The Calm Before the Chaos

Yippee! It was the last week of school and work (for me) before the holiday time off! We made sure to pack it with fun things (well, some of us did.) The kids went to Taekwondo on Monday night, and then starting on mid-day Tuesday, Ava was sick.

We used a new (to us) virtual pediatrician service, and she was diagnosed with the flu. Having recovered from the flu earlier this year, my heart went out to her. There was SO much happening at school this week (some fun stuff, but there were a ton of tests and quizzes.) She was able to make up some of the work on Friday before the long break, so we're grateful for that. She's feeling better now, but is still taking it easy.

On the other hand, G had a blast at school this week. In his words, "they weren't going to do much learning during the last few days of the week." And he's right, they didn't!

He loves the hot chocolate from Caribou!

G and I went to see Moana 2 on Tuesday night - such a good continuation of the storyline from earlier.

And then we got a bunch of snow on Thursday. One silver lining from Ava staying home from school was that I didn't have to worry about her driving in the snowstorm and sliding on the ice. Her work had also overscheduled a bit, so she was able to skip work on Wed/Thurs to help with her recovery.

I went out to dinner with friends on Thursday, and it was lovely. I am so grateful for the friends that I have made in the neighborhood. It took a few years to build those relationships, but it really fills my heart when I hang out with the Kristins!

There was also a lot of snuggling this week (just not with Ava until today...we didn't want to pass those germs around!)

Watching some sort of brain rot that only Gen Alpha could appreciate...

We're going to drive around and look at Christmas lights tonight (Saturday) so we're excited for that (as well as the hot chocolate that accompanies these adventures.) Just a few short days until Christmas is here - hooray!

Merry Christmas!

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