every year, we usually have a very small party with just the fam aaaannd this year was no different! we usually invite my sisters, brother, and mom and dad to come by to celebrate vday in the most festive way possible.
this year it was about breakable chocolate hearts and gifts galore. we always think we’re getting something small for the kids but we end up giving them so much stuff it’s kind of ridiculous. LOL funny but not funny. heh.
the big trend this year for valentine’s day were breakable hearts. the idea was big for christmas in a chocolate bomb version. everyone was making them and no one could get them as they were selling out so fast! so, i connected with a local girl who made them and got four breakable chocolate hearts filled with goodies for each kiddo!
we did our usual dinner of heart pizza but this year, instead of making them, we purchased heart pizzas through our school’s fundraiser. win win! the kids played, the adults chatted and ate as we whipped together an easy dinner for everyone.
once we were done eating, we decided to have the kids break the hearts. it was hilarious! they pounded and pounded on the hearts but no one could break them. LOL the only person making progress was olive! she cracked it and then they realized it was bottomless so all efforts ceased and they flipped their hearts to find their prizes. after they had fun with the hearts, we all gave the kids their presents and it felt like it was christmas day. LOL we really do think we’re keeping it simple when it never is.
as usual, it was a fun valentine’s day for us and the kids!
a little love decor in olive’s roomolive’s bookshelves ellie’s shelftheir little kitchen in the play roomsweet olive chocolate breakable hearts table setting painting their cookies they’re so cute tic tac toe cookie game heart pizza the kids in America tin of goodies
everything revolved around how to celebrate with covid literally in the air. LOL
we decided to keep our guests to the people we hung out with at christmas – family. unfortunately my parents didn’t come over because it was too cold and too much for them but that’s ok!
for new year’s we like to make heavy apps and have yummy drinks! i created a photo booth, like i do every year and try to make it festive inside. i also love making little favor boxes for the kids! i usually fill them with candy, chocolates, glow sticks, poppers, noise makers, and hats. sometimes they get crackers too!
my sister kim made a delicious shrimp and dip and chicken buffalo dip. thuy made two yummy quiches. i made brie and cranberry tarts, a charcuterie board, and jalapeño poppers. i didn’t think we would have enough food and we had more than enough! we were stuffed and it was alllllll soooooo delicious!
we usually have everyone over late, since ringing in the new year feels like an eternity away and we try not to fall asleep by midnight! LOL the strange part about this year was how we made it to midnight. every year, we can barely make it to new york’s ball drop. it’s hard. but this year, we were more energized than usual and the kids stayed up wayyyyy past midnight. we all rang in the real {time} new year’s together and that was awesome!
there were less people this year and it was very relaxing…plus after the year we had…we were so ready to say hello to 2021!
new year’s eve cocktails i wrote recipes for drinks on our bar papernew year’s eve bartable centerpiece new year’s eve barcake by strictly sugar thuy and reaganbrie and cranberry tarts thuy and kimmy quick charcuterie boardphoto booth spot playing downstairs in the playroom he’s so sweet to her!our best family photo!ma seoursopening their favor boxes new year’s eve crackers wearing the crown from her cracker happy new year! they made it to midnight!new year’s day!
the year of the corona. it didn’t stop us from going to the pumpkin farm.
everywhere you go…something has changed. so, we bought our pumpkin farm tickets in advance as they were only allowing a certain number of people to attend. i was excited we were able to get tickets for everyone and couldn’t wait to go.
it was supposed to be a beautiful day and it was. the sun was shining and the temps were supposed to be warm enough to not wear a jacket. soooooo i thought! ughhhhh! it was warm when we left the house and when we arrived, it was freezing! the temperature completely dropped and we were not prepared! so not prepared. even my hubby was cold…and that’s saying something! we only had cardi’s for the girls but they were running fools and didn’t need anything else to stay warm. where i was just standing around all cute and flipping cold. LOL
this is basically how it goes. our kids run around like crazy people exploring everything and us adults just stand around and talk and follow the kids wherever they go. hahaha! it works out perfectly!
once they explored all the rides, games, and animals…we decided to grab some grub and go inside to their open tent. the only place where it felt somewhat warmer. eep! hot cider, doughnuts, cookies, and all the fried greasy food you could eat! hc ordered a bunch of food for the girls and of course all ellie wanted was a cookie. she loves, loves sugar. especially chocolate but she won’t deny anything sugary.
