Whew, we survived! This past week was a doozy, but I can see the end in sight...it’s so close! This was Ava’s last week of band lessons AND her last week of baton (she’ll start up again in the fall, but we’re going to take a little break for the rest of the summer.) She has now requested to take guitar lessons, so guess what I’ve been researching... Honestly, I think it’s great. She doesn’t have much interest in sports, so if she wants to take lessons in art, music, whatever, I will support that!
Ava’s final baton performance was on Friday night, so I had to zip out of work early, fly across the cities from Edina, pick her up in Eagan, get her dressed and made up, and then zoom south to Farmington. We struggled quite a bit with getting her hair into a bun, but luckily another mom was able to help us once we got to the high school.
Her class didn’t have a lot of practice time for this show...they each missed one practice, and didn’t really focus much during their classes. I was super nervous for Ava to perform, simply because she didn’t know the routine. But, when their turn came, she did so much better than I expected. She was focused, she followed the routine, and she smiled the whole time. I am so, so proud of her! I don’t often feel like she applies herself 100%, so seeing her do so was amazing!
G had a pretty good week...he seems to be on the upswing of being better at daycare, and not being mean to the other little kids. He’s also going on about two months of no accidents in his underwear. In fact, the other morning as he was getting dressed, he pulled off his pj bottoms, and realized that he and Dad had forgotten to put a pull-up on him for bedtime. He wore his underwear overnight...and didn’t have an accident! In the past few weeks, I think he’s only had wet underwear a few times in the morning, and is generally dry. The end of potty training is so close...I can feel it!
I had a crazy week at work...I was supposed to have two project launches and on-premise client meetings (all within a 24 hour period) but luckily, one of my launches delayed by a week, and I bailed on my client meetings. I simply couldn’t do it all. I have so much work to do, and I worked several hours yesterday, and will do so for a bit today, but I’m seeing a bit of a reprieve in the near future as my projects get off the ground.
This made me laugh...our lilac tree bloomed and lost all of its flowers several weeks ago, but this little guy joined us late! I also noticed that he'll have a tiny friend blooming next to him soon. Apparently even our trees are a bit frazzled and can't get everything done on time!
Scott has been running around like a mad man...due to the timing of Ava’s trumpet lessons, he was the one who did both drop off and pick up each night for that activity. He’s also been spending a fair amount of time in handling the aftermath of his uncle passing away. Yesterday, Scott and friends cleared out the apartment, and will be taking the final load of items to Goodwill today. I will be leading the charge on cleaning the apartment today, and then we should be done with that piece. The plan is to have a celebration of life in October, so there is still some planning to do, but the immediate items are getting worked through. Scott has been running on very little sleep and he’s exhausted...he needs to have a day to recuperate.
So, it’s a good thing we have a family vacay coming up! We’ll be heading north this summer, and joining my parents in Grand Marais, staying right on Lake Superior for several days. Our immediate family is going to do an overnight in Duluth on the way up, so I’ll be booking that hotel today. We just need to get Lucky into a kennel, and we’ll be set! I’m looking forward to having some relaxing time away from everything. This summer has been crazy, and it doesn’t seem like we’ve been able to enjoy it. Cheers to better times ahead!
Ava’s final baton performance was on Friday night, so I had to zip out of work early, fly across the cities from Edina, pick her up in Eagan, get her dressed and made up, and then zoom south to Farmington. We struggled quite a bit with getting her hair into a bun, but luckily another mom was able to help us once we got to the high school.
Her class didn’t have a lot of practice time for this show...they each missed one practice, and didn’t really focus much during their classes. I was super nervous for Ava to perform, simply because she didn’t know the routine. But, when their turn came, she did so much better than I expected. She was focused, she followed the routine, and she smiled the whole time. I am so, so proud of her! I don’t often feel like she applies herself 100%, so seeing her do so was amazing!
Her good form at the beginning led into a great routine for Ava!
G had a pretty good week...he seems to be on the upswing of being better at daycare, and not being mean to the other little kids. He’s also going on about two months of no accidents in his underwear. In fact, the other morning as he was getting dressed, he pulled off his pj bottoms, and realized that he and Dad had forgotten to put a pull-up on him for bedtime. He wore his underwear overnight...and didn’t have an accident! In the past few weeks, I think he’s only had wet underwear a few times in the morning, and is generally dry. The end of potty training is so close...I can feel it!
I had a crazy week at work...I was supposed to have two project launches and on-premise client meetings (all within a 24 hour period) but luckily, one of my launches delayed by a week, and I bailed on my client meetings. I simply couldn’t do it all. I have so much work to do, and I worked several hours yesterday, and will do so for a bit today, but I’m seeing a bit of a reprieve in the near future as my projects get off the ground.
This made me laugh...our lilac tree bloomed and lost all of its flowers several weeks ago, but this little guy joined us late! I also noticed that he'll have a tiny friend blooming next to him soon. Apparently even our trees are a bit frazzled and can't get everything done on time!
Scott has been running around like a mad man...due to the timing of Ava’s trumpet lessons, he was the one who did both drop off and pick up each night for that activity. He’s also been spending a fair amount of time in handling the aftermath of his uncle passing away. Yesterday, Scott and friends cleared out the apartment, and will be taking the final load of items to Goodwill today. I will be leading the charge on cleaning the apartment today, and then we should be done with that piece. The plan is to have a celebration of life in October, so there is still some planning to do, but the immediate items are getting worked through. Scott has been running on very little sleep and he’s exhausted...he needs to have a day to recuperate.
So, it’s a good thing we have a family vacay coming up! We’ll be heading north this summer, and joining my parents in Grand Marais, staying right on Lake Superior for several days. Our immediate family is going to do an overnight in Duluth on the way up, so I’ll be booking that hotel today. We just need to get Lucky into a kennel, and we’ll be set! I’m looking forward to having some relaxing time away from everything. This summer has been crazy, and it doesn’t seem like we’ve been able to enjoy it. Cheers to better times ahead!
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