On Friday, I was extremely busy at work trying to get as much as possible wrapped up before leaving to Bora Bora with Lily. I came home quite wiped out from the push, but I got things in a good spot at work, so I was happy about that.
At home, Lily took this picture of Lydia because Lydia looked so sweet and was being very sweet. We love her!
Thursday at work was busy I am sure. I don’t remember much as I’m not writing this almost a week later.
At home Lily, Clarissa and Ammon had a playdate with the Vandagriff’s. Clarissa and Vika got along so well!
At home Ammon and Clarissa found some month-old left-over dairy queen and enjoyed eating it (Ammon fed Clarissa) and dancing to Hamilton. It was a very cute moment that Lily captured. (Here’s a video) At 1:25, Clarissa tells Ammon she loves him (after he gives her a spoonful of ice cream) and then Ammon tries to kiss her, but she has already left the scene.
Tuesday Lydia had a stomachache so she stayed home from school. After her practice and reading a book, she spent most of the rest of the day watching The Great British Baking Show. Ammon and Clarissa played all day, and Mary joined in both practice and play after she came home from school.
The only picture I took was a video of the repairman fixing the vents so I can know how to do that, so I won’t post that here.
In the evening we tried out nanny #3 for Bora Bora while we went to do errands to Target and Best Buy. I just love spending time with Abe, and even errands felt like a party with him. He’s my favorite.
Abe left Tuesday morning for a North Carolina work trip. 🙁
In other news, Clarissa was terrifically cute all day. (The girls like to dress her up in their old dresses.)
I went to the doctor in the morning to get a prescription for antibiotics for the sinus infection I’ve had for MONTHS. Sadly, this week we got a virus on top of that, so I didn’t take the pills right away. It’s going to be tiresome reading about how sick we were this week, but truthfully the illnesses have kind of shaped our days recently. Summer, please come soon!!
Even though there wasn’t much snow on the ground, the kids woke up to a snow day Monday! The first thing they did was do a puzzle together:
Then the girls each got an hour of practice in. Mary put the first section of Allegro hands together:
Lydia baked blueberry muffins, which we all devoured. And then we watched a LOT of The Great British Baking Show. Lydia wants to move to the UK so she can be on that show someday. I think everyone else is a little tired of moving, but she can dream!
On Sunday we did another couple rounds of family yoga. Clarissa joined us this time and was so cute! (Ammon also took every downward dog as a signal to crawl under everyone. He is also very cute.)
Abe and the kids sat next to a couple at church who had a son named Ammon. Ammon got very excited when he learned this and must have told them so. After church they took a walk and introduced themselves to us, whereupon Ammon declared his love for Mary, the wife. This is not surprising because Ammon pretty regularly declares his love to strangers, but it was still charming to watch.
Also, Clarissa peed in the potty!!! Right before her bath I asked her if she wanted to sit on the potty, and of course she did. (Clarissa has a passion for water, and toilets contain water–so naturally she has always been a big fan of them.) She sat down…and she peed! We were all so excited.
In the morning we tried out the nanny who will watch the kids for the second half of our Bora Bora trip. Because she came in the morning, Abe and I went out to brunch at Communal. We both ordered the avocado eggs benedict and a bruleed grapefruit to share. It was so fun to just be together and talk.
But by the end I was not feeling well, so when we got home I went to bed and basically never got out again. Abe was a hero and took care of the kids all day. Lydia baked both brownies and cookies, and so Abe helped clean the kitchen a million times.
These are the pictures he took while I was down for the count.
