I have a teenager. A 13 year-old. What in the WHAT just happened?!?!?!??! Ethan at 10 days old I am seriously having the hardest time wrapping my head around this. Not that this is "brand new information"...I mean, they turn 1, then 2, then 3....and so on and so forth. I have personally experienced 37… Continue reading TEEN
The boys are both extremely excited for TODAY. They both have long-awaited social events coming up. • Ethan has his sleepover birthday party tonight! His 3 best friends are coming over around 1:30 this afternoon and will be staying until basically whenever the parents want them home tomorrow. The plan is to go to our… Continue reading Exciting Weekend Social Events
I just hit send on an email confirming the boys' piano lesson times for next school year (starting in September). After ~1 year and 4 months of doing only VIRTUAL lessons, they will be returning to "in person" lessons finally. (The piano studio decided to just keep things virtual through most of the summer since… Continue reading Pulling the virtual plug
First, I did finally successfully complete my grocery trip yesterday morning. Store was EMPTY, which I am certain was probably not the case last night or will be anytime today with the holiday weekend upon us. So happy to have a stocked fridge again! It was Ethan's last day at camp and Asher had summer… Continue reading Camp pick-up/ New Month/Social Media
So, on Monday evening, after his first day "home alone" (Ethan's at camp) and his first day back from swim camp/Iowa meet, Asher declared, "I can't wait to go back to school. Just being home is kind of boring. Can I do summer school???" I was like, "Wait, what?!" I honestly hadn't even really talked… Continue reading Summer school surprise
This is one of those times in life that feels like, what's the saying?? A beautiful mess? Everything has felt a bit chaotic and hectic over the last couple weeks (actually, couple months, really), but so much of it is so GOOD! So this isn't a complaint. 🙂 Let's see...so, I got home from swim… Continue reading Solo Ethan weekend & more camp
We made it home from swim camp last night, after a full 4 days away. The boys survived 8 1/2 hours of swimming per day, too. I'd say there were a few mixed emotions over the week, but mostly positive. The boys were no trouble at all, though I think his friend was not totally… Continue reading Everyone survived! Home from camp
Hello! Just jumping on quick during a little lunch break to update on our first couple days at swim camp! So far, so good! The drive up was early but uneventful, the boys got checked in (armed with their negative covid tests) and I was driving out of the parking lot by 8:30 a.m. yesterday.… Continue reading Hi from swim camp 🙂
Duck families...so fun to watch We're almost a 2 solid weeks in to summer break now. Inevitably, I feel like we always go through a slightly bumpy transition period when we shift from school to break or back again. Maybe this is my "fault", for lack of planning or foresight...I'm not sure. I mean, we… Continue reading Getting in a groove/ summer schedule
Hello and happy Wednesday! It's been a while. These last days have been FULL but fun. Asher and I left around 2 pm Friday afternoon for a 3 day swim meet ~1 1/2 hours away (but near my parents' house). He swam right away Friday evening, so we went straight to the pool. We got… Continue reading Whew, I’m back
