I know that this season is really hard for some. People are losing jobs, or losing their income temporarily, people are sick or have health problems and this virus is making it impossible to get the care that they need. Nurses, doctors and office staff are beyond exhausted and just wanting to be home with their families like the rest of the world. I guess all of this is a constant reminder that I have it pretty good right now. It's fine to miss community. It's fine to miss my normal life. And it's fine to have a hard time with what's going on. BUT it doesn't really help anything to be constantly thinking about why things suck right now. What helps is to be thankful.
Things I'm thankful for:
-Dan's job
-plenty of food in the fridge, pantry and freezer thanks to Walmart pickup.
-4 kids who entertain each other during a time when hanging out with friends or even neighbors isn't an option.
-a big house with room for us all to spread out, even though usually at least 3 kids are in the same room together.
-Hulu, Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon
-technology like facetime and marco polo that helps us keep in touch with loved ones.
-Amazon prime to deliver most things we want right now
-a husband who likes to cook
-all my kids are older and not toddlers anymore. I think this would have been much harder with littles.
-a nice walking path close to home.
-healthy kids
-our neighborhood. We spend so much time outside and rarely see any cars driving by, especially these days.
-spring! This is actually the perfect weather for all of this. It's so nice out.
It's actually nice to not be able to do anything. It takes away all of those decisions I have to make daily. Where should we go? What should we do this weekend? Go out to eat out or cook? The choice has been made already. The kids are normally constantly asking me to go places like the park or the thrift store or chick-fil-a or a million other places. Now they know that the answer is no so they don't ask.
Last week I made a new rule I should have made a long time ago. If they want to do something like bake cookies or ride bikes or make play dough, they only get to ask one time and then they have to wait until I'm able and willing to do that thing with them. They cannot follow up 100 times until I say okay we can do that now. It has actually helped a ton with my sanity. Maybe that's a rule you need to make in your house if you have kids? Dogs never obey this rule by the way so don't try it with them.
The kids are having to eat new and different things sometimes because we don't have the option of having everything we usually buy. "What kind of nuggets are these? Is there even chicken in here?" That was actually Dan.
I made Addie home made lunchables with cheese, turkey and wheat thins. She ate them all but when I asked her if she liked them, she made this face.
And this one.
When you go to church on the couch, sometimes you fall asleep.
These two love being outside. So it's usually me and them going on bike rides and exploring.
Angus has been helping Dan with his projects.
Winter too...
Mya watches. She likes to stay clean.
I say it a lot but I love that Dan does the cooking. We really are spoiled.
Winter made some cookies...
Mya did too...
Then she was a dancer for a little bit.
Angus is using the dog to prop up his puzzle box.
Dan has been stretching daily. The kids take advantage.
Addie did some laundry.
This year has been a lot of drama at school with friends or sometimes lack there of. Every day the girls have come home with a different story about how someone hurt their feelings or how they are having to deal with difficult kids. It has been nice to have a break from all of that. I love their relationship with each other. Their personalities come together like a puzzle.
"I'm a pothead!!" Yep he actually yelled that.
This is my buddy Star. She lives across the street. I'm not really a dog person. If I had to choose a pet I would probably pick a dog but I'd prefer not to touch them. But for some reason, dogs love me. Star is no exception.
Addie wore her pants like this all day. Perks of social distancing. Nobody to judge me.
I learned about this phrase on a podcast. It made me laugh. You know how when you turn on your camera and you accidentally have it on selfie mode and you look down and see your face from that awful angle and you're like AHH! There's actually a name for it. Now you know.
If you need a few suggestions of things to watch, I've taken the liberty of providing a few:
Troop Zero is a movie on Amazon (Prime Video). It's a super cute feel good movie. The kids in the movie use language I wouldn't allow my kids to use, so it's not exactly family friendly. For instance, one of the little girls goes by the name, "Hell-no."
This Beautiful Fantastic is really good. It's a few years old but I just watched it on Prime Video. It's a romantic drama. It's kind of a feel good movie too. It has a similar feel to Notting Hill.
Modern Love is a series on Netflix that was really good. Most episodes were really good and a couple episodes were just good.
I'm loving Little Fires Everywhere on Hulu. Kerry Washington is pretty much the same character as she was on Scandal but she's an artist, and Reese Witherspoon does an excellent job of playing the rich white housewife. It's very similar to her role in Big Little Lies. They are both staying in their lanes but they're so good in them.
Happy Saturday night! Isn't it weird that no one in the world is going out tonight? Like, globally, for the most part, we are all staying in on a Saturday night. It's so weird.
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