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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

2020 :: 47/52

 monday and tuesday were my last days working at jodi's for a bit (while we're all virtual for school it would be too much to add my 2 kids to all hers and try to get school done too.) monday night was the vikings game. Al was off monday and tuesday too and trev was at school. i took tova with me to jodi's and Al took the edge in for some work, went grocery shopping and got some other things done. 

wednesday the kids and i met my mom at willow river in hudson for a hike (and so i could get her the gift and hand me downs for my cousin sara's baby shower for her to deliver.) it was a bit chilly and windy on our hike but we had fun! we did the kids trails and there were lots of obstacles and fun things to do. 

thursday was really nice out. so after school drop off, tova and i went for a 2 mile walk including a nature walk. she'd gotten a new purse from unc-o and she had to bring it everywhere even on the nature walk. then once home we only came in to go potty and get snack otherwise we were inside until nap time. after school pickup, matt and i took the kids geocaching again and we found a really cool one! 

al was off friday-sunday and trevor had pajama day on friday for his last day of school for a bit. 

saturday morning Al went deer hunting with matt for his first time in 15 years and he got his first buck! it was a 100 yard shot through 2 trees about a foot apart. it was only about a 6 pointer but it was a big deer! that morning, jodi adn i took the kids to joann fabrics for crafting supplies. once al was home at the end of naptime, i went over to jodi's to start our crafts adn then Al brought the kids over later for supper. i stayed at jodi's after al took the kids home for bed and we ended up having a zoom call with shane and jodi. we had lots of laughs and a really good time! 

sunday Al and matt and cam went hunting again and Al got another buck for matt. the kids and i had a pj day and got out the christmas decoration including putting the tree up. 

monday was back to work for Al. my dad came down for the morning and played cribbage with trevor and tova's favorite sequence animal game with her. then i had trevor's virtual conference during naptime. his teacher had only good things to say about him including that he's everyone's friend, is very thoughtful and very smart. he's over acheiving in math, and is right on track for reading and writing (and has made lots of progress in those areas!) after nap, we went for a walk to the short nature paths near our house and got to see a helicopter take off.

tuesday morning we met jodi and the kids at the playground at their school for a bit but the wind was chilly. then matt, jodi adn the kids came over for taco tuesday (since their kitchen is getting demo'd on wednesday they had no food left.)

 

 


willow river












she climbed up on me with her cozy cozy pillow, her "lovie," and a blanket :)

mohawk

her new purse and goodies inside from unc-o






pj day at school


lost another tooth

tea party



games with grandpa neil

we got to see a helicopter take off





the yarn trees jodi and i made

Al's first buck



the gnomes jodi, i and jodi's mom deb made

 

Monday, November 16, 2020

2020 :: 46/52

 the weather was cold and rainy/icey/snowy this week. we did most things inside; crafts, cleaning, handing with our friends. Al was off wed & thurs and worked all weekend. we got word that after thanksgiving trevor's school will be all virtual for at least a week and a half (due to staff being out sick.) 

Tova: is still not sleeping thru the night and had her first night terror on sunday night, she says lots of funny things and sings lots of songs, "i mim" for 'i am', if she wants to say that she wants nothing she says "not anything," calls trevor "brothery or bruddy," "yes sir" to anyone, "i do it by myself,"  says everything is her "favorite," and will say "we never seen dat one" for any movie we mention even when we've seen the movie a lot, she'll cross her arms in front of her and say "no," she's in a hitting phase esp me, she'll hit me then hold out her arm for me to walk her to her room, she loves to twirl in dresses and play dress up, she loves to swing and read books and craft, she gets to use the glue sticks on her own, she likes to play war with her frozen cards and screams out the characters (the face cards) when they come up, she's in 4t clothes and speaks so well, she's smart and remembers everything, she's very stubborn but can be so sweet too, she loves to give smooches but only when she wants to, 

Trevor: he's loving school and reading, he's very well known at school, still jumpy, still wild but so fun, he loves games (can play anything, picks it up easily), loves building things and helping dada, obsessed with video games, loves to be outside and play soccer, 

tova and carsyn are really enjoying each other lately!
trevor's pet robotic dog, bob, that he put fur on during club invention this week
they've been really into trains lately




Monday, November 9, 2020

2020 :: 45/52

 this weeks weather was amazing!!! we spent a lot of time outside! tuesday was at jodi's then in our backyard after school until supper/dark. 

wednesday the kids and i picked up cam and chloe and drove to menomonie to the animal park. we played at the playground first then did the animal/nature walk and had a gorgeous day! we had lots of fun! chloe had a checklist of things to find from school so that was an added adventure. we drove down by the lake too. then we drove back to eau claire and stopped at another playground before dropping c&c off and heading home for lunch. during tova's nap time, trevor had his virtual class meeting at 2 then had his first club invention virtual class at 3. he loved it! we got a box shipped to our house for it and for the first class he got to take about and examine a robot dog. the class goes through all winter. after his meeting we went back outside to enjoy the weather. 

friday after school drop off, tova, al and i ran to a couple of garage sales. we found some good stuff! after pickup, we were outside until supper/dark again. 

saturday morning we loaded up and drove to hudson/river falls to meet shane, jodi, luke and henrik at kinnickinnic state park. we hiked almost 3 miles with them and had a picnic lunch. it was a beautiful park, but did get kind of busy towards the end. then we headed home, put tova down for a short nap, and then hung out at home the rest of the night. 

sunday morning, mom came down for the day. after she came down, we loaded up, met matt, jodi & the kids, and had our first geocaching adventure along with a playground stop. the kids loved finding the geocaches and treasures. after lunch at home and nap for tova (and carsyn) mom headed home and we met up with them again to go to beaver creek to hike and play. we hiked until almost dark and it was a fun adventure! we even saw a wild porcupine and got to see him climb a tree! we also saw a bunch of deer. the kids loved the play area and music area. 

monday was back to work for Al and me and school for trev. the day was still warm but we did get a big wind and rain by night which cooled it off and we're losing our 70 degree days going forward.

 

tova, kinsley and carsyn











club invention





tova, henrik, trevor, luke











geocaching near the river by our house





beaver creek play area



porcupine