January 31, 2019

the rest of january

january felt a little longer than necessary but thank goodness for this week family to get me through
henry likes toting around pokemon cards in his hat :)
 i enjoyed this book AND a nap one day while henry was at preschool and jude was napping
it was amazing
 the kids are always using playing with the play dough right at my feet while i cook
 noah had a half day so i sent henry off to school, put jude down for a nap
and went to lunch with my sweet michael
we met at a little husband and wife owned and run italian restaurant
it was so good and so nice to be together
michael even showed up with flowers
he's so sweet
 jude learned how to make silly faces :)
 giving blood on a whim because there was a drive at the library and i figured why not
henry and jude were perfect angels
 a couple pictures taken by henry

 they especially liked the snacks afterward
 michael went on a snowy camp out with the priests so i partied with the kids
 and organized my fabric/closet

 i am a little sad to see jude's hair darkening up 
but i'm sure it'll lighten again in the summer
 we threw laura (next door) a birthday party and invited the hunts
 the kids put on a play for us on martin luther king day

 eleanor needs ballet again, look at those toes!


 michael and i have been grocery shopping together without the kids and it's my favorite
and not just because he bags all the groceries at winco so i don't have to
sweet big sister
i thought i would be super nice and walk the kids to school but it was only 24 degrees and jude cried the whole way about cold hands (he wouldn't keep his gloves on)
 henry loved shredding paper for me
 and this moose he made at school
 ignore olive's trashed room
but i had to document her and noah actually spending time together and getting along
that has not happened much recently
 my work out buddy
 sweet juju

 i'm trying to get a handle on our house and got pretty far the other day
olive's room
 the playroom
 eleanor's room
 the kids bathroom
 noah and henry's room
 our room



 an after school treat
homemade doughnuts from refrigerated biscuits
 the kids were so excited

 olive and her painting of the meridian temple at la prima galleria
 dinner at burger king
 i gave myself some highlights for fun
these two love to bake
 trek kickoff fireside
 braids hazel did herself
 braids i did myself in fifth grade, too
 the kids all love having a pair of these hooded pjs
 two clean boys
 jude is always in the sink right now
it makes me a little crazy but i know it's just a developmental step
he was mad i was going to make him get out


 we've been to the library twice this week
anything to keep them happy :)

 it was a little chilly but we went to the park, too




 hazel is SUCH a good sister
she gets home every day and starts playing with jude, doing anything he wants
last night she even cleaned the house while i was at a meeting and michael was on a call for work
and got the little boys ready for bed
i don't know what i would do without her
 our flight home from rome got cancelled because it got rescheduled and we wouldn't have been able to make our connecting flight so michael has been working all week on getting it sorted out
looks like we're going to have to stay one more day in rome, dang it ;)
sweet michael

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