once the kids were done eating, we were like peace out! we were cold and did not want to do anything else, after a couple hours of already exploring the entire place we were dunzo. i was hoping to grab a pumpkin or something festive to take home, high hopes before we got there but the cold just wanted me to run to the car. haha!
the girls had a blast with their cousins and we were happy! we got into our warm car and headed home to rest. our favorite thing to do!
we love going on our annual apple picking trip every fall!
although i struggled to find a good orchard that we haven’t been to {bad weather and a pandemic to blame}. we’ve frequented a few good ones several times in the past but we wanted to try something different. not that the orchards we’ve been to were bad, i just like to change it up. sometimes it’s a good thing to discover a fun new place or it backfires, but you have to take that risk, non?!
we decided to go to jonamac orchard. it was b u s y. it was hard to physical distance yourself from others {we did go on the weekend…hence how busy it was} and because it was so packed, it stymied our fun. or maybe we were just apple orchard burnt out?! LOL
plus, the apples were sooooo picked over and so many lanes were not ripe. we were given 6 lanes to pick from and that is not a lot when there were that many people there with you. feeling a bit defeated as that was our purpose – to find delicious apples and have fun picking from the trees. instead the trees were bare and we were dodging people left and right down the lanes.
we scored quite a few goodies in their shop though! kettle corn, fudge, drinks, doughnuts, and a bunch of other things we didn’t need. hahaha! that was a highlight for sure! we were all hungry so our family {my mom, sisters, nephews, brother in law} decided to head to a restaurant nearby for some grub as the kitchen at the orchard was packed and there wasn’t a lot of seating and the flies and bees were viciously attacking everyone. gah! we didn’t want to eat and constantly keep swatting away the bugs. that would not be fun!
oh my goodness. yes, i sounded a bit like debbie downer with all the issues that we had but it was fun to go, we did get some yummy apples and spent quality time with our family! ending our trip at the restaurant was a perfect way to cap off our afternoon of fun! relaxing, eating, air conditioning, and drinking!
[the fam…it was so insanely bright…by pictures were blown out!]
[grace and jane]
[about two seconds before she screamed bloody murder there was a lady bug on her arm. LOL]
guys, it’s been a minute. school was starting and that was a big event in itself {of course i blog about it later!}. then i swung into a busy photography season and i was swamped. between working and working and working, living life, being a mom, wife, and a friend…it was craaaaaaaazzzzyyyyyyy.
I had no time to write a blog post to keep up with our digital memories or else I wouldn’t sleep at all. so i chose to sleep the few hours i did every night. LOL
so, i’m finally catching up on life’s happenings and i pray i don’t get so behind like i did this past season! i literally have something crazy like 13 blog posts to publish…so i hope you stay and follow along with us!
august 16, 2020
we wanted to do something fun and visit a sunflower farm. there was a really cool one i wanted to visit called von bergen but their third installment of flowers did not pan through and they didn’t open up the maze for visitors! having already planned for us to go that day, we had to recalculate on what to do.
i found a place called stade farm and we decided to see what this place was all about. it was a cute farm area but their sunflowers were subpar. they were so picked over and the ones left were so ragged looking…but I managed to get some pretty blooms together!
the girls had so much fun picking veggies and flowers. it was a great place for them to explore, experience, and have fun with their cousins. bonus, it was a super warm and nice day…so the weather was on our side!
afterwards we stopped by a total mom and pop ice cream shop on the way home. it was super delicious, cute and quaint. the challenge was, it was sooooooo small, i swear there were 25 people packed into that little space ordering ice cream. even though everyone was wearing a mask…covid or no covid…it was claustrophobic!
we needed a getaway. we needed a change of scenery. we wanted the beach.
we wanted to be in a place {state} where we felt their safety measures where in alignment with ours. we wanted a house where there was enough time in-between stays and thoroughly cleaned. we wanted to be near the beach and close to a ‘downtown’ area. hc scored and found a place to fit – d. all of the above!
olive and ellie were so excited to go on a vacation! olive was so disappointed this past march when we cancelled our spring break trip to california. she was excited to fly on a plane, stay in a hotel, and go to the beach. so, we kind of hit 2/3!
what i love about new buffalo michigan is that it’s literally a hop, skip, and a jump away. it’s so close but yet far enough away. we whizzed up there in no time and settled into the house.
