Month: March 2022
Kaitlyn has been spending every free minute outside. Ben often joins her. I was pleasantly surprised when I looked up and saw that Alex had joined in the fun this afternoon. He was chasing the two little ones with a power ranger gun and a water gun. Ben and Kaitlyn thought this was hilarious. I thought the moment was too good to pass up without taking pictures.
Having big kids just gets better and better. Time got away from me tonight and suddenly I was short on time for making dinner. I needed to be cooking and also needed a quick run to the grocery. I jokingly asked Alex to go. The boys have been walking to a nearby gas station for the last year but it wouldn’t have what I needed. The grocery store is close but a little too far to walk, or so I thought. Alex quickly said he could do it and off he went. It was amazing! I finished cooking about the time he reappeared with lettuce, tomato, and avocado!
I had promised Teague another skiing trip for his birthday but it took me a while to come through. Today I finally followed through. I knew the mountain was only one two more weekends and we had a great day. There was less snow, and fewer runs open, but nobody on the mountain! Pros and cons. We had a great time!
Our local firemen and policemen held an event today to hand out bike helmets. I invited all of the kids, but wasn’t surprised when only Ben and Kaitlyn wanted to join me. We got the new helmets and then spent quite a while touring the firetruck, police car, and the police motorcycle. The kids loved it!
Today was crazy hair day and Kaitlyn really wanted to participate. We weren’t smart enough to plan ahead so we were limited by the materials we had on hand. With a little help from Pinterest, we came up with putting her hair in a bun and using ribbon and cellophane to make her hair look like a piece of candy. It wasn’t Pinterest-worthy, but it turned out pretty well.
I haven’t posted about home improvements in quite a while. Last summer while I was gone, Wade redid the insides of two of our hall closets. One had no shelves and the other was originally a coat closet. I had asked him to put nice built-in shelves in both of them. The upstairs closet is next to Ben’s room and is a book closet. (We’ve had a book closet in every house and it works well for my bookworms.)