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The Saturday 7

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1. I forgot to tell you guys that Lena won the spelling bee in her class! She got first place out of all the sixth graders, and she didn't even study the packet they sent home. So she automatically qualified to go on to the next round against the 4th and 5th grade winners. The first round is just done in their classroom with no adult spectators. But the second round is a whole thing where parents and grandparents come watch. I really didn't think she'd do it, so imagine my surprise when she was totally chill! Prozac for the win! She had a very laissez-faire view of it all, and I truly didn't think she'd care if she won or lost. But care she did! She was legitimately angry when she got out on the word "pesos." She said right there, "Why are there Spanish words in this spelling bee?" Lol. Again, if she'd studied the packet at all, she probably would've been more familiar with the word pesos, but she still managed to pull off 3rd place!  ...
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The Saturday 7

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1. Here we are . . . 2025. We rang in the New Year in our usual fashion - at home, without much fanfare. Our kids have no problem staying up til midnight, so they all stayed up and played games with me.  First up: Levi's new Dude Perfect game. It was fun! Not at all as obnoxious as I was worried it'd be. 😂 Then we played Lucy's Hues and Cues game . As you can see, hilarity ensued.  We also played Lena's Poetry for Neanderthals , but I neglected to take pictures of that one. Obligatory selfie at midnight! (Lucy straightened her hair just for fun and doesn't even look like herself!) 2. I made some decent progress on my cleaning projects over the past two weeks. Of course I didn't get even close to everything done that I wanted to, but I tackled some big projects. A lot of things depend on Justin finishing his "man cave" in the basement. Right now, everything that will eventually go in there is shoved in a corner of the playroom. Once that stuff is out ...
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2024 in Review + 2025 Goals

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Another year in the books. Here are the highlights and lowlights of 2024 . . . 1. Thanks to a couple of books I read, I was very convicted about my kids' screen time. You wouldn't know it based on the past two weeks of Christmas Break, but for most of 2024 we made serious strides to cut back on their incessant media usage. We'll be going back to the regular rules once school starts next week: no screen time on week days, lots on the weekend. But I might even rein in the weekend screen time as well in 2025. They're going to hate me so much. Lol. 2. In lieu of screen time, Lucy read or slept almost constantly. Lena and Levi spent lots of time playing outside with the neighbor kids while the weather was nice. They got really into football (both watching and playing), and went through phases of playing with Perler beads and drawing with Art for Kids Hub on YouTube (yes, technically screen time, but for a purpose). Lena got really into Adventures in Odyssey, and Levi binged ...
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