Twisty Hair Towels

 My salon had a post about these hair wrap towels they had for sale. I thought they were pretty neat but also it was $40 so... no. 

But I went on Amazon and found a 2 pack for $9.99. That's more my speed and there's two of us in the house who don't like our pajama shirts to get wet from our hair after a shower. 

M approved! And truthfully, they were handy. Our hair is fine and there's a lot of it. It takes forever to air dry or blow dry really. I don't honestly think that this dried my hair significantly more than air drying would have but on Saturday I was able to walk around for an hour or so without a wet shirt or drippy hair before drying it, and at that point it went quickly. Definitely worth it. 

The end of February is here. Which is okay by me. March isn't my favorite month either but at least it comes with SPRING!  

Twos-Day

 Maybe it's no big deal to you that today is Twos-day. That's fine. But I think it's so neat that today is 2-22-22 on a Tuesday! School is celebrating by letting the kids be out of uniform if they can relate their outfit to the number 2. 

We understood the assignment.

M was so excited to wear a tutu and her socks even have 2 stripes. So much fun!! 

In other things we've been up to... we took the kids to see the same play C and I saw as a Valentine's present. 

We had a very nice time! And the kids thought it was funny. (C even for the second time. And he loved to be an expert on the whole situation.)

There's really not a whole lot more to tell with us. But that's okay! Regular life is good. 

Happy Valentine's Day!

 Hello and Happy Valentine's Day! 

Here are the school valentines we came up with this year. 

The poem reads: Roses are red, violets are blue, Happy Valentine's Day, Here's a fidget for you. 

M's are the pink and purple, C's are the blue and green. 

They're not our fanciest valentine cards but they are homemade and not candy which is my big thing. (There's NOTHING wrong with candy. They just get so much of it that I like to mix it up a bit!)  Honestly, the day kind of got lost in the shuffle of late January and being out all quarantined and isolated didn't help matters much. 

My brother sent the kids a Toad and Toadette for Valentine's Day and they like them very much. Today is out of uniform if they wear Valentine's colors. 

We enjoyed the Super Bowl. We didn't have many preferences but rooted for the Rams because it seemed like everyone for some reason that is unclear to me wanted the Bengals to win? I guess because they were underdogs. But, given that everyone was hoping for their win doesn't that in theory make the Rams the underdogs? 

Plus, I like blue better. Oh, and there's a player on the Rams who actually went to my kid's school when he was a kid. So there you go, my entire "why I rooted for the Rams" explanation. It was clearly very important and I was deeply invested. (I was not.) 

I decided next Halloween I am going as an NFL coach. 

It just cracks me up so much when they get all sneaky. Are there actually people who sit around and watch the mouths of the other coaches to try and figure out what's going on? Seems like a wasted resource to me. 

Anyway, Happy Monday and Happy Valentine's Day! 

Paint Party

 So in the past few years I have gone to a few fundraising paint parties. And every time I come home with a canvas (on which is typically a not-so-masterful-masterpiece) my kids talk about how much fun it would be. 

Then I saw a sign up for a kid paint party through city recreation. As it turns out we still have credits with them from 2020 swim lessons so signing both kids up was free*. I say free* since the money was spent 2 full years ago obviously, so it felt as though we were paying nothing. 

Saturday was the big day. It was held in a restaurant and parents were invited to stay and enjoy the menu/watch or leave. We stayed. 

Other than the fact that I really judged a mom who moved a chair to sit exactly next to her kid right in front of my kids, I thought everything was well done. 

Please note: Mom in teal, while ridiculous as well, is not the mom I thought was overly helicoptery. 

That prize goes to Mom in gray right next to C's shoulder. Honestly, when she placed a chair there I thought perhaps her daughter was hard of hearing and needed her mom's help to interpret the instructions. Nope. Just overly cautious and particular. 

Obviously Husband and I were there and we watched, but we gave thumbs up from across the room and didn't run right over when say M got paint on her arm. It's funny because I would call myself a little bit of a helicopter mom when it really comes down to it, but I looked calm and collected at this event!

I was glad to give them the chance to paint. They liked it so well they'd like to do it again! 

Fun Friday

Today, on this first Friday of the month I am back to work! It kind of feels like starting over new. I imagine it's like riding a bike right? 

To wrap up Catholic schools week, they're having Red, White and Blue day for the Olympics! We love the Olympics as you probably know. But it's ALSO 100s day in first grade so M is dressed up like a 100 year old today. 

We decided the floral dress and sweater "grandma" look isn't relevant to today's senior citizens and we went with a more updated Active Granny look. 

Please note the tissue in her sleeve (I safety pinned it in place.) She is also holding a Werther's Original. You can't really tell that I sprayed her hair grey and it's in a nice low bun. But it is. I personally think the applique sweatshirt is hilarious and exactly what the hip senior citizens wear I might add. 

Remember when C was in first grade? 

Yes, they are using the same "Life Alert" because siblings. 

Yesterday was mismatch day. M had it down to a science. 

They've had a good week! C was in the spelling bee yesterday. 

He made it to the 4th round and got out with the word "irregular." He was disappointed because he wanted to win but I was very proud of him. Since it was mismatched day it cracks me up that the pictures are all of kids not looking their best exactly. I imagine someone needed to explain that to any guests viewing the bee. 

Lastly, my friend sent me this while I was in isolation. 

I personally got both! So did she, which is why she sent it! 

Today is also Husband and I's 16th dating anniversary! I am so lucky he's loved me for so long and loving me so well. He is such a good man and kept the house running while I couldn't this last week. I am so thankful for him and his service to me and our family. 

Happy Friday!!

Oh Hey!

Hello February! Where have I been? Well, you know. Busy. 

First things first, C turned in his finished church last week. 

We are so proud of his hard work. And he really did the bulk of the work, with some guidance. If you're looking for a way to grow in patience might I recommend handing a hot glue gun to your 9-year-old? This kid is just the sweetest though. A few weeks back we got to go out on a special date. 

I mention it was a few weeks back and I dropped off the planet because last week, M tested positive. So we all got the 5-day quarantine! She was just acting off, in that Mom can tell kind of way. (Cranky, she maybe felt warm and she was tired which is unusual.) Anyway, by Thursday she was right as rain and like nothing ever happened. Maybe she had a stuffy nose. 

School online went incredibly smoothly and though I am glad it isn't a long-term thing, it wasn't that bad. 

But then Friday my throat started feeling tickly and I had a little cough. Still tested negative. But Saturday morning... boom! There came my positive test. I had way more symptoms than M unfortunately. But today I am feeling much better (just some sinus pressure left) and can come out of isolation on Friday! Day Zero is the weirdest thing btw. All things considered, it has been pretty minor but also annoying. Stupid virus. 

Luckily the boys are both asymptomatic and testing negative so the kid got to go back to school today.

The downside of the whole thing was we missed seeing the third-grade community in person. And it was so very disappointing to all of us. But we have good friends who sent us pictures after mass. 

We are happy that the kids didn't miss all of Catholic Schools Week. We really do so love our Catholic school. (Someone turned the lights on in his church to make the windows pop later on but I didn't think we needed more pictures.) 

So that's where we've been. Since M used my computer daily for school I haven't been online much. Which has been nice really. Taking some time to rest and recharge has been good for the soul.