it's all fun and games: this and that

how can she put her leg like this and not hurt? ellie often sits like this during school!

school is actually getting done around here! we have a flow! a routine! and its nice! im thinking its bec we have cut out almost all activities due to covid and being red at the moment. sigh. im super pleased with how much work is being accomplished. the length of the school day has also grown, leaving me with shorter days and not a lot of time for house work....and this is where nate steps in! nate does not get screens mon-fri during the school yr and 1 hr sat and sun...but we have added a clause...he is able to earn screen time by doing chores around the house....so the housework is getting done...by nate! ha its a win win for us!

after school last week joey came down dressed like this. she said she was a "working girl" going to the office. shes so cute

love her fashion sense and heels!

i am forever finding dinosaurs around the house!

very scary

joey decided to change her bulletin board around...she has a flair for art and design

i call this "math face" ha

another day another craft from johana

last tues i took ellie out for a date. the plan was to go to swiss chalet for dinner. we had planned and talked about it for 4 days. when we got there we found out it was closed due to covid and red zone. she was so disappointed. but handled herself really well. i promised her we will go when they open back up and came up with plan b

mcdees it was! she got a toy and was telling me that she will show joey when she gets home and tell her that she could not go to swiss chalet. as she talked i thought about what she was saying and i knew exactly what joey would say when she found out the news. i told ellie "when you get home tell joey what happened, i know she will say"oh ellie im so sorry you didnt get to go to swiss chalet". so we get home and ellie tells joey what happened. joey says "oh ellie! im so sorry you didnt get to go! but im happy you went to mcdonalds"

in the midst of motherhood and raising my kids i take pride and joy in these moments. i am so proud of how close my kids are and how much they love each other. then nate came down the stairs and joey told him ellie couldnt go and nate gave ellie a big hug and told her he was so sad for her. my heart!

doing my evening check on the girls i never now what ill find. i found joey like this! hanging UPSIDE DOWN! with her hand ON her water bottle!

this is can not be comfortable!

tuesday was joeys date. we went to spend her christmas money. she got EXACTLY what i told chris she would pick out. 2 huge dinosaur stuffies and a small stuffed bear. i topped her up and paid the tax.ha but we stopped to eat along the way. we had to eat in the car bec McDonald restaurant is closed!

typical joey!

its FINALLY cold enough to skate! i got 2 pairs of skates at goodwill for 20.00! score! we went to sharpen them and drive around looking for a rink that was OPEN. all the indoor rinks were closed and ALL the outdoor rinks are melted, destroyed or closed!