Anna wanted to do our makeup together and then Katie wanted me to do hers…
She can stop growing up now.
Playing with makeup
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Honey & Katie
Olive likes e-learning days.
Our first ever visit to urgent care
Owen came home from school complaining of a sore throat. He said the dreaded words: it feels like swallowing glass.
Unfortunately… there were no appointments available at the hospital as everything was shutting down for the storm. So…I researched which urgent care we could go to and off we went!
Thankfully it was just minutes from our house and we got in quickly. We had to wait for a rapid strep test plus they took a Covid test. Strep was negative so it was off to Target for some throat drops. We did a rapid Covid and it was negative…so I just think he had a cold with nasal drainage causing the sore throat.
I have to admit things like this make my blood boil.
I was looking for something in the upstairs hallway cabinets when I found this.
You have got to be kidding me.
So instead of putting her clean clothes away… Katie decided to stuff the entire bag into the cupboards. By process of elimination I figured they’d been there about a week.
A cat nap. Dog nap? Boy nap?
My girls at the bar
WMS Holiday Band Concert
Getting ready to play in the jazz band! Watch for his solo!
And then an outfit change into a tux for the 8th grade portion!
It’s bedtime, kids.
It’s time to pick freshman classes!
Botanical Gardens Lightscape
Admittedly I bitched a lot beforehand about Anna making us go to Lightscape (I’m turning into a major homebody as I get older!)…but it ended up to be super cool and I have apologized.
Just chillin’
The Illusionists!
Getting ready to see The Illusionists thanks to Veteran Tickets Foundation!
Katie’s baby?
Katie desperately wanted a doll stroller so she used her own money—and then of course wanted to give Olive a ride.
Olive even helps with homework!
Pysanky lessons!
David wasn’t going to do it but then Evan didn’t want to finish his so David took it over! He did really well and it turned out cute!
Anna swore up and down she was going to suck at this but she did amazing with her very first egg! Now she can’t wait to do some more!
My two cute girls!
Christmas lights on my car!
I saw these on Amazon and had to try them. They are reflective — which is cool but obviously I can never see them because I’m in the car. And there was only enough to do this on both sides (unless I wanted to add more “string” between each bulb). Also, can’t wait to see if they stay on as the magnets aren’t that strong. But it’s cute, right?
The second best part about Thanksgiving!
Holiday decorations go up!
Tom hauls everything up, puts the tree together, then comes back to do the star. Unfortunately the lights in the star were dead and we didn’t realize until it was attached.
Pysanky Step 1 — making the dyes!
I bought just the right number of dyes when we were at Pysanky On The River! Or maybe I bought just the right number of jars!
Our first hosted Thanksgiving dinner!
I was so busy with a houseful of guests and dinner prep that I barely had time to look at my phone (so most of these are from everyone else)! But it was so worth it to have everyone together — from Georgia (Filipek), Michigan (Schwalm & Coe), and Illinois (Schwalm & Hudson). And our best friends joined us, too…and fit right in!
Then we did some reenactment shots!
I can’t believe it was 22 years between these photos. But we all still look the same, right?! Also: no kids in 2000, six kids in 2022!
Let the family festivities begin!
We excitedly volunteered to host the Schwalm side family thanksgiving this year—Filipeks usually host in Atlanta but they’ve recently downsized and didn’t have room. We had plenty of room for everyone (most even stayed with us—kicking the kids out of their rooms of course)!
Everyone had varied arrival times, but by Wednesday afternoon everyone was here! It makes my heart so happy to see my kids having fun with their cousins.
Dinner for 21 is served! Charcuterie that takes up our entire kitchen island!
Katie’s 5th grade conferences
All good reports on all subjects—plus she’s gaining confidence in math!
I enjoy looking at all their assignments and photos in the hallway. These were from their unit on phases of the moon—they got to make them using Oreos!
Katie home sick today!
Katie complained her throat hurt last night so off to the doctor today and…strep! Ugh. So it was lots of rest and cuddles.
Of course she felt better in the afternoon and wanted to play in the snow. So she built a mini snowman!
Career exploration at the Shedd Aquarium
After some initial super frustrating snafus with actually getting everyone INTO the aquarium, the three boys (and three parents) took a “deep dive into the day of an aquarist—the animal care staff that work with animals ranging from fishes to reptiles to birds—and learned more about this profession.” They all seemed to have fun!
Earning her keep.
Katie helped me take apart some beauty advent calendars to save some space. She owed me some work after she took some of my makeup (from my office) without asking.
Olive was being a pain in the butt so Katie put her in one of the boxes we just emptied. Olive didn’t seem to mind too much.
Making calendar angels. Or trying to.
Olive wanted attention.
And I’m a sucker.
The video edit:
Are you gonna share that?
They’re getting along for the moment
After school boy and dog cuddles
After school welcome home hug!
Olive came home from the vet today so she got a big welcome home hug from Katie.
