tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58191722414434179792024-03-12T20:42:30.981-04:00A New NillUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger455125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-43856418421579061782023-02-02T09:45:00.000-05:002023-08-04T09:48:54.541-04:00Bringing the Blog BACK with our Yuletide Season<div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; text-align: left;"><span face="Inter, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-size: 16px;">Ok all – I admit when I moved on over here to WordPress I got super intimidated by all the functionality. I couldn’t even figure out how to upload a picture SO, I quit. And it haunts me. Because we have SO much amazingness to share and I would be devastated if I came this far only to stop documenting when things REALLY get good. The boys are 9 and 11 and changing by the day. The last time I left them with you, they were a banana and a werewolf. Next notable holiday was Christmas, where one was still a Santa believer and one was not. Let’s dive in.<br /></span>Here we have our annual family tree selection photo. You’ll notice Ashton comes up to my nose, thereabouts. He also wears bigger shoes than I do.</div><ul class="wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin-block: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><li class="wp-block-post post-4829 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 0px;"><div class="entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4834" data-attachment-id="4834" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1669745097","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.05","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_3847" data-large-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/img_3847.jpg?w=768" data-medium-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/img_3847.jpg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/img_3847.jpg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://nillfam.com/2023/04/06/bringing-the-blog-back-with-our-yuletide-season/img_3847/" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/img_3847.jpg?w=768" srcset="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/img_3847.jpg?w=768 768w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/img_3847.jpg?w=1536 1536w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/img_3847.jpg?w=113 113w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/img_3847.jpg?w=225 225w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" /></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px;">Now, for the first time ever, we did not wake up at our house on Christmas. Instead we traveled on Christmas Eve, probably THE MOST terrifying ferry ride we’ve ever been on to Hampton Bays. At one point the captain got on the loudspeaker and said “IF you are not sitting down, sit down. And hold on, this is going to get bad.” No joke Alex started praying to Santa.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px;">Spoiler alert: we made it across, went out to dinner and managed to have a nice day with Grandma and Grandpa (COVID hit the other family members, it was so sad we couldn’t see them) and then on the 26th, Ashton woke up puking sooo we headed home a day early. Merry merry! Haha. It was not funny at the time though. Anyway we still got a tree and decorated it and overall the holiday was festive!</p><figure class="wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex" data-carousel-extra="{"blog_id":211974291,"permalink":"https:\/\/nillfam.com\/2023\/04\/06\/bringing-the-blog-back-with-our-yuletide-season\/"}" style="--wp--style--unstable-gallery-gap: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) ); align-items: normal; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) ); margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin-bottom: var(--wp--custom--gap--vertical); margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="align-self: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; 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cursor: pointer; display: block; flex: 1 0 0%; height: 352px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; vertical-align: bottom; width: 264px;" /></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="align-self: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; width: calc(33.33% - var(--wp--style--unstable-gallery-gap,16px)*.66667);"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4842" data-attachment-id="4842" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="4842" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.6","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 12","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1670180079","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.2","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="photo-dec-04-2022-6-54-39-pm" data-large-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-04-2022-6-54-39-pm.jpg?w=768" data-medium-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-04-2022-6-54-39-pm.jpg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-04-2022-6-54-39-pm.jpg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://nillfam.com/2023/04/06/bringing-the-blog-back-with-our-yuletide-season/photo-dec-04-2022-6-54-39-pm/" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-04-2022-6-54-39-pm.jpg?w=768" srcset="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-04-2022-6-54-39-pm.jpg?w=768 768w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-04-2022-6-54-39-pm.jpg?w=1536 1536w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-04-2022-6-54-39-pm.jpg?w=113 113w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-04-2022-6-54-39-pm.jpg?w=225 225w" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: block; flex: 1 0 0%; height: 352px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; vertical-align: bottom; width: 264px;" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption" style="background: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 70%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)); bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; cursor: pointer; flex-basis: 100%; flex-grow: 1; font-size: 13px; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; max-height: 60%; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 8px 8px; position: absolute; width: 264px;">Ashton’s grown a bit in 11 christmasses.</figcaption></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="align-self: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; width: calc(33.33% - var(--wp--style--unstable-gallery-gap,16px)*.66667);"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4844" data-attachment-id="4844" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="4844" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.6","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 12","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1670612651","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.2","iso":"1000","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="photo-dec-09-2022-7-04-11-pm" data-large-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-09-2022-7-04-11-pm.jpg?w=768" data-medium-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-09-2022-7-04-11-pm.jpg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-09-2022-7-04-11-pm.jpg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://nillfam.com/2023/04/06/bringing-the-blog-back-with-our-yuletide-season/photo-dec-09-2022-7-04-11-pm/" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-09-2022-7-04-11-pm.jpg?w=768" srcset="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-09-2022-7-04-11-pm.jpg?w=768 768w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-09-2022-7-04-11-pm.jpg?w=1536 1536w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-09-2022-7-04-11-pm.jpg?w=113 113w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/photo-dec-09-2022-7-04-11-pm.jpg?w=225 225w" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; width: auto;" /></figure></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4876" data-attachment-id="4876" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1671913412","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="photo-dec-24-2022-8-23-32-pm-1" data-large-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-23-32-pm-1.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-23-32-pm-1.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-23-32-pm-1.jpg" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-permalink="https://nillfam.com/2023/04/06/bringing-the-blog-back-with-our-yuletide-season/photo-dec-24-2022-8-23-32-pm-1/" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-23-32-pm-1.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-23-32-pm-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-23-32-pm-1.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-23-32-pm-1.jpg?w=150 150w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-23-32-pm-1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-23-32-pm-1.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 840px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4881" data-attachment-id="4881" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="4881" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1671914676","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.025","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="photo-dec-24-2022-8-44-36-pm-1" data-large-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-44-36-pm-1.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-44-36-pm-1.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-44-36-pm-1.jpg" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-permalink="https://nillfam.com/2023/04/06/bringing-the-blog-back-with-our-yuletide-season/photo-dec-24-2022-8-44-36-pm-1/" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-44-36-pm-1.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-44-36-pm-1.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-44-36-pm-1.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-44-36-pm-1.jpg?w=150 150w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-44-36-pm-1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/photo-dec-24-2022-8-44-36-pm-1.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: block; flex: 1 0 0%; height: 630px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; vertical-align: bottom; width: 840px;" /></figure></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px;">Okay those aren’t in order but again with this new website I have to figure out the functionality and frankly I’m ready to move on. We have a lot to cover! It was a very Merry Christmas Grandma and Grandpa!!</p></div><div aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: 120px;"><br /></div></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-22225639500544381432022-12-08T09:44:00.005-05:002023-08-04T09:50:40.885-04:00<div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">Here we are now, at t</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">he end of the fall, which contains Halloween and Thanksgiving, for the most part.<br /></span>OCTOBER 31 meant a creepy lurking banana (Ashton’s “drippy” costume, whatever that means but it’s what kids say these days), a werewolf boy, and a grandma in a golfcart. </div><ul class="wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; color: #444444; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; list-style: none; margin-block: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;"><li class="wp-block-post post-4809 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-uncategorized" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px;"><div class="entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfTn1dqhMEU5XcNxrswIp_kYMy84ah62cgGdC44tWk69cw4eONln0UFMJUqtLZAkAXtImQU9oDMqt6tgqi7Jlo8oGFMzKwaAjmBhQ2g4Zk1Yr9GiUu-ollPw4PCZGSjzqy0NQi1uA_vQxmoxuFQiF0gtNe4YA4JHTpqmWSz7f97d1bTcLWLvoLGKi/s4032/Photo%20Oct%2031%202022,%205%2027%2010%20PM.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-underline-offset: 0.15em;"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfTn1dqhMEU5XcNxrswIp_kYMy84ah62cgGdC44tWk69cw4eONln0UFMJUqtLZAkAXtImQU9oDMqt6tgqi7Jlo8oGFMzKwaAjmBhQ2g4Zk1Yr9GiUu-ollPw4PCZGSjzqy0NQi1uA_vQxmoxuFQiF0gtNe4YA4JHTpqmWSz7f97d1bTcLWLvoLGKi/w480-h640/Photo%20Oct%2031%202022,%205%2027%2010%20PM.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyKpPeC8niWOg1F5RxbpanBIDYBri8Xrav23RMegzmQPVkt1ZJ5yL1sFuTTHhZ3tWoD7HOx9TPnAMe3jvg28W7AZBQJ9RKjoi_5Zkz8s1YZOFiXhLOzTxbsToWlBz2Dxw1DpktUXSFcVadK7Y8xr5mphaU99dZPSl56zsEI9DclfumUWr8ppeq4Ab/s4032/Photo%20Oct%2031%202022,%205%2044%2035%20PM.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-underline-offset: 0.15em;"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyKpPeC8niWOg1F5RxbpanBIDYBri8Xrav23RMegzmQPVkt1ZJ5yL1sFuTTHhZ3tWoD7HOx9TPnAMe3jvg28W7AZBQJ9RKjoi_5Zkz8s1YZOFiXhLOzTxbsToWlBz2Dxw1DpktUXSFcVadK7Y8xr5mphaU99dZPSl56zsEI9DclfumUWr8ppeq4Ab/w640-h480/Photo%20Oct%2031%202022,%205%2044%2035%20PM.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKtRVauteLsStVSz_B41YyVzJt6oJ247XaofWDzsaBOqSeLZoRCfByMToicRdBhzV2niucIbmyxuuXslVfXiI9AkjUNZtx19QfDq7dbhh3I1wVbzafLqCihK1vWAxbnrQvXFpjsUDPguSUw-6zOpDVny_mK_E8kuR6svhah-TJODmychQYfeWpC-gJ/s4032/Photo%20Oct%2031%202022,%205%2057%2019%20PM.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNoBzJqcHNV0H2exT41tNKyuxzqyv9Y3HlAsDBJetp0P5NVMtf3Qka4okGWd4AQq7xaujjow1fvHR4SecW8CMKD487BNS6lR1Z8y79L6pgE1GfuK2cH1QaD8LkNMFIfezoDdVpvVzVuskhelDrwcYoUmzZ57TaXDA11ZkiHLfrUXblC1fLlLCbc9jn/s2913/Photo%20Oct%2031%202022,%206%2018%2043%20PM.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-underline-offset: 0.15em;"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNoBzJqcHNV0H2exT41tNKyuxzqyv9Y3HlAsDBJetp0P5NVMtf3Qka4okGWd4AQq7xaujjow1fvHR4SecW8CMKD487BNS6lR1Z8y79L6pgE1GfuK2cH1QaD8LkNMFIfezoDdVpvVzVuskhelDrwcYoUmzZ57TaXDA11ZkiHLfrUXblC1fLlLCbc9jn/w640-h570/Photo%20Oct%2031%202022,%206%2018%2043%20PM.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" /></a></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px;">We went around with our usual crew and the golf cart was a huge hit. We played Thriller and any other spooky song we had and rolled the streets with flashing lights and Grandpa at the wheel. We were quite the show! And if you’re asking yourself where on earth did you get a golf cart, well the answer is Brae Burn and it came on a truck.</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuo6-srzFdnZ_5WbY7zLvpO7cLa1JtT-2F2RB8ZIOCeysqIVL7GsYOFJNY_BtoLdRRhOFNPzosngGnkp87H-I3HgtFINHAZ4MaZTW29LgSg29k6r8zJJ7pBBgE2JkAlSTsYg275fcA13SQZOdnroYYstTL0TJS2si87aPSFGd3x-mfTtbEIJrxU47j/s4032/Photo%20Nov%2002%202022,%209%2049%2051%20AM.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-underline-offset: 0.15em;"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuo6-srzFdnZ_5WbY7zLvpO7cLa1JtT-2F2RB8ZIOCeysqIVL7GsYOFJNY_BtoLdRRhOFNPzosngGnkp87H-I3HgtFINHAZ4MaZTW29LgSg29k6r8zJJ7pBBgE2JkAlSTsYg275fcA13SQZOdnroYYstTL0TJS2si87aPSFGd3x-mfTtbEIJrxU47j/w640-h480/Photo%20Nov%2002%202022,%209%2049%2051%20AM.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJe2swWW-e7kL2d1JVJDs3x3jzyjAAV8BJgiR-_zTf9MxKLj72MKNoByLph_JladEI-kw4oajhjB0pZIB37JZc5rC6bvtjxJIJWRsVySCztSGMHqGlux7F1tDGYqMTZFVmAERhS_BdF-gBh08sYqWoQS3pZ5EMtSSdL4D8DjpiVqE2Qk2FajbzxdK/s4032/Photo%20Nov%2002%202022,%2010%2001%2040%20AM.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-underline-offset: 0.15em;"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJe2swWW-e7kL2d1JVJDs3x3jzyjAAV8BJgiR-_zTf9MxKLj72MKNoByLph_JladEI-kw4oajhjB0pZIB37JZc5rC6bvtjxJIJWRsVySCztSGMHqGlux7F1tDGYqMTZFVmAERhS_BdF-gBh08sYqWoQS3pZ5EMtSSdL4D8DjpiVqE2Qk2FajbzxdK/w640-h480/Photo%20Nov%2002%202022,%2010%2001%2040%20AM.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" /></a></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px;">When you’re married to Jason Nill, the wonders never cease.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px;">After Halloween, I turned 42 in a very unexciting way.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4812" data-attachment-id="4812" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1668203935","copyright":"","focal_length":"2.71","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="photo-nov-11-2022-9-58-55-pm" data-large-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-11-2022-9-58-55-pm.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-11-2022-9-58-55-pm.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-11-2022-9-58-55-pm.jpg" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-permalink="https://nillfam.com/2022/12/08/welcome-to-our-new-house/photo-nov-11-2022-9-58-55-pm/" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-11-2022-9-58-55-pm.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-11-2022-9-58-55-pm.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-11-2022-9-58-55-pm.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-11-2022-9-58-55-pm.jpg?w=150 150w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-11-2022-9-58-55-pm.jpg?w=300 300w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-11-2022-9-58-55-pm.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" /></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px;">We had sushi the night before because on the actual November 12 Jason had to work. Sushi not pictured. But I did get to open presents. This is what I generally look like in the morning and it’s only going to get worse.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4816" data-attachment-id="4816" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1668242734","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-34-am" data-large-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-34-am.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-34-am.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-34-am.jpg" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-permalink="https://nillfam.com/2022/12/08/welcome-to-our-new-house/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-34-am/" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-34-am.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-34-am.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-34-am.