February 2nd, Painting at Dimes

Today the expected high was almost 50F!  And it was sunny!  And the groundhog predicted an early spring.  I don't trust February though.  I think winter is still coming. = (

Plus, it was a super palindrome date: 02/02/2020!

Today, after church we picked up Burger King to go, but had to venture inside for a missing sandwich (and some fries.) = (

We weren't home long, before I was out the door to do some decorative painting!  A couple of ladies from the busy mom's group met up at the brewery to paint gnomes. = )  They were so cute!

Once we were all finished (I won a door prize too!) I gave away my rather large, little guy, (and my won snowman) since I don't really decorate for Valentine's and I'd just gone to be social. = )

Not too much later, our house rooted for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 54th Superbowl.  I picked them as my team in 8th grade. Nothing much came of their season that year, but I've since had an affinity for them.  And, a former Red Raider is their quarterback, Patrick Mahomes.  And they were wearing their red jerseys, so it wasn't much of a leap to root wholeheartedly for them.

I put the kids to bed at half time, and then watched them secure the win in the last 3 minutes of the fourth quarter.  The game was over by 10:30, so I wasn't up much past my bedtime, thankfully. = )

Between a great message at church, the sun, social time and a happy sports team victory, it was a pretty great second day of February.

later days

Saying Goodbye to Summer

Summer ended just as suddenly as it began, as it seems to do every year.  We did our best to live each of the final days to the full.

I made some supernatural sugar cookies.  The kids didn't like them since they didn't have chocolate.  I thought they were pretty good.

William likes to sprawl out on our bed, when given the opportunity.

Catching one last movie at the library. This time we went to the one near Aunt Rocky's house. They let you eat and watch at the same time.  Parking is nearby and free, so it might be our go to next year.  Also, everyone redeemed the rest of their summer reading prizes.  = )

Billy made one last round of burgers.  They were so colorful!

It is possible that William is more of a Texan than I am.  It was 73 degrees in our house, and he had on a fleece nightgown, put on his lined hoodie, and then wrapped up in his blanket.  It didn't last long, as the day warmed up, but I could not have comfortably put on that many layers.

Lazy summer games.

Shots are still on the agenda three times a week.

William's piano time    d    r   a   g    s       out every day.  Instead of buckling down and just learning the song and moving on he does this:

And this:

And several other acrobatics.  Now that the twins are learning the basics, I think he will finally be prompted to move on once they catch up to him.  If he would just buckle down and practice this piece, he could move on any day.

Hamster Holmes was the free book I chose on Alice's behalf, since she didn't want to pick anything.  It opened up all sorts of fun for the end of our summer.

I introduced my crew to the Hamster Dance song, from the earlier days of the internet.  This book also had a chart of Morse Code letters. So Emily and I had fun writing and translating notes back and forth for the day. = )

I'm always sad to see summer go, and I'm doubly sad about winter coming.  Hopefully I'll survive another Michigan winter.

later days