Adventures in La La Land

Blogging is hard in the winter because I'm slogging through the doldrums, but I hate missing two weeks in a row, so I'll try my best today! 1. We've officially entered basketball season. Lena had her first games a couple weeks ago, and Levi's start next Saturday. Levi only practices once a week and has one game on Saturdays, but Lena practices every weekday and has multiple games. Her first two games were blowouts - her team tromped the other schools. Lena is, as usual, the tiniest one on her team, and she doesn't get a ton of playing time. But when she's out there, she's tenacious and trying her best! The third game was a blowout in the opposite direction. The final score was 16-2. Our team literally only scored one basket the whole game. Lol. She was supposed to have two games last week, but they both got cancelled because of the weather, so we'll see what this week brings! 2. For the record . . . it was a crazy week of weather. Temps at or below zero,...

What do you and Mommy do together? Play games What do you and Daddy do together? Play sports What makes you happy? Cousins, sports, family, ice cream, really good caramel chocolate What is something scary? Elevators What are you really good at? Crocheting Who is your best friend? Harper What do you want to be when you grow up? A mom and a gymnastics coach Who's the prettiest person you know? Nova, Saylor, Lainey What do you think about before you fall asleep? Everything ever Favorites: Color  Army green Book Keeper of the Lost Cities Movie Don't have one Food Don't have one of those either Treat Strawberry milkshake from McDonald's Drink Sprite mixed with fruit drinks TV Show Bluey Toy The Nex Playground Animal Koala Song I don't know Day Christmas Number 3 Breakfast Food Cinnamon rolls Store The mall Where’s your favorite place to go? Great Wolf Lodge Favorite way to wear your hair Braids

1. Did you hear that the author of The Anxious Generation wrote a book on the same topic for kids called The Amazing Generation ? I pre-ordered it weeks ago, and read it all in one sitting when it arrived earlier this week. I thought it was really well done! The information is presented in a variety of formats in order to keep kids' attention, and it was engaging without being overly preachy. I think it's too young for Lucy, and wouldn't hold Levi's attention, but it'd be about right for Lena. It convicted me anew about my own screen time . . . and then on Sunday our pastor gave a sermon about how American Christians are distracted and desensitized - largely in thanks to our phones. So in an effort to get off my phone, I've been binge watching White Collar. It's too fast paced for me to scroll while watching it, and sometimes I even force myself not to pick up my phone during the 1 minute and 30 seconds of commercials! Not sure that's quite what Pastor ...

Sorry I missed last week. Have you seen this meme going around? We got C two days after Christmas. More on that later . . . 1. Christmas was lovely as usual. We had our family Christmas on Christmas Eve. Lena and Levi had a sleepover in Lena's room and they were awake from 5:00 on, but I made them stay in their room until 8:30. We hid stockings at home for the first time ever (we used to do it at Niki's, but everyone else has started doing it at home so we followed suit). Then we let them loose on the presents. I didn't take a ton of pictures, because I was living in the moment. Go me. She asked for a mannequin head to practice hairstyles on. 🤷 2. We had a nice day just hanging out at home, playing with our new gifts, then headed to the Christmas Eve service at church  . . . Then it was off to Niki's house for games and snacks. Cup flipping tic-tac-toe Discussing strategy On to scooping marshmallows with solo cup mittens Then we broke out Cards Against Humanity (Family...