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-34-am.jpg?w=150 150w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-34-am.jpg?w=300 300w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-34-am.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" /></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4814" data-attachment-id="4814" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1668242742","copyright":"","focal_length":"2.71","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-42-am" data-large-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-42-am.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-42-am.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-42-am.jpg" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-permalink="https://nillfam.com/2022/12/08/welcome-to-our-new-house/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-42-am/" height="630" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" src="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-42-am.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-42-am.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-42-am.jpg?w=840 840w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-42-am.jpg?w=1680 1680w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-42-am.jpg?w=150 150w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-42-am.jpg?w=300 300w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-12-2022-8-45-42-am.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" width="840" /></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px;">But the real big thing was Thanksgiving and for the first time in many years, I don’t have the same pictures to show you because we didn’t host! No we did not, because our house is under construction. We are putting on an addition (about 7-8 weeks from being finished from today, December 8), and our whole property is a mess. I guess I’ll have to blog later about that. But I knew it would be a mess so I told my sister she would just have to host and we packed up the car and headed to Vermont. I actually don’t have many pictures from the weekend but here is our one grownup group shot.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4818" data-attachment-id="4818" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1669308144","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.025","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="photo-nov-24-2022-4-42-24-pm" data-large-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-24-2022-4-42-24-pm.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-24-2022-4-42-24-pm.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-24-2022-4-42-24-pm.jpg" data-orig-size="2504,1806" data-permalink="https://nillfam.com/2022/12/08/welcome-to-our-new-house/photo-nov-24-2022-4-42-24-pm/" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-24-2022-4-42-24-pm.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-24-2022-4-42-24-pm.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-24-2022-4-42-24-pm.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-24-2022-4-42-24-pm.jpg?w=150 150w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-24-2022-4-42-24-pm.jpg?w=300 300w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/photo-nov-24-2022-4-42-24-pm.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" /></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px;">Erik’s friend Cinthya was visiting from Florida so it was fun to meet her, but the surprise hit of the night was Kari’s make ahead gravy. I’d say certain people in the group were a bit nervous because gravy is very important at Thanksgiving and it was AWESOME. It’s Ina’s recipe and will be what we make every year from now on. Big success. Big. HUGE. Thanks Kari and Ben for having us <img alt="🙂" class="emoji" draggable="false" role="img" src="https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/wpcom-smileys/twemoji/2/svg/1f642.svg" style="background: none; border: none; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; height: 1em; margin: 0px 0.07em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: -0.1em; width: 1em;" /> We went to a UVM hockey game and had a great visit.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px;">Chugging along, the weekend after that we went with Ashton’s hockey team, Boch Blazers, to a tournament in Waterville Valley, NH. It was honestly SO fun, and they ended up winning the tournament which was an added bonus.</p><figure class="wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-15 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex" data-carousel-extra="{"blog_id":211974291,"permalink":"https:\/\/nillfam.com\/2022\/12\/08\/welcome-to-our-new-house\/"}" style="--wp--style--unstable-gallery-gap: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) ); align-items: normal; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) ); justify-content: center; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin-bottom: var(--wp--custom--gap--vertical); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="align-self: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; position: relative; width: 840px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4823" data-attachment-id="4823" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="4823" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1670153226","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_3875-1" data-large-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3875-1.jpg?w=601" data-medium-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3875-1.jpg?w=176" data-orig-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3875-1.jpg" data-orig-size="2012,3429" data-permalink="https://nillfam.com/2022/12/08/welcome-to-our-new-house/img_3875-1/" sizes="(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px" src="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3875-1.jpg?w=601" srcset="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3875-1.jpg?w=601 601w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3875-1.jpg?w=1202 1202w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3875-1.jpg?w=88 88w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3875-1.jpg?w=176 176w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3875-1.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: block; flex: 1 0 0%; height: 1431.2px; max-width: 100%; object-fit: cover; vertical-align: bottom; width: 840px;" /></figure></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4824" data-attachment-id="4824" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 Pro Max","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1670153170","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_3873-2" data-large-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3873-2.jpg?w=1024" data-medium-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3873-2.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3873-2.jpg" data-orig-size="3722,2187" data-permalink="https://nillfam.com/2022/12/08/welcome-to-our-new-house/img_3873-2/" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3873-2.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3873-2.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3873-2.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3873-2.jpg?w=150 150w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3873-2.jpg?w=300 300w, https://nillfam.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_3873-2.jpg?w=768 768w" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" /></figure><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-block: 1.5rem 0px;">I have a lot to learn on WordPress but hopefully this is the start of a new era for our little family blog. Stay tuned for our sad Christmas tree, addition details, and all the fixings!</p></div></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-62549536484812070742022-10-31T13:35:00.003-04:002022-10-31T13:35:49.311-04:00It's Fall Ya'll<p>Updates from the Nills! It's been a long time since that summer vacation on my last post, oy. And it's been a VERY busy fall. </p><p>As a point of orientation, Ashton is in 5th grade at Wilson Middle (age 11) and Alex is in 3rd at Lilja still (age 8). Middle school has been a whole other animal - Ashton is so much more independent, has made all sorts of new friends and is really becoming his own person. A lot of the time that means he is a really annoying silly adolescent but hey. He seems very happy and besides needing extra help with reading, is doing fine. Alex on the other hand thinks school is dull and a complete waste of his time. Not unlike Calvin in fact. Two strips that could just as easily be him:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oUr6lxersD1tNSPf51-qqbFNvrPLOv9FjkPnHFRf8glsHcAipFObcCqVABOlW8i8Gxx70FDQH1EPmGW5PxWpXDT3ur-amjsVMQptv2_pjjGiE-HbSHdDbx6mIqIwLuFnXUn_FQx7o8eRb-XJR8lS7Tkkne9epWNIo7jFGDjRs2lXcrnW9469m86J/s606/Capture2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="198" data-original-width="606" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oUr6lxersD1tNSPf51-qqbFNvrPLOv9FjkPnHFRf8glsHcAipFObcCqVABOlW8i8Gxx70FDQH1EPmGW5PxWpXDT3ur-amjsVMQptv2_pjjGiE-HbSHdDbx6mIqIwLuFnXUn_FQx7o8eRb-XJR8lS7Tkkne9epWNIo7jFGDjRs2lXcrnW9469m86J/w640-h210/Capture2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVpSk49uuJ00MS6VGccP7wKaYB56ioF8LVYA4tL6LZRuSqvQXOu9wLgSR0_Ji8NYIlPC0-KL1GkUgD_w4QbpWU111fV-ymeGNxCtqDclg_F4ahoLd_lIXq7zVzPmA7CPNYnhyY5izFCtj3URfG0ebr-kwpCS982b0X4MzBk_3xlC_kizGR1k0_0Kt/s606/Capture.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="606" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVpSk49uuJ00MS6VGccP7wKaYB56ioF8LVYA4tL6LZRuSqvQXOu9wLgSR0_Ji8NYIlPC0-KL1GkUgD_w4QbpWU111fV-ymeGNxCtqDclg_F4ahoLd_lIXq7zVzPmA7CPNYnhyY5izFCtj3URfG0ebr-kwpCS982b0X4MzBk_3xlC_kizGR1k0_0Kt/w640-h208/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>They even have the same hair.<div><br /></div><div>Next, the boys are each on a new hockey team (Boch Blazers/Dedham for Ashton, Assabet Patriots/Concord for Alex). Records aren't great so far, not going to lie. But they do love it which is the most important thing, considering the miles we put on our car and the hours Jason spends getting them to their games (like, in other<i> states</i>). <p>They also each play football. Ashton is one of the stars on his team (even though I've been told a hundred times which position he plays I still couldn't tell you. There are at least 2, one offense, one defense?)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfyNq9aLd_1uUcoiRSVli3C5kBxVdWl0YNLRwFh-NI057rJ18Ph7jlpnMYAduHt1BhbXPIlx_ptoBw_MDQqWYt8W7-EWTndHxHcwkedkOes5YQbSJ0qh_39kww015alYcab3Mm9fAjsa8ScWKflFXxYt5yoJETPsed7QnJ2Ep-3NR1CM4GSLyzBQT/s3360/5th%20Grade%20Football%20-%20Fall%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3360" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfyNq9aLd_1uUcoiRSVli3C5kBxVdWl0YNLRwFh-NI057rJ18Ph7jlpnMYAduHt1BhbXPIlx_ptoBw_MDQqWYt8W7-EWTndHxHcwkedkOes5YQbSJ0qh_39kww015alYcab3Mm9fAjsa8ScWKflFXxYt5yoJETPsed7QnJ2Ep-3NR1CM4GSLyzBQT/w458-h640/5th%20Grade%20Football%20-%20Fall%202022.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyGQb30z5elAr90Ju0Ern8kXJSbd3JTDE5bFimJQ7rAmURGfb09iimRdulaOYQEYWFnZNk8vYiR_s_NSPPFvUXYuRP006wyygB2C3hwYdKvwb7N_vUILag9UIejgiRep64JG3NnS9Jg2UQhiqDLQv1p-GnwhkGrh_v8T7qEc_Ru572pGJbjjQM1RR/s4928/DSC_8166.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4928" data-original-width="3264" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyGQb30z5elAr90Ju0Ern8kXJSbd3JTDE5bFimJQ7rAmURGfb09iimRdulaOYQEYWFnZNk8vYiR_s_NSPPFvUXYuRP006wyygB2C3hwYdKvwb7N_vUILag9UIejgiRep64JG3NnS9Jg2UQhiqDLQv1p-GnwhkGrh_v8T7qEc_Ru572pGJbjjQM1RR/w424-h640/DSC_8166.JPEG" width="424" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbraPt1vB07XRyRSbg0p5KkQkTakMd8mwopSqn1UbukTJBV0hoRNApfePIUo-Hm0XXdDljc8EMXhkPmJ4bWs_YDfAVnnMPFYtbip8l4dXR4mzwwNYBiqhIUrW_Sr_iyIY9yrfmbcXk4Goz9S_iPB3WBxEBmHbmmSaxAytU5biWC2sV_y70hqRbZcxX/s2748/IMG_2560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2748" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbraPt1vB07XRyRSbg0p5KkQkTakMd8mwopSqn1UbukTJBV0hoRNApfePIUo-Hm0XXdDljc8EMXhkPmJ4bWs_YDfAVnnMPFYtbip8l4dXR4mzwwNYBiqhIUrW_Sr_iyIY9yrfmbcXk4Goz9S_iPB3WBxEBmHbmmSaxAytU5biWC2sV_y70hqRbZcxX/w358-h640/IMG_2560.JPG" width="358" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">And Alex, wellllll, Alex's age group is a combined 3/4 team so on the roster, he is probably in the 10th percentile in terms of age and size. He does not like it one bit and definitely won't play next year. Still looks the part though (this was on a professional photographer's instagram page, someone recognized him and sent it to me!)</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbx5cgnPaiEGViqpw5Pmzia3LzHCdN_lTHhZanTDuON6YiJl8pDynhfL4J0--QXwz11rJ5Wir-lTffQQG616iPr5wotEJL3MZO2SH8rEqsz4oQNgpNNrqxH7FuU6OuFEuBessTyhucLiYatNf9a_RzoUomIFFxA5IeR3oW429B2yMMT_y5gowXGfd/s1266/IMG_0769.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="585" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbx5cgnPaiEGViqpw5Pmzia3LzHCdN_lTHhZanTDuON6YiJl8pDynhfL4J0--QXwz11rJ5Wir-lTffQQG616iPr5wotEJL3MZO2SH8rEqsz4oQNgpNNrqxH7FuU6OuFEuBessTyhucLiYatNf9a_RzoUomIFFxA5IeR3oW429B2yMMT_y5gowXGfd/w296-h640/IMG_0769.JPEG" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The biggest news of all though is that the 6 Craft Road Great Improvement Project has begun! I don't think I ever really shared the full story, but it began when we realized we wanted a garage and we wanted one BAD. We hired an architect last summer (and also looked at the idea of just moving to a house that had one, only to be continually outbid by hundreds of thousands). Despite my many protests to the Natick building inspector and the Zoning Board of Appeals ("Ma'am, just because you want to put a garage on your house doesn't mean you can. It doesn't work that way, you don't meet the setback and we won't grant you a variance, so, move on") we knew we had to pivot. At least we could add the spaces we also needed: a gym, an office, and a finished basement for the boys. Here is a <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/8jp5uwmt8514h0w/Addition-Nill%20Residence-compressed.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">link to the plans</a>, if anyone is interested. We went about finding a contractor, waited more than a year, got delayed with stormwater permits and other riff raff, and finally as of today, 10/31, we are ready to pour the foundation. We have a giant hole in the wall and in the ground - I'll take pics as it goes up. We first had to do some masonry to get ready to add the portico though:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;">Before, red brick and big bushes:</span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RyYb8o6NJvsrpVK9DhAjDNnvH7fvsrBgimqR0DUhP-7OS5L_IwJZVNvTg4KD8Lg5kIzyt1RKpQZScPOo73VbEejMSzjf0WL3RvRwfCkoxUlkLGU8HkN9Yh-cidN58aCjgSyvFT67OkK6EIXa_1VeJoytj5dTvjj72shx43w9jOLFbJrhm4G1FL7h/s4032/before%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RyYb8o6NJvsrpVK9DhAjDNnvH7fvsrBgimqR0DUhP-7OS5L_IwJZVNvTg4KD8Lg5kIzyt1RKpQZScPOo73VbEejMSzjf0WL3RvRwfCkoxUlkLGU8HkN9Yh-cidN58aCjgSyvFT67OkK6EIXa_1VeJoytj5dTvjj72shx43w9jOLFbJrhm4G1FL7h/w480-h640/before%201.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kind of after:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4YpjTEABtUg8PQqrYab1ZTNbw7yRWqL1WeyIOoAmqlBpbPoDFkXYtWyK2FprUjiiCkn2JfjFjbi6nwDxVw-c1CKfJHdRy6VUR4kiD5ctYD1Av3dhOvRp51p7Ns4w7CBEeDy6Mr3yJW1ZDT3E6nvMYYknCqGg8ZyD4XofIcbNSk7sQh5e3Elk2xb3/s4032/after%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4YpjTEABtUg8PQqrYab1ZTNbw7yRWqL1WeyIOoAmqlBpbPoDFkXYtWyK2FprUjiiCkn2JfjFjbi6nwDxVw-c1CKfJHdRy6VUR4kiD5ctYD1Av3dhOvRp51p7Ns4w7CBEeDy6Mr3yJW1ZDT3E6nvMYYknCqGg8ZyD4XofIcbNSk7sQh5e3Elk2xb3/w480-h640/after%201.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />We did add some new landscaping (which ended up all getting torched this summer in the heat with the water ban):<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwi2r26GgyT8e5-b2OP8ewvHh7Dopl3l6O99MTDqZB8kCRkE70ZDpO2Krea31j11KYWmbOODOQXMsRg8nAswfbFzaoo6A3Agef3tm2NN3zAxVO5HH_Fgq__JxfWTvANbAHPtS5oDh_jfTlvLgdhvpwuZVE6CmGjfE9j40gypq859c0vNjIABO3duN/s4032/Photo%20May%2027,%203%2013%2057%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwi2r26GgyT8e5-b2OP8ewvHh7Dopl3l6O99MTDqZB8kCRkE70ZDpO2Krea31j11KYWmbOODOQXMsRg8nAswfbFzaoo6A3Agef3tm2NN3zAxVO5HH_Fgq__JxfWTvANbAHPtS5oDh_jfTlvLgdhvpwuZVE6CmGjfE9j40gypq859c0vNjIABO3duN/w640-h480/Photo%20May%2027,%203%2013%2057%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here we are today, for the most part:</div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilT9a-2RtWVoOD0_VYAkA8otwj0YHn7e7GMANDRekf0-2xmBgbokBhIo-mGO6QHnoOpPLOhtN5bRUaTVv1zSAkolXtg6e5Of6E_BZPRR7tyz9ByhNEAasGsMbqAE-5gIWFEmUxgoYzjnmsyMR49ryz-ZJrEA1aHHEjQH8VYyClF8sFLjyMkdR9SAsi/s4032/IMG_2649.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilT9a-2RtWVoOD0_VYAkA8otwj0YHn7e7GMANDRekf0-2xmBgbokBhIo-mGO6QHnoOpPLOhtN5bRUaTVv1zSAkolXtg6e5Of6E_BZPRR7tyz9ByhNEAasGsMbqAE-5gIWFEmUxgoYzjnmsyMR49ryz-ZJrEA1aHHEjQH8VYyClF8sFLjyMkdR9SAsi/w480-h640/IMG_2649.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This project also involved a new front door, new side door, and all new trim on the windows and the mud room. They did a gorgeous job!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX65N_2h_MrxQLlqd9uFPNCPZNzeXh2CRxTvS82c6iVn69JaugCEmo3WLeOTZBvtUmDx9S_-H0nh0-fHP89pc5RXv9CaGzLj3rUVuYL0KgYZNTcW5-FZtJyRjBsdKNM9pN-pzpwwh7uxMbqcTXb1fPf-YVi7y02B4dhaAe8faLnRL3rqzKfAoVvAim/s4032/IMG_2583.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX65N_2h_MrxQLlqd9uFPNCPZNzeXh2CRxTvS82c6iVn69JaugCEmo3WLeOTZBvtUmDx9S_-H0nh0-fHP89pc5RXv9CaGzLj3rUVuYL0KgYZNTcW5-FZtJyRjBsdKNM9pN-pzpwwh7uxMbqcTXb1fPf-YVi7y02B4dhaAe8faLnRL3rqzKfAoVvAim/w480-h640/IMG_2583.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmBBHpCGWkEoKYX_j3tTweIbmO-jBnjISwcxbaGDRV3bFkvgWbyARisS1MjV6XTD7V08ywZmxAwMB56rAjy0dBmBa772qm79QjKi351Qrr5JKWA_S1PJ8mp4Zb3A1MoIRDZzqLPlxuicNwfsxZ-8uhABikjcfswgjdo7bBdPQhutNW9q1-qR695aa/s4032/IMG_2585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmBBHpCGWkEoKYX_j3tTweIbmO-jBnjISwcxbaGDRV3bFkvgWbyARisS1MjV6XTD7V08ywZmxAwMB56rAjy0dBmBa772qm79QjKi351Qrr5JKWA_S1PJ8mp4Zb3A1MoIRDZzqLPlxuicNwfsxZ-8uhABikjcfswgjdo7bBdPQhutNW9q1-qR695aa/w480-h640/IMG_2585.