once things felt in order at our temp home, we headed out to explore and grab some grub to fill our empty bellies. the girls had the best time exploring the beach, walking through town, and seeing new things. after some beach time, we stopped by the stray dog for some grub. while we were waiting, we stopped at their shop and picked up a few things for myself! a sweatshirt and a baseball cap with their logo. so cute! after dinner, we strolled down to beachside scoops for some ice cream. yum!
we pretty much had glorious beach days. we tried mom and pop type restaurants, ate at cool ones, and celebrated ellie’s actual birthday at oinks dutch treats while we were there. there was a lot of beach time and it was perfect. i loved how slow our days were. i loved sitting in the sand getting dirty and making sandcastles with my girls. i loved standing in the water while the waves crashed around me and I could hear the sweet giggles of my girls splashing in the water with their dad. i loved the warm summer nights and the sound of the thunderstorms rolling in. i loved riding around in hc’s jeep and exploring the town. there was so much fun packed into several days and we didn’t want to leave.
check out all the pics down below. it’ll tell our story! thanks new buffalo michigan. you were just what we needed during this pandemic and it was the perfect little getaway for us all.
[they’re super happy to be on vacation!]
[werking it]
[i love her so much!]
[puzzle time]
[the beachiest house i ever did see]
[finding fun things along the way]
[ellie is obsessed with birds! just like me as a kid!]
[sisters]
[exploring on our first day]
[our first night dinner – the stray dog]
[first night of ice cream – beachside scoops]
[ready for the beach]
[they’re so fun]
[aaaanddd how many photos can i post of them?]
[building a crab fortress]
[seriously…she did such a great job! she even made the palm trees to the right]
celebrating the fourth of july in quarantine style!
we were sad there wasn’t a parade this year but no matter, we made the most of our time celebrating ‘merica’s birthday!
we invited just our family and did the usual. grilling, chilling, and fireworks. i did the typical decorating…and as always, i was like, “oh, i don’t have enough decor.” LOL i created a red white and blue charcuterie board to munch on and whipped up some red white and blue drinks to sip on!
my sister thuy wanted to make roast beef sandwiches, so we decided to grill a few hot dogs and burgers for anyone who wanted to eat that. we procured the usual side dishes {potato salad and corn} and just had fun.
hc set up the water tub and the sprinkler for the kids and later on in the day, we filled up water balloons for a toss and fight! one fun activity led into another…the kids played in the water, had their water balloon fun, and guests played badminton during our slow, warm afternoon.
after we ate, we served the delicious desserts {it was so good!] and lit up some fireworks!!!! really, it was a lot of snap it’s and sparklers, the most the kids can handle right now. of course, in fourth of july fashion, olive’s wrist got burned!!! poor babe! she had a sparkler going and her cousins tried lighting their mega sparklers off of her flame. well a fiery spark flew and hit her bitty wrist. ohhhhhh, poor thing burst into tears! it was red and i put an ice pack on it but you know how burns go, it doesn’t seem bad at first until it’s bad. my poor babe’s skin soon bubbled after that. ughhhhhhhh. i felt so bad. like a bad mom who didn’t realize her burn was worse than it was because i kept telling her to calm down but then i realized how bad it really was!!! but no worries friends, she is totally recovered right now! thank God!
after fireworks, that pretty much wrapped up our evening! it was a slow and fun afternoon celebrating the birth of our nation! happy covid 4th america!
[feeling festive]
[red white and blue charcuterie board]
[scavenger hunt]
[patriotic desserts]
[cupcakes and macarons by toni patisserie]
[silly cousins]
[the most delicious cake]
[my loves]
[thuy, ellie and ba]
[mes seours and babes]
[love that smile]
[showing off their muscles]
[my festive babes]
[red white and blue drinks]
[my crew]
[having lunch]
[the way she looks at thuy]
[reagan, terry, kim, and bennett]
[delicious corn]
[our nutty nephew]
[he’s so silly]
[rimma and ellie]
[water balloon fight]
[with all her might]
[here comes the water balloon]
[catch it!]
[awww missed!]
[splat!]
[here it comes!]
[almost!]
[missed!]
[splat]
[macaron]
[yummy cake]
[they’re ready for their scavenger hunt!]
