Monday, Jan. 6th
These two. Please note the space for my feet. Every day for school.
Tuesday, Jan. 7th
Treasures from my work in the closet-homemade shirts I made for my kids for Uncle Johnny's games in Lowell and very old Spring Pond passes. Lots of amazing memories at that pool, especially the toddler and preschool years.
Dad jumped when I called to offer to meet him at the auction. Trevor's first time and we all left empty-handed.
C4 and Kelly road-tripped down to see a Devil's game together. They left early in the day to stop by some new mammoth mall in Jersey; it has a ski slope in the mall as well as a waterpark. I think he said they've been building it for 15 years. Bummer they didn't get the memo that malls are no longer a thing. Anyway, they safely returned later that night after an overtime game.
Wednesday, January 8th
Maddy, Juliet, and I went into the City. We used to do this trip every March when Juju was here for spring break, but it had been couple years since we did it, so we jumped at the chance to bring it back. The girls weren't particularly interested in a show, so we opted for lunch, shopping, walking, the Empire State Building, and dinner. Such a fun day with these beauties!
Adults on see-saws! Some research must have been done somewhere, some time, and stated that "adults who see-saw for 2.5 minutes a day are happier, healthier, and more productive" and so they added a street full of see-saws.
Macy's.
The Croc store.
I read that the best time to do ESB is at dusk to catch it in daylight and at night. The girls were slightly antsy, but I made them wait it out.
Thursday, Jan. 9th
The closet saga. ...and now a couple weeks later, I'm seeing on the top of that trash pile a pair of red heels. People! Those were the shoes I wore to my senior prom 26 years ago! Did I really ever think I'd wear them again? Did I think I couldn't ever purchase another pair? After all, those were the days when you brought a color swatch from your dress and they would custom dye the shoes to match. RIP. This day I listened to most of Passion 2020 while I worked.
We had Asher duty for nearly two weeks while Bob and Jules were in Israel, so most afternoons or evenings, me and a kid or three would try to go hang out with him for an hour to give him some human time. We'd usually watch America's Funniest Videos.
Friday, Jan. 10th
Ninny and Papa took Maddy out for lunch as she prepared to head back out to Cali.
The Varsity practice overlapped with the JV game, so I went down to finish JV team pictures and pick up Nathanael after the boys watched the first half of the JV game (and squeezed in a McD run!). Teenagers are fascinating.
Walked into church for a parent meeting and quickly spied C4 on drums and Amanda on vocals in rehearsal.
Saturday, Jan. 11th
Daddy's birthday. Our day only allowed us to celebrate with a late breakfast at Cosmic Omelet. And Trevor even missed that because he was at a JBQ meet.
Renna's first day of basketball! I'm crossing my fingers. Mama loves warm gyms! Mama loves four 8 minute quarters. Mama loves the price tag of playing basketball. Sienna, Gianna, and Renna are all on the same team. It's just a town rec program, but just enough to expose her to the game; after all, this is the year to try all the things.
Somehow after a meet up, Maddy took the littles home to get them in bed, so just Colombo and I were left for Nathanael's game in Middletown.
Came home and got super emotional on Maddy's last night home. In some ways it gets easier to say goodbye, but in some ways, it's just as hard every time. This one snuck up on me. We had her a long time- a month, we had a great time (quality and quantity) while she was here, and I was actually kinda looking forward to the "limbo" feeling being gone and everything going back to routine after the holidays. But then I got home and saw this- the two of them sharing their bed. Maddy home- the way that still feels right in my mama heart, and I got all panicked not wanting to say goodbye. But I did, and it's ok. She's where she is supposed to be.
Sunday, Jan. 12th
Sunday-Funday. I've recently been making it to most of Rocco's hockey games on Sunday mornings; unusual for me, but I'm loving watching him play.
And then the routine is for me to snag Trevor from church and scoot him to his flag football game. He's fun to watch, too!
Since it was 72 (!!!!!!) degrees on Jan. 12th (and 65 the day before), we HAD to get out!
I adore this picture of our dear, sweet friends walking in the footsteps of Jesus, enjoying their trip.