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, small improvements so far. Much bigger impact to follow, as well as Halloween of course (tonight!). The fall has been great, we have had so many family visits and fun events as we march towards my 42nd birthday - eeeek! --- and the holidays. It is my sincere intent to post more frequently and this post is dedicated to KK for reminding me I have readers who are patiently waiting!! ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMQI5_8S_cqrGXZdL96WfQJZlECSNSXOx9ft3720H_0GWZx4GpeC5V8nZY7rHiwAnsJqNJDLTEgeQC2CP6pXw86a2m5fEzMr0j0Y-VCyQ4VNv_XF47NHFjFZcyh7hvqlrVslsAm0NKy8q_rAXijW8Adgg0JW1g5WfzV35zl3U3BkICFSH7ScRGvlX/s2953/fam%20pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2270" data-original-width="2953" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMQI5_8S_cqrGXZdL96WfQJZlECSNSXOx9ft3720H_0GWZx4GpeC5V8nZY7rHiwAnsJqNJDLTEgeQC2CP6pXw86a2m5fEzMr0j0Y-VCyQ4VNv_XF47NHFjFZcyh7hvqlrVslsAm0NKy8q_rAXijW8Adgg0JW1g5WfzV35zl3U3BkICFSH7ScRGvlX/w640-h492/fam%20pic.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-43941719677388787412022-08-25T12:51:00.004-04:002022-08-25T12:51:57.369-04:00Block Island 2022!<p> Well Blogland, it's been a minute! I can't tell you how many posts I've started, only to get overwhelmed at simply how much there is in our life to share, so I don't end up sharing any of it hahaha because I just say the heck with it.</p><p>BUT, our annual summer vacation this year was back on Block Island (for the first time since <a href="http://anewnill.blogspot.com/2018/08/summer-week-on-block.html" target="_blank">2018</a>) and it was epic. The group was mostly the same, with taller kids and older adults. We were all SO happy to be back that we made sure to get lots of photos of ourselves.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8kTmkK3bT2xAcFi5ylLrdXr661D4bQxnlU4EQsGVn47Z-slXVhwweSyUXIc3kqdvGmxhJj9pKVV8BUhteqaGOBL9j2pt3flJPX46LQZJmaaCOfZevOKMyL8f-gYtbM235q6ClPxmrEWcX6A-M5A_tqtYv1_9vCKpX5v6yi-YuKYljlYenUdK31hJ/s2049/Photo%20Aug%2001,%207%2049%2026%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2049" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8kTmkK3bT2xAcFi5ylLrdXr661D4bQxnlU4EQsGVn47Z-slXVhwweSyUXIc3kqdvGmxhJj9pKVV8BUhteqaGOBL9j2pt3flJPX46LQZJmaaCOfZevOKMyL8f-gYtbM235q6ClPxmrEWcX6A-M5A_tqtYv1_9vCKpX5v6yi-YuKYljlYenUdK31hJ/w640-h480/Photo%20Aug%2001,%207%2049%2026%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FBafwsNeqYEZfkFFtKzaix9I7R2rX_C0vdd5NWH_STqcTsDBWf62P812bbY5fLhDH7Kiv5xbvjiHlrdnfYIBFKXkdYiNkh3LEVSGTjktydM6jr5k6Ci5sF25KAEtDZdxGdmhO-pHT6x2SVZPomv56Fqf5xv8X62fhyHCKgOPwkyqvt5G8VAO61_W/s2049/Photo%20Jul%2030,%207%2038%2053%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FBafwsNeqYEZfkFFtKzaix9I7R2rX_C0vdd5NWH_STqcTsDBWf62P812bbY5fLhDH7Kiv5xbvjiHlrdnfYIBFKXkdYiNkh3LEVSGTjktydM6jr5k6Ci5sF25KAEtDZdxGdmhO-pHT6x2SVZPomv56Fqf5xv8X62fhyHCKgOPwkyqvt5G8VAO61_W/w640-h480/Photo%20Jul%2030,%207%2038%2053%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9lgetS2kHGrVyihgmgY0Iv_zvxHj6jlQx_xB3TiuDtz9NADM5KgH8Upy_tCwpwNE81h3BWlnIZ_Xri58awjIah5mAVj9eyrJswoFK9ZN6XmRu5vYAqnXRy9s3QVy2sgH9uEvy6OPHX8rjshypE42IjlDzhNLByvcMcYW9-waWfQqFDtZgUFU814G/s1467/Photo%20Aug%2002,%202%2027%2020%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1467" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9lgetS2kHGrVyihgmgY0Iv_zvxHj6jlQx_xB3TiuDtz9NADM5KgH8Upy_tCwpwNE81h3BWlnIZ_Xri58awjIah5mAVj9eyrJswoFK9ZN6XmRu5vYAqnXRy9s3QVy2sgH9uEvy6OPHX8rjshypE42IjlDzhNLByvcMcYW9-waWfQqFDtZgUFU814G/w640-h480/Photo%20Aug%2002,%202%2027%2020%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2PJeBAd1u0XHMj5EQL5fPDd9TOJTsXEtFRubI1lJlbFJRVjferyDYF_U2uPugaibVLDtrXpJQiRs9dxnxkFRluWrm1IhJLVktC2-rWZBT6Xql-v_9SecjXckzQKanaQNvi9aF1qLqdAgCRyKo73-gpS_iATk6kq7coJWmzRwvjD19DhPmOu0kYxu0/s2049/Photo%20Jul%2031,%2012%2054%2055%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2PJeBAd1u0XHMj5EQL5fPDd9TOJTsXEtFRubI1lJlbFJRVjferyDYF_U2uPugaibVLDtrXpJQiRs9dxnxkFRluWrm1IhJLVktC2-rWZBT6Xql-v_9SecjXckzQKanaQNvi9aF1qLqdAgCRyKo73-gpS_iATk6kq7coJWmzRwvjD19DhPmOu0kYxu0/w640-h480/Photo%20Jul%2031,%2012%2054%2055%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIZag15H-RDnvKbp96mqIqmps_iZ9LsnAc_KspfT4Y4GkVCEPy5pip9laxaBMo2zpNibcpPAfZ4Lz0buXwLUlt1PGj6cz1Wqo6NNli0V4N2gy3Z_kpSgukYIyoJD8TXVuKcDJnLDtyWN2t1E8ckX5CDE_ilaHws2Ag-nKUYJi1E5LIUPEvUd6W3mJ/s2049/Photo%20Aug%2005,%206%2037%2030%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpIZag15H-RDnvKbp96mqIqmps_iZ9LsnAc_KspfT4Y4GkVCEPy5pip9laxaBMo2zpNibcpPAfZ4Lz0buXwLUlt1PGj6cz1Wqo6NNli0V4N2gy3Z_kpSgukYIyoJD8TXVuKcDJnLDtyWN2t1E8ckX5CDE_ilaHws2Ag-nKUYJi1E5LIUPEvUd6W3mJ/w640-h480/Photo%20Aug%2005,%206%2037%2030%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Every year we go we are in a different house and this year was <a href="https://www.vrbo.com/453683" target="_blank">Island Adventure</a> which served us pretty well. There was a huge front lawn that we used to play all kinds of games and the kids even set off rockets. (Tell me <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/V5EG9kyh4co?feature=share" target="_blank">this video</a> is not the most joyous children's voices you've ever heard.)</p><p>We managed to get to the beach every day, go out to dinner, shop, moped, fish, etc. But first: Bloody Marys on the boat!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFywqgkPtvZCka2eG_zoQaTS6rVc7q8Y1yajh-2BTGx9LE_TlHBa2GRGaW-KUL-LGesxVIIuNhY0sNVYbE-iuHoyGfiRuI2Hp9VzGu1Tf8Quk-o4mqg6IwGqCeUWB4ApyhE2NvUMc0ivIGtKcUVjTbtyCdRXdB3Ti3y-_BTAgbeMWmroh5D-xmfPnC/s2049/Photo%20Jul%2030,%208%2029%2034%20AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFywqgkPtvZCka2eG_zoQaTS6rVc7q8Y1yajh-2BTGx9LE_TlHBa2GRGaW-KUL-LGesxVIIuNhY0sNVYbE-iuHoyGfiRuI2Hp9VzGu1Tf8Quk-o4mqg6IwGqCeUWB4ApyhE2NvUMc0ivIGtKcUVjTbtyCdRXdB3Ti3y-_BTAgbeMWmroh5D-xmfPnC/w480-h640/Photo%20Jul%2030,%208%2029%2034%20AM.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">And then, all the activities! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">And us girls stayed home to do our nails. EQUALLY as exciting if you ask me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuv94WNiNSFmN5WQY0F-4u-haPMHwKRtcTpXfVOdTYniwS1wQzxZswBAl4laNC5L2q-Qyit6blKdgMrMIiSO5rKSF9Yq8_jQ5bacWehwxLaW7Qk4n8nxIK3p3tZWHE2-jxaWShtGDTUdaIf0PhVIGE6vlbASK_gn36xPWocJRMqa6wviRNh3IpUwGC/s2049/Photo%20Aug%2001,%2011%2043%2054%20AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuv94WNiNSFmN5WQY0F-4u-haPMHwKRtcTpXfVOdTYniwS1wQzxZswBAl4laNC5L2q-Qyit6blKdgMrMIiSO5rKSF9Yq8_jQ5bacWehwxLaW7Qk4n8nxIK3p3tZWHE2-jxaWShtGDTUdaIf0PhVIGE6vlbASK_gn36xPWocJRMqa6wviRNh3IpUwGC/w640-h480/Photo%20Aug%2001,%2011%2043%2054%20AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fun fact: Ashton ended up catching the biggest fluke of the summer at 28.5". We submitted it to the Block Island Times and they published him!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blockislandtimes.com/article/letters-editor-huge-fluke/61188">https://www.blockislandtimes.com/article/letters-editor-huge-fluke/61188</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So they caught a porgie, the fluke, and tons of sea bass and we ate it all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-9UePKG0hFnbcojbURWRWPqbPqE_6cqkKEkxeCuzgkciuxQ-b5J-E4EV6zMY7Dr3sVv96WqyUCIFBQWDcLcGn2EGbGAmhzomyhck2YUdzBiisfgU9G-x_X7oS-DYOoC0QezsFzBWBtzylkWZR_-PBvYMemWtxcwF8wWXkWkMUnjhJilZU1zC9Gv1/s2049/Photo%20Aug%2001,%207%2001%2010%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Callie turned 8 on 8/2:</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUIlg03iZD2tiSmQ3eNZkRGceqNDOUT5zbSShlFOxzPZyoTeU0d4JQdncVos0eQyPs6xq5_Q-QP9ylIdoMDv4_i_XOW1Of7gkEY9Kl_SQi7kSGFmnY1JCBH81NVMpOzDOyr43SZXeff0cnO6W5JEMVHcns6Es1Qkf0Qr20uzgTfab7JNm_zktx1j7/s2049/Photo%20Aug%2002,%206%2057%2050%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUIlg03iZD2tiSmQ3eNZkRGceqNDOUT5zbSShlFOxzPZyoTeU0d4JQdncVos0eQyPs6xq5_Q-QP9ylIdoMDv4_i_XOW1Of7gkEY9Kl_SQi7kSGFmnY1JCBH81NVMpOzDOyr43SZXeff0cnO6W5JEMVHcns6Es1Qkf0Qr20uzgTfab7JNm_zktx1j7/w640-h480/Photo%20Aug%2002,%206%2057%2050%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAtIEgAb53rrNXj-GHDR5ryt7K9YE7cKMZ3LWEdymO1dnvcfYeML1uxcaH_FqTuu76ht10TySdNTT3hLh4rgYaKam6zuD0o3pwByKMkYMDrZBFySvtXoAl6XKr9OBDJV1q4raQVw4P72mOFwupyci7jkjvjZJpPKyKEb-jwp3IKxUIfea_-aLDIBt/s2049/Photo%20Aug%2002,%207%2031%2037%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAtIEgAb53rrNXj-GHDR5ryt7K9YE7cKMZ3LWEdymO1dnvcfYeML1uxcaH_FqTuu76ht10TySdNTT3hLh4rgYaKam6zuD0o3pwByKMkYMDrZBFySvtXoAl6XKr9OBDJV1q4raQVw4P72mOFwupyci7jkjvjZJpPKyKEb-jwp3IKxUIfea_-aLDIBt/w480-h640/Photo%20Aug%2002,%207%2031%2037%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8cAGeeyERYTZBN6FIs-a1OfK6LoAuT4wEVLxP9iQN9zYbu3SCMJ5MT6VbPio-__db5dWv2AKCP0GsWceHK6t0ATE0NIWOoAiGFV5gLJz48Hapk94ZMljQW1J8QQbhSQ8YUvCNnax3LTtaU3i9_WqJ_qJaghLFK0k1Vbx7hJ1HAxWl69NC6NTKX6D/s2049/IMG_8682.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8cAGeeyERYTZBN6FIs-a1OfK6LoAuT4wEVLxP9iQN9zYbu3SCMJ5MT6VbPio-__db5dWv2AKCP0GsWceHK6t0ATE0NIWOoAiGFV5gLJz48Hapk94ZMljQW1J8QQbhSQ8YUvCNnax3LTtaU3i9_WqJ_qJaghLFK0k1Vbx7hJ1HAxWl69NC6NTKX6D/w480-h640/IMG_8682.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiii4b20tw30rHQinvP2SPQxlSr_GCv1734tpPXuFWZNvQfcck0IGjwZ9dq64krXpJ8mmtMrttRrARmfBUkiTyK0ZvrXvDEUIr5jq-sidLeQ5nH3jxsrt1nvxPuPYITiW5napcMQ928F5B0AVLvAj8pngK2F5DjvyEScDFVAzPAcFHCMype6hkDOQD/s2049/Photo%20Aug%2002,%208%2023%2048%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiii4b20tw30rHQinvP2SPQxlSr_GCv1734tpPXuFWZNvQfcck0IGjwZ9dq64krXpJ8mmtMrttRrARmfBUkiTyK0ZvrXvDEUIr5jq-sidLeQ5nH3jxsrt1nvxPuPYITiW5napcMQ928F5B0AVLvAj8pngK2F5DjvyEScDFVAzPAcFHCMype6hkDOQD/w480-h640/Photo%20Aug%2002,%208%2023%2048%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />And then Ashton turned 11 on 8/3. 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There are hundreds of handmade glass orbs hidden around the island: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/style/orbivores-block-island.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/style/orbivores-block-island.html</a> <div>When the NY Times has written about it you know it's legit.</div><div>ANYWAY, Erik announced one morning at the beach that he was leaving and going to search for an orb. We were like umm yep good luck, good luck, bye.</div><div><br /></div><div>Two hours later, we all receive a group text:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkU1lOPLZNn5RCqJ5McP0_L5kRmIfprJ4Joc1CT26rGr3LWlV1tSokrsCTHkivHiD98EB4d2LjBiADmN6cloqnLdpZAbOi54IH86FfIS1TGvK5z0bnwM3H5PUvmUrDvvJvDAsm5UCogYB_osHkn0ZgTqGFjId7JYq40SYewSjSQ_GqpTZZEHUb1vV/s2049/File%20Aug%2006,%2010%2011%2046%20PM.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkU1lOPLZNn5RCqJ5McP0_L5kRmIfprJ4Joc1CT26rGr3LWlV1tSokrsCTHkivHiD98EB4d2LjBiADmN6cloqnLdpZAbOi54IH86FfIS1TGvK5z0bnwM3H5PUvmUrDvvJvDAsm5UCogYB_osHkn0ZgTqGFjId7JYq40SYewSjSQ_GqpTZZEHUb1vV/w300-h400/File%20Aug%2006,%2010%2011%2046%20PM.heic" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And of course were like NO WAYYYY!!!! Readers, these orbs are beautiful. They are all stamped and dated and have a Block Island etched on the bottom.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaN8ItxOFsihd1gaMwCwGM4JyotVn68-s9QKHYOsUiw9SPQgLNPxURCD0ZlwDhRhBzGypU2Kkv1Ed13L-Tt2VIyPo8Yxo9ROouAXBDxcS3JtnpI5UzFI5x1UIcnBRf_UdgphsFCeaVz1Jc5M4W-LGpPjEQF2vRGH03Dtb4BkSfuJkFmng0lOS2ry78/s2049/Photo%20Aug%2004,%206%2013%2045%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaN8ItxOFsihd1gaMwCwGM4JyotVn68-s9QKHYOsUiw9SPQgLNPxURCD0ZlwDhRhBzGypU2Kkv1Ed13L-Tt2VIyPo8Yxo9ROouAXBDxcS3JtnpI5UzFI5x1UIcnBRf_UdgphsFCeaVz1Jc5M4W-LGpPjEQF2vRGH03Dtb4BkSfuJkFmng0lOS2ry78/w640-h480/Photo%20Aug%2004,%206%2013%2045%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And Erik found one! He's number 529 on the 2022 list: <a href="https://www.blockislandinfo.com/glass-float-project/found-floats">https://www.blockislandinfo.com/glass-float-project/found-floats</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>It was the coolest. And of course Ashton was drooling over it, he's totally into this kind of thing. He and Erik went out at 6 am for a walk the next day to try and find another, and Jason and I took the kids for a few walks to keep looking, but alas. <br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotawXf3zhb3rW9qHdqh3soraeAC3DJYFbflz8wU-olpGQibIzkRKyMjUZ8HwkF0wtjhE5OpzLJDfLZaGepqNUzIswmgaQUgC2ME0oVXrPU7oZM2wNnw-7xpF1lEHzo3qkEy7hE4G2aupfQP1zLIqdZFeoXuN-nrxUSsmM5KE056lRAbzqU9TIaeW1/s2049/IMG_2449.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotawXf3zhb3rW9qHdqh3soraeAC3DJYFbflz8wU-olpGQibIzkRKyMjUZ8HwkF0wtjhE5OpzLJDfLZaGepqNUzIswmgaQUgC2ME0oVXrPU7oZM2wNnw-7xpF1lEHzo3qkEy7hE4G2aupfQP1zLIqdZFeoXuN-nrxUSsmM5KE056lRAbzqU9TIaeW1/w480-h640/IMG_2449.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_fO3foBKQaqXXCCO6KeWL5mxSu4L9vQszoxXYjC9rC2StqweommPcoKtrXxYson2kpf4HvaSOZpDqpSolHv0xK_qPTm7UZxeCxIjVHJB-AZxJ5z3x2XNKtyzmXslepksy5TmG9C6r_uYb-uj3wKPaIG4yQlj9K7Gip42W3qVyzfAqKZXF9Dw1o_x/s2049/Photo%20Aug%2005,%2011%2007%2012%20AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_fO3foBKQaqXXCCO6KeWL5mxSu4L9vQszoxXYjC9rC2StqweommPcoKtrXxYson2kpf4HvaSOZpDqpSolHv0xK_qPTm7UZxeCxIjVHJB-AZxJ5z3x2XNKtyzmXslepksy5TmG9C6r_uYb-uj3wKPaIG4yQlj9K7Gip42W3qVyzfAqKZXF9Dw1o_x/w640-h480/Photo%20Aug%2005,%2011%2007%2012%20AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The wonders of BI never cease. Of course by the end we were all plotting how we could get a house there someday, it is that magical for us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the last day, it was just us the Nills left until the afternoon. We went to Ballard's Beach Club, Rebecca's for lunch, and set sail. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMteYxAdMbQ1oz6ESe-hYmVfqF_Ipn-UnuCFpzIdA4smz_9UaT8hOSSTDz66XIOEJACJ18MaNe116nO767xaaBFFsReP73p9IgHnZyZ3BM88kepHZgUBrhb5X4pD-9eQrQOsKaEQmvexoSi-mdL6BgDE0GpA9XwPAYLmf-SNUEejtbQ0SwYKcBJnVd/s2049/Photo%20Aug%2006,%202%2011%2026%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMteYxAdMbQ1oz6ESe-hYmVfqF_Ipn-UnuCFpzIdA4smz_9UaT8hOSSTDz66XIOEJACJ18MaNe116nO767xaaBFFsReP73p9IgHnZyZ3BM88kepHZgUBrhb5X4pD-9eQrQOsKaEQmvexoSi-mdL6BgDE0GpA9XwPAYLmf-SNUEejtbQ0SwYKcBJnVd/w480-h640/Photo%20Aug%2006,%202%2011%2026%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2OI4QTebqfsbtGd7Uy3PH9qfmaT_SWfHqXdep14R6ISz78-aWwsBbeLrZGcbve57G2VySedfxT50J5tCpPr--dzgv8QoRQKyps8-L8_ubCVViVMpHRS0Ink4e9vpdLMD02DFA8lyzIyiuw3C4J7KtJjUlnjO1_ZOnMf94JkRKw7IJc6xGpGA-QCW/s2049/Photo%20Aug%2006,%2011%2000%2036%20AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2OI4QTebqfsbtGd7Uy3PH9qfmaT_SWfHqXdep14R6ISz78-aWwsBbeLrZGcbve57G2VySedfxT50J5tCpPr--dzgv8QoRQKyps8-L8_ubCVViVMpHRS0Ink4e9vpdLMD02DFA8lyzIyiuw3C4J7KtJjUlnjO1_ZOnMf94JkRKw7IJc6xGpGA-QCW/w480-h640/Photo%20Aug%2006,%2011%2000%2036%20AM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQR-HnNCKvto8SrhHKBk9sB_4eZe6guGd0jddKsO3DSzSfJuOLIjORzvWO4efthkVjD6wzG5_9o9Apivr3HCqK6_F3HC5WDLl6UvSoyGjGz9H39iE0gejwWqSjph6sgiPzDu5ocBZFyCjPFZ9uFQBrm2Ea9R4EOT70AarPnRpzbguRZdVGMMBPX-vY/s2049/IMG_2526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQR-HnNCKvto8SrhHKBk9sB_4eZe6guGd0jddKsO3DSzSfJuOLIjORzvWO4efthkVjD6wzG5_9o9Apivr3HCqK6_F3HC5WDLl6UvSoyGjGz9H39iE0gejwWqSjph6sgiPzDu5ocBZFyCjPFZ9uFQBrm2Ea9R4EOT70AarPnRpzbguRZdVGMMBPX-vY/w640-h480/IMG_2526.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9iGf0aonIoadU261PMudICsDorIDrqbDJSOiFN9uxXZzomTm4gQ-XsGfBhs2GTb_tWle5tQzw21_F_zrjdxnxtJ_cobo1CAHtuJZm2_anseAP6pJIXwBdQ0H2EqXOtJgSaVmbhg1nIXC4t5KJ2k_EvuagGsNcNZHNAIRADnjzAXhJMv5uTk2hpaA/s2049/Photo%20Aug%2006,%203%2008%2011%20PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9iGf0aonIoadU261PMudICsDorIDrqbDJSOiFN9uxXZzomTm4gQ-XsGfBhs2GTb_tWle5tQzw21_F_zrjdxnxtJ_cobo1CAHtuJZm2_anseAP6pJIXwBdQ0H2EqXOtJgSaVmbhg1nIXC4t5KJ2k_EvuagGsNcNZHNAIRADnjzAXhJMv5uTk2hpaA/w640-h480/Photo%20Aug%2006,%203%2008%2011%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To GG, Erik, Kari, Ben, Callie, Holden, Grandma and Grandpa: thanks for sharing the sun and sand with us for a week in our favorite place. It is always the BEST!! xoxoxox </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-79227637752039441262022-05-25T11:32:00.003-04:002022-05-25T11:42:27.444-04:00Ashton knows<p>There have certainly been many, many bloggable events since Alex's birthday. The boys accepted offers for their club hockey teams next year and played in the parity rounds, lacrosse has been going great, we re-did our front walkway and landscaping, the boys got their boosters, Alex had his first communion, and so on. I've been super busy with the PTO and am elbow deep in planning the carnival that we are hosting on June 5th. But nothing has stopped me enough to write a blog post until yesterday's major moment. </p><p>Ashton came home from school yesterday having lost a tooth, for the first time in a few years actually (his 9th, to be precise, and I didn't even know it was loose!). I said Oooo the tooth fairy is coming tonight! And we moved on with our day.</p><p>Cut to bed time. The lights are off and I'm tucking him in. Ashton had the little box with his tooth in it in his hand. I was kissing him goodnight and he said "I'm going to hide my tooth. I'm going to pick a really tricky place and if the tooth fairy is real, she'll know where it is. She'll be able to find it no matter what." </p><p>I have to say, I was a little panicked. What was I going to do - comb through his room in the dark at 11 pm trying to find this little thing? It didn't seem likely that I would. I didn't respond right away and Ashton said "Will she be able to find it? She'll find it if she's real right?"</p><p>"Do you think she's real? What do you think?"</p><p>[pause]</p><p>"I think the tooth fairy is you."</p><p>And we just looked at each other and I knew it was the right time. I said, "You're right honey, I am." And he responded by hugging me. I could have melted. And then he said "What about the easter bunny? You know there were a lot of things this year that had me wondering. Like, I saw Ariane hiding the eggs for Ainsleigh in her yard. The Easter Bunny is supposed to do that but maybe Ariane is the Easter Bunny for Ainsleigh. Are you the Easter Bunny for us?"</p><p>"Yes I am."</p><p>"Okay." [thinks] "You know, my biggest question is about Santa. And Pete. Are you Santa?"</p><p>[pause - ahhhh!]</p><p>"Yes honey, me and Daddy are."</p><p>"You move Pete every night?"</p><p>"Yes."</p><p>"Where is he right now?"</p><p>"Oh, well sweetie he is in the basement with all the Christmas stuff."