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We had a splendid Valentine’s Day again yesterday. I always end up worrying as I go to bed the night before a big event (like a Birthday or Christmas) that the day won’t live up to the massive expectations that the kids have. And (knock on wood) that has never happened. At some point in the day, someone will exclaim that “this is the best day ever!” and all my worries evaporate. But I keep reminding the kids that the day is what you make it. I can spend zero money and just create a day using the stuff we already have and simply do things in a new way–and they will think it is AWESOME.

Now, there was a tiny bit of money spent, but nothing really not much. Oh, and Tim did surprised us with some unexpected Valentine’s treats that morning (donuts and flowers!) and he even braved the -20 temps to go and get it. I was super surprised and impressed!

I’ll post pictures tomorrow.

But for now, I thought you might find it interesting what the kids each loved best about yesterday. I asked them: What was your favorite part about Valentine’s Day?

Chloe: Everyone watching a family movie together after supper
Josiah: Breakfast together
Maddie: The heart shaped Pizza
Levi: Pink Macaroni and Cheese!
Mom: Bible time all snuggled on the couch. And flowers from Dad. 😉

I have this mug that makes me smile.

And I also got these adorable nails (Color Street) from one of my students–so I thought I would share. I looked back in my January picture folder to see what fun stuff I could post… and it turns out I didn’t take any pictures over the past month. Crazy, right?! So, I’m on a mission to take more pictures and videos.

In other news = This week has been bitterly cold, with the highs only reaching about zero. I’m glad that Chloe doesn’t start back to in-person (Hybrid) school until next week. I feel bad making her walk to the bus when she can’t wear snowpants when it’s so cold. Brrrrr!

Meet Wall-E.

He’s the newest electronic member of our family (a.k.a. motion detecting garbage can). Tee hee! It has made throwing things away a coveted chore. Levi was actually looking around the house for things to throw away.

I kind of want to give him eyes… but that might be too much. For now we just say, “Thanks Wall-E” when we throw stuff away. Hah! It’s the little, silly things that we enjoy around here!

It’s cold here today. The thermometer read -10 as we were getting our snow gear on to head to the bus. And today isn’t the coldest day of the week yet! Brrrrrrr!

Josiah started back to in person school today. And there was much rejoicing!

Maddie is back to in person school after almost 7 weeks of online school.  Needless to say we were ALL very excited.  

Excited enough to take a new “Re-first day of Kindergarten” picture!  

How is it Monday again already? But here we are!

This week was our first FULL week of online school for everyone. It was a bit of a struggle. But you have to keep in mind that they had more days off school in November than they had in school–due to Thanksgiving, and end of quarter and then teacher planning for moving to online school. So… it’s been weeks since they have had 5 days of school in a row. It ended up going fine, but we definitely felt the slump on Thursday.

In other news we got our Christmas cards this week. Yippie! You should expect to receive yours in the mail this week. But I decided, for the sake of my sanity, I’m foregoing the little “Family Blurp” that I normally include. It’s just one more thing and I’m feeling a little overwhelmed lately. So, I decided that I’m still happy to be sending out the cards, even without the blurp. Besides, you all know us! 🙂

In other, other news I’ve started making Christmas candy again! I just love making candy. This year I think I have the most bags I’ve ever made. I have 81 students right now! Can you believe that!?! Now, I don’t see them all every week, because I have a handful of every other week students, but I still have to make a bag for each person. That’s a lot of bags. Good thing I enjoy the process!

Weight Loss Update: I lost a really good amount this week = 4 pounds!! Whoo hoo! I’ve had a couple lesser weigh in’s so I think I finally caught up to where I actually am on weigh-in day. So, I’m officially down to 180. So close to the 170’s!

Well, I broke my streak. No cake today. Although I did make the most scrumptious apple pie over Thanksgiving break… yummmmmm…. and I really should have taken a picture of it because it was quite lovely.

This week we are back into online learning and today was stressful for me. I’m having a hard time getting used to a new rhythm again. I feel like we just got into a nice groove and now it’s all different. And you all know how much I LOVE change. 😉

In other news we had a great Thanksgiving break. I let the kids help decorate the house and tree this year and it was mass chaos. But fun too. We watched a new movie called “Jingle Jangle” and it is so good! It’s a musical. I would describe it as a mix of The Greatest Showman and Annie. Very fun with great dancing and costumes. My only complaint is that the music is too loud compared to the speaking… but I thought the same thing about The Greatest Showman. It must just be a style…

Weight Loss Update: I was down another pound today bringing me to 20 pounds officially. Yippie! That means I’m 184. Boo yah! I didn’t loose much this week, but considering it was Thanksgiving, I actually am pretty stoked that I didn’t go crazy. I did enjoy letting loose on Thanksgiving day, but then pulled it back in check after that. And there have been more times throughout the days that I’m finding I’m able to not need a snack because I’m just not hungry. And that’s pretty surprising because I tend to snack just because it’s snack time. 🙂 Progress, people!

Well, it feels like it just wouldn’t be a Monday unless I showed you another cake. Tee hee! So, here you are! But in my defense, this one was requested by Jen and we didn’t eat any. It was for her friend’s Birthday. I was actually really bummed about this one, because I tried doing a larger flower pattern and discovered I didn’t have enough of the piping tips that I needed… so I had to scrape it off half way through and start over. Plus it wasn’t turning out as nicely as I wanted… It was a good lesson in how it’s never too late to start over. 😉

Weight Check-in: I actually had a pretty good weekend, but our supper on Sunday night was really salty (frozen pizza and chips) so I was not down this morning. I know it sounds like an excuse, but I was actually lower on Saturday and Sunday, so I’m sure it was a temporary weight. HOWEVER, I didn’t let myself take any chain links off my chain today since I officially weigh the same as last week today.