Week 7: Valentine's Day etc

I/we have not been taking as many photos lately. There are exactly zero photos of Gabe from the week, who has been engrossed in a game called Kirby Triple Deluxe on the 3DS. Our activities included my attendance at Zach's school Valentine's day party, zumba (always a highlight), and a facial/makeup session with my Mary Kay lady. Charlotte is a big fan of lip gloss! Frank also took Zach to a cub scout banquet to honor those who will become boy scouts soon. There have been many ups and downs with Charlotte, who is still getting the hang of using the toilet, has been asking me "why?" over and over, and gets smarter and feistier each day.

Week 6: Getting over being sick

Not a whole lot went on last week. We thought Zach was feeling better, and he went to school on Monday. Then Tuesday we got a call from school that he'd had his head down all morning, and after my okay to test him he turned up positive for strep. So he was home through Wednesday, even though he was back to normal after a couple doses of antibiotics. Charlotte was dealing with a runny nose that got worse as the week went on, so we didn't do much but stay home and try to rest. After my zumba class on Saturday we went to Chili's for lunch and hung out at the bookstore.

They had a fun day of playing with all these boxes we need to put out for recycling.

Entertainment during a scheduled power outage: chess and video games.

In love with Valentine's candy.

Week 5: This and that and my birthday

It was a long week. Monday was an unexpected snow day, then Zach was home sick most of the week. Charlotte and Frank both had stomach issues on and off, so I'm really surprised I haven't come down with something.There was way too much screen time going on most of the days, but we tried to balance it with some family Lego time Friday night. Saturday I went to one of my favorite fitness classes at 7:30, then the Pinewood Derby was from 9 to 12. Zach got second or third in his races and ended up with a trophy for third place in his den.

In the video, Zach's car is the white one in the left lane.