</p><p>His eyes opened so wide, like he could hardly consider this a possibility.</p><p>"All those years, when we weren't supposed to touch him, I never did Mommy. But I could have?"</p><p>"You could have."</p><p>"And nothing would have happened!"</p><p>"Nope."</p><p>"WOW..." and he smiled really big. "I can't wait to hold him! Wow, Pete! Really, wow!"</p><p>It was the sweetest conversation. I told him the truth about everything. Surprisingly Pete was the biggest focus. "So Pete doesn't bring us pajamas, you do?" "The notes Pete left, you wrote those?" "When Pete didn't move a couple of times, you just forgot?" He's very beloved in our house :) He asked about how I did this photo from <a href="http://anewnill.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-covid-christmas.html" target="_blank">two Christmasses ago</a>: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpWyImwkaqedm2BgUu7g-YmD8YpbiQgQ_84TNYzwjeGTqta9UoPMQsy6sp_Yite9EuuvlLyhdUVojuQV4ruRFgV1e6IOpQpeP4FY4qc9d3VxiWcZ2wH6fWiuMCIdsa7lvMnqZp5eYL8IQ3_uu5fVsOrBIq9PFm9xCVw9eZnWW-roQOmL36PpBhh4X/s640/Capture.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="640" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpWyImwkaqedm2BgUu7g-YmD8YpbiQgQ_84TNYzwjeGTqta9UoPMQsy6sp_Yite9EuuvlLyhdUVojuQV4ruRFgV1e6IOpQpeP4FY4qc9d3VxiWcZ2wH6fWiuMCIdsa7lvMnqZp5eYL8IQ3_uu5fVsOrBIq9PFm9xCVw9eZnWW-roQOmL36PpBhh4X/w640-h452/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>And I told him. He smiled. And hugged me again.</p><p>"So, the tooth fairy, the Easter Bunny, and Pete. And Santa. Wow." and then, "Wait. Thanksgiving is just Thanksgiving right? There's nothing to know about that is there? That's just great on its own?" </p><p>"Yes, Thanksgiving is great on its own."</p><p>We kept talking, about how Alex didn't know and so many other kids don't know, (meanwhile Alex is SHOUTING from his bedroom that I hadn't kissed him goodnight yet and what was I DOING in Ashton's room for so long) and I whispered to Ashton that he was on our team now to keep the secret. He liked this very much. I said there is so much magic, just because Santa isn't real doesn't make Christmas any less special. Christmas will still be a wonderful time, and you can help! He said, "Oh I'm going to use Pete to play so many tricks on Alex! I have so many ideas, it's going to be great!" </p><p>He just kept sighing, and smiling and shaking his head, and telling me a few stories about how he found Santa's wrapping paper and tags, how he saw a present that Alex ended up getting from Santa, etc. So, he knew in his heart but I think wasn't ready to truly find out until that moment last night. It was something I will never forget - a rite of passage in every child's life.</p><p>Of course, the tooth fairy did still come. I knew Alex would ask and I didn't want Ashton to feel entirely grown up. But there are, of course, some secrets parents keep to themselves ;)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSPm4Uzn2YzQ3nyx806yaM5RZ_75HN79i24px2lKicU62LFbEAnxY1fnV2fr9LpMYUXj5U4XLUWmnRy3k3uWr3EkQNDm8GbryedKUZtYpEml5wI7qVsoZAsUrk70ig3eevd2aenfyp3NZ8tN_DGxrb5CMmvxF8g1bhTbuS6AKLLg9SXGmRge60_LU/s1424/Screenshot%202022-05-25%20at%2011.25.35%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSPm4Uzn2YzQ3nyx806yaM5RZ_75HN79i24px2lKicU62LFbEAnxY1fnV2fr9LpMYUXj5U4XLUWmnRy3k3uWr3EkQNDm8GbryedKUZtYpEml5wI7qVsoZAsUrk70ig3eevd2aenfyp3NZ8tN_DGxrb5CMmvxF8g1bhTbuS6AKLLg9SXGmRge60_LU/w526-h640/Screenshot%202022-05-25%20at%2011.25.35%20AM.png" width="526" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-82628961396811705382022-03-31T11:30:00.004-04:002022-04-01T08:35:29.352-04:00Alexander (the great) is 8!<p>My my, Alex is eight years old. He's got a mouth full of holes, a chipped tooth, and his most defining characteristic continues to be his hair. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwLiUhOKYGp2N9K2rUC5I-ZAtn5SjvWAh3IjQ_wVW4kwaPEExa5e11Re9V6Ce3jIdnZuMLegqIXh40Y8kpH0JVQ1CDEzdxIvE1V9YEC7yGgLK1forUmwTizuS9wIC0B5LqTgsPWN_2r49mbxUlouBRLz9fx8JOgRWTqenCj7Hv29PS3VLleI5Qtad/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2007,%203%2013%2028%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwLiUhOKYGp2N9K2rUC5I-ZAtn5SjvWAh3IjQ_wVW4kwaPEExa5e11Re9V6Ce3jIdnZuMLegqIXh40Y8kpH0JVQ1CDEzdxIvE1V9YEC7yGgLK1forUmwTizuS9wIC0B5LqTgsPWN_2r49mbxUlouBRLz9fx8JOgRWTqenCj7Hv29PS3VLleI5Qtad/w480-h640/Photo%20Mar%2007,%203%2013%2028%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgniK7i8IVhKZeiZURnh9Bpk95HYe3vazCwWJNnUZ14_HWBfV_XWiVWPQ6USs41HjN77X3Pu4VDmdCHAJ7BkH6INAMQO9f4_ThI-UsHkJMw-VhymLf3xWEfQ9isZFuE8z7W8aXNiMgGUgEE7Io1dFZW1mk-QPkoTJaWx-yUK2O3u6R85IULqkazU93G/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2007,%203%2013%2033%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgniK7i8IVhKZeiZURnh9Bpk95HYe3vazCwWJNnUZ14_HWBfV_XWiVWPQ6USs41HjN77X3Pu4VDmdCHAJ7BkH6INAMQO9f4_ThI-UsHkJMw-VhymLf3xWEfQ9isZFuE8z7W8aXNiMgGUgEE7Io1dFZW1mk-QPkoTJaWx-yUK2O3u6R85IULqkazU93G/w480-h640/Photo%20Mar%2007,%203%2013%2033%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Affectionately known (not by me) as the "mohawk mullet". </p><p>So what do we say about Alex. For starters, he is probably the smartest person in our family. It does not make him nice. In fact Alex is kind of edgy and has quite the temper and attitude. In the mornings, I never know what side of the bed he is going to get up on (one time he claimed he was up all night. He said "You know, the closest I got to sleeping was <i>blinking</i>, Mommy" and stated that he should probably have a later bedtime. Ha! I don't think so.). </p><p>How about another example? Sure. So not long ago I stopped and got donuts. They were out of the kind Alex likes (strawberry frosted) so I purchased a regular glazed. When he arrived home from hockey, I gave it to him and held my breath. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NtgfRmLtss" target="_blank">Here's what happened</a>.</p><p>Anyway, as Alex is more touchy than I would like, I got him a punching bag for his birthday thinking it would help LOL.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHkaEy_zj3KJ6W6Py8SbfZqP6Jjl_quY4wVO4tgkjM_c5gcfZD9SAQeM1ZRcebmF_2NhjLzmLChEGl6SvsxnLluf4380ObJDKYGrJN_o88yaJKwEBNVagnjaXdpWFEsPSCpZ-lKgx1hnv95eLid-1X6XCb9EzgSJj7KOMe7EK67xKqR9kCI23shkq/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2017,%208%2043%2028%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHkaEy_zj3KJ6W6Py8SbfZqP6Jjl_quY4wVO4tgkjM_c5gcfZD9SAQeM1ZRcebmF_2NhjLzmLChEGl6SvsxnLluf4380ObJDKYGrJN_o88yaJKwEBNVagnjaXdpWFEsPSCpZ-lKgx1hnv95eLid-1X6XCb9EzgSJj7KOMe7EK67xKqR9kCI23shkq/w480-h640/Photo%20Mar%2017,%208%2043%2028%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3q72HS8a2Axy_ntE2LudJh7RoxfC3HbkykEZr7XZjV92IVsRyoUxGZND8jccQvqD9u2UUVqtCeZgVyYhabh1hSwphd5HI-OKk_gzfnyW_OtYgnqeoW7aJ3SkJrFhr5bKvP9Y3_Mrg84m1AWr-6slyvl3rVWfy6vxIMTCd_MisF0jCBOeoQRVehjQ/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2017,%208%2043%2031%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3q72HS8a2Axy_ntE2LudJh7RoxfC3HbkykEZr7XZjV92IVsRyoUxGZND8jccQvqD9u2UUVqtCeZgVyYhabh1hSwphd5HI-OKk_gzfnyW_OtYgnqeoW7aJ3SkJrFhr5bKvP9Y3_Mrg84m1AWr-6slyvl3rVWfy6vxIMTCd_MisF0jCBOeoQRVehjQ/w480-h640/Photo%20Mar%2017,%208%2043%2031%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvN1ryNdvf4BaA_5a7PqfyrEogToRpBqFY6nbGhBbJ9W3lF-aULcrlcXuAHnbcYa--0TO4eeVxI9FrnRQMlBYijCQvowbYng2rapeF_hXAodgph0E2U9l3dzzgK_qPHFjMUOd_jwx6rTHUORsldsxKGdgUhwwXoA0QAQ_6JMPzHFD5-6GqmxCimLCS/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2017,%208%2043%2034%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvN1ryNdvf4BaA_5a7PqfyrEogToRpBqFY6nbGhBbJ9W3lF-aULcrlcXuAHnbcYa--0TO4eeVxI9FrnRQMlBYijCQvowbYng2rapeF_hXAodgph0E2U9l3dzzgK_qPHFjMUOd_jwx6rTHUORsldsxKGdgUhwwXoA0QAQ_6JMPzHFD5-6GqmxCimLCS/w480-h640/Photo%20Mar%2017,%208%2043%2034%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Temper aside, he was very excited about the gloves :)</p><p>When Alex isn't stomping around, he's actually quite funny. And sarcastic. He thinks nothing of telling adults what the real deal is and can make a joke out of anything. His teacher is his hero and probably the one person he reveres besides himself and his grandparents. Alex is quite the showman too and for this personality trait I got him a microphone.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGQNW9oFqII-MKIcims51wkYi_8sCzW8WC5nnMFfbOGgKfLFt6Kzu733bGaXGayu4bNwPauFx14jD41A_SKZsEQXsiogktgEazeu_rGKrsIFClyfWIbF7x8XG_iZTHctCptRWE-Ov6gk8fzyx5q7tU7Cn98uAq02_EqBX53y64YYqh7GOasIOLsRn/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2016,%208%2056%2059%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGQNW9oFqII-MKIcims51wkYi_8sCzW8WC5nnMFfbOGgKfLFt6Kzu733bGaXGayu4bNwPauFx14jD41A_SKZsEQXsiogktgEazeu_rGKrsIFClyfWIbF7x8XG_iZTHctCptRWE-Ov6gk8fzyx5q7tU7Cn98uAq02_EqBX53y64YYqh7GOasIOLsRn/w480-h640/Photo%20Mar%2016,%208%2056%2059%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7haW7Mr3oijLGukN_8sudFxAmvgwVWD25q6NAqYUWlpCdlrdtH7txQl3sojFC4ELYnc7nM-D5OYby6POxmREbMpnjitstIIs5DzKcmeJDmkMENTdks3m6q27o1rMhA48Qxejb6Ytft93wdLsD5uTUgHe9_aQu1uLkkWCx-Jsl8-X_hQyYOcnrpNOm/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2016,%208%2057%2002%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7haW7Mr3oijLGukN_8sudFxAmvgwVWD25q6NAqYUWlpCdlrdtH7txQl3sojFC4ELYnc7nM-D5OYby6POxmREbMpnjitstIIs5DzKcmeJDmkMENTdks3m6q27o1rMhA48Qxejb6Ytft93wdLsD5uTUgHe9_aQu1uLkkWCx-Jsl8-X_hQyYOcnrpNOm/w480-h640/Photo%20Mar%2016,%208%2057%2002%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0npsfOZcJw_wYspqf26ZG_S61qwMcXeysvf08IQQRKE8xWzfI_27n9dDyWp1V8RvSsueqhL8lJ1q3fMXVb8PoUGGwslahmbqFX_G21DbLhZG7MdQOHtDFgoAv30vrDgqxuwTVbb48AW_aA65PLUm6p2aDVhC_68hlSScHlcj8WqYORuWtcaRamT2/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2016,%208%2057%2009%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0npsfOZcJw_wYspqf26ZG_S61qwMcXeysvf08IQQRKE8xWzfI_27n9dDyWp1V8RvSsueqhL8lJ1q3fMXVb8PoUGGwslahmbqFX_G21DbLhZG7MdQOHtDFgoAv30vrDgqxuwTVbb48AW_aA65PLUm6p2aDVhC_68hlSScHlcj8WqYORuWtcaRamT2/w480-h640/Photo%20Mar%2016,%208%2057%2009%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Can't say that was a great decision.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alex wears a 2.5 shoe, is alllllmost a youth Medium in clothes, stands about 4'5 and hits the scales at 63 pounds. Pluto is still around. Ask him his favorite dinner and he'll tell you turkey burgers or ideally, McDonalds. And watch your Diet Coke - he will steal it. Alex does NOT like chicken (and yet, eats it pretty frequently). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He plays hockey (his Comets Mite B season just wrapped, and ON his birthday March 16 he found out he made the elite team for the Assabet Patriots, which will be his club next year, so that was huge news). Alex is very competitive and is currently playing lacrosse for the Natick Redhawks, street football, basketball, and whatever else he feels like dominating. He spends his free time watching YouTube videos: DudePerfect, awesome hockey tricks, things you can build with Legos, etc etc. Alex loves the song "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X and if he had his way, his birthday gift would have been a Playstation. Alex can also tell you with almost 100% accuracy what kind of bird is flying around. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So what did this little ratso want to <i>do</i> on his birthday? He asked for another skating party but there was no ice to be found due to all the hockey tryouts. I sprung him and Ashton early from school and we went to Fun and Games for TWO hours which to me felt like two days but hey. They played in the arcade, and chased each other in laser tag and generally bounced around, the happiest of clams. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />It was actually really cute - in the beginning they shared the games :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg10BLscOkPDEmaLW4UFZhXEmuFjrU84rhRMSzXX2HrrVMJEKiyiUOsxw4_zA214zTcjGnEo9vUY8401QvKgLBM5GBTu18eeThkzkfSBiX96DwdtKNAv8UFJiK1qqOHrGXfR0H5jSlgt44WhzqQTlDr5JMwngtsklpueBIaGnCG3m07woSoTDFfnWN/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2016,%202%2013%2016%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg10BLscOkPDEmaLW4UFZhXEmuFjrU84rhRMSzXX2HrrVMJEKiyiUOsxw4_zA214zTcjGnEo9vUY8401QvKgLBM5GBTu18eeThkzkfSBiX96DwdtKNAv8UFJiK1qqOHrGXfR0H5jSlgt44WhzqQTlDr5JMwngtsklpueBIaGnCG3m07woSoTDFfnWN/w640-h480/Photo%20Mar%2016,%202%2013%2016%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcZs6KRPA34taqfqkZwqtNQ96p1jsAhRtgv-PJ1RgZA3qpXtXdyT0OTEQVUP5qof1iBGbddF_hLEaB9Egric-e8mDWNRvDN3S_oFlLgSOaGaKRNAUXbNRy9eYWCg1LCzdOS8yJno6cKS4Ym-7Gbf48CwnNZP0ekG_cmh6JJRN7h7kxWHHdIvlUJfX/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2016,%202%2020%2037%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcZs6KRPA34taqfqkZwqtNQ96p1jsAhRtgv-PJ1RgZA3qpXtXdyT0OTEQVUP5qof1iBGbddF_hLEaB9Egric-e8mDWNRvDN3S_oFlLgSOaGaKRNAUXbNRy9eYWCg1LCzdOS8yJno6cKS4Ym-7Gbf48CwnNZP0ekG_cmh6JJRN7h7kxWHHdIvlUJfX/w640-h480/Photo%20Mar%2016,%202%2020%2037%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This next one is BEYOND typical of Alex. So, a lot of towns have early release on Wednesdays, so even though it was 2:30 pm there was a birthday party going on with other boys. Alex became fixated on this game where you had to stop the number climb at 1000. (Imagine being at a gas pump, holding the trigger and trying to let go to stop the numbers at exactly $10.00, for example.) The timer starts at 0 and the numbers ascend quite rapidly. Hit the button at the split second it's 1000, without going over, and you win.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well Alex got a 999. And he had every kid in the place witnessing it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9M0FpXnvAWR4Mz81ji_rDr6XGB9gTVylR92Eese2qgCF_aiFUHSexz-4wG_mDqEQbMMF9bfeUIL9vVnZsTegciLYyGl_jVxTIapvMl_FwYs1wwAWcf-_db1Otd4nyzCfFnZaissqR1mkQP_tVzrMFhnMLpfE9iG1_Q21RJm8Fmohhg6PMgdB-s4D/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2016,%203%2042%2022%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9M0FpXnvAWR4Mz81ji_rDr6XGB9gTVylR92Eese2qgCF_aiFUHSexz-4wG_mDqEQbMMF9bfeUIL9vVnZsTegciLYyGl_jVxTIapvMl_FwYs1wwAWcf-_db1Otd4nyzCfFnZaissqR1mkQP_tVzrMFhnMLpfE9iG1_Q21RJm8Fmohhg6PMgdB-s4D/w480-h640/Photo%20Mar%2016,%203%2042%2022%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztb7PezAgRxa8wcEA3JV1pkbScMhgGpsIuLo_eY6n6OLFNyM2-VfhVw6gorNudb_FYl9UKAKFWSQvvGjFD-19WWFZXEjTVSHDEBU5-kfTt8xahk9KQBPtCIY3D9ZIIN0_-4jnnhiQs5AONG7smZSiA5dgxV_e8pHSXlmqh-VNoDDzPT55GgccwbSL/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2016,%203%2042%2026%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztb7PezAgRxa8wcEA3JV1pkbScMhgGpsIuLo_eY6n6OLFNyM2-VfhVw6gorNudb_FYl9UKAKFWSQvvGjFD-19WWFZXEjTVSHDEBU5-kfTt8xahk9KQBPtCIY3D9ZIIN0_-4jnnhiQs5AONG7smZSiA5dgxV_e8pHSXlmqh-VNoDDzPT55GgccwbSL/w640-h480/Photo%20Mar%2016,%203%2042%2026%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUinqrPp9pURLJ7VK4ZyCqN6nmgSUTFKz-KrbE7upxstzR-B9jq4CzBCOVRfl8x1xQ9od6QcmEimflsRsEpP00L7MoAnzuBseudEOoNkoB6SOpLCuPBlvfoS52SuVLpMkM7Bl6i77sJqFz9oFKVJNmeSTiyN09JoN7ir8Xkb1t2Wq2Svho5Wzk2eMD/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2016,%203%2042%2032%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUinqrPp9pURLJ7VK4ZyCqN6nmgSUTFKz-KrbE7upxstzR-B9jq4CzBCOVRfl8x1xQ9od6QcmEimflsRsEpP00L7MoAnzuBseudEOoNkoB6SOpLCuPBlvfoS52SuVLpMkM7Bl6i77sJqFz9oFKVJNmeSTiyN09JoN7ir8Xkb1t2Wq2Svho5Wzk2eMD/w640-h480/Photo%20Mar%2016,%203%2042%2032%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He couldn't <i>believe</i> it. They were like, <i>AWE</i>, you were <i>so close</i>. <i>Wow</i>. And then they all tried it and didn't get anywhere near 1000 like Alex did, which he knew they wouldn't. He wins, or nearly wins, at most things. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKrbVlGNO0JeWs9uAthOe3ZVUnESO-rFOzqSbP5CjyAxyCkm9RKRbLUJ6dsMu7WxbyAwDmISWqurZIzcJhIJ6rnkBfPPIWv6R7_V7EtjC6NjGIZv0pPR2ezywuHfRPeo3RxtULKZNbNtyVBpdQDsXTadvGJqVSz5GcaKWHDrqOV6rNVTw8gKMSGYNK/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2016,%202%2054%2051%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKrbVlGNO0JeWs9uAthOe3ZVUnESO-rFOzqSbP5CjyAxyCkm9RKRbLUJ6dsMu7WxbyAwDmISWqurZIzcJhIJ6rnkBfPPIWv6R7_V7EtjC6NjGIZv0pPR2ezywuHfRPeo3RxtULKZNbNtyVBpdQDsXTadvGJqVSz5GcaKWHDrqOV6rNVTw8gKMSGYNK/w640-h480/Photo%20Mar%2016,%202%2054%2051%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQ2UA4ho1hUQyAhwq_PXfSBI4q50lHNnRyquuKxtqP7EYqkIUvh27U5oCStMACEy9I_6grkV9FY3pz6oBcEuN-tr_ROuZefjq8Jg-KnuUqZZIXtMZnR50dRoxU1HRjhdsMOnDwr-VeEhdc7HdOUvBZ26YugHQLlC8N_z_-skFwqG-1T3VU6U-miB7/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2016,%202%2058%2030%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQ2UA4ho1hUQyAhwq_PXfSBI4q50lHNnRyquuKxtqP7EYqkIUvh27U5oCStMACEy9I_6grkV9FY3pz6oBcEuN-tr_ROuZefjq8Jg-KnuUqZZIXtMZnR50dRoxU1HRjhdsMOnDwr-VeEhdc7HdOUvBZ26YugHQLlC8N_z_-skFwqG-1T3VU6U-miB7/w480-h640/Photo%20Mar%2016,%202%2058%2030%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEk94J-U38yVs8-rhbx6wOkrcj8kAGLwJaVZNw8mUJMfjHvq6yLzxqX19kTCTAJoTUcea74itrcsVcVJittTa4nt1VXnOzPtam1xHKkYXZDtXPiOdK3Ic3eg7iTK6QYkl7MwX3YjUbs54w-1Du73Jn5t8HX2O-PQj1KwIfrobW55UZWCtiCr0BLCbv/s4032/Alex.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEk94J-U38yVs8-rhbx6wOkrcj8kAGLwJaVZNw8mUJMfjHvq6yLzxqX19kTCTAJoTUcea74itrcsVcVJittTa4nt1VXnOzPtam1xHKkYXZDtXPiOdK3Ic3eg7iTK6QYkl7MwX3YjUbs54w-1Du73Jn5t8HX2O-PQj1KwIfrobW55UZWCtiCr0BLCbv/w480-h640/Alex.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh52dNsgQ3KoI_Rn5t7V5o7WqnUK5sqkaXgrtEDhJsEW4lpvZ9fmv-cC66wJVi897ppNPoqH8iLTrhVVtHoIDVE7jAIlA1CIrhFfNCvx1DcH0aTfJAsUqC6Trb4-D9ravQgqjywe9RXkYMzRu6D3qztgF8P0gLQFXsRFCmhZanTev7GfUlv2Lq4qTZ_/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2016,%202%2058%2033%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh52dNsgQ3KoI_Rn5t7V5o7WqnUK5sqkaXgrtEDhJsEW4lpvZ9fmv-cC66wJVi897ppNPoqH8iLTrhVVtHoIDVE7jAIlA1CIrhFfNCvx1DcH0aTfJAsUqC6Trb4-D9ravQgqjywe9RXkYMzRu6D3qztgF8P0gLQFXsRFCmhZanTev7GfUlv2Lq4qTZ_/w480-h640/Photo%20Mar%2016,%202%2058%2033%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73BWWpiG3LsWi6SSJw23JdMrXRUuvvrMWvY83n7Nkk4z5JYFAuh8gQWr2xhV7wwzFX2tWSFnvAG0E4CAa-oWLZS7G57-BKLx3-EVZut_Rno44qEUqCk6YBWSxyd-_7Uy6xliilsOClnGcDIKQJiLr3pIG5tCO4PZVgnEno72bvG94SZF0jeuj7BLh/s4032/Photo%20Mar%2016,%203%2019%2004%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73BWWpiG3LsWi6SSJw23JdMrXRUuvvrMWvY83n7Nkk4z5JYFAuh8gQWr2xhV7wwzFX2tWSFnvAG0E4CAa-oWLZS7G57-BKLx3-EVZut_Rno44qEUqCk6YBWSxyd-_7Uy6xliilsOClnGcDIKQJiLr3pIG5tCO4PZVgnEno72bvG94SZF0jeuj7BLh/w640-h480/Photo%20Mar%2016,%203%2019%2004%20PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Ashton takes it all in stride thankfully. As a brother, Alex does like to use his fists and there is a fair amount of shoving, laughing that turns to crying, indignation, and argument over resources (i.e., parent attention) but overall they are super tight.