was me not getting out of bed at all!)
So here it is 1pm and I just got out of bed to put my mask on and then I crawled back into bed.
This might be the last puzzle.
I think this is the last puzzle that I am buying and we are attempting as a family. ï˜ Puzzles are just one thing that I would absolutely love to be able to sit and do with my family…but as I’ve mentioned before, Tom hates them, Owen really doesn’t like them, and Katie is okay for a short amount of time.
We have done smaller puzzles (I’ve posted pics recently) but it’s a trade off because Katie loves them but they only take 5-10 minutes. I’ve bought all of 8 or so of the ones she loves (of which Owen will tolerate doing 1-2 of the smaller ones).
I guess maybe I need to look at more options. We don’t have to do them but just in watching Owen try, I get really frustrated because he (mostly) has zero sense of spatial ability or sense of color. I watch the pieces he tries and he’s trying to put a round knob into a long skinny foot. Like huh? Didn’t you learn how basic shapes fit in kindergarten? Why is this different just because it’s not a triangle or a circle? And trying to put a white piece where it’s clearly black. I thought he was just being stubborn so I asked him if he really couldn’t tell or if he was just being silly and he said he couldn’t tell. If I’m to believe him…I just can’t even…?! I mean I guess I know people have those issues, but it just seems so weird because nothing else in his life shows that issue. So I want him to keep trying puzzles to get better at the spatial thing.
Maybe in the next house if I had a separate room to do them in…but there’s no good place here. That said, I rarely have the time.
But one cool thing about this puzzle is that it came flat and put together and we had to make the box! So Owen did that!
The Hudson read three stories for Katie’s class!
Katie’s teacher sent a YouTube video of her reading a story so I asked the kids if they wanted to do one…and to my surprise they both said yes. Katie whines and complains so much about reading that I was FLOORED that she was excited to do it. She knew exactly the book she wanted to read (they’ve read it in class), she knew what one I should read (an old favorite), and Owen knew what one he wanted immediately.
The Masked Hudsons
Masks, made with love, from a dear friend. We love them!
Chalk art designs
I kept seeing this on Facebook so I let the kids do it today. They had fun but since I wasn’t involved there was no cute shape or hidden letter or the full driveway filled. But it got them out off my hair for about 45 minutes.
Happy Easter with new baskets!
We got caught up in finishing Ozark so we were up much later than expected prepping for the Easter Bunny. And the weather stinks so the eggs have to be hidden throughout the messy house…
Katie left a request for the EB to put up the last sheet of Easter window clings—she even left the scissors out so he could open them. She also specifically told me she wrote “like you” instead of “love you” — maybe love is too strong for the EB? Kids.
Also, she wrote that note in like 2 minutes happy as a clam. I try to get her to write a sentence for homework and you’d think I was asking for War and Peace.
Katie accessorizes everything.
“I’m a margarita cup!”
Only my daughter.
A good mask for a walk!
I thought this was a good mask for our walk around the neighborhood. Owen refused to do it.
I had to deal with the kids not doing what I asked so here we are.
No, they’re not spoiled.
I knew the kids were downstairs watching TV but I didn’t expect to see this setup. Their daddy spoils them.
She realized she fit between the doors.
Tom makes a daytime appearance!
He is working more hours now than before—sometimes starting before 7 and trying to finish by 6 but getting calls at all hours. He even worked ALL weekend. So since it was so nice today he tried to take a little break to play catch with the kids. It lasted about 10 minutes before he got a phone call.
As soon as they know I’m awake…
I love it when they do stuff like this…
but it eventually mutates into some type of argument.
Sometimes I do get a mom win.
Trying to be creative in using up leftovers, some fresh ingredients, and stuff from the freezer… I present pepperoni cheese bites (kids) and steak/ham/jalapeno/cheese bites (us)
The kids were beyond thrilled with this lunch. Sometimes I do get a mom win.
This basement makes me want to scream.
They’re cleaning right now…but please tell me we’re not alone.
Also? They cleaned for a whopping two minutes before they started playing with the toys. WHAT DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND ABOUT CLEANING UP? Yet if I stand there and micromanage they throw a fit.
Honestly, the only rule they really have is that I need to be able to walk to the pantry and the cat room without tripping on anything. If they would just keep those pathways cleared I would be much more lenient. But they don’t. So then I have to let loose on everything else.
P.S. Granted it was over a week, but it’s what happens when they NEVER put anything away when you’re done with it and Mom isn’t standing over them nagging.
Surprise egg hunt!
My neighbor texted to say that her kids wanted to hide some eggs for Owen and Katie. They had a blast hunting for them and discovering their spoils!
Katie’s love notes for the animals.
I think her sticky note habit is getting out of control. We found these stuck to the walls by their food dishes.
Neighbor jam session!
Owen decided to play his sax on the front porch. There was no one out to listen to him but he didn’t care.
The next thing I know I hear an electric guitar…and look out to see this. I was at once happy (that they figured out how to play together safety) and sad (that they had to).
They played for probably two hours. Katie was sitting with a sign asking for donations to buy sanitizer for people who don’t have any. (So later we had a talk about that being a wonderful idea but how could we make it better. We landed on donating to the school’s food drive.)
Death by 1000 cuts…
I am so tried of every single little issue that I have to take care of or referee. Poor Tom gets an earful every time he ventures up for a bathroom or coffee break.
- Katie’s videos don’t have sound on the desktop
- Owen can’t login to his google meet
- such and such google doc is missing
- Katie can’t figure out 9+4 even though she knows how
- Owen makes so much noise while he works (feet tapping, humming, singing, gum chewing, etc.) and it drives me and Katie crazy (which then causes them to argue)
- they are both watching videos on their separate devices and can’t hear because they’re loud so we have to hunt down headphones
- a friend calls their device to chat so they both jump up (its now muted)
- I get asked all morning long if it’s time to watch science videos (we do have a schedule for this reason)
- the doorbell rings and they both jump up to answer it
- Katie’s website doesn’t have sound again
- if one is watching a video the other one migrates over
- Schoology is down then up then down then up
- I have to keep track of emails and texts and websites and assignments
- and on and on and on while also trying to do my job…and I can’t seem to get anything done.
I know it’s just the start and we’ll get into a rhythm, but for now, it’s exhausting. I don’t know how parents with more kids or a full-time job are doing if I’m this much of a stressball.