We are jumping right back into real life!! Its definitely a lot colder here in Seattle than it is in California. In 30 minutes it snowed about 2 inches in some places. We walked out of church to lots of snow. It was really exciting. I love little things that add spice to regular days. We saw probably 4-6 cars in ditched on our way home from church. We get out of church at 4 so by then the temperature was dropping for the evening and everything froze. Olivia and Walter had school delays which was another fun spice to a regular day.
Austin and Michael found a fun game to bond over and I'm sure it will be played a lot when the weekend rolls around!
Im freezing so Baby and I have been cuddling a lot in The Chair with blankest, a heater, and some books.
I love when it isn't raining after school and we get to ride around on our scooters and bikes! It makes everyone a lot happier!
I worked out twice this week and it felt great! Walt was helpful when the part with a ball started but the rest of the time he was climbing all over me.
This girl wants to be exactly like her big sister so after watching Olivia ask of lipgloss all the time she started to ask. She puts it on 20 times a day!
She is so dang cute!!!
This was a different day and in the same dress... don't worry about it! Once its clean and on it won't come off for days!!
Beau wasn't very helpful with my workouts either!
I gave away ALL my kids hand me downs this week. Im a little sad that they are gone but they were just sitting in boxes in a closet. Now they will be use and passed on so I feel much better about that. We won't be in this house forever and we could move as early and next July. The thought of moving 20 large diaper boxes full of clothes and trying to find a new place to store them has been giving me anxiety so I jumped on my spring cleaning bug and gave them away. Im try to get rid of as much as I can.
I don't like letting my kids play on their Kindles because they get so moody when they do but Walt was an angle playing with Ellanore and staying out of the way so he got lots of screen time with Beau so I could get things in order. Beau and Walt are becoming good friend and I love watching them play.
Its still cold here but Baby insists on dressing herself and usually its skirts and shorts! And this day she demanded to walk home from the bus stop!
Saturday morning Olivia and I were up before everyone else so we went on a date! We had so much fun!! We got donuts and talked then we went shopping for some new dresses.
She was so happy! I loved all our one on one time we had.
As we drove home I asked Olivia to share her testimony with me and she said "Jesus was baptized and I will get baptized too!". I am going to add this question to my Saturday morning date tradition with all my kids.
Later on Saturday I got a call from a Sister in my ward who needed someone to fill in her spot at the Temple so Michael and I got to go on a date!! It was a perfect night! We knew we were in the right place. We left feeling so much peace and filled with the Holy Ghost. We also got to go to dinner! Austin is the best Uncle!! He played with the kids, fed them, got them in their jammies, and brushed their teeth while we were out. I don't know what I will do when he leaves. Having him here has been so great!
I needed to document my AWESOME hair for church! haha! I had done it like this before but its been a while. I love fun and easy hair dos!
And more lipgloss!
Ellanore is my little buddy on Mondays. She goes all over town with me and is usually an angel! Today she was a little more feisty but we still had fun jumping off sidewalks and holding hands. Our typical Monday goes like this: Get up and ready, walk Olivia to the bus, walk home get in the car and drive Walt to school, go to the grocery store (costco), take the groceries home, go to Olivias school and help with lunch, wait 30 minutes in the car, pick up Walt, go to the grocery store (fred meyers go home and nap, walk to the bus to get Olivia, make dinner, FHE (if Michael is home before 7 if not save it for Tuesday) and bed. I feel like we never stop but I like it and its only like this on Mondays so its not too bad.
I wasn't watching Ellanore when we were driving to help in Olivias class and she drew all over herself in the car! haha
Remember how I am budgeting for food and staying pretty strict to my budget? Yeah..... Its not that easy when your kid cries or screams your entire trip to the store!!!!! Blew the budget this week and just started pulling things off the shelves to get us out ASAP!! haha!!
Its hard to believe that we were in California last week!!! It feels like it never even happened. I think the transition happened smoothly since we came back and had half of Saturday and all of Sunday to recover. Real life is pretty good even with all its ups and downs!! And the Sun is shining a little more lately and it makes a WORLD of difference!!
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