<div><br /><div>Anyway, here are a few more recent photos of Alex as he has hit 8 years old. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQbrbpy4jMNQxGCZtLnRTfsigY6Kk9dQGGivvQQfe9uKQgaCcer8Qlb8ExfmPExQiveaHJuhtHDU4QfvOBwLt6Ip7ln8LJV_kLjFufcYsbnpaOP4_inOBypFs_9i7LGmi2LPxllofpQot0mffuL4V8cHICO7Zsv-F8Z9W8zGWLee8iy-8lqIq2UuB/s4032/image-2021-12-25-112232-909.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQbrbpy4jMNQxGCZtLnRTfsigY6Kk9dQGGivvQQfe9uKQgaCcer8Qlb8ExfmPExQiveaHJuhtHDU4QfvOBwLt6Ip7ln8LJV_kLjFufcYsbnpaOP4_inOBypFs_9i7LGmi2LPxllofpQot0mffuL4V8cHICO7Zsv-F8Z9W8zGWLee8iy-8lqIq2UuB/w480-h640/image-2021-12-25-112232-909.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hljF7n0Cnvhnw7BVEGCSGYBRZIxryDBquVlpYDmML9-wLERGPULkCR-8X7brn-NBKr2BX14uwP4AO6ps8gskUxA_qjpxuzVsLjMDGXkFAXQYO295i4gimMM_0AtGjCwVQ_TDA9APK8k1zxb0w_tZWRQ8CEQTAeLrQnf5ahi-0put0pjlEu3sfW0g/s4032/IMG_9251.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hljF7n0Cnvhnw7BVEGCSGYBRZIxryDBquVlpYDmML9-wLERGPULkCR-8X7brn-NBKr2BX14uwP4AO6ps8gskUxA_qjpxuzVsLjMDGXkFAXQYO295i4gimMM_0AtGjCwVQ_TDA9APK8k1zxb0w_tZWRQ8CEQTAeLrQnf5ahi-0put0pjlEu3sfW0g/w480-h640/IMG_9251.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyO71JMT40hsNUdbW1dTwWGwqZfk2Uf8BhaICThOOhaVPs51PkHkJTi7AvHOBiySlDvTAuVd_0dmSMKM3VEkHmLw8suItF_MDkJ4_2LkKlCG8CjsMEk7mK1XJwAu_vlj4XKGgjaWZnw2GHD3ZqaUOrodOtv_hwZTFbx_qEAIRMnaM7NA2fYszHl2Be/s4032/IMG_9263.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyO71JMT40hsNUdbW1dTwWGwqZfk2Uf8BhaICThOOhaVPs51PkHkJTi7AvHOBiySlDvTAuVd_0dmSMKM3VEkHmLw8suItF_MDkJ4_2LkKlCG8CjsMEk7mK1XJwAu_vlj4XKGgjaWZnw2GHD3ZqaUOrodOtv_hwZTFbx_qEAIRMnaM7NA2fYszHl2Be/w480-h640/IMG_9263.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjTGfl19w7RSvIvjGnytvrJCibbNDu09QegjIylorD96l6ODatKww5Tgi-pG-lJdsAdMXyLNi1IJI4tXSFFkcTU6mGxHX_GsY3oxx1ep1Az4enVk-ZoiWQnWUq_UXFxf6PwoxfUVj-pLAvtf16pTMTzSOnaGID_75yRtjHmZMAkaLynSq-vbTkcpT/s4032/Photo%20Feb%2007,%205%2055%2043%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjTGfl19w7RSvIvjGnytvrJCibbNDu09QegjIylorD96l6ODatKww5Tgi-pG-lJdsAdMXyLNi1IJI4tXSFFkcTU6mGxHX_GsY3oxx1ep1Az4enVk-ZoiWQnWUq_UXFxf6PwoxfUVj-pLAvtf16pTMTzSOnaGID_75yRtjHmZMAkaLynSq-vbTkcpT/w480-h640/Photo%20Feb%2007,%205%2055%2043%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwwAJT_H9H3PYsw0rdZ7j2MyuIxbsfv-DrEtYZkEnSa0kwNMC8M95Qw1UDUN4ugYUIhvswYNL1VhTEKzj4rEE669sc9YxI7AyDMNSl9GR-jkHiBuhKbYeKe0gTLMqWZpmV25H_qLciQ9_XR3hbMBuMd7B45KWxLaJ_xEyelEYegdmtLfko1713jYp/s4032/Photo%20Feb%2001,%208%2047%2009%20PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwwAJT_H9H3PYsw0rdZ7j2MyuIxbsfv-DrEtYZkEnSa0kwNMC8M95Qw1UDUN4ugYUIhvswYNL1VhTEKzj4rEE669sc9YxI7AyDMNSl9GR-jkHiBuhKbYeKe0gTLMqWZpmV25H_qLciQ9_XR3hbMBuMd7B45KWxLaJ_xEyelEYegdmtLfko1713jYp/w480-h640/Photo%20Feb%2001,%208%2047%2009%20PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Don't let this last one fool you. The boy does ZERO chores and I was indulging him because he claimed he was so good at cleaning he was going to start a service. I said, "Well that would be nice to have. What is your rate?" and he said "Obviously, 10 out of 10."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"I meant, what do you <i>charge</i>?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"Oh. Probably too much for you to pay actually." And promptly quit. Sigh. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(Haha, I looked up last year's <a href="http://anewnill.blogspot.com/2021/04/alexs-7th-birthday-part-2.html" target="_blank">7 year old post</a> and there is a specific line that says "You might be Alex if '<span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;">your chore chart is empty. You have </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">literally</i><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"> no chores as you've decided the money isn't worth it.' "</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everything in that 7 year old post is still true.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Up next: His first communion. And he was asked to be the gift bearer at the mass which should be interesting...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You're a lot to handle Alex, but we love you! 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Although this post hasn't happened yet because there is not much to relive. SPOILER ALERT:<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-0qBa1JyVQN8E9GOaFyqcgSPWm9OxLhvO5DwutczGfCaQNGqHezqM5S1iEO2WIOcgvsHT9NWgvR2nNUiNJQ60hUXwevjtREmHfmpWUnnGBaw_3UjGuBFvAYb2YWOAS2hwcPa_fPTWHCJq5xBWGXA2Vc_Cum8xKBntIO6NCj6YoTzwYCAPCYH_gyiG=s2997" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2158" data-original-width="2997" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-0qBa1JyVQN8E9GOaFyqcgSPWm9OxLhvO5DwutczGfCaQNGqHezqM5S1iEO2WIOcgvsHT9NWgvR2nNUiNJQ60hUXwevjtREmHfmpWUnnGBaw_3UjGuBFvAYb2YWOAS2hwcPa_fPTWHCJq5xBWGXA2Vc_Cum8xKBntIO6NCj6YoTzwYCAPCYH_gyiG=w400-h288" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now that there test all the way on the right is Jason's. We took rapids before packing up and getting in the car to head to Vermont after opening presents. Two lines = positive. Positive = no travel for the Nills. Whomp whomp. Jason was totally asymptomatic but one more rapid and a PCR a couple days later and it was a YEP.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But of course we didn't know this was going to happen so we still had a pretty nice December and holiday leading up to the test. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Annual tree selection, in which the boys become increasingly disinterested. They actually suggested they wait in the car this year! 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The usual business.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr6DQNIFNjL_Op-7jBMVVNdDAIYyag7NsxIxxNRU1POrsA0JCjXylk7zY_2lHrgIrFgLgF7-3GZF334ntusfhMC8qWFOTDQ407eIJ0J1FsDivUQ52eepEXPBERwZVnRTkQIDDtxJV9Cet2cRVQcoCoD9RHg9azV5LM6FCDOvQRBDFPIxip479BXLVx=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgr6DQNIFNjL_Op-7jBMVVNdDAIYyag7NsxIxxNRU1POrsA0JCjXylk7zY_2lHrgIrFgLgF7-3GZF334ntusfhMC8qWFOTDQ407eIJ0J1FsDivUQ52eepEXPBERwZVnRTkQIDDtxJV9Cet2cRVQcoCoD9RHg9azV5LM6FCDOvQRBDFPIxip479BXLVx=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The boys were still very into Pete our elf. Although he's becoming more high maintenance as they are requesting that Pete maybe do funny things and get into trouble in the letters they leave for him. I guess elves in other houses have made a reputation for themselves SO, the best I could do was have Pete bring a friend over (Cherry Cinnamon from next door). The boys just about had a heart attack when they saw there were two. And of course Cherry brought some kind of magic where you put tic tacks in sugar and they grow into candy canes overnight.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixiSZwrAfOhqI29gWztTG0mrBb_KveIbq6HU2DtGKtpGgIYhWUe2jNH2IcAQIzfl_W2_M9VgPESb0Qr0N749woYudmx1-IYagnG-5J1b4rn_5Zn2fDPzuswsQ3KM6ZypGsVg_FXGlghvx7qyrlg69G939zNB0KNJpfWIT53EVBg6bHpT7scloy-Gwz=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixiSZwrAfOhqI29gWztTG0mrBb_KveIbq6HU2DtGKtpGgIYhWUe2jNH2IcAQIzfl_W2_M9VgPESb0Qr0N749woYudmx1-IYagnG-5J1b4rn_5Zn2fDPzuswsQ3KM6ZypGsVg_FXGlghvx7qyrlg69G939zNB0KNJpfWIT53EVBg6bHpT7scloy-Gwz=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx5YLq0Xhq8bc0032eZvfqIVl-YbxYn6CLL5NTBgU6clgl-oEV47tstx94psQ8_xEkEXVmNwxNR2HXcSZcVBVpZ2oP9QuvdYxXS1ekR-Fjh2-5UxmHaGDIMzGC289Br0skShmMTeTBL1P7-J2ArxnnkCyDEZkDRu11eEZo-i6wN7-M7X4d6k_LMfls=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhx5YLq0Xhq8bc0032eZvfqIVl-YbxYn6CLL5NTBgU6clgl-oEV47tstx94psQ8_xEkEXVmNwxNR2HXcSZcVBVpZ2oP9QuvdYxXS1ekR-Fjh2-5UxmHaGDIMzGC289Br0skShmMTeTBL1P7-J2ArxnnkCyDEZkDRu11eEZo-i6wN7-M7X4d6k_LMfls=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Behold, the following photo with the results:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQJ4zi2MMb6BSd8aWjM5Hpdc3qqPsDK9K4mK5Ff7SE05RO3ELjqOqijd-jgJT-PbwqJnQvxn9wVdqZGvPuFR8Bm0KMGlAroJa8V_7wr2DmBVPVvS4vtL069p52RVoZKMsvp7HBSjV87g2jEQ-ZkDpyL3m_nMhYytSiNHWxzjd7SaRgPuMLoRcoLG_5=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQJ4zi2MMb6BSd8aWjM5Hpdc3qqPsDK9K4mK5Ff7SE05RO3ELjqOqijd-jgJT-PbwqJnQvxn9wVdqZGvPuFR8Bm0KMGlAroJa8V_7wr2DmBVPVvS4vtL069p52RVoZKMsvp7HBSjV87g2jEQ-ZkDpyL3m_nMhYytSiNHWxzjd7SaRgPuMLoRcoLG_5=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">How many days would that have to sit on the counter, be moved around, spilled and "replanted" before you considered it <i>really</i> annoying? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's rhetorical.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Changing the subject, I very much like to decorate my Christmas card envelopes differently every year. I chose washi tape this time around and WHOA was it a hit with the boys. Yards and yards wasted, but...they spent HOURS "helping". The holiday season is about making sacrifices isn't it? Refer to </span><span style="text-align: center;">comment above about open glasses of sugar on the counter in a very busy area.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">So cute though :)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqt4N7XYtqFYG1nSlu_SZRF5TMX-qWAhURbIst83mQtKKwzLxAdGndVGoR5SkR9nAQnJqgsRZCu9ApZaUDHCKEdAsz2HiMPeHkhrUAYFmvyl9q5580MTykKauxy-KV_3eq1UY6auGaY3M-ZCiNni6PjOHffsU1OdOzFo-Y2Aka2sA-mkiQ2Qo35IY-=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqt4N7XYtqFYG1nSlu_SZRF5TMX-qWAhURbIst83mQtKKwzLxAdGndVGoR5SkR9nAQnJqgsRZCu9ApZaUDHCKEdAsz2HiMPeHkhrUAYFmvyl9q5580MTykKauxy-KV_3eq1UY6auGaY3M-ZCiNni6PjOHffsU1OdOzFo-Y2Aka2sA-mkiQ2Qo35IY-=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqEXBKisfW8yxBm6bXDgr2V5oxgyXXT1o7fgKacEz-gHsVQi2HnWlXIC7h2AZLg6HmnLIuRvhPK47-VpZIWbv2ZodPNEeQN48rmOpbludfGZKJSWbSpXXYfbI_sLUZlbfSAK6uOchG4LsTHVtlrOMpgQo4fWtMeNePE771_rQ---XaHx57rhhx4o72=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqEXBKisfW8yxBm6bXDgr2V5oxgyXXT1o7fgKacEz-gHsVQi2HnWlXIC7h2AZLg6HmnLIuRvhPK47-VpZIWbv2ZodPNEeQN48rmOpbludfGZKJSWbSpXXYfbI_sLUZlbfSAK6uOchG4LsTHVtlrOMpgQo4fWtMeNePE771_rQ---XaHx57rhhx4o72=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5p_IEcabSjaRZaLb-xS5S55NuhiGwh7tILBCOLvBpCrUrs6ItIHdMIC80BWlA8gFkAPiNNCOKACkyrfxqpbGn26ReV8wazEGBFfpdhKGMzulYv4mRwznZSfh605bVkHzVW30E9_HEmOmcZAc4XYdOg2Lc0jJXBhLRikIF3x9Fk9Od9dZ6gKggFfl2=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh5p_IEcabSjaRZaLb-xS5S55NuhiGwh7tILBCOLvBpCrUrs6ItIHdMIC80BWlA8gFkAPiNNCOKACkyrfxqpbGn26ReV8wazEGBFfpdhKGMzulYv4mRwznZSfh605bVkHzVW30E9_HEmOmcZAc4XYdOg2Lc0jJXBhLRikIF3x9Fk9Od9dZ6gKggFfl2=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then cute becomes intense. (Kari show this picture to Callie, it's her flamingo key chain that Alex spent a lifetime wrapping LOL)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYbWya3a2QnxH2MzHvP6KHIyap-I08vI-i0DfjHKRNQ28G1Bt5qy8coKX2DA3EpuEgEFmIACNiwRKOuzz2h5RcdDnYwKbs3QsrPn6-0_xH7JQXdIB7dLG_6zJmUB7RKrChMmGdhq6ZbS8dqUuCfFIM3BE9pTn1cRoTz35DhHvCKOX7Jgs55PR-yYe5=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYbWya3a2QnxH2MzHvP6KHIyap-I08vI-i0DfjHKRNQ28G1Bt5qy8coKX2DA3EpuEgEFmIACNiwRKOuzz2h5RcdDnYwKbs3QsrPn6-0_xH7JQXdIB7dLG_6zJmUB7RKrChMmGdhq6ZbS8dqUuCfFIM3BE9pTn1cRoTz35DhHvCKOX7Jgs55PR-yYe5=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm feeling the need to advise the 3 other readers here on the flamingo back story. Which is that Alex went to Hobby Lobby on December tenth, saw this at the checkout, and proclaimed Callie just had to have it. Like, as a present. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiioK5QFe3Hzkc1fFttA7bV699yKHwzMj6asSmPuV7XcFLLx1pK65lDh3qhuGafPoO38-m_asdqtuxVd3_UKBJQboBcGP2PXnR6-0RoAD8nAVeuYdi634Wm7M4SQ-e0LOomRVLhhZneg8yUuHxbs9RNM-7B9AGTYcN7_rcQQQsSY_tcLEQGbFBGL8m1=s2532" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiioK5QFe3Hzkc1fFttA7bV699yKHwzMj6asSmPuV7XcFLLx1pK65lDh3qhuGafPoO38-m_asdqtuxVd3_UKBJQboBcGP2PXnR6-0RoAD8nAVeuYdi634Wm7M4SQ-e0LOomRVLhhZneg8yUuHxbs9RNM-7B9AGTYcN7_rcQQQsSY_tcLEQGbFBGL8m1=w296-h640" width="296" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Callie has now duly received said Flamingo so Kari, comment below on its status. Most 7 year olds don't have keys so...no expectations ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Which brings us to Christmas Eve. In addition to wrapping the glorious gift above, Alex also spent a tremendous amount of time making a Lego version of Santa's sleigh in preparation for Santa's visit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7GIkZfg_tr2SLhVtp54Q21w7ktK3kw3XccTlM1UT7W8SSeGMQ3KRxok-g2RV--sd7m9JzBuY8WqK7evlt-KEMfWKwCAiPDQRJV_AlxauCW1rdeE_PzrkxuAlpCR1U_CWzC4W7mINwTR_zuAKoHgFWNwEyb-GCkxiH6Bp6YTk15pW2ryIbLeuHExfc=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7GIkZfg_tr2SLhVtp54Q21w7ktK3kw3XccTlM1UT7W8SSeGMQ3KRxok-g2RV--sd7m9JzBuY8WqK7evlt-KEMfWKwCAiPDQRJV_AlxauCW1rdeE_PzrkxuAlpCR1U_CWzC4W7mINwTR_zuAKoHgFWNwEyb-GCkxiH6Bp6YTk15pW2ryIbLeuHExfc=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of those creations where you find yourself laughing in surprise at how good it is.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, here's the Christmas morning picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0DxXh4QzTyGukDSk-9g7Q-bXCL3U3VfQ5yjQxyA2KFccb74GUKKlIdLRhgISX50CwuNyqv91E-nMV-qIxw2gssaghMpxzTnI4nEsbiG6qjNRnbqubO2ZnFrz-lkzpcmOPD2EBJLmpoPlHccW_JKTFiwcDWqKYIvC421skwuQFs4QcVQKUUOWE9T9k=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0DxXh4QzTyGukDSk-9g7Q-bXCL3U3VfQ5yjQxyA2KFccb74GUKKlIdLRhgISX50CwuNyqv91E-nMV-qIxw2gssaghMpxzTnI4nEsbiG6qjNRnbqubO2ZnFrz-lkzpcmOPD2EBJLmpoPlHccW_JKTFiwcDWqKYIvC421skwuQFs4QcVQKUUOWE9T9k=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And the rest is history. Lots of blurry photos and paper everywhere. It was about 11 am that we found out Jason was positive and everything stopped in their tracks. We spent 5 days home as a family (HOME home) and that was a wrap. The boys and I never got it - Jason didn't isolate from us in the house and we tested repeatedly, so maybe vaccines work after all ;) I'll take good health as my Christmas present any day. xoxox</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVwAnsmCrPEiEDqAMMGAvcT-2N2WaWz187EpunvrG0i2eIgarpmjF_De_psgT2a6L58lEX69fNc2XHhs8bUEeZJLdjmUsm-hqSM13lxjG7a37Dsd_kxrVozp2uKmU5K52HiFFTluvXf8kOOaQaIvef9AiYA2UBU4G1uvkGm3DvnMI5yABoHZCPmNKO=s804" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="573" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVwAnsmCrPEiEDqAMMGAvcT-2N2WaWz187EpunvrG0i2eIgarpmjF_De_psgT2a6L58lEX69fNc2XHhs8bUEeZJLdjmUsm-hqSM13lxjG7a37Dsd_kxrVozp2uKmU5K52HiFFTluvXf8kOOaQaIvef9AiYA2UBU4G1uvkGm3DvnMI5yABoHZCPmNKO=w456-h640" width="456" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIPZ3S5t7eldBFKDH_0C3JeWLF127vaigBzJaEmHtGCtqSniBMvrlx-ZjkU0fjmoxAGTi4JrTKA6x0NXlFWIqVLDS0EhlcSmfunxNNIpZBO9x7GA3w_ni58V18tgAITdo7ijgMm4odW80kmcZCHC454B1ZcG-ysC0bqypHNnyCiL79s8MSA-t1-AR4=s798" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="574" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIPZ3S5t7eldBFKDH_0C3JeWLF127vaigBzJaEmHtGCtqSniBMvrlx-ZjkU0fjmoxAGTi4JrTKA6x0NXlFWIqVLDS0EhlcSmfunxNNIpZBO9x7GA3w_ni58V18tgAITdo7ijgMm4odW80kmcZCHC454B1ZcG-ysC0bqypHNnyCiL79s8MSA-t1-AR4=w460-h640" width="460" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-74617267232813361452022-01-26T11:55:00.002-05:002022-01-26T11:55:36.546-05:00Quick allergy update<p> Hi guys, this post is for me so I can make this note and come back to it later. Ashton had his allergy testing/skin pricks today for the first time in a couple of years. Of note, the cashew allergy seems to have developed and the egg wheal is now bigger than the sesame one! But size does not indicate severity of a reaction, only the certainty that there WILL be a reaction if ingested. Dr. Lee said some kids take until age 16 to grow out of their egg allergy so it could still happen. The sesame and nuts, not likely. Ashton eats walnuts and cashews and his mouth fills with saliva, he pulls at his ears and feels quite sick. The last time he reported his chest tightening and no joke I was thisclose to an epi but the Benadryl kicked in and he was ok. So we are going to start to steadfastly avoid those. He has never liked peas, even super young he claimed they made his mouth itchy but we thought he was just trying to get out of eating them. Fast forward to today, anything with pea protein (which is actually a lot of things, included Reduced Fat Skippy) makes his mouth very itchy. So that's officially documented now too. The only tree nut he is not allergic to at all is pistachio, and he does seem to tolerate almonds and hazelnuts and he is to keep eating those.</p><p>Poor Ashton, he was very uncomfortable this morning. No bloodwork needed as the reactions were clear enough that he is not eligible for any food challenges.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjZILJl6QCJb8dcStc2DPM6YOzcImPzavyWA2Jaxsmcyv-iQkR4bUmLp4TrcVJD_eJEqtTulkZPeYqFKvto5cqCjxRE1ewm2UEPUPetq-Xis05cQRjw-Ud148tzoFmXexLOEhQvMsku6rO-FtZQvN1OzdMHrjKjPkYgiO5sIjfYhdRwPkQKfHZ_GH4=s2100" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1575" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjZILJl6QCJb8dcStc2DPM6YOzcImPzavyWA2Jaxsmcyv-iQkR4bUmLp4TrcVJD_eJEqtTulkZPeYqFKvto5cqCjxRE1ewm2UEPUPetq-Xis05cQRjw-Ud148tzoFmXexLOEhQvMsku6rO-FtZQvN1OzdMHrjKjPkYgiO5sIjfYhdRwPkQKfHZ_GH4=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I owe this blog my christmas post - I have not forgotten!!</div><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-22802962873262316862021-11-30T13:14:00.007-05:002022-01-02T13:51:06.409-05:00November Recap<p>Before I dive in to the December holidays (spoiler alert: Jason got covid- he's fine), thought I'd take a quick minute to get us through November. My birthday, Thanksgiving, family pics, the fun just doesn't stop. Hit it! </p><p>First, turning 41 was meh. Definitely not as lustrous as 40. We did have Katie and Brian over for a sushi feast that was positively amazing but this is the only picture we took.