[she was slightly afraid and then loved holding the sparkler]
14 weeks later and we’re still at home! well, kind of…we’ve enjoyed more playdates, dinners out, and general social distance get togethers {more on that later}. it’s now june and we’re in phase 3 of reopening illinois. my emotions are mixed because there’s so much we don’t know in general and such high emotional energy stirring. there are a lot of questions and not enough answers. this moment in time we are experiencing is unprecedented and ever evolving. we’re doing our best to keep up, keep sane, keep educated, and keep positive!
on a great note, we’ve done so much while at home and i love it. i’m sharing a gazillion pictures with you, as it captures some of the things we were able to do but not everything! there were moments i needed to be and not snap away constantly at the situation but i’m happy with what little snippets i was able to take and share! these are all picutres from phase 2, before we hit phase 3 in june.
the biggest moment we’ve experienced during quarantine was olive learning how to ride a bike!!! she mastered it last month after three tries! she practiced on a balance bike for a few weeks and then boom! she was riding on her own. i introduced the big girl bike and she was nervous practicing on it. i then worked with her another day and she was still scared {the bike is a hand me down from her big sis…so it was an inch or so too high. which didn’t help her fear factor}. i saw her balancing but the multitasking overwhelmed her. a few times she was riding on her own but still afraid. then she asked me to try, for a third time, on another day. this was it!!! she did it! i was so proud of her!!! she was ecstatic and couldn’t believe she was riding a bike! total proud mom moment right there.
i hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed living the moments!
[playing lots of games! this was a spin off of the princess and the pea. we supported our local shop called fair game!]
[supporting their aunt and uncle in their mask making business: miss tashina.com]
[the new way to celebrate – birthday parades. sass not included]
[i was taking a pic, so she decided to do some tricks. LOL]
[getting fancy and ready to decorate cookies]
[yummy yummy cookies!]
[she’s so darn sweet]
[the goodies]
[always so detailed and careful]
[she’s always so proud of her creations]
[she’s really good at eating what she decorates. LOL]
[the final products]
[her riding outfit of choice]
[she loves her balance bike]
[i’m singing in the rain…just singing in the rain. what a glorious feeling, i’m happy again!]
[flower shopping on mother’s day]
[ellie is definitely olive’s shadow]
[give a squeeze…she loves her big sister]
[wash yer hands!]
[fort building every day…she loved her bed one and her toes sticking out couldn’t be cuter!]
[how cute are they and their shirts?! they tie dyed it themselves!]
[i love them so much]
[ughhhh, please don’t mind the artificial light ruining the color of the picture but notice how darn cute these two bakers are!]
[testing out the cookie dough]
[loving the cookie dough]
[proud of their results]
[olive was like, “i don’t like chocolate chip cookies” uhhhh what? she loved it]
first easter in my life where i did not spend it with my extended family! as you saw in the previous post about our situation with covid-19…it’s been several weeks of unknown, unfamiliar territory.
let’s be clear…i am not scared. i am not upset. i’m not living in fear but i understand that what we are doing is for the greater good of our world. i’ve loved our time home and if that’s what we need to do to flatten the curve, then so be it. i’m quite content.
celebrating the rise of Christ was so good. we started the morning off with easter baskets and gifts. the girls loved their presents! they spent some time opening up their treasures and then we ran outside for the easter egg hunt!
it had rained the day before, so we figured it would be safe to have the hunt outside and it was suppose to be 55 degrees, which was a great temp for us to hold this outdoors.
after the egg hunt, we came inside to open up all the colorful eggs to see what toys or candy it held inside! after playing around a bit with their egg hunt favors, we all got dressed up for the day and watched sunday easter mass via online.
we had our easter brunch catered through foxtail in downtown downers grove and all we had to do was heat it up! while we were preparing our meal, we were also waiting for the easter bunny to arrive!
a month back, our favorite shop, waterlemon offered easter bunny visits through their site! when i saw that, i thought hell yes! how awesome would that be with us not being able to visit the bunny this year but to have the bunny come to us?! i was on it.
as we were waiting for our food to warm up, the bunny arrived! we started screaming for the girls to come upstairs! olive rushed up and ellie was perplexed. we said, ‘the eater bunny is here!” and ellie was like no thank you. she said, “i scared! i scared!” well, we didn’t care. LOL we all rushed out and left ellie behind and she had no choice but to follow us outside.
oh what a treat! the bunny was waiting with balloons and gifts and asked if olive and ellie were around! olive was SOOOO excited! she was jumping up and down, so ecstatic to see the easter rabbit and so excited the bunny knew their names. the bunny was so sweet and loving towards the girls. they exchanged a few words and ellie busted out, “where are your carrots?!” hahaha! the bunny so wisely responded with, “i ate them for breakfast!” the visit was short, sweet, and socially distance. what i loved most was that ellie has always been afraid of life sized character costumes and she totally warmed up to the bunny…we are breaking through!
wow…it was such a fun 10 minutes of our day! the neighbors all came out to catch a glimpse and the bunny visit put a smile on everyone’s face!
afterwards, we all went inside to a delicious easter brunch and relaxed on the couch, in our jammies, for the rest of the day!
check out all the pics from our easter week!
