Today I basically lay in bed the entire day dying of the virus/sinus infection combo that has taken over my body. Abe was a hero and took care of the kids all day. My mom was also helpful even though she is recovering from her own surgery. Thanks, Mom!
Lydia made tapioca pudding and pancakes today. She loves Saturdays because they are baking day for her.
Mary was adorable and worked up the courage to sing to everyone. She is sooooo shy so she practiced first by singing to Nana from the closet, then came out to sing to Nana directly, and then sang to the whole family. I think she sang about how much she loves our family. (Sadly, I was in bed for the performance and missed it.) She and Lydia have been talking a lot about how much they love our family, which is a HUGE relief to me. Sometimes I worry that my early strict-parenting years scarred them for life, so it is beautiful for me to hear these conversations.
Clarissa has this funny new habit of getting stuck curled up on her closet shelf. She cries until someone comes and rescues her. We will have to get a cute picture next time.
I hardly saw Ammon at all today. In fact I don’t know if I have spent more than ten seconds with him all day, but I assume he’s been happy. (When he’s not, it’s hard to miss. He is a fantastically loud whiner when he’s upset.)
I got my ballot in the mail and to my shock it was for the Republican primaries! I did some research and found out I can’t vote in the Democratic primary because I haven’t registered my party change soon enough. Damn. But I guess I have changed a lot in the past decade, so that Republican ballot was kind of a nice reminder to me that I can change.
Abe did a lot of Qualtrics work while Clarissa was napping, and while the kids were awake he was in fully-present-dad mode. He supervised Mary’s piano, helped her with her eye exercises, played with the kids, made meals, cleaned the kitchen and is now currently cleaning the upstairs with the kids so that they can earn a movie with him. He is amazing and deserves another vacation!