The weekend flew by this time...boo. Sunday night, Asher even said, "Wait, it's Monday already tomorrow? The weekend went so fast!" I'm not really sure why, since for us, it was actually a lower key weekend than usual. (No full day swim meets or tournaments or anything like that.) It was a good weekend, though!… Continue reading Little life catch-up
Day 5, Monday, January 17: Monday was our last full day in Mexico. Thankfully, the semi-yucky weather the day before had fully moved out and we had a GLORIOUS final day!! (I went down by the water in my PJs that morning to just sit for a while. There were still a few lingering clouds,… Continue reading Isla Mujeres, Mexico- Trip Recap Day 5 (beach, shrimp quesadillas, COVID tests and fancy dinner!)
Heyyy, look at me, picking my trip recaps back up!! I abruptly left off on Day 3, but I've been itching to finish these up! Days 1-3 were great, but so were the last couple days, too. So here we go! Day 4, Sunday, January 16: On Saturday overnight/ Sunday morning a little weather pattern… Continue reading Isla Mujeres, Mexico- Trip Recap Day 4 (walk downtown, chilaquiles, Playa Norte, enchiladas!)
I just need to "vent" for a second after a frustrating evening last night!! So, Asher is performing a drum solo at the local Solo Ensemble competition on Saturday. (I was in orchestra growing up and did not actually realize that "drum solos" were a thing. But I guess they are. Should be lovely to… Continue reading Major shopping frustration
Wheeeeee that was fun to watch last night!! Chloe Kim on snowboarding halfpipe= GOLD Nathan Chen on figure skating= GOLD They were both absolutely spectacular. That's the only word that kept popping into my mind. SPECTACULAR! (I like that word. It sounds like a definite step up from "great" or "amazing". Spectacular is up there… Continue reading Spectacular
I read 3 books in January, which for me, is definitely solid! The Family Firm was one I started in December, finished in January. It's basically a parenting book, but didn't feel like your traditional "parenting book". It is written by economist Emily Oster and I felt like she took a fresh approach to common… Continue reading January Reads
ARGH the Olympics are killing me here. I'm ready for a western country to host the Olympics so the coverage can be in MY time zone!! hahahaha. The last several Olympics have been in Asia which obviously means a HUGE time difference. It actually doesn't work out too bad from China, because our prime-time viewing… Continue reading Late nights + a happy kid
Saturday was nice. We had only one "anchor event" at 9:15, which was Ethan's basketball game. After that, we didn't have any plans. I did make a list of like 7 things I wanted to get done yesterday/ this weekend...but I ended up checking off only 2 (so far). The weekend isn't over. 🙂 However,… Continue reading Saturday in pics
Ooh, some great comments yesterday on my post about Nathan Chen/ the idea of him being "good at life"/ uber talented at everything, apparently! I was going to respond individually but figured I'd just comment back publicly in a new post. The main underlying theme from most people seemed to be a sense of skepticism… Continue reading Follow-up/ good at life
So the Winter Olympics kick off this week! The opening ceremony is actually on live right now, as I type this, in the other room. I feel bad for these athletes, in some ways. First of all, we just had an Olympics. So I feel that some people who normally are really into the Olympics… Continue reading Good at life
GRATEFUL KAE 