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgk11Sgn_IW4iKpIjUDJ4h_jBTzpVQj-r_FiM3dqE-EWOxHTFN_cvvUK6gio9_CDdzw0Q11QanMzGSTCO4FefTULuMifPa8fsk-Gb_nPNF9TpCscHTbhozhAkKl_My9oEn1mpo8KuA7ZUm4tucm4PMGkzZZEfSxnRHDVbqiO9tnlXeoewAzLlR-ZTQh=s2049" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgk11Sgn_IW4iKpIjUDJ4h_jBTzpVQj-r_FiM3dqE-EWOxHTFN_cvvUK6gio9_CDdzw0Q11QanMzGSTCO4FefTULuMifPa8fsk-Gb_nPNF9TpCscHTbhozhAkKl_My9oEn1mpo8KuA7ZUm4tucm4PMGkzZZEfSxnRHDVbqiO9tnlXeoewAzLlR-ZTQh=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's basically accurate lol. Further breakdown of me at my age:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Peloton rides: 733</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">New, quite dangerous and impractical obsession: Golden Goose sneakers. I should leave all my Facebook groups but. I. just. can't. I. need. all. the. pairsssss. Count so far: 2.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Persevering pet peeve: In reviewing my <a href="http://anewnill.blogspot.com/2020/12/fabulous-at-for-tay.html" target="_blank">40 post</a>, I do mention packaging and my extreme distaste for opening things. Thought I'd share my latest masterpieces. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIkin23iaxr1drvwrgFACzJrLwSRhmfgBL4GWhkJyrZe3T4pB5VHLa7MFvVDnjYB6z6NyKLIhkVurVfPHfrB5IYl2Iz7xQCTkqoB1LzdubKVljXJNFeAnIibTmWOwgTnkttpx2g9LmafOqOnft1tdCl9QujAaimM5KxS6QtN6NHj6WHW_z5ACWfAqB=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhIkin23iaxr1drvwrgFACzJrLwSRhmfgBL4GWhkJyrZe3T4pB5VHLa7MFvVDnjYB6z6NyKLIhkVurVfPHfrB5IYl2Iz7xQCTkqoB1LzdubKVljXJNFeAnIibTmWOwgTnkttpx2g9LmafOqOnft1tdCl9QujAaimM5KxS6QtN6NHj6WHW_z5ACWfAqB=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdWyYrlU0v_qEjRk1ss-XneIY5SaXwX5yJCpyXAHN0rNfOCOduoQWPr0y2502AbWEyeBWy1nojjsWCKF4R6cmQ7Iw7awJKup2u0lY9ZgdeNvRv5NPV3W92OXosb8mxWCTnNhm6aa4fQkkRgVF5Nx6Vt1WyVy7U051X9OTSuiga4ybr802T-iS4aRkQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdWyYrlU0v_qEjRk1ss-XneIY5SaXwX5yJCpyXAHN0rNfOCOduoQWPr0y2502AbWEyeBWy1nojjsWCKF4R6cmQ7Iw7awJKup2u0lY9ZgdeNvRv5NPV3W92OXosb8mxWCTnNhm6aa4fQkkRgVF5Nx6Vt1WyVy7U051X9OTSuiga4ybr802T-iS4aRkQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br />I don't even try to do this. It's become somewhat of my trademark, along with randomly leaving my car door open. This is at the Bentley hockey game whoops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlO6nCEhaKWNFpmxYiamd-feeEiy4qLPSxQ0Uu_uCyLTukogKAmoxUZqX8tc6zeZgcl5guj3tyxNHDnQkDD9FJGup74aD2YAkn__XxHeDrpMfeokRJJmddRK-tNUsiVFBzSUDzTfR_5esKWoY-r0uhfK2eBrCpuKmMoU6CDkG0t_BlAk3yaulHr7Ri=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlO6nCEhaKWNFpmxYiamd-feeEiy4qLPSxQ0Uu_uCyLTukogKAmoxUZqX8tc6zeZgcl5guj3tyxNHDnQkDD9FJGup74aD2YAkn__XxHeDrpMfeokRJJmddRK-tNUsiVFBzSUDzTfR_5esKWoY-r0uhfK2eBrCpuKmMoU6CDkG0t_BlAk3yaulHr7Ri=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have also weirdly noticed that I never fully close drawers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Something I could improve on: my road rage. I do, I have it. Next.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Beauty must-have: Lumify eye drops. This stuff turns your eyeballs into dinner plates my friends. In the best way possible. Your whites become <i>white</i>. Like you can't really tell how tired I am at all when I use it lol. I'm also still very into my press-on nails and my skincare routine has become quite robust and expensive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Other random things about me at 41: During the day I prefer to wear jeans over leggings. Leggings just make me feel like I'm in pajamas. I even tried the Vuori joggers that everyone raves about but the truth is if I'm not in real pants, at home or otherwise, I feel sleepy and lazy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />Wrapping paper makes me really happy. I have so many rolls! Ironically I'm not the best at the actual "folding and taping" part but I do love giving pretty things in pretty packages :) I also enjoy decorating tremendously, as in all the small Home Goods knick knacks with garlands and whatever else is seasonally appropriate. I think there are 6 bins in the basement for Halloween alone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I never did watch Hamilton, if you read my 40 post, but none of the other details have really changed. Another year, same me :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ok what else happened in November. Oh we took our family photos, usually the worst 30 minutes of our entire year, but actually the boys were SO cooperative and mild-mannered! FINALLY! These are the two I loved the most.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOZzj6CC-KKi_9Gd1jXjxIBNzmTnm2cLd5s_O6ZZNdt0dTnkwyVzoOHWYaSrgOWhjCVQUzTbWPMi9-BMDxRGdtxrPPZ2GqF-ULsF9LY4yxISoTXadU6lPMFxZpAIgovSYl0iqlTr1q11XJLmTbx0Q1UVT4Zzme9y3vOH02hZ4FbdbNlVy0elzfhpzA=s3600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="3600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOZzj6CC-KKi_9Gd1jXjxIBNzmTnm2cLd5s_O6ZZNdt0dTnkwyVzoOHWYaSrgOWhjCVQUzTbWPMi9-BMDxRGdtxrPPZ2GqF-ULsF9LY4yxISoTXadU6lPMFxZpAIgovSYl0iqlTr1q11XJLmTbx0Q1UVT4Zzme9y3vOH02hZ4FbdbNlVy0elzfhpzA=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhV7qD42TVNWdeg-jU9ynJoxo4Z7rRfO1XXDDP5TCYzfupWOilaqP5s9KyXw5uLEsyAf1LZZUerZqvExpgj_RlsRHtqFi5vovZXBOD4YBEOz9lI4Ocz6l-9BX8DBD9MOhstEP000VTqVv67FOD--qApUVWXA4v6-Vtp00mF7HZvj6MF-lDKhOENSruy=s3600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhV7qD42TVNWdeg-jU9ynJoxo4Z7rRfO1XXDDP5TCYzfupWOilaqP5s9KyXw5uLEsyAf1LZZUerZqvExpgj_RlsRHtqFi5vovZXBOD4YBEOz9lI4Ocz6l-9BX8DBD9MOhstEP000VTqVv67FOD--qApUVWXA4v6-Vtp00mF7HZvj6MF-lDKhOENSruy=w426-h640" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A little behind the scenes for you - Alex's haircut. Thank god you can't tell from the front. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOO_ycuIUVQHZgrO2_Kh33gPeK-_aZNGCfU8KQ3zsI-uHlXHNFFnHkd0GSZaSsr0d8TubU9FWY3UqmZewOWHRIUFnYzfTB7b2pxZXJuSHeB-vSEUHfmtb27dV6l5l85_OD-YE1IlV44wfCOiMGAqDg2VBkZ0bOrhSJvpokXjzaTpI2U33U7txoDA_n=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOO_ycuIUVQHZgrO2_Kh33gPeK-_aZNGCfU8KQ3zsI-uHlXHNFFnHkd0GSZaSsr0d8TubU9FWY3UqmZewOWHRIUFnYzfTB7b2pxZXJuSHeB-vSEUHfmtb27dV6l5l85_OD-YE1IlV44wfCOiMGAqDg2VBkZ0bOrhSJvpokXjzaTpI2U33U7txoDA_n=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">November was the month that Jason and I got our boosters and the boys got fully vaccinated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP2dhadQImeSpFraU0n8XdP4NNpxvqHxRxXF7e2j9mEkA14B_i18WuOb3kvPOVfH-jC_ka_7cPEbXLPlAz5WBoP7vugn0odSWGOxDkqmoUg5BkNXEnzkQ-3SSjZFPDIwrIU2aN7S5SyvO1oSOFr1WgyMTDjmFTZASD86YTECLokQk-Pb11RenqyRDz=s3088" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiP2dhadQImeSpFraU0n8XdP4NNpxvqHxRxXF7e2j9mEkA14B_i18WuOb3kvPOVfH-jC_ka_7cPEbXLPlAz5WBoP7vugn0odSWGOxDkqmoUg5BkNXEnzkQ-3SSjZFPDIwrIU2aN7S5SyvO1oSOFr1WgyMTDjmFTZASD86YTECLokQk-Pb11RenqyRDz=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjGP7Mdzt1jIPnYU-70gH6uHYDSZGbG74GWuZCDr-r7v9--AKvcuZqCb8va6VNY9MnMLdb-xbwGhPSJ5JwQ_jOFebDfayes42S-mRdln8MTFn5brqpxJBoO1SYcwBYyTq2kZZ2M_yhWPoL1hsM3gfKmaO1dzrtGngShI5sAuMXjl_lplRs14p134kW=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjGP7Mdzt1jIPnYU-70gH6uHYDSZGbG74GWuZCDr-r7v9--AKvcuZqCb8va6VNY9MnMLdb-xbwGhPSJ5JwQ_jOFebDfayes42S-mRdln8MTFn5brqpxJBoO1SYcwBYyTq2kZZ2M_yhWPoL1hsM3gfKmaO1dzrtGngShI5sAuMXjl_lplRs14p134kW=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I personally think vaccines are one of the biggest privileges of our society and don't understand anyone who doesn't, but that's a whoooooole other subject.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lastly, turkey day! Jason's brother and sister couldn't make the trip due to COVID and other reasons. Happily, GG and Erik accepted a last minute invitation. Grandma and Grandpa came early on Tuesday, just in time to watch Ashton win the annual 4th grade Lilja turkey trot. This was like, a very big deal. Pretty much the entire school was betting on him to win - it was 3 loops around the grounds for a total of 2 miles. He smoked everyone and ran at a 7 minute pace!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's in the very front, white shorts. 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-88057383978106096782021-11-02T13:42:00.002-04:002021-11-02T13:43:13.961-04:00Our 10th Halloween<p>Guys, MILESTONE TIME. We've just hit our <i>tenth </i>halloween over here at A New Nill. There wasn't a post ten years ago, but Ashton (only child at the time) looked like this.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFUADMhTQNXC9tsHY5LFNQEZNr9TWNy6NQ6W_-ehWZKEzw6U51Y6GFjbH6rHIe4M-ZCzx3kzuFSba30OFzsopIRgtfd-rhIl2aApv1kURJ4b3GAMY3gMo8C5KJ-xlE9ydf2exVFVRRZg/s604/Photo+Oct+31%252C+7+52+52+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="403" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFUADMhTQNXC9tsHY5LFNQEZNr9TWNy6NQ6W_-ehWZKEzw6U51Y6GFjbH6rHIe4M-ZCzx3kzuFSba30OFzsopIRgtfd-rhIl2aApv1kURJ4b3GAMY3gMo8C5KJ-xlE9ydf2exVFVRRZg/w429-h640/Photo+Oct+31%252C+7+52+52+PM.jpg" width="429" /></a></div><p>This was before we knew about allergies and eczema and I cringe looking at his skin :( Oh god plus his cradle cap that was a scaly mess - it's all so painful. BUT, Ashton today, 10 years later, is pretty perfect. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNqJCbIFQ05uuLga7nMq7frC6S5iRufEsAGQtiE_Kl-Ju9-OpbZGz7NqBtl2W4hshNaCFf-hlBYR5twHuqVFAvPbasDswsTy4DrL0uLUGZkldF0uJtPza5HBvRe0UE0moKIG8Uter-Ug/s3088/Photo+Oct+31%252C+5+31+09+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNqJCbIFQ05uuLga7nMq7frC6S5iRufEsAGQtiE_Kl-Ju9-OpbZGz7NqBtl2W4hshNaCFf-hlBYR5twHuqVFAvPbasDswsTy4DrL0uLUGZkldF0uJtPza5HBvRe0UE0moKIG8Uter-Ug/w480-h640/Photo+Oct+31%252C+5+31+09+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Myself on the other hand. No, that's not a costume, I really look like that. <i>In my defense</i>, I had just helped to pull off a huge event at Lilja that morning and was exhausted haha. I'm on the PTO and we did a big "Morning Mischief" Halloween party with a trunk or treat, crafts, food, music, facepainting, etc.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTdHV47H-xsBhCg-xx97rx9u3GHehDePWa9EoTO_x3xWldzq9Jb_BwwcoqRwKXJPpUpuq2ImVaOW2KPmiBY491y_4Uvq3YQt9Zn-JR4HrHkR4_-6XyXryTEIEjbGUg4eLQZSLNNBuwS0/s2049/Photo+Oct+31%252C+10+24+37+AM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTdHV47H-xsBhCg-xx97rx9u3GHehDePWa9EoTO_x3xWldzq9Jb_BwwcoqRwKXJPpUpuq2ImVaOW2KPmiBY491y_4Uvq3YQt9Zn-JR4HrHkR4_-6XyXryTEIEjbGUg4eLQZSLNNBuwS0/w640-h480/Photo+Oct+31%252C+10+24+37+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Big success. Big. Huge. AND we had GG, Erik and the Braydens visiting this past weekend too so things were lively! </div><div><br /></div><div>Back to Halloween though. Some huge differences this year - one, we used leftover pumpkins from Brae Burn. Like, we didn't even go pick them out. Jason brought them home and the boys were like, *shrug*. Sure those look good.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPVUKP79uASR456EkE0UkRKeM_rJW3Wl9vXuxQjg9hzVnXRyDb6huNUS5GWBcV3naF3-nv1_72X41L8t8xDYujskLOzV3D1SDyGV7guoYkL_jBLWi7isrnUCkUNOZYMiZWGWBbOG_2dU/s4032/Photo+Oct+31%252C+3+57+20+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPVUKP79uASR456EkE0UkRKeM_rJW3Wl9vXuxQjg9hzVnXRyDb6huNUS5GWBcV3naF3-nv1_72X41L8t8xDYujskLOzV3D1SDyGV7guoYkL_jBLWi7isrnUCkUNOZYMiZWGWBbOG_2dU/w640-h480/Photo+Oct+31%252C+3+57+20+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVKcNr-dmsMgO4USpC62jwuJv_TqFi8_Mk2mbYGNScAnfczvB-Elge6ISsORpx-owyZJeWwHt78XUX9iM51PmcQPW0fcwVMW2GVg4TKZ-gWD0ADQItEohKGaPdgKL6dw2kUcVyRoGW9c/s4032/Photo+Oct+31%252C+3+57+41+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVKcNr-dmsMgO4USpC62jwuJv_TqFi8_Mk2mbYGNScAnfczvB-Elge6ISsORpx-owyZJeWwHt78XUX9iM51PmcQPW0fcwVMW2GVg4TKZ-gWD0ADQItEohKGaPdgKL6dw2kUcVyRoGW9c/w480-h640/Photo+Oct+31%252C+3+57+41+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclNl-oWzCWWGuCHLh1it9IGJ_cpbfGoWjEapJUuchZaiZEUJS-WdgvL_vC0-EZHtWuL7EhFW5xbmc53t4uoTNYOnOJaYFLOmXVs3s7WKLHIqub7xL8Amx4-Ivbg22lV564hrm6I2qHMc/s4032/Photo+Oct+31%252C+4+02+23+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclNl-oWzCWWGuCHLh1it9IGJ_cpbfGoWjEapJUuchZaiZEUJS-WdgvL_vC0-EZHtWuL7EhFW5xbmc53t4uoTNYOnOJaYFLOmXVs3s7WKLHIqub7xL8Amx4-Ivbg22lV564hrm6I2qHMc/w640-h480/Photo+Oct+31%252C+4+02+23+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Alex's:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvfk2saL0z6-91LojXcc6AzxBCEuNMGn7tNPVAaWUBwqrM3sqzlMjWO1lfH5p9pRwLaj8YnDgkGydUzs8QMYUnxVaju2UXrLWjLTiuIRMlFJRstDmD1MG-AnoEl6o3mbgEA0qpuFbkCc/s4032/Photo+Oct+31%252C+5+30+53+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvfk2saL0z6-91LojXcc6AzxBCEuNMGn7tNPVAaWUBwqrM3sqzlMjWO1lfH5p9pRwLaj8YnDgkGydUzs8QMYUnxVaju2UXrLWjLTiuIRMlFJRstDmD1MG-AnoEl6o3mbgEA0qpuFbkCc/w480-h640/Photo+Oct+31%252C+5+30+53+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ashton's:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZr_5ObU2-yv4FBG_SL2PVi4C24tUEoVzY1xh3Q2r8F0gBA_dezUeMjhLvc0_mB8Fepz9VHx7ZwuuokHDE4ZGJwQghnLX1gGMSuX3WK69Bh_1yKahLXMflIujRK4Qttk9ixiYpaAaWqhY/s4032/Photo+Oct+31%252C+5+30+58+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZr_5ObU2-yv4FBG_SL2PVi4C24tUEoVzY1xh3Q2r8F0gBA_dezUeMjhLvc0_mB8Fepz9VHx7ZwuuokHDE4ZGJwQghnLX1gGMSuX3WK69Bh_1yKahLXMflIujRK4Qttk9ixiYpaAaWqhY/w480-h640/Photo+Oct+31%252C+5+30+58+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>Secondly, if Ashton had actually wanted to, I would TOTALLY have sent them out trick or treating on their own. They know the neighborhood and all the people so well, it just felt like they definitely could have done it. Luckily, they asked us to walk with them anyway :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Lastly and this is my saddest observation. It's really no longer "trick or treating". It's "grab candy from an unmanned table in front of someone's house". </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Zjx7pniOqeY1fa6ruaHDETUa2V6WJMpIvM3o7lcyPKX9aovYXXU7iaE8Kuq7hCuyvP8x51lXI2pxfvvwj4jEwlGLSO5gUYBbHt9jKb6VQBwRs98CgNnk_yO9T4Cw4wQm4jE9Zbwoe0o/s2048/249554924_4549231692431_7812584691214687351_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Zjx7pniOqeY1fa6ruaHDETUa2V6WJMpIvM3o7lcyPKX9aovYXXU7iaE8Kuq7hCuyvP8x51lXI2pxfvvwj4jEwlGLSO5gUYBbHt9jKb6VQBwRs98CgNnk_yO9T4Cw4wQm4jE9Zbwoe0o/w640-h480/249554924_4549231692431_7812584691214687351_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>And while I'm on this - what is with the ziplock bags?? The boys must have come home with EASILY 30 ziplocks each. One piece of candy isn't enough? Why not put everything in one bowl with a sign that says "take several"? SO many houses did this and it struck me as beyond wasteful. I saved the collection for re-use but like, yuck.</div><div><br /></div><div>Back to my original rant. I get that last year, with COVID, it was all about contactless this and that. So everyone put candy outside for kids to just take. No doorbell ringing, no thank yous, no Happy Halloweens. This year, maybe it was the same rationale, but if you ask me the faceless grabbing is probably here to stay. I mean people that wanted to be friendly sat outside in chairs and around firepits, but others I imagine relished not having to get up from the couch every other minute to greet trick or treaters. And honestly, as a parent, we covered the neighborhood in half the time. But it wasn't the same :-/</div><div><p>The costumes also went off without a lot of fanfare. Ashton wanted to just wear his football uniform and Alex his hockey pads, but no no no. I forced them into a SWAT outfit and some sort of GI Joe whose pants were too small.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4dUn_911AEJzpdNmbrVqKsIR6eMdE1HjSYWd_x1G1Q7Alt4edG1heelq9AL12tXyrK1KIWsl6Kp89UeF7mb0I8AmtsCpvnNjUZOIF3aD6ub0VYJJ317L3QNb554R6jXhKQZbk17J4FQ/s2048/Photo+Oct+31%252C+4+29+41+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4dUn_911AEJzpdNmbrVqKsIR6eMdE1HjSYWd_x1G1Q7Alt4edG1heelq9AL12tXyrK1KIWsl6Kp89UeF7mb0I8AmtsCpvnNjUZOIF3aD6ub0VYJJ317L3QNb554R6jXhKQZbk17J4FQ/w480-h640/Photo+Oct+31%252C+4+29+41+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our method of anonymous candy distribution was that butler behind Alex. He moved and spoke, it was creepy. Alex was SUPER into decorating this year, he weirdly spent a ton of time talking about it. Here's a house tour -> <a href="https://youtu.be/af4qo1PqJoA">https://youtu.be/af4qo1PqJoA</a></div><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And that's about it guys. We walked around with our usual friends and since it was a Sunday night, we were out early and in early. My kind of Halloween ;) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-54413449399333208902021-09-20T20:02:00.001-04:002021-10-19T14:18:32.009-04:00Ashton is TEN - Part 2 - a Nerf Party<p> It's been twice (half?) of Ashton's life since we last threw him a significant birthday party. That was the <a href="http://anewnill.blogspot.com/2016/08/a-lego-party-fit-for-5-year-old.html" target="_blank">Lego party</a>, if you'll recall. Insanity is what that was. So while building blocks were a central part of Ashton's life back then, nowadays it's Nerf and so that's what we went with. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0NmV24Be03GZRDqWpovM89npTbATDKiPGv-w0_BnJ_cOuFxNODQBE96ZX2ZSGuclG2NvzKjQjdrtG5NcXmLErPhdYyS9O-ZtjtnJVTmIsJNRwsWVD-Hy1mANkKZxhf6PJuwtba7MoY4/s2048/10th+bday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1463" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0NmV24Be03GZRDqWpovM89npTbATDKiPGv-w0_BnJ_cOuFxNODQBE96ZX2ZSGuclG2NvzKjQjdrtG5NcXmLErPhdYyS9O-ZtjtnJVTmIsJNRwsWVD-Hy1mANkKZxhf6PJuwtba7MoY4/w458-h640/10th+bday.