Well hello! Last Sunday ended up being a bad week to miss writing the blog. Brooke started soccer, the girls started school, Monica and I had our anniversary, and Monica had her birthday party! Whew! It's not every two weeks that that much stuff happens!
On our anniversary Monica and I went to a restaurant at the local airport called The Perfect Landing. You can see the runway and some of the planes while you're eating, and we even were there for sunset, how romantic! Here we are at the end of our meal right before we headed back home.
We've still been playing with the stomp rocket. One of the fins broke off, and after we took them all off (for balance) it flies MUCH higher than before! Winry can even get it over her head now.
Brooke has soccer practice on Mondays. Here she is at her first practice. She's loving soccer right now, and it's a lot of fun to see her out there with her team.
Winry has preschool in the afternoons Tuesday-Thursday, so Monica is still on the hunt for fun things to do in the morning every day. Often this involves parks, but each of the libraries in Douglas county has a different play area, and this market/kitchen one I took the girls to a while back is still a favorite!
Monica's sciatic nerve is still bothering her, and laying on her stomach helps. Sometimes that means laying on the floor so you can keep an eye on the kids. She was on her phone, and Grayson was VERY interested to come see what was going on.
The cozy corner is still as popular as ever! You never know who you'll find back in there having a bottle, or just hanging out. I even saw Jelly in there tonight after the kids went to bed.
Brooke has been sleeping with her panda sleep mask!
Grayson has been wanting to wander outside during sacrament meeting lately. He really likes to walk along the cement right next to the building. Also, in that evergreen bush you can see there's some plant growing in the middle of it. Grayson would point at it and say "uh oh!" He was concerned about something being a different color.
On Sunday Monica had a bunch of stuff after church and I took the kids up to Tyson and Tina's house. We had a lot of fun up there. Luke was off at obedience training, so we were out playing in the backyard and got to see the bunny. Brooke even got to feed it this... thing.
Grayson loved the swing, and we also spent a bunch of time on their slide. It was disconnected, but set up on a wall.
On Monday Brooke started school! She was so excited and had a great time. She likes her new class and her new teacher, and everything's been great so far.
It's been raining a lot lately, which has been awesome! I really like the view down in the basement while it rains. I've got a window well cover now, and it's fun to watch the drops splash!
One morning Monica took Winry to a park, and Eleanor came as her school hadn't started yet. They found a bird on the ground and made a nest for it to keep it safe from the rain. Hang in there little bird.
Here's Winry on her first day of school! She was a little nervous about school, but she's been loving it and has so much fun every day!
For our anniversary there was work and school, which makes for a good majority of the day... Anyway, we got a babysitter and headed out to dinner. We had a lot of fun. We got a grilled Caesar salad and when I was squeezing my lemon onto it, lemon juice sprayed into my eye. Oof. It took a while, but the stinging stopped eventually. A rather outgoing gentleman from a neighboring table came over to make a funny comment, don't remember what it was, but it made the night more interesting knowing we had a buddy watching over us.
Monica took Winry and Grayson to the creek to play. They had a great time there with the other kids, and we brought our new bug net!
On Friday Monica had her birthday party. They had some great snacks, sang karaoke, and opened presents. Everyone had a great time, I would know, I was in the room below them.
On Saturday morning I took the kids to the mayors day of service. They had Crumbl cookies which I let the girls get.
As we pulled up we saw that there was a car show right next to us. While we were waiting for the kickoff to start we went over to see some of the cars. I'm not really a car person, but there was still some fun stuff to see. We didn't quite make it back in time for most of the kickoff, but we did get to hear the end. Then we headed to the trail to pick up some trash. The girls did a great job picking up while I carried Grayson around.
Of course the girls HAD to do karaoke! So we did some karaoke. Some a lot of karaoke.
Later on Saturday Brooke had her first soccer game. She did great! She got the ball a bunch of times, and did a good job hustling with the herd.
Grayson got to wandering eventually, and we wandered our way around the field. Brooke happened to be taking a break while we were over there, and Grayson went to give her a hug!
Then, Grayson found a playground and headed over there.
And here was my view for the second half. I told Monica I might need some binoculars in the future so I can watch the game. I could kind of follow along, but I couldn't tell who was Brooke or anyone else. The game ended tied 0-0, so still undefeated! Winry eventually wandered over and then I ended up pushing her and Grayson on the swings for the rest of the game. Everyone had a great time though, especially Brooke!
That's everything for now. Hope you're having a wonderful day!
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