2021 :: 3/52

 Tuesday was super cold out so we drove trev to school again before heading to jodi's house. the kids played "nap time" after school and hung out in my bed while trevor read books to tova. it was so cute and easy for me; love when they get along! 

wednesday Al was off. in the morning, after breakfast and after trevor got his math worksheets done, we headed to our favorite thrift store in durand (a half hour drive.) the kids picked out a toy each and a couple books each (they're super cheap) and Al found a bunch of stuff to sell. then we headed home for lunch, trevor's ipad school stuff and class meeting. 

thursday Tova woke up with a fever so i brought her in to get a covid test since we had weekend plans (just to be sure.) she was a champ about it and it was a pretty easy process. tova got a sticker and said the lady took some of her boogers. :) we found out after school pickup that she was negative. Tova was fine when medicine kept her fever down but the second it wore off and the fever came back she didn't feel good. 

friday morning tova was fever free without meds after she woke up. Al worked and he ended up tripping in a ditch while working and messing up his ankle. he was limping on it and once he took his boot off at home it swelled up pretty good. so we just hung out at home on friday and friday night. 

saturday morning mom came down. we played games and such all morning. Al worked even with his limping and was pretty miserable on it. after supper, Al and i went over to jake & kassie's neighbor's garage bar (just a half mile from our house) along with jake, kassie, matt, jodi, emily, joe, josh and kayla. we had an adults night "out" and we had so much fun! we played some games, did a white elephant gift exchange, had a bonfire in the snow (it started snowing about 6ish), sang some karoake, and had a great time with lots of laughs! we didn't get home until after 2am.

sunday morning mom and i took the kids outside to shovel and mom kept them outside to play. we got about 3 inches which was greatly needed since we hardly had any snow left. mom left at nap time (we all napped at nap time) and then we watched the packers playoff game. 

monday was school for trev, jodi's for tova and me, and Al went to the doctor for his ankle and found out he fractured his fibula on the bottom of it so he'll be working from home for a while until it heals and he gets clearance to return. it's his right ankle so he can't drive with his air boot on. 

she's really into dress up these days :)

tova and carsyn :)

emily, kayle, me, kassie and jodi in the garage bar

me, kass and jodi

2021 :: 2/52

 monday and tuesday Al was off, trev had school, tova and i worked at jodi's house in the morning. after school was games, playing and watching a little tv. tova got to feed baby easton at jodi's house and she was so excited! she's loves him/babies; when we get there in the mornings she always goes to him first. 

wednesday morning the kids and i went sledding at the small hill at the high school near our house. it was grassy since we don't have much snow and it was sloppy because it was so warm out but we had fun!! it was our redemption sledding since it was the first time we'd sledded since tova hurt her knee. she did great and loved it! cam and chloe walked over to sled with us and we were so glad to have them. tova spent almost the whole time with camdyn and we all kept having to peal off layers; both due to being warm and wet. trevor had some school work to do and had his class meeting at 2. 

friday Al was off so he, tova and i spent the morning downstairs after i dropped trevor at school. tova got to play original nintendo mario and she actually didn't do too bad. 

saturday morning we went ice fishing with matt, jodi and the kids. we just went to the small lake in eau claire but we had fun! it was the kids' first time ice fishing. matt had enough stuff for us all to fish! it was sloppy because it was so warm. only Al and jodi caught fish (tiny pan fish) but the little girls kissed the fish and we all had fun! tova's snow pants were not good and she got soaking wet. so for the last 15 minutes tova and i sat in the car; her pants and socks-less under blankets. she was actually pretty warm for how wet she was so that was good. then after nap, we went over to matt & jodi's house to watch the packer playoff game with them, jake & the kids, and jodi's parents. we had apps and the kids played downstairs; it was fun! 

sunday morning Al and the kids walked over to grandpa peter's house in the morning. otherwise we just played at home. 

monday it was cold! so we drove trevor to school then tova and i went to jodi's to work. 

feeding baby Easton

Camdyn and Tova

playing nintendo at 2.5

carsyn and tova

2021 :: 1/52

 monday was back to school for trevor, back to work for Al and back to work at jodi's for Tova and me. Tova still wasn't walking on her knee and i got the call on monday that she had an orthopedic appointment tuesday morning. monday after school pickup we played outside in the little bit of snow for a bit. tova crawled around and loved it and trev even crawled/knee walked around with her. 

tuesday morning after we dropped trevor at school we went to the ortho appointment. the dr rolled up her pants, looked at her knee, said it looked good, and then said he thought we should cast it for 2 weeks. it was a little confusing to me as to why he wanted to cast it so i asked if we could wait and see for a couple more days before choosing to cast it especially since we didn't really know what was wrong. he said he didn't see a problem with that so we set up an appointment for friday to cast it (full leg cast) if she didn't start walking on it. it was a 5 minute appointment then tova and i went to jodi's. once there i told tova she could walk on her knee, held her hands and she started walking on it. she definitely was sore after the morning at jodi's but it was good to see her put weight on it. Tuesday after school 

wednesday was virtual learning day for trevor and Al was off. tova was still limping pretty good and getting sore after a bit but still would walk on it. 

thursday morning i was feeling unsure about our friday appointment to cast tova's knee so i called our beloved pediatrician and she wanted to see tova. so we went in thursday morning and saw our dr sarumi. she looked at tova's knee, moved it around (with no pain) and watched tova walk on it (sarumi did way more with tova's knee than the ortho did) then asked why he wanted to cast it? i said that's what i was wondering. she said to cancel the appointment, it didn't need to be cast, just needed some time, an ace bandage, and ice. so we did just that and by sunday tova was walking normal with minimal soreness. 

thursday after school pickup we got changed and went out in the beautiful frosty tree winter wonderland with trevor's school bff Liam's mom to take some family pictures. we've been needing to update our family photos for a while and just didn't get to it this fall. once home the kids had some hot cocoa to warm up then it was supper and movie night. 

friday started Al's work weekend. tova and hung out at home and got some things done. 

saturday mom came down and we played games, puzzled, played outside, had more hot cocoa, and just hung out at home. she headed home sunday during naptime. 

this is how tova got around at jodi's on monday before she was walking :)

finally walking on her knee on tuesday!

hot cocoa after family pictures

icing her knee