A Little Bit of Nothing

Seriously, we are clearly the most boring. On Saturday night there was a celebration of St. Paul to celebrate the feast of his conversion! We went. Here's proof:

And we kicked off Catholic Schools Week this week. This year we are doing a Penny War so I went to the bank to get $4 in pennies. 

And seriously I have taken no other pictures that would be even remotely interesting to blog about. 

Happy Monday!

An (Unexpectedly extra) Long Weekend

I just have to laugh to myself. I had to work all day Saturday at an out of town workshop. We got back with just enough time to have a little dinner and head out to M's hockey game. Well, she didn't play, but they were her Christmas present.

She also got to buy a jersey. She was delighted. We had so much fun at the game together!! 

Sunday we did next to nothing except go to Mass. Kind of the perfect day when you think about it. 

Yesterday, we had no school for MLK Day. C had rehearsal though so he went to that and M and I worked on her birds of prey project. All it needs are some pictures of the Crested Caracara and for everything to be glued down. 

But today it was so cold the kids didn't have school, which meant my office was also closed and viola! An extra bonus snuggly day. We all slept in. We read books. Practiced piano. The kids got out a lot of Barbies and did this... 

I don't know either but it's all good. 

I will certainly have to go back to reality tomorrow but this mini-break was amazing and just what my soul needed. I am also just relieved I didn't have to leave the house today. Husband was amazing and he even brought M to piano lessons for me so I could just stay home. 

17 Days In

Well, we're 17 days into this year and I have next to nothing to show for it. I have taken hardly any pictures of anything interesting. Truly. 

There's been a lot of evenings I haven't been home since everything hit the ground running in the new year. 

So when I left off, it snowed. It's been out of control cold but the past two days have been delightfully temperate and most of the snow is gone. 

School got started back up and M has been given the Crested Cara for her birds of prey project. So that's a thing we are working on.

We finished the second quarter on Wednesday and that's nice. 

Our family has been on a quest to get the kids to eat more recipes. So we've been experimenting with sliders. These chicken and waffle sliders held great promise and as it happens, I was the one who thought they were gross! 

I spent one day making a million of these stained glass windows for an event so the kids could make them. It was a lot of work but also delightful and fun. 

The very next evening was the Ladies' Craft Night which was a lot of fun even if all I have to show for it is this granny square perler bead creation. 

Then I chaperoned the 4th grade field trip to the botanical center and Bald Eagle Days.

Which, to be fair, when C went in 4th grade and told me it wasn't that interesting I didn't believe him. But, it actually wasn't that interesting! Still fun to be away from school for the day. 

After a lot of rehearsals, last night was C's Honor Choir performance and he was darling. I am glad he's found choir. 

I really wish I had something interesting to tell you, but alas, these 17 days have been busy busy busy, and without anything great stories to tell. 

Enjoy your weekend!

Happy New Year!

I took no pictures on New Year's Eve. That's okay. We went to Mass. Then home for an appetizer meal of BBQ meatballs, spinach dip, chips and salsa, pizza rolls, veggies and grapes while we watched Wicked. 

Then after the kids went to sleep Husband and I watched The Holiday as we always do. We have the DVD but it was available on Prime Video expiring at Midnight. We weren't going to finish by Midnight so we laughed about what would happen if it kicked us out. 

The internet told us we would be fine as long as we didn't pause or stop the stream. So we didn't and we were fine. But we were still prepared to switch to the DVD if need be. 

New Year's Day was a whole lot of nothing. And I am good with that too. Yesterday I had to work a half day and then go home right as the snow started falling. I sent the kids out to play while it was a novelty and not super cold. 

I think it's somewhere between 1 and 2 inches of snow. Not a lot but enough to make you shovel you know? 

M made a little snowman named Augustus. 

She played for almost 2 full hours. And after she came in she asked for my phone and went back out to take these pictures. She loves being outside. Whereas I am very indoorsy. 

But I was glad that I was able to go home to let them outside. (When they're home alone they're not allowed to play outdoors.) It was a nice way to spend an afternoon! 

Happy Friday!