*****
B U N N Y C R A F T
[ready to paint!]
[blue…her FAVORITE color]
[my sweet girl getting so big!]
[she’s so sweet]
[full focus]
[this girl is full of funny faces…she knew i was snapping a pic and wanted to display how hard she was concentrating and working on her artwork]
[finished product]
*****
E A S T E R W E E K F U N
[ellie’s easter shelfie]
[easter bunny lunch]
[easter basket goodies]
[i love creating their baskets]
*****
B U N N Y C I N N A M O N R O L L S
[yummy cinnamon bunny rolls]
[olive’s creation]
[ellie’s creation]
[she’s like – what you looking at?! LOL]
*****
E A S T E R E G G D Y I N G
[she’s been on either a cat kick or purple hair kick]
[i was very surprised at how well ellie did with dying her eggs!]
[she’s wild and sweet]
[first batch]
[painting]
[working hard with the glue, glitter, and confetti]
[olive’s batch]
[watercolor]
*****
S A T U R D A Y M O R N I N G F U N
[i had this donut decorating kit delivered to our house!]
[they ate more than they used on the donuts]
[working so diligently on her creations]
[the girl’s works of art]
[thumbs up yummy!]
[we packed up donuts for our neighbors!]
*****
E A S T E R S U N D A Y
[easeter goodies]
[excitement]
[she loves her walk a lot unicorn]
[she was excited to get this minnie mouse phone]
[olive’s glitter chalk easter eggs]
[gummi’s]
[easter dress]
*****
E A S T E R E G G H U N T
[ready to hunt eggs! i told hc to make it easy but i didn’t expect him to just dump the eggs in the middle of the yard. LOL]
well, this isn’t necessarily a fun post to write about but definitely worth documenting, as this unprecedented moment in our lives will permanently change how we will forever interact.
we had our first public cases in the u.s, in january, a few here and there. then it really started to gain traction in february…we all had heard about the virus ravaging china and of course, with us being so far away, you don’t think it will effect you. typical, right? it started in wuhan, china and soon it was spreading across the world, within a month, hitting countries like italy, iran, spain, and germany hard.
come march and it was getting serious. the cases were popping everywhere and the virus was spreading fast across the united states. washington state’s cases were multiplying and soon you could see that densely populated and urban travel areas were becoming hot zones.
governor pritzker officially closed all illinois schools starting march 17th but olive and ellie’s school closed that friday before on the 13th. we were told to socially distance ourselves. stay home if possible, don’t gather in large groups. keep 6 ft apart, person to person. then after that, with st. patrick’s day weekend upon us, pritzker was upset that too many people were out and about celebrating in large groups, bar crawls, full restaurants, etc. he then closed down all the bars and restaurants! he mandated a shelter in place starting march 21st. we were to stay home, unless you worked for an essential business. you could go to the grocery store, get gas, help care for an elderly person, or take a walk outside but he stressed how we should limit our exposure to others and remain inside our homes if possible.
well, we’ve been home now for several weeks and literally at home. i ventured out to the grocery stores, maybe twice but haven’t set foot in one in weeks. hc works for an essential business so he’s been at work everyday and he’s picked up groceries if we needed to get a supply of milk or eggs.
i started homeschooling olive the first week she was out and i was a mess. just trying to find our routine, what was right, and what worked for us. i questioned how i was going to be effective, was i suppose to keep the same routine? there was a lot of grey and no answers and with the weight of the world coming down; there were definitely some sad, hard moments. i know a lot of mamas out there were thrown for a loop with school being out. we became teachers overnight, there were those of us who were working from home and trying to homeschool. we are moms {and that’s a full time job!} who all of a sudden had to juggle a lot more with kids being home 24/7!
