2021 :: 51/52

 wednesday was Al's first day off of 7!! it was trevor's last day of school until the new year. i worked out at noon. we cleaned the house in prep for christmas stuff. 

thursday we had a little oleson christmas with grandpa peter and auntie althea (and she brought her dog, griffin, which the kids loved) at 11. we opened presents, ate lunch, and put together Tova's kitchen from grandpa peter. Al had a cough that got a little worse this day. we then went to a movie at the movie theater with matt, jodi & the kids at 4. we saw Sing 2 and it was so good! it was tova's first movie in the theater and we got the big recliner seats. the popcorn was delicious and tova sat pretty good; she did move around a bit, sit with me a bit, and danced a bit. she also talked loudly to carsyn behind us. :) on the way home we grabbed supper and then relaxed the rest of the night. 

friday morning Al didn't feel very good. i worked out at 9am, then he went to his work to get the rapid test for covid which came back positive so they told him to go to the actual doctor to get the regular test which he did and got in just before they closed since it was christmas eve. we didn't go to wausau as planned due to this and were sad to miss it since we hadn't been in a while. after nap, i took the kids outside since it was warm out; the little bit of snow we had left was slushy and slippery. trevor ended up twisting or spraining his ankle while trying to snowboard down our little snow pile. we did find out late that night that Al did have covid. :( so we had to cancel all other christmas plans and stay home. 

saturday was christmas day! the kids loved their stocking stuff from santa and Al felt better than friday but did have a cough. he was upstairs with us for a bit, masked, so he could see the kids opening presents and spend time with us on christmas. i tried to say yes to everything the kids asked to do or have, played with them with all their new stuff, got them activities to do, and made some fun meals including ice cream for lunch, so that they'd still have a good/fun christmas. my brother and dad did drive down to bring the kids their presents and irish cream for me. they watched through the window and then headed out. so nice of them!!! i was exhausted by the night but did get to watch a christmas movie once the kids were in bed. that night just before midnight tova woke up crying and she was super hot (fever) so i gave her tylenol and we didn't sleep a lot after that. 

sunday morning tova was hot again when she woke up so i gave her tylenol and the kids played and got their kindles for a bit while i cleaned. after that both kids didn't feel very good. so i snuggled with them while they watched a movie. kassie dropped off banana bread, a little gift for the kids, adn a white claw for me. matt & the big kids dropped off presents for the kids too. so nice! i made lunch and neither kid ate a single bite and both asked to go to bed for nap/quiet time. i watched the vikings game during nap time and Al spent the day downstairs. 

monday morning i got up and shoveled and then called the covid testing place to get us appointments. they didn't have openings until 330. the kids and i got tested and the kids did great! they were so brave and sat still and didn't cry or anything. so we got powerade and donuts as a treat on the way home. 

tuesday we found out we were all positive for covid. lucky for us tho, the cdc had just come out on monday with shortened quarantine times. i got a call from the health department to confirm the 5 day quarantine and that trevor could go back to school, masked (they mask all day anyway) in the new year with the rest of the kids after winter break. we went out and shoveled again in the morning before the wind picked up and it got really cold. 

playing & reading under the christmas tree

new kitchen set from gpa peter

assembly

movie theater

rainbow bath bomb from auntie althea

trevor's ankle was hurting him when i was trying to get the christmas picture taken after baths/shower so this is what i got at first. 

ice cream and appetizers for lunch

unc-o and grandpa neil watching through the window

playing her new frozen spot it game

kiddos not feeling well; one hot, one cold

2021 :: 50/52

 wednesday Al was back to work, trevor to school, and tova and i hung out. i woke up with no voice and a bit of a sore throat but not sick. grandpa peter came over to sit with tova while i worked out. that night we got a bad thunderstorm (it was over 50 degrees out that day) which included some tornadoes and really high speed winds. Al got home before the storm hit us but got a migraine. at 830pm, matt called and told me we were gonna get a tornado warning siren soon so i got the kids out of bed (trev wasn't sleeping yet) and brought them downstairs. tova snuggled in with Al (they both were already sleeping) and trev and i read our books in the chairs. the storm was through by 930 so i got the kids back to bed. after the storm, the high winds lasted all night long and the next day too (and brought cold temps with it.) i didn't get much sleep between the wind and tova waking up crying a bunch. 

