Today was an odd day for the kids. They weather was beautiful, but they just wanted a low key day inside and we didn't have an adventure planned. They spent several hours in the basement playroom doing legos. We decided another try at skipping nap time with the goal of a very early bed time (this has never actually worked according to plan). Isaac and Lucy went on a bike ride while Charlie and Kerry went on a marsh expedition. Charlie later said this was the highlight of his day. After the outside time, we put a movie on for the kids while eating dinner. Charlie managed to fall asleep with his body mostly laying on the wood floor. This did allow for us to do a little additional hair cutting around at least one of his ears. So far his current hair cut has happened in four separate stages and it's not going well...but every stage is a little better.
We were almost on track for an early bed time but then Lucy managed to take 45 minutes to poop and Charlie was raring to go after his power nap. We ended the night doing a virtual game night with friends while our children continued to make appearances (why break the streak now...).
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| This picture actually captures how vivid and beautiful the colors and trail actually were today! |
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| Running up and down the trail looking for sticks to throw in the creek. |
Sunday May 17th:
Today marks another lazy day as this time the drizzle is preventing any substantial outside plans. The kids have flourished with lots of independent and creative play! We did a brief interlude to watch some mountain adventures through the REI channel on YouTube and then their creative play shifted to going on mountain expeditions. Today also included more legos! Happy Birthday to Mema today! The kids made her pictures and then their favorite babysitter came over so that Isaac and Kerry could go visit Pat for a couple hours. (It may be the first actual uninterrupted conversation we've had since she moved to Onalaska!)
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| Climbing the mountains! |
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| Stopping for the night to roast some marshmallows. |
Monday May 18th:
Lucy was absolutely thrilled that she was getting her cavity filled today (what a weird kiddo!). She did so well, and I'm almost certain she must have no idea she's getting shots with this procedure or she'd never be ok with it. In other big news; we can no longer handle the number of times Charlie is waking us up at night. In a last ditch effort to salvage our sleep, we are trying out giving him a true big boy bed. He's pretty darn excited!
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| Waiting for the appointment to start. |
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| Relaxing with the laughing gas and weighted blanket. |
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| Deconstructing the toddler bed and turning it into a real big boy bed! |
Tuesday May 19th:
Charlie made it through the night in his big boy bed. He seemed a bit concerned about the sides being open and we can't do a side rail without a box spring...so today we re-oriented the bed next to the wall and Dad re-enforced the bed to withstand some jumping monkies. Lucy is having a hard time adjusting to Charlie's new bed. She desperately wants to sleep in it too because apparently it's comfier than hers.
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| A nice big batch of slime to play with. |
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| Lucy really enjoys color by numbers. |
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| Jumping monkies. |
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| Obligatory game of tag around the clock tower. |
Wednesday May 20th:
We decided to go tadpole hunting this morning at the best pond in town for tadpoles (Chad Erickson Park). We struck out on tadpoles but did find some big frogs and a family of geese. It was a perfect morning at the pond!
Our Solo Stove bonfire arrived today and we were excited to break it in on one of the nicest evenings! Isaac found a big bin of kindling wood that has gone unused and has now been drying for 5 years; the fire was started and roaring in no time.
The night ended with our children turning into puppies (named Arfia and Cannon). They were excited to start the next day waking up as puppies as well.
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| Snack time before looking for wildlife. |
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| Checking the usual tadpole spot without luck. |
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| Dance party with the campfire. |
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| Our first go at it! So shiny and new! |
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| The perfect fire!!! |
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| Lucy has transformed into Arfia. |
Thursday May 21st:
Uh oh... there are no pictures, videos, or anything marked off on the calendar for the day... I do recall the kids immediately reverting back into puppies for the morning prior to going to Paula's for a bit. We also worked on some art projects surrounding butterfly life cycle. The kids painted a toilet paper roll for a cocoon and did some planning for making a caterpillar (Mom had to do some craft supplies order at Target).
Isaac and I decided to treat ourselves to a "date" at home over the lunch hour. The kids went to Paula's and we got a couple games of Yahtzee in for the first time since 2009!
Friday May 22nd:
Another very low key day! What a strange feeling to stay put for the night on Memorial Day Weekend. We don't even have anything planned for the weekend in order to make sure we avoid any possible crowds.
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