come the second week of us hibernating, we found our niche. we started a great ‘schedule’ and it’s completely worked for us. we or should i say i am not an early riser. never was, never will be. when i finally get up…sometimes the girls are just doing their own thing {hc will usually get them ready in the morning with breakfast} and i will get ready, start a cup of coffee {yes, i gave up starbucks…S H O C K I N G} and then i get the girls to do some e-learning {usually by 10 am}. they usually do this for an hour {sometimes they are so excited that it goes on for longer…they really love the program we use!} and then we take a snack break. after snack time, we move onto worksheets provided by the teacher. i have ellie write out her name while olive completes her worksheets. we do everything the teacher asks…so if there is a story to be read, video to be watched, game to be played, we do what’s on the teacher’s agenda. i also had and purchased some additional learning activity books for olive, so we do that too!
as a group, one of our mom friends suggested that the kids zoom together once a day to help break up our day, for the kiddos to see each other, and just feel like we are in this together! so every day, for a couple weeks. we log on at 1pm. while olive is on the call, i prepare lunch and then after the half hour call, the girls take a lunch break and ‘recess’. we then move onto more worksheets or activity books that we didn’t finish. depending on the day or we will do her ‘special’ classes, such as p.e., art {which is pretty much every day}, music, spanish, and technology!
while olive is working on her schoolwork, ellie is typically learning how to write her name, learning the alphabet, colors, or words. while olive works on her own, i will do flashcards with ellie and help her practice her writing. ellie is usually engaged 2 hours a day…which is more than what she experiences with her regular school schedule. i feel great that she is involved and will keep her interested as long as i can!
once that is all complete, we then do the hail mary or the our father together {mainly to teach ellie…olive has it down pat}, the sign of the cross, read a chapter in the bible, pray together and then call it a day!
i’m pretty happy with our routine and every day is different. i have found i’m not very montessori and prefer a more structured day/routine but, overall, it feels great to see the girls love for learning and inspiration to work.
there are days were it feels surreal and moments were it hits me like a ton of bricks that this is our new reality. at this point, imo, staying home is the only true defense we have to stop the spreading of the virus as there isn’t a vaccine, yet. i miss my parents, mom, sisters, brothers, friends, school, pretty much everything we did on the daily. but i love, love, love this time with my girls…this family time is amazing. the girls are so sweet and special and melt my heart. i am so fortunate to be blessed with this tribe i call my family.
here’s a little questionnaire i asked olive to answer!
what’s your name? olive
how old are you? 6 {and 4 months}
how old is your mom? 99
what’s your favorite color? rose gold
what’s your favorite food? toaster strudel
who’s your best friend? madison and leyah
what’s your favorite song? elsa in frozen II, into the unknown and show yourself
what do you like to watch on t.v.? ryan’s world
what’s your favorite animal? cheetah
what makes you happy? hugs and kisses
where is your favorite place? all aboard diner
what do you want to be when you grow up? an artist
who loves you the most? family…dada, kiki, ellie, ba, rimma, gramma….people i love
what does your mom do all day? clean, work on the computer, on her phone, drinks wine
where does money come from? dada! kiki only has a credit card!
where do you live? illinois
where did you come from? from inside kiki but God made me
what’s your favorite number? 9
what’s your favorite toy? bunny
where do babies come from? mommy’s tummy and God
if you could have one thing in the entire world, what would it be? my family…God’s family
what kind of car do you want? blue
why are you so cute? cause of my parents and God loves me
what does daddy do all day? lay down, never move, text, and play games
what is your favorite thing you got for christmas? ryan’s world treasure chest
[zoom fun with her classmates!]
[my goofs finding some fun with dada’s glasses]
[lots and lots of snuggle time!]
[spreading some love and hope while we stay in]
[at home shenanigans]
[their new thing is reenacting everything they watch]
[jumping off chairs and couches]
[t.v. time]
[she totally looks up to her sister]
[working hard on writing her name!]
[completing her school worksheets]
[yay to learning]
[a lot of time like this…]
[heading out to a doctor’s appointment]
[southport avenue…desolate and quiet on a sunny, warm day]
[olive said she was making an angry bear face…LOL]
[bubbles alllllll day]
[christmas pj’s, messy hair don’t care]
[finding random treasures in the yard]
[crafting galore…we’re always trying something different and fun with what we have on hand!]
[ellie saw a kids ghoul movie and became obsessed with the main character’s purple hair…there you go.]