thursday we drove trev down to school due to the cold and wind, then tova and i went over to help matt with the daycare kids since jodi was at volleyball convention receiving her award for national assistant coach of the year and getting to watch the badgers in the final 4!! we had a good day and brought kinsley to her bus after lunch before getting tova down for a nap. 

Al was off all weekend. we didn't do too much and stayed home all weekend! Al took the kids out saturday morning to shovel the inch or 2 we got overnight and Al did run to the grocery store on sunday but other than that it was hanging out at home. it was so nice! we made treats & muffins, did crafts, kids played lots of their activities, trev got to play video games with dada, we played games, read books, grandpa peter came to visit for a bit, etc. 

monday morning Al worked, trev had school, and tova and i went to jodi's for a little christmas party. trevor got to have a parade at school where his class got to walk around and look at the art work the other classes hung in the halls. the christmas party at jodi's was crafts, a christmas snack we made/brought, and a book exchange. after school pickup we had snack then grandpa peter came over while i went to workout. then supper, baths, christmas movie and vikings game! 

tuesday it was pajama day at jodi's and we made sugar cookies with the kids. trev had school, Al worked. 

he wouldn't wear his hair like this for wacky wednesday at school

reading in the basement while the storm passes

they really loved the elf this year

first presents opened

2021 :: 49/52

 wednesday Al was off work, i walked trevor to school, then went to woodman's, then played with tova then worked out at noon. we did wings with matt, jodi and the kids for supper at their house. we played a game with the big kids before coming home for bed. 

Thursday Al was off again, i worked out at noon again, and we watched the vikings game after supper. 

friday after we brought trevor to school, tova and i ran a few errands including her favorite, the library. jackie came over to sit with tova while she ate lunch while i worked out. then trevor was early release from school because of a large snow storm on it's way. we got about 12 inches of snow by morning (mom in the cities got close to 20 inches.) once Al got home from work, we all went out and did the first shovel of about 5 inches. 

saturday morning Al made it to work just fine even though our road didn't get plowed. after breakfast and a slow morning, the kids and i went out to shovel the rest and play. the neighbor across the street, steve, came over with his snowblower and did half the driveway and the sidewalk for us/me. then we went inside for hot cocoa. after nap, we went out back to shovel and play but it had gotten windy so we didn't stay out as long as we wanted to. Al got home a little late. saturday night tova woke up a few times with a sore throat. 

sunday tova had a sore throat and wasn't feeling the greatest but not bad, and no fever. so we didn't do much. after nap, we decided to go outside for a little bit to play and the kids were having so much fun sliding down our little shoveled hills, and the sunset looked so pretty that we decided to head over to north high school to the small sledding hill we love quick before it got dark. it was so pretty and so fun to sled. tova didn't last long before being worn out, but we had fun. trev did his snowboard and his sled. 

monday Al was off, i took trevor to school, then i left tova with Al while i worked at jodi's since tova still had a sore throat. trevor had his last class of this round of basketball at 530.

tuesday tova was feeling better so she came with me to jodi's. after school, we went over to matt & jodi's house for spaghetti dinner and then loaded up and went to irvine park for our annual christmas light walk. it was really warm out, almost 40 degrees, and we had fun! 

she loves the christmas tree!

playing princess candyland

hot cocoa

our elf brought the kids small lego kits

sunset sled at the sledding hill

irvine park christmas lights

tova and carsyn

camdyn and trevor

put trev's hair in a ponytail mohawk for wacky wednesday day at school but he made me take it out :(

all of us :)

trev at his desk on cozy day/pj day

dress like the teacher day; mr oleson :)