Adventures in La La Land

Sorry for skipping last week. I have a bad case of The Februarys.  1. The kids have gotten really into games recently. Their new favorite is Clue, and it's fun now that everyone is old enough to read/strategize and we don't have to play Clue Jr. anymore! We even got Justin to play a couple of times!  Plank break! Lena won, but in Justin's defense, he had run 7 miles the day before. As for the nonparticipants . . . Lucy has a foot injury, and I have a childbearing injury known as diastasis recti. #delicatesensibilities #nocorestrength #itslenasfault #fatlardbaby 2. We had the whole week off for Winter Break this past week, and Lucy decided that we needed to put every game we own in a pile and guess how many there are . . . When I sent this picture to my sisters, Libby called me a hoarder. I can't imagine why! 😂 We decided to only count one deck of cards toward our total, and we didn't count duplicates. The grand total is . . . . 80 games! On Tuesday, we spent 4 soli...

1. Oh February. My least favorite month of the year. For the last two years we've taken a vacation somewhere sunny and warm in the last week of January to bolster me through the rest of the winter. This year, however, we're saving our money for a 20th anniversary trip, and slogging through an entire Michigan winter without respite. 0 stars. Do not recommend. I had to do outdoor recess twice  this week, and almost quit my job. The second time, I got smart and borrowed snow pants from the girl I was subbing for. She's like 22 years old, and I had very little confidence they'd fit, but desperate times call for desperate measures. I managed to get them on, but I definitely couldn't zip them over my stomach. Haha. Thank goodness for coats! I was very grateful for the warmth they provided, even if I waddled like a penguin the whole time I wore them.  2. On one of my days off this week I decided to be productive and deep clean the dishwasher. It hasn't been getting thi...

This week was bonkers . . . which I'm realizing I say quite often these days. Is this just my life now? Bonkers? I don't know. This week had a few special caveats that made it more bonkers than usual. 1. We celebrated Lena's birthday with my family on Sunday. She specifically requested a red velvet bundt cake, so I whipped one up for her.  Don't be too impressed. It was a doctored up box cake (thanks, Pinterest!) and I literally warmed up a can of cream cheese frosting until it became liquid, then poured it over the cake. #worksmarternotharder 2. Most of the reason this week was so crazy was because it was Spirit Week at school. So not only do I have to help my kids come up with outfits and accessories, but it's more work for me at my job as well. Don't get me wrong. I love it all. It's just tiring. Haha. I was impressed with the effort Lucy put in to Spirit Week this year, but she didn't let me take pictures so you'll have to take my word for it. Le...