JANUARY
The girls all got to perform in “The Snow Queen”
FEBRUARY
MARCH
Ethiopian food!
Totally staged… no one actually got hurt going down this awesome sledding hill
_______________________________________Right about here, the world shut down_______________________________________
First haircut. I can’t even blame COVID, because I wouldn’t have taken him to get it professionally done anyway. I’ve never been awesome at cutting the boys’ hair, but this one turned out a little worse than usual (in my defense he would not be still!!) Fortunately, we had nowhere to go and no one to see how bad this cut was.
One of my favorite things to come from the COVID shutdowns was that my older two girls felt sorry for their sister because she couldn’t see any friends or go anywhere fun for her birthday, so they secretly planned an early morning birthday party just for the three of them, complete with games, homemade prizes, decorations, party favors, etc. AND, they enjoyed it so much they have kept up the tradition for each birthday since then, even after the locked down period ended.
APRIL
Some stuff was hard to get at the grocery store for a while, so I started baking bread!!
Our Holy Thursday family foot washing tradition
Easter Sunday!
MAY
May crowning
My dad came over to teach the girls how to make fire
Look how surprised she looks that she did it!
New chicks
JUNE
They both wanted me to cut their hair
We had a weekend of catching huge fish
Bee sting!
JULY
We had a date night fishing on my husband’s boat. Right after we went out the temperature began to drop, it became super windy and choppy, and then it started to rain. We sped the whole way home in rain that felt like icy little spikes hitting my face. But, it was the first time I had been out on the boat in 13 years, so that was cool.
AUGUST
Poor baby had a fever up to 107. A few days later his rash told us it was just roseola, but on this day he was getting tests at the hospital.
We started taking nightly rosary walks
We discovered an amazing new nearby park, and went there for Lass’s birthday
First day of school pancake tradition
SEPTEMBER
First day of co-op. Bubba was in a big kid class!
Making baskets with Grandma
She finally got her braces!
I was so excited to hook up this bike trailer for the boys. I thought it would be the most awesome thing ever to be able to go on bike rides with all the kids instead of me walking while the girls rode. You guys. They. are. heavy . I thought I was going to die every time I took them for a ride. We didn’t take too many bike rides.
He was so excited to hold this kitty. Check out his brother trying to sneak in some petting.
OCTOBER
Kitchen adventures
His dad made him Mjollnir
NOVEMBER
We have a New Year’s party the night before Advent, and the new Church year, begin
DECEMBER
This photo was taken at about 3am Christmas morning, after midnight Mass
If a picture is worth a thousand words, you just published a whole book. 😍
Have a blessed Holy Week, and Happy Easter/Anniversary ahead.
Love,
Godmother. 💟