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We did it right before school started because no one is ever around on his actual birthday, ourselves included lol. And we did have to reschedule it once because of the weather but we had 100% turnout and he was sooo happy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So here's what we did. The gym up the street has an indoor turf field and they do an event every so often called "nerf on the terf" which is just kids showing up and firing at each other in a controlled environment. Knowing that we didn't want to be inside, I asked if I could borrow their "infrastructure" and for 50 bucks, they said sure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A couple truckloads later and our backyard was a Nerf war zone. I made giant darts as decorations from pool noodles and coffee cups, and we had customized water bottles, a pizza lunch, a referee (i.e. paid high school kid - I did <i>not</i> want to be the one calling kids out due to being shot) and even a balloon arch. The play was capture the flag style - two teams trying to infiltrate each others' lines to grab the preciously guarded flag. Even the dads were in at one point. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was a lot of yelling. The voices were like, constant for basically 2 hours. "Get him!" "He's going for it!" "He was out!" "Move to the wall!" "Get back!" "Reload! RELOAD!" "Run for it!" "Duck!" "GET HIM!!" and so on. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsd-OyYZ40qXD-sMotX5m95W4HkdhCJEXfTTJMF0na1BSBgqUWIdqNXLrIrop_Ns2yRQLhu96iBurn0jr-6Ab7FswCILFpr5KfMptGoJ7-BNwV8Md47FCAVrr7ATsC_slGfZFVctA9c_s/w640-h480/group+shot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a gorgeous day and the party wrapped at about the 3.5 hour mark lol. So exhausting but so fun. Live footage <a href="https://youtu.be/PUQOupY0sFw" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/NqDFR8AiQJA" target="_blank">here</a> (kind of cracking up at how into it Jason is). Anyway, that's a wrap on double digits!</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-59705000601677197572021-08-27T20:31:00.000-04:002021-09-28T13:47:09.550-04:00Ashton is TEN - part one!<p>Double digits y'all. Ashton is TEN and well, <i>whoa</i>. Read on for all the details about him and how we spent August 3, 2021. If it's even possible I love him more every day. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvg-gy772GRXw_cwUEi8vyhUY-zABMYdu92RD-w0IBe-0AcWHG73FSDB4JARS2dOSc-KL6PO2ha3OfyKIk5tprGwB_pVl04iEZBip6xIhazSXavmdp0lByxaS4bM1qa73LhhzI8C8NcGc/s2048/Photo+Aug+03%252C+4+23+11+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvg-gy772GRXw_cwUEi8vyhUY-zABMYdu92RD-w0IBe-0AcWHG73FSDB4JARS2dOSc-KL6PO2ha3OfyKIk5tprGwB_pVl04iEZBip6xIhazSXavmdp0lByxaS4bM1qa73LhhzI8C8NcGc/w480-h640/Photo+Aug+03%252C+4+23+11+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>This boy weighs 79.6 pounds, is 4 feet 10 inches tall, has size 4.5 feet and wears clothes bordering on size L and 10/12. His haircut is shaved on one side and he keeps the top long, it's a very enviable blond in the summer time. We have a large collection of headbands and sweatbands he wears to keep it back and basically he looks like a teenager. Eats like one too - no amount of food makes him full. Oh and he is also starting to smell like one. I make him wear deodorant and after hockey and football practice, oooof. </p><p>Ashton is largely uncomplicated and I love this about him. Agreeable and mild-mannered, he does not have a manipulative bone in his body. If he gets frustrated, he walks away. If he is overwhelmed, he cries. And he still loves to be hugged and kissed all the time. Ashton knows right from wrong, follows the rules, and has a hard time around boys that tease, are rude, or are unsportsmanlike. It is perplexing to him when people are mean. If he hears a story or is telling me about something that happened at school, he will put his hands out with wide eyes and say "Can you believe it?" or "Why would they do that?" And shake his head.</p><p>Ashton is also very humble. He's tall, handsome and sweet, and naturally quite athletic. He's a great teammate, easy to coach, and has received the Bobby Orr award in hockey (basically for being an outstanding, fair, solid player) for the past two years in a row. But he has no idea about it. If he gets a compliment, he looks down, smiles genuinely and says thank you. Sometimes if it feels particularly good he will do a little hop. He also jumps when he is excited or thrilled by a game or competition. This is him on exactly his tenth birthday, in an arcade, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X1DdHRPCjQY" target="_blank">playing skee ball</a>. He's done this kind of thing since he was little.</p><p>We've taught both our boys that it's important to wear nice clothes to school, that it's a sign of pride. Off they go every day, in their collared shirts and clean sneakers. Not only do they not fight it, they defend it. Ashton gets some flack for it from his classmates. "Ashton, you know you don't have to dress like that for school." "Ashton, why do you always wear fancy clothes?" The other day he was again telling me about the negative attention he gets and I think he must have gotten fed up. He responded "Because it's a sign of respect." The kid was like "That's dumb." And Ashton said "No it's not. You don't see teachers wearing messy clothes do you?" That's probably the edgiest Ashton has ever been. He wasn't mean about it, but it shut that kid right up. You should hear what he comes home telling me what other kids do and say, it's so upsetting. As far as I can tell, he rises above it and he knows how proud I am of him. </p><p>What else about Ashton. He is obsessed with fantasy football and loves sports. He is currently playing football on the 4th grade team for the Natick Redhawks:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyJYMjbyS9OTvSpsOelWnQaiYmF9mOmN1ZfG-YWRBbeZYKd8a95P9mpzQQldAr_4HMNi3mQWnA4uCHxdOn74uHN5RnpucaHa80jlbCAo-dyLY8BtfSBrZKlVELzEfN8Dj9D7985PmsDs/s4032/IMG_7804.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyJYMjbyS9OTvSpsOelWnQaiYmF9mOmN1ZfG-YWRBbeZYKd8a95P9mpzQQldAr_4HMNi3mQWnA4uCHxdOn74uHN5RnpucaHa80jlbCAo-dyLY8BtfSBrZKlVELzEfN8Dj9D7985PmsDs/w480-h640/IMG_7804.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>and Squirt A on the Natick Comets for hockey. Ashton likes challenges in general, both physical and mental. He saw a video on YouTube about how a guy used magnets to separate iron from soil/sand and made a version of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/PlayMonster-Magnetic-Personalities-Original-Wooly/dp/B00BT92SB0" target="_blank">this toy</a>. Not only did Ashton go dig out a bunch of magnets, he raced down to the pond and by the end of the morning had an entire container of iron (and about 6 kids that were so into what he was doing, they had run home to get their own magnets and try it themselves). He's curious and basically loves to experiment with things. Like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP0BALWFce4" target="_blank">this video</a> in which they spent hours taping boxes to make a basketball arcade game (Alex is inside LOL) and our house in general is perpetually contests of coin spinning, arm wrestling, tower building, how fast someone can do X, Y or Z, slow-motion recordings or toy car or bike jumps, marble races, and on and on. </p><p>So I think that paints a pretty good picture. If any of my readers have any comments please leave them! Considering Ashton is 10 I want this to be a very thorough documentation and I think we all agree I've achieved that lol. </p><p>So for birthdays in our house, we like to have a family outing. We chose Kimball Farms in Westford which is a general fun spot with mini golf, zip line, batting cages, bumper boats, etc. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day. His friends came over in the morning to watch him open his new Strife (this was widely anticipated in the neighborhood), we had salmon for dinner and some presents and Ashton loved it all. And we <i>LOVE</i> him. Wait until his Nerf party!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFhQFffBWhamJEmIcfH3PJGZ0RStzIxb2fIPeRTVmosKz5BKec8zXjQxVywNMr2OHBLodvGzuh3i0lRV6yvUjEs3Y_f63koj9Io5RRdYmcljW5G9elsDCWFh1RjLJMKXw7ilhe8EQrHk/s2048/Photo+Aug+03%252C+8+57+27+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmFhQFffBWhamJEmIcfH3PJGZ0RStzIxb2fIPeRTVmosKz5BKec8zXjQxVywNMr2OHBLodvGzuh3i0lRV6yvUjEs3Y_f63koj9Io5RRdYmcljW5G9elsDCWFh1RjLJMKXw7ilhe8EQrHk/w640-h480/Photo+Aug+03%252C+8+57+27+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNakzFp6Rq93QseI2PRJn6feEzvJYsd_AzX-rhAa0gGNk09Q9QC2m0trWX-RpOxyXqdMrolJ5Jc0miC1Ite6tTrJhHgl5yj8tupEecqV8_DCyliCSMrU58L09k59muxrW432juq57x_s/s2048/Photo+Aug+03%252C+9+03+54+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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And in between that was candy they won in the arcade. That's what birthdays are for, right? (Gulp.) Happiest 10th to our beloved Ashton!!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijavKuh6ajXSCvz0CTXEHq7ixDFumahLw_h4tsQq0Sx3YP-w7jB8wj5yN35RZhL2WvUILlsIjD7QUpJ8iYcvq8PE1MesCMxw8zdbgNHtqKht2xpw9kqmi9Jwqni9wvpzS4aoG8NNf-SfM/s2048/Photo+Aug+03%252C+9+09+38+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijavKuh6ajXSCvz0CTXEHq7ixDFumahLw_h4tsQq0Sx3YP-w7jB8wj5yN35RZhL2WvUILlsIjD7QUpJ8iYcvq8PE1MesCMxw8zdbgNHtqKht2xpw9kqmi9Jwqni9wvpzS4aoG8NNf-SfM/w640-h480/Photo+Aug+03%252C+9+09+38+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-20944286744888978302021-08-02T11:19:00.001-04:002021-09-08T14:20:42.504-04:00Chatham 2021<p>Ok so here we gooooo! Our summer vacay was in Chatham and while on the shorter side, here is all the fun and sun we had this year! Same crowd, same beaches, same lunches, you know ;) In fact, if you read <a href="http://anewnill.blogspot.com/2019/08/cape-cod-2019-summer-vacaaaaay.html" target="_blank">this post</a>, you almost don't have to read this one lol. Although actually, one of the bonuses this year was my bestie Katie and her family (also our neighbors in Natick- first introduced in the linked post above) hung out with us a bunch since they were visiting her parents who live there too. </p><p>So the first day we went straight up to our favorite most breathtaking beach - White Crest in Wellfleet. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN09owbc7856qmunXnyyxUTWnMJylszpHNFDFtqXGTybnSm3_HQ5TWFgX_nzKhXaoCX1Adql6xVTwyKUmWLQKcNP4qC1aOhtYy5WiGSx6xQGlLtq6B4C7TBMfsBR8pzJvEmBNQWmp7npY/s2048/Photo+Jul+27%252C+1+42+04+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN09owbc7856qmunXnyyxUTWnMJylszpHNFDFtqXGTybnSm3_HQ5TWFgX_nzKhXaoCX1Adql6xVTwyKUmWLQKcNP4qC1aOhtYy5WiGSx6xQGlLtq6B4C7TBMfsBR8pzJvEmBNQWmp7npY/w640-h480/Photo+Jul+27%252C+1+42+04+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>"The chair" - it was a thing. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The best crew!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaISQxyGAPvi6nHxAcNSMQp8402mQh6lxGV12NL206Wh8ftWJiiQk0WlivTmASWTDGDTtjzsPLp1cYITdx5RbPFXoRlqha-tDSSFnZB3JjXxW7Er4YRYAUVbwioR15lOesEte0hK3Pkzo/s1971/Photo+Jul+27%252C+4+35+59+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1649" data-original-width="1971" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaISQxyGAPvi6nHxAcNSMQp8402mQh6lxGV12NL206Wh8ftWJiiQk0WlivTmASWTDGDTtjzsPLp1cYITdx5RbPFXoRlqha-tDSSFnZB3JjXxW7Er4YRYAUVbwioR15lOesEte0hK3Pkzo/w640-h536/Photo+Jul+27%252C+4+35+59+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YlpDQAhVz-EuG21pkooSt8b-SiqnEE3HfabDNL-bAfJ_ftvFCHmy00OhEoA4UcvTxc9pWfTR9CJ-Bpw_l9whqt4wrT2SlH-1GuxKwClIijHFrbVoDYyfcB_DwrF0JgTOJSNWWPs0FFM/s2048/Photo+Jul+27%252C+10+08+10+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YlpDQAhVz-EuG21pkooSt8b-SiqnEE3HfabDNL-bAfJ_ftvFCHmy00OhEoA4UcvTxc9pWfTR9CJ-Bpw_l9whqt4wrT2SlH-1GuxKwClIijHFrbVoDYyfcB_DwrF0JgTOJSNWWPs0FFM/w640-h480/Photo+Jul+27%252C+10+08+10+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2X4MvXIsf_dDij6R39FFcKEz7Mh6clOS5jayc80aWc7bbQSxqz2WQuZWkeKGANhbHuc_IdOqRC-QYXB6alLVSRi4VSTV9zZd4QrjWKLPQBjf_55Dw-dVBPSHg1u_rPflZgccOsGbKi40/s2048/Photo+Jul+27%252C+10+13+01+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2X4MvXIsf_dDij6R39FFcKEz7Mh6clOS5jayc80aWc7bbQSxqz2WQuZWkeKGANhbHuc_IdOqRC-QYXB6alLVSRi4VSTV9zZd4QrjWKLPQBjf_55Dw-dVBPSHg1u_rPflZgccOsGbKi40/w480-h640/Photo+Jul+27%252C+10+13+01+AM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Two years ago the waves were big and seals abounded (?) so this year we actually got to swim and it was great!<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBf11GeTqtwMbCvTceM-ovW8FZerttc8itJRccihD6heuJqjvi4zXtuFN7-Zaq98Hu4w62uHf9znnNUyf3Ye5NpN4oaqkrF3uazi2QhAFfT7GlHVsi8YfPHOQBHe_u8bmP8fdLsswoYPk/s2048/Photo+Jul+27%252C+11+08+20+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBf11GeTqtwMbCvTceM-ovW8FZerttc8itJRccihD6heuJqjvi4zXtuFN7-Zaq98Hu4w62uHf9znnNUyf3Ye5NpN4oaqkrF3uazi2QhAFfT7GlHVsi8YfPHOQBHe_u8bmP8fdLsswoYPk/w640-h480/Photo+Jul+27%252C+11+08+20+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The men all walked down to the Beachcomber for some oyster shooters and then it was time to go home and get through the very difficult task of sitting outside, having wine and a raw bar with Grandma and Grandpa ((just arrived). Tough stuff, vacation ;)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPNdve8LoWeh5e5OGpN_60UhvQcWxpxXW0D1jNzyZkhgDF2INIwKmYFyL9ZaqJSAMYQ6xWNdY-b5h-lvfAuQ4R_Ht5L11S-TbVA4C9BqwKPTtF2B7cZnxpBDGfu0Jib3AwYKuPinV_Ag/s2048/Photo+Jul+27%252C+7+23+35+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="2048" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPNdve8LoWeh5e5OGpN_60UhvQcWxpxXW0D1jNzyZkhgDF2INIwKmYFyL9ZaqJSAMYQ6xWNdY-b5h-lvfAuQ4R_Ht5L11S-TbVA4C9BqwKPTtF2B7cZnxpBDGfu0Jib3AwYKuPinV_Ag/w640-h452/Photo+Jul+27%252C+7+23+35+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Next day notables included the men swinging the sticks,</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6E9wsJYgdG8HpGxcvRhq1ZnGSxa2X8dn_IXld6eVjSA6QkoNqG3WNZb_KcdeDy0RcbiJOnSyealGmG2xLA3fZqHV5XbWXDS28EqJ4c9vnT4Fqo99nnu-x1MbRpDk38s4Uy0F5gT7Xr44/s2048/Photo+Jul+28%252C+9+19+13+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6E9wsJYgdG8HpGxcvRhq1ZnGSxa2X8dn_IXld6eVjSA6QkoNqG3WNZb_KcdeDy0RcbiJOnSyealGmG2xLA3fZqHV5XbWXDS28EqJ4c9vnT4Fqo99nnu-x1MbRpDk38s4Uy0F5gT7Xr44/w640-h480/Photo+Jul+28%252C+9+19+13+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSSKgwUotyizRZv8iROfzbjl9TvNSrfzpV5qA6QCKHF8XpnuqMSRXtr2UI2CqLQEF4J0CRZjjuIJ1952SqnDylCX2nzBhyphenhyphenvoBkvXHGHc58lM5I4naJV4dIJL5zKdhb3sKKayofMxQz7s/s2048/Photo+Jul+28%252C+9+19+26+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSSKgwUotyizRZv8iROfzbjl9TvNSrfzpV5qA6QCKHF8XpnuqMSRXtr2UI2CqLQEF4J0CRZjjuIJ1952SqnDylCX2nzBhyphenhyphenvoBkvXHGHc58lM5I4naJV4dIJL5zKdhb3sKKayofMxQz7s/w640-h480/Photo+Jul+28%252C+9+19+26+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>the Whydah Pirates Museum (with <i>actual</i> treasure in the form of gold coins, Ashton was going ballistic. It was actually super fascinating, the rise of piracy and the history behind this one particular ship). Arrrggggh!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNJYvBxZRrr5vhdHcqHvYNWrlxW_TaZ_xwhCrdS2ndTjs5-0xi7WTLxm7WKFNe3ZT4BFV4KN0SOgv4XmbH0f85vp1MR3uE9Vpxt95wnibCsAwegVyn1v8AQoMc6BlHlQwK4SfZESbz6M/s2048/Photo+Jul+28%252C+3+34+29+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpNJYvBxZRrr5vhdHcqHvYNWrlxW_TaZ_xwhCrdS2ndTjs5-0xi7WTLxm7WKFNe3ZT4BFV4KN0SOgv4XmbH0f85vp1MR3uE9Vpxt95wnibCsAwegVyn1v8AQoMc6BlHlQwK4SfZESbz6M/w640-h480/Photo+Jul+28%252C+3+34+29+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Bumper boats</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JfaDtrYAMOQuoJAbUirCu4evV4PV1OkdarBnkOOQM6PKwf-ViDJhKN2hE-ccQCLgd4oWaP1f5_PCvmLQKQ5KxZpFcaUDszqYMwjFWSS5P-S440Hz6MWy6UpqgDJQHdqsLxdjoyh7Nn4/s2048/Photo+Jul+28%252C+4+21+33+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjveIGr_9sf3mBTcAI8YNCjZmKQiHJ-T1nRxYxZVLJMvCryvEN7ju-bGxG3KNZ4mZJlNk1FCl5FoQTOuFrt4GKWSUKLjAH_yUWeocr3RsSyac9okKHcRh15Ja_htj22InWQEBgSPFJWSQo/w640-h480/IMG_7104.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not so lucky on Thursday. Wind and increasingly bad weather. It was this (with chattering teeth):</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-w0q1ZyJN8KNwNIBlsANGGI2lt2Oy_XQLuAsAdGP-yJYhJLA3uQl5ZMM788dRL6dpNZH1BFaqMQxsMDTGBJVL_DpB8SxMjyZZd-9HOnsR2rWqzGJFtLNokdTSKQjAVao0qFHyvcWfXQ/s2048/Photo+Jul+29%252C+11+52+13+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-w0q1ZyJN8KNwNIBlsANGGI2lt2Oy_XQLuAsAdGP-yJYhJLA3uQl5ZMM788dRL6dpNZH1BFaqMQxsMDTGBJVL_DpB8SxMjyZZd-9HOnsR2rWqzGJFtLNokdTSKQjAVao0qFHyvcWfXQ/w640-h480/Photo+Jul+29%252C+11+52+13+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRofkN1QBOJSlOvtTy8HeID1Y4Wq21vHJkMU-Cd2wfX1_YZPFg9oX_qW8cMCg9Fo5B8YdsnxBaFHIoKKDhlCYoT6foemxq_AE5FU4uJYJ5a-L-6cAkheUs1lqILKZUtNUwee04IvNBA8/s2048/Photo+Jul+29%252C+2+47+32+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRofkN1QBOJSlOvtTy8HeID1Y4Wq21vHJkMU-Cd2wfX1_YZPFg9oX_qW8cMCg9Fo5B8YdsnxBaFHIoKKDhlCYoT6foemxq_AE5FU4uJYJ5a-L-6cAkheUs1lqILKZUtNUwee04IvNBA8/w640-h480/Photo+Jul+29%252C+2+47+32+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Suppose I didn't really have to post those two photos, but hey.<div><br /></div><div>Then we got some really good beach time and for the last night Katie babysat and the grownups went out. Ridgevale followed by Perks and then Brax Landing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwXZ9cY1NBrUs7xwxJI8UOLfDAXjcc2PnYGU9qppknmS8X2GL3f1i8IaIU7UJZgdyswQdDRZigS5Gkib_59EY0Lj7opJ1J503cfFZS3ZDZHGG69-fFGxePaZ_A14wzZ4lNDdiCsmorE38/s2048/Photo+Jul+30%252C+8+50+11+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwXZ9cY1NBrUs7xwxJI8UOLfDAXjcc2PnYGU9qppknmS8X2GL3f1i8IaIU7UJZgdyswQdDRZigS5Gkib_59EY0Lj7opJ1J503cfFZS3ZDZHGG69-fFGxePaZ_A14wzZ4lNDdiCsmorE38/w640-h480/Photo+Jul+30%252C+8+50+11+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjseQxrDZdIJC16pvhmyT_MIOND2u29x6eIwsKNdb_ucho6E_xu0Bl5u7KDaUM5eygr8KouMP6YWe8W7l-JC5a4fqzP9iDMQ35D_9eDRDuwEvvP5mOu_f6gFOX3k-e9aDTTpMfRcyTYorw/s2048/Photo+Jul+30%252C+1+23+51+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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So glad we got some QBT (quality beach time) but hopefully we will be able to get back to BI for 2022.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next up, the epic month of Ashton's tenth birthday. Here's a preview...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddBlpSqclg0f1ZJtz5Kn0HB7YB-OuWrVmOn4Sw1yUG9W3EzeB6hCChq6r0kV4THkiuMFJmeuZQXms8MIb6imYgmSJRad_lfJriS88wug5hcCCBfVOrrgoSORvWnMfPT0Uno11fJWeKJw/s4032/IMG_7659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddBlpSqclg0f1ZJtz5Kn0HB7YB-OuWrVmOn4Sw1yUG9W3EzeB6hCChq6r0kV4THkiuMFJmeuZQXms8MIb6imYgmSJRad_lfJriS88wug5hcCCBfVOrrgoSORvWnMfPT0Uno11fJWeKJw/w480-h640/IMG_7659.