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The Saturday 7

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What does it say about me that I haven't blogged in two weeks, and I still have nothing to say? Haha. Don't worry. I'll dredge something up this week.  1.  We've been doing a good job of sticking to our new screen time limits - nothing during the week, lots over the weekend. There have been a few times that the kids did their required activities to earn an hour of screen time during the week, but usually they decide it isn't worth it. The nice weather helps a ton. Levi is out playing with the neighbor kids any chance he gets, and Lena's upping her gymnastics game on the trampoline. Levi's other new obsession is writing stories. He's been working on his book every time he has a minute of free time at school and illustrating every page. He brought it home this week because he wanted me to type it into the computer. But his spelling and [non-existent] punctuation are so incredibly bad that I couldn't decipher it at all. He finally read it out loud to me

The Saturday 7

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1. It was birthday week for Levi. We started on Sunday with my family. Since Saylor's birthday is just 6 days before his, they got to have a joint celebration. Levi told me on the way there that he loves sharing his birthday with her. I hope she'll feel the same way as she gets old enough to know better! Haha. 2. The other news of the week was the weather.  Those ice cream drivers ain't no dummies. They know my kids have been waiting all winter to blow their money on overpriced ice cream! Lol.  That was Monday after school. On Tuesday, we broke the record high, hitting 73* on February 27! I opened all the windows! All three kids outside after school! But, of course, all good things must come to an end. It was a one day phenomenon that swiftly reverted back to normal. By 5:00 it was 71* but we were under a winter weather advisory. It's not every day you see those two things side by side! Lol. I got this weather alert that tomorrow would be 40* cooler than today! Then the

The Saturday 7

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1. We didn't have school on Monday for Winter Break, so we did something winter-y and went sledding. It was actually perfect sledding weather - enough snow to be fun, but warm and sunny enough not to be freezing. The snow melted a couple days later, so it was good that we had our fun while we had the chance - and by "we" I mean Lena and Levi. Lucy wouldn't dare, and I'm too old and fragile. We went with Cousin Esther and her kids to a park in Ravenna that my kids have never been to. The kids lasted almost two hours, so I'd say it was a success! Unfortunately, I didn't get any good pictures. 2. The sledding was a good distraction for us because I cracked down on screen time starting on Monday. I figured out how to turn off the Wi-Fi for specific devices from the T-Mobile app on my phone. So the kids had zero Internet. Levi went back to listening to audiobooks, Lucy never left her room, and Lena flitted around doing this and that. A while ago Lena found some

The Saturday 7

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Oops, I forgot to post last week. I'll try to make up for it this week. 1. Honestly, it's probably for the best that I don't blog every week in February, because February is the worst and I'm ornery. I inevitably spend a couple weeks coughing, and at least one of my kids inevitably gets terribly sick. For the past two years it's been Levi - always right around Valentine's Day. Last week, Levi came down with a weird virus that caused high fevers and body aches. He had no appetite, puked when he did  eat, and laid on the couch for days. The weirdest thing, though, was how it came and went. For two days he was miserable, then his fever would go away and he'd be back to normal for a few days, then it'd come back and he'd be down for three more days. He ended up missing a bunch of school, and I actually had to take two days off of work at Once Upon to stay home with him. I have intense  guilt about the situation, but keep telling myself that I literally h