Solos and Spidey Spray

We kicked off the week with Ava's final middle school band concert. She was supposed to perform a solo with a violinist, but the violinist hadn't made it to many of the band's practices, so it was a bit of a disaster. Luckily, they opted to pull the violin part from the song, so Ava was able to perform her solo without any issues. The rest of the band did great! I can't believe that that's a wrap for middle school for Ava's music career. Seriously, where did the time go?

Love this smile!

She's muted, but sounds pretty nice!

She was supposed to have a track meet this past Wednesday, but it was wet and dreary out, so they cancelled it. It was really nice to have an unexpected free night at home. I'm dealing with a cold that's hanging on (no, not COVID) so it was probably a good thing that I wasn't sitting outside in the chilly, wet air for a few hours on Wednesday night.

But, we did manage to sneak in some fun times once the weather warmed up a bit.

Gotta smile for a yummy breakfast!

Enjoying my coffee on a beautiful Friday morning

We snuck in some pool time on Saturday before the clouds rolled in

I'm so proud of him for jumping in like this!

This sweet girl is now all about jumping up on the furniture to snuggle in with us. This is a big change over the last few weeks. It looks like she's feeling more and more at home with us, every single day!

In less fun news...Garrett had adopted a spider in his room, and even though it was a big one, he was fine with it hanging out on the ceiling. Until...it decided to come and visit him while he was playing Legos. At that point, it almost crawled on him, and there were a lot of screams and tears. The hardest thing to hear was G saying, "I thought I was so brave...but I guess I'm not." Ahhh, poor guy! So, I captured the spider and let it roam free outside. And to help G feel better, I mixed up a "Spidey Spray" that we can spray in his room to help keep spiders out (it's peppermint essential oil and water...and spiders really don't like the smell of peppermint.)

I took Friday off of work and had a perfect day. The sun was out, so I spent some time outside with my coffee, finished planting some plants, took Pria on a long walk, and even read for a bit in the sun. It was exactly the relaxing and quiet day that I needed to kick off the long, holiday weekend! Scott's trying not to work so much this weekend, so we can all hang out as a family and enjoy some time together.

Happy Memorial Day!

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