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-3892892242145170542021-08-01T13:39:00.002-04:002021-08-08T13:49:54.507-04:00Summer Blog Salad<p>Well what have we been up to since my last post (May - gulp). The answer is: a lot! Of course the burden of documentation has been mounting so I shall condense it all into a nice mix. </p><p>After Mother's Day came Father's Day, naturally. And I was especially proud of the gift we gave Jason this year. There was one particular favorite photo this winter I took of him and the boys skating on our backyard rink on a snowy night:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFPJi3rc0pok0Oxwl3RzJPVwbm9S4l2z5nMlJneMpDRoRbLRrBImAMIgD90TTGP5bpRAFlklIVNeebclZ2g1TaHgYFGiknOMLKr0zwx5ny5fBsGhTEpFuosZakswZJc7fEFpVIwuPbQU/s1172/File+Aug+08%252C+11+56+05+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFPJi3rc0pok0Oxwl3RzJPVwbm9S4l2z5nMlJneMpDRoRbLRrBImAMIgD90TTGP5bpRAFlklIVNeebclZ2g1TaHgYFGiknOMLKr0zwx5ny5fBsGhTEpFuosZakswZJc7fEFpVIwuPbQU/w399-h400/File+Aug+08%252C+11+56+05+AM.png" width="399" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;">I took a chance on a website called Instapainting and the result was amazing! They took this photo and turned into an actual work of art. It came rolled up on a legit canvas, I was so impressed.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix61UROyuKzKR-W_s1LGJGqH3-nGRuyTyC7cuCxlQ0Y2MYu30CpeBcVlgJr3gwNfhdz6IqOkKBef_9gMcJ8axLyPR0Kg2VqNneDPEcXekDFw-NGSWR5XxYAdUnDxxJxSbGdDGQHIXV6LI/s2048/Photo+Jun+09%252C+9+41+20+AM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix61UROyuKzKR-W_s1LGJGqH3-nGRuyTyC7cuCxlQ0Y2MYu30CpeBcVlgJr3gwNfhdz6IqOkKBef_9gMcJ8axLyPR0Kg2VqNneDPEcXekDFw-NGSWR5XxYAdUnDxxJxSbGdDGQHIXV6LI/w480-h640/Photo+Jun+09%252C+9+41+20+AM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="text-align: center;">A true oil painting! I had it framed and he loved it :) We all wrote a note on the back, the boys traced their hands, and it is hanging over the piano. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZ8l-bKLQpLedcqM-JrQYzhsKFJmmE7W1kTlgvyY-e7Fz7pPXc9QrMQnqANnUfSXXg3CkErENtMyZVoNceEnb6vpoRPCm455Q8U9iPxA41A-tsMKu-qNhVRZoANZIXTzPeu_gpJAD9pk/s2048/Photo+Jun+20%252C+7+52+03+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZ8l-bKLQpLedcqM-JrQYzhsKFJmmE7W1kTlgvyY-e7Fz7pPXc9QrMQnqANnUfSXXg3CkErENtMyZVoNceEnb6vpoRPCm455Q8U9iPxA41A-tsMKu-qNhVRZoANZIXTzPeu_gpJAD9pk/w640-h480/Photo+Jun+20%252C+7+52+03+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKtRwn2mDw4icgws-fksmkIV6xoeEO1EcwDQSn5kec9OlludAWb2wlp0l5WXJ5jlltVe0Ys5SpLM0QOrHw4K-s5NdByl8yOI8TZPUxR7oZVXq7ECng_U7HcocxxgQSVSqzCdhQnx0H24/s2048/Photo+Jun+20%252C+7+51+09+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKtRwn2mDw4icgws-fksmkIV6xoeEO1EcwDQSn5kec9OlludAWb2wlp0l5WXJ5jlltVe0Ys5SpLM0QOrHw4K-s5NdByl8yOI8TZPUxR7oZVXq7ECng_U7HcocxxgQSVSqzCdhQnx0H24/w640-h480/Photo+Jun+20%252C+7+51+09+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tnAbRrEipPCG9Efi89ZEWXB5HFZdauyo3v9XQTOyK_dxy-xrcihwL4c-VK0C9IzkZISpIiHw0R5CIATJmO2XrvzQfgbXwV-u62ow2vpJM0X6zzJKze9TC4xcKjT4vZlSo2IDXZT08s4/s2048/Photo_Jun_20%252C_4_25_50_PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tnAbRrEipPCG9Efi89ZEWXB5HFZdauyo3v9XQTOyK_dxy-xrcihwL4c-VK0C9IzkZISpIiHw0R5CIATJmO2XrvzQfgbXwV-u62ow2vpJM0X6zzJKze9TC4xcKjT4vZlSo2IDXZT08s4/w480-h640/Photo_Jun_20%252C_4_25_50_PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxDU3sTODzpOFrhy5fn2WmYACfsciJ_V7Y1kQC1eJJd6XKezU9jKT-X6j5PZ0BELADw6CeCd19r7EetTM6kiuXz1L5HYjuoD6LUD8lGqiXhZvIY2AKXzGm1RlP9QLoYu7ABmSq3uooHs/s2048/Photo+Jun+17%252C+1+58+22+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxDU3sTODzpOFrhy5fn2WmYACfsciJ_V7Y1kQC1eJJd6XKezU9jKT-X6j5PZ0BELADw6CeCd19r7EetTM6kiuXz1L5HYjuoD6LUD8lGqiXhZvIY2AKXzGm1RlP9QLoYu7ABmSq3uooHs/w480-h640/Photo+Jun+17%252C+1+58+22+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: center;">So if you ask me, that was perfect :) In terms of what actually happened on Father's Day, Jason got the pleasure of escorting the boys to a massive lacrosse tournament while I stayed home. 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So far we've been to Vermont twice, Long Island once, and Chatham for a week. The boys have had some time at hockey camp, flag football camp, and there has been a lot of general hanging out with friends and family. 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And on the birthday front, I went to California in June to celebrate (my) GG:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3AKG8RJIvIqq9Vwcyon111Ik-5RMuKjfJKnYtTbcZC0q_uUiVFqMjTrQxxucdJM4L4WNbLaQlYo1qTERLM1wZEvnZ25ozWDsmcd1KGWeT-qUfVanoxpLYY_nA2X7SXgGcQxG9PK2XDx4/s2048/Photo+Jun+28%252C+10+45+00+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3AKG8RJIvIqq9Vwcyon111Ik-5RMuKjfJKnYtTbcZC0q_uUiVFqMjTrQxxucdJM4L4WNbLaQlYo1qTERLM1wZEvnZ25ozWDsmcd1KGWeT-qUfVanoxpLYY_nA2X7SXgGcQxG9PK2XDx4/w480-h640/Photo+Jun+28%252C+10+45+00+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi606hpOQFbS6qxipdVjVoU4FrVgcZkN5RPYgdwIIscCR9HqblAxJt4oKgb9uSh32jTY4VTxSUyEvUfoSMSETM4HdEZXnvsG0QJ4iKR5Wv05OqbLUH4ISJ0mTy2Y5uxuj-PohDjnJhJxcw/s2048/Photo_Jun_29%252C_11_40_14_AM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="2048" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi606hpOQFbS6qxipdVjVoU4FrVgcZkN5RPYgdwIIscCR9HqblAxJt4oKgb9uSh32jTY4VTxSUyEvUfoSMSETM4HdEZXnvsG0QJ4iKR5Wv05OqbLUH4ISJ0mTy2Y5uxuj-PohDjnJhJxcw/w640-h544/Photo_Jun_29%252C_11_40_14_AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>And Jason turned 44!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHwDz1KLMdB3LFkRi_CM5QtQeg-XXRE9iEx1chOjL8ukq9tL93K7psQaIGJ56CR-S4A9bFxQsrVmnFLbuWTZjYozOoZVkfNaBb06ehvmnrr75EAedmQdNfRwYRDIjEugIS7tTkd0zWHA/s2048/Photo+Jul+04%252C+8+31+15+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHwDz1KLMdB3LFkRi_CM5QtQeg-XXRE9iEx1chOjL8ukq9tL93K7psQaIGJ56CR-S4A9bFxQsrVmnFLbuWTZjYozOoZVkfNaBb06ehvmnrr75EAedmQdNfRwYRDIjEugIS7tTkd0zWHA/w640-h480/Photo+Jul+04%252C+8+31+15+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Which brings us nicely up to date for the most part. Next post is the Summer 2021 trip to Chatham, and then Ashton turns TEN!! Double digits ahhhhh!! It'll be a doozy!</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-32046870544752714352021-05-26T15:01:00.002-04:002021-05-26T15:01:31.834-04:00Mother's Day 2021<p>Another year, another Mother's Day :) I got two very different gifts this year. I mean, I have my <i>usual</i> two gifts:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzH8s5PJ7NvI8q0j7P32ppALNpRbId1JAl0h_Hin7SnCwl3UuEXGgjC6i79sdq0O-g6VFj3iwtaT7ryDmoVqfJbCN0LL-5vLbyHlTKy4iv0wVoWHeScUdmJ8d8pvsv1q_u80FsKl0zoc/s4032/IMG_6099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzH8s5PJ7NvI8q0j7P32ppALNpRbId1JAl0h_Hin7SnCwl3UuEXGgjC6i79sdq0O-g6VFj3iwtaT7ryDmoVqfJbCN0LL-5vLbyHlTKy4iv0wVoWHeScUdmJ8d8pvsv1q_u80FsKl0zoc/w480-h640/IMG_6099.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrP7HABqPoCmtMOgmn65AcLk53sAI1gRPuilbLjQaCZ93qUZQp-bVfuoWMJxPB5fzG38VOCBmY-uFmzCHrGr5F5R8-3MJghpY4VUvAHLe_iOTIW0z1WOhHOFGQi2H0f3gwKyUwsQY0lY/s4032/IMG_6020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikrP7HABqPoCmtMOgmn65AcLk53sAI1gRPuilbLjQaCZ93qUZQp-bVfuoWMJxPB5fzG38VOCBmY-uFmzCHrGr5F5R8-3MJghpY4VUvAHLe_iOTIW0z1WOhHOFGQi2H0f3gwKyUwsQY0lY/w640-h480/IMG_6020.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">And they gave me colored cards with flowers and "I love you Mommy"s on them and it was great. But what I also got was sitting on the sidelines for 5 hours of sports. Yes yes I did. Starting at 7:30 am with Alex and flag football.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvLkyALl-ggv6mxsFEmtdSBhMQ35RoPYhVrpsePAriCWO2Aqi3MjLMWQjfeSwEml-hovt2lfP_2g710m6-fKkpT-RGmnumPmrfTBnsHCJXE-VEiXGmPulAgX-F3CyJTcQyuPOOrxde7k/s1764/Photo+May+09%252C+8+34+48+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="1764" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAvLkyALl-ggv6mxsFEmtdSBhMQ35RoPYhVrpsePAriCWO2Aqi3MjLMWQjfeSwEml-hovt2lfP_2g710m6-fKkpT-RGmnumPmrfTBnsHCJXE-VEiXGmPulAgX-F3CyJTcQyuPOOrxde7k/w640-h480/Photo+May+09%252C+8+34+48+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I was not the only mom to receive the precious gift of watching a team of 7 year olds being herded by a bunch of adults hoping that some semblance of a play would emerge. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn03YfP4o4_sjBcKBW_mMg8Q8dUJ_wb9hE7nsJuNwDDlOyxNTeQBzdjs-N3yJ7zAwo6BhRz-tL4m4liZqop6nBp0E18T51slb6elXvcBYm8cZHzTGQZd12FwCOmmI7w3T2oM2t13_HKwY/s4032/IMG_6122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn03YfP4o4_sjBcKBW_mMg8Q8dUJ_wb9hE7nsJuNwDDlOyxNTeQBzdjs-N3yJ7zAwo6BhRz-tL4m4liZqop6nBp0E18T51slb6elXvcBYm8cZHzTGQZd12FwCOmmI7w3T2oM2t13_HKwY/w480-h640/IMG_6122.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>This is me, Katie and Corinne. At least it was sunny and we had coffee. </p><p>After lunch the boys had back to back lacrosse games. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHV35UI8REKW36oRcAFPMB11ZbnhqM7bSEWl1FsKc7Ntfvs1DYu3JxZ3sHQlPbVMfgF1_U8EhjHlMcCtEHm2GLHP6pkPvI5ZbTsg97P4p5jJm8-UsZCs4HD0ZPc50dkdZ50wy3GO98yY/s2048/Photo+May+09%252C+12+13+18+PM+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHV35UI8REKW36oRcAFPMB11ZbnhqM7bSEWl1FsKc7Ntfvs1DYu3JxZ3sHQlPbVMfgF1_U8EhjHlMcCtEHm2GLHP6pkPvI5ZbTsg97P4p5jJm8-UsZCs4HD0ZPc50dkdZ50wy3GO98yY/w640-h480/Photo+May+09%252C+12+13+18+PM+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgcdMa5tsCIJcFzkzvC-9n5oSqgITrPET6Q4iBM-0_uj-pZeT6NB6nCQRLpYjmxR94HnnOJiXsqXZAaB2ijQsEXXyPCUlPRXm5w4RSeBW_cxzRQAMl9RPCXtNsbpCp_Wx5ky4d4y5B7E/s1496/Photo+May+09%252C+12+13+18+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1496" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgcdMa5tsCIJcFzkzvC-9n5oSqgITrPET6Q4iBM-0_uj-pZeT6NB6nCQRLpYjmxR94HnnOJiXsqXZAaB2ijQsEXXyPCUlPRXm5w4RSeBW_cxzRQAMl9RPCXtNsbpCp_Wx5ky4d4y5B7E/w640-h480/Photo+May+09%252C+12+13+18+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>#16 came and gave me a rose at halftime.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhdfPnXTeC-EVS175WY3VCxLAyqa2r9RmS7pypucAsdHl6WTQB0yZNN-5CXCmO4GfQiyC2O3t-0acmrWKKA2s5wWu51fCTZUsUTZIXF4AuagWR5PHUrWO1RRSqJWQSat-LwuWDclNkJc/s2048/IMG_6289.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhdfPnXTeC-EVS175WY3VCxLAyqa2r9RmS7pypucAsdHl6WTQB0yZNN-5CXCmO4GfQiyC2O3t-0acmrWKKA2s5wWu51fCTZUsUTZIXF4AuagWR5PHUrWO1RRSqJWQSat-LwuWDclNkJc/w480-h640/IMG_6289.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmZt6xHXp5mz2lrPXHuxcHyazu2cYuNqD4nlH0WIYsOtIO2ceor76IHTwhgsShHiuK41GcP48JatxFndkzXYK-2OyU_MZJGlXvYwKUlMVEGVUns8RiUTv-Ht22oXnN6rinI3RDpHtIOM/s2048/IMG_6288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmZt6xHXp5mz2lrPXHuxcHyazu2cYuNqD4nlH0WIYsOtIO2ceor76IHTwhgsShHiuK41GcP48JatxFndkzXYK-2OyU_MZJGlXvYwKUlMVEGVUns8RiUTv-Ht22oXnN6rinI3RDpHtIOM/w480-h640/IMG_6288.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQd7Kd6Z4e90kUnNMZDzATPfgJqjpdaMWw3yxpfihpblsxrumfON7IluO44qsnayDiJoBqLtlIlEP_OERnhjgWPzjlhbGjW3FfaHrBS7tpq1HEctTFlTtTHZw-mEuxKq7N6ff2cly13AE/s2048/IMG_6290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQd7Kd6Z4e90kUnNMZDzATPfgJqjpdaMWw3yxpfihpblsxrumfON7IluO44qsnayDiJoBqLtlIlEP_OERnhjgWPzjlhbGjW3FfaHrBS7tpq1HEctTFlTtTHZw-mEuxKq7N6ff2cly13AE/w480-h640/IMG_6290.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And then Alex had a game and *gasp* I got a rose from him too! <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrqfwjniOeLgAqBXx4NEBRsbb4cIVUhtL8EkHjcTL3jXHkl3YPIgwxfferbW4zIDMDPqys1tZD931z03Yfqza4hVA4q8wRw607Jv5zZuR7CSBXuT0eLVXXbcoQYAQRHZQHztJGUVy1xY/s2048/Photo+May+09%252C+1+45+01+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrqfwjniOeLgAqBXx4NEBRsbb4cIVUhtL8EkHjcTL3jXHkl3YPIgwxfferbW4zIDMDPqys1tZD931z03Yfqza4hVA4q8wRw607Jv5zZuR7CSBXuT0eLVXXbcoQYAQRHZQHztJGUVy1xY/w640-h480/Photo+May+09%252C+1+45+01+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><div>My other gift was a photofacial. The sh*t is going down at age 40 everybody. I had the sun damaged spots zapped off my face and it's more exciting than I can tell you. Jason kind of incredulously couldn't believe that was what I wanted but he is smart and knows he couldn't<i> really</i> argue on Mother's Day. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVF_mL4lWsZ23fiKnRHNJnawK4diqpeT3KV0MNpBvipvTwFlhQctrOKXTsXr2BEsfsrQEqUBH0J81CK9y9IKCz3mOAtfPQFCpmiih3EeYTa21mac8EcrYJq_v0zDJh831O9jlskTO5Wg/s3088/64193795870__DD822D0E-59B4-417B-B582-D6493D2BF993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjVF_mL4lWsZ23fiKnRHNJnawK4diqpeT3KV0MNpBvipvTwFlhQctrOKXTsXr2BEsfsrQEqUBH0J81CK9y9IKCz3mOAtfPQFCpmiih3EeYTa21mac8EcrYJq_v0zDJh831O9jlskTO5Wg/w480-h640/64193795870__DD822D0E-59B4-417B-B582-D6493D2BF993.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p>So that's post procedure, not too bad. The dark spots get darker initially. </p><p>THEN we came home after lacrosse (the photofacial was actually the previous week) and had a nice walk/rollerblade, a nice picture, and a nice dinner in front of my lacrosse roses.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFupeEO-2B0UwjUdLEz8LMeDP0r3Q-eYfWBhLjwZq8hAkJq1MVTYZSQFz934l6Oyg3Kct5oZel9VXPMgFCoqbIYUXB45lzK2-RdxKdHZ5t7OVcWP0yOi5SGt5qpycrBrMFkSh-Q3LM0FA/s2048/Photo+May+09%252C+4+42+33+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFupeEO-2B0UwjUdLEz8LMeDP0r3Q-eYfWBhLjwZq8hAkJq1MVTYZSQFz934l6Oyg3Kct5oZel9VXPMgFCoqbIYUXB45lzK2-RdxKdHZ5t7OVcWP0yOi5SGt5qpycrBrMFkSh-Q3LM0FA/w480-h640/Photo+May+09%252C+4+42+33+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXEUsnVppA4hp683BW1v7kOoDlMrwJGEoUwOB4XW5Js3No8sftfC-XFYQiXnGYTin2YOX7nK07fpoHe8WuFBWBUTxuQeOgDGhluBHofSCSEYqBNeF0ou73tL3bLLNJid8O0Dw0VqWgLg/s2048/Photo+May+09%252C+4+43+02+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXEUsnVppA4hp683BW1v7kOoDlMrwJGEoUwOB4XW5Js3No8sftfC-XFYQiXnGYTin2YOX7nK07fpoHe8WuFBWBUTxuQeOgDGhluBHofSCSEYqBNeF0ou73tL3bLLNJid8O0Dw0VqWgLg/w640-h480/Photo+May+09%252C+4+43+02+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VYrQjzKn6R_FtBVXOOEZ_KU7YOyC_-EBBUCPF1wZKFn6PpfygJayz8fQri07wFD04tklNFK8OlK-fPeO4KZLmvYdugyB2aPasN-6hMkKrzNezegi3-Vqvn6H4esARlzdplPDxVAZLOA/s3024/IMG_6150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VYrQjzKn6R_FtBVXOOEZ_KU7YOyC_-EBBUCPF1wZKFn6PpfygJayz8fQri07wFD04tklNFK8OlK-fPeO4KZLmvYdugyB2aPasN-6hMkKrzNezegi3-Vqvn6H4esARlzdplPDxVAZLOA/w480-h640/IMG_6150.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7lqOcx0vy1zmWOwUSkCPJlxG_tvJirMJPzK56tXOTYyXKsEpoWoDXRESBIFyzzPHfW6seN8vnqqLMbL3AaLkPnjC_MiP80tcXiJEMZ6-9wsHOBTBZMJXn-Xb0z9-pBzFy_4nF71Myq4/s4032/IMG_6156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7lqOcx0vy1zmWOwUSkCPJlxG_tvJirMJPzK56tXOTYyXKsEpoWoDXRESBIFyzzPHfW6seN8vnqqLMbL3AaLkPnjC_MiP80tcXiJEMZ6-9wsHOBTBZMJXn-Xb0z9-pBzFy_4nF71Myq4/w480-h640/IMG_6156.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>And there you have it! Jason is usually not home for Mother's Day so that in and of itself was a huge treat. Well he did go to work in the morning and sent me this gem:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcRWUUjtF-Hof-YJvMt7XLNGCSbOfnAfMtfw9-F-VB0dE8jVfEqJyxR48urZ1A5yc7oFPeQj8bcAXjFBf6cqK_smLAgm9XILf4khOA6hp0HF-Y_kiym2J9GNt76fo21jEzwKfqXnMG20/s2048/IMG_6287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1869" data-original-width="2048" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOcRWUUjtF-Hof-YJvMt7XLNGCSbOfnAfMtfw9-F-VB0dE8jVfEqJyxR48urZ1A5yc7oFPeQj8bcAXjFBf6cqK_smLAgm9XILf4khOA6hp0HF-Y_kiym2J9GNt76fo21jEzwKfqXnMG20/w640-h584/IMG_6287.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Psssh. Trying to steal my show ;) But he made it to the boys lacrosse games and it was great. I'll say, Ashton and Alex just keep getting bigger and bigger and we are having so much fun. They read me jokes and stories, tell me about what they are learning in school, and can never have too many hugs or kisses. They wear what I ask them to wear to school (this is NOT a small matter) and are kind, respectful boys. I get compliments on them all the time, which of course is the absolutely the biggest Mother's Day gift of all. They are the best yet!! :)</p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-18622323988123426782021-04-01T20:30:00.003-04:002021-05-18T18:23:07.506-04:00Alex's 7th Birthday - Part 2<p>Frankly, I don't even know how to begin describing Alex. And it's super funny because I looked up <a href="http://anewnill.blogspot.com/2020/04/alexs-sixisms_16.html" target="_blank">last year's</a> post about what makes the boy and not a lot has changed. I even started that one the same way! Every year that passes he defies explanation a little more haha. He's very smart, cocky and loves attention. He can be a complete PITA, namely because of his aforementioned intelligence. But he's also sweet and very popular. We joke about his fan club - <b>everybody</b> knows him. He is a leader but also the first to high-five friends and teammates for a good game or performance of some kind. Alex laughs a <i>lot</i> - he is a goofball, the life of the party and the dynamic usually looks something like this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauWJYeGjqVBYe74elGIAeM8PG7BYUDKgiLXsA1sHSIyyAbT1QxRLG7Lt2G_Ws9R5FlAxeTYAuPRpymPny9nPoj3QmBZRnoF98JRoxCDI3Gi7tqYGdPrcFrNxC9ooZp1N774Ylojds844/s2016/dinner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauWJYeGjqVBYe74elGIAeM8PG7BYUDKgiLXsA1sHSIyyAbT1QxRLG7Lt2G_Ws9R5FlAxeTYAuPRpymPny9nPoj3QmBZRnoF98JRoxCDI3Gi7tqYGdPrcFrNxC9ooZp1N774Ylojds844/w480-h640/dinner.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Alex works his best magic on adults, talking and interacting with them by making jokes, telling stories, being sarcastic and a bit of a trickster. At Dick's the other day, he spent a good twenty minutes posing next to the mannequin just to see peoples' reactions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid066RizyrkPuqpnZFfqm4LIavI37lD2XLg5Jx7DyfYdeaQT1z4ZYEXfKDx0tbofDtje-42mUsxtdPjsEB41NUkRXLY3wdWA96mYMgVqLLH106BzAc1GybnYGU4P8GxMxasxzIfRu1sRE/s2048/IMG_5863.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid066RizyrkPuqpnZFfqm4LIavI37lD2XLg5Jx7DyfYdeaQT1z4ZYEXfKDx0tbofDtje-42mUsxtdPjsEB41NUkRXLY3wdWA96mYMgVqLLH106BzAc1GybnYGU4P8GxMxasxzIfRu1sRE/w480-h640/IMG_5863.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>And he just pulls things out, like blowing soap bubbles through his fingers, claiming he has "duh, always known how and does it all the time" which is like, totally untrue. Wha?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuN8z9XymBDUzXncnