Hello again! This past week the girls and I have been having a great time together. Brooke and I have been playing Stuffed Fables for the last few weeks, and Winry decided to join us this past week. It was a bit rough with Winry, she wasn't a great listener, and she kind of always sought out things to do when it wasn't her turn, resulting in her playing with all the pieces and making a half mess, but we got through! She has played with us again since, but she usually now plays for 30 seconds to a minute, then goes and does something else, and sometimes comes back to take a turn.
Anyway, Brooke has been loving it. The game is about a girls stuffed animals, and the adventures they go on when helping her. The first story was about her first night in her big girl bed, and we just finished the second story which was her first night without a diaper. Brooke likes the game and likes when I read the story parts to her, so it's been a lot of fun, and I finally have someone to play my game with!
One night, I think Tuesday, Brooke was having a rough time going to sleep. We tell her that if she isn't tired she can do things in her room, like puzzles or read a book. This typically means she'll do one of those for 5 minutes or so, and then climb into bed and go to sleep. However, Tuesday she did puzzles for at least an hour. She was struggling doing them on her carpet at first, and wasn't getting enough light from her lamp. I brought her a board from the garage and helped tip her lamp over her rocking chair so she had more light. The plus side was she stopped coming out, however, she did end up staying up quite late doing puzzles.
Wednesday morning Winry had dance class. Here she is heading in! She continues to be the best listener in class, and is loving it every time! Brooke and Winry dance together sometimes at home, but I feel like it's less now that they both have a class than it was before. Anyway, Winry is loving it, and is doing an excellent job too!
Wednesday night at dinner I somehow came into possession of an unused straw toward the end of dinner and started flicking it. The girls thought it was super great and laughed, so I taught them how to do it too. It seems like a decision I might have regretted, however there's been no repeat since then, so dinner's have resumed as usual.
On Friday, the girls were reading stories together and cuddling up under a blanket! Just look at them! It looks like Brooke was reading to Winry. Monica took the picture, so I don't know if there's more to it than that, but still a great picture!
I believe Thursday night, I grouted the tile around the fireplace. Here's a picture Monica took on Friday. Now I just need to replace the baseboard and everything will be done! One item checked off my to-do list.
On Saturday I ran the So Long to Summer 5k. They didn't do the 10k this time as they simplified the event due to COVID. I think they did a great job of keeping people spaced and safe. The starts were staggered over an hour or so, and there were just over 100 people who signed up. They even still had their pancake breakfast, but they were all packed to go so you could pick it up on your way to your car after your race! Monica got a screen shot of my live track (there were no spectators allowed, so they had to follow along from home), and I totally forgot to take a picture after I finished. I ran a 20:53 and took 2nd in my age group! It was a lot of fun, and I think I might want to go back to running 5ks. They're just not as long and painful as 10ks...
On Saturday, Katie and David came to visit us with baby Nolan! We played in the backyard and had lunch. The girls and Nolan played in the leaves together, and everyone piled leaves up around Nolan! He had a pretty good time exploring our backyard, and really liked our pool, though it had water in it so we had to keep a close eye on him.
We are notorious for forgetting to get a picture with Katie and David when we get together, and have gone so far as to photoshop pictures together in the past. Well fear not, I remembered to take a picture as they were climbing in their car! Can't you feel the camaraderie?
Winry continued the self nap trend this morning. It honestly looks like she just fell over on her floor... I never heard a thud, so I'm sure the process was more graceful than that.
This afternoon Brooke and I made bagels together! We're going to have them for breakfast tomorrow, and everyone is very excited!!
That's about all I got this week. It was a more subdued, laid back week, but we all had a good time. You can't have snow and a trip to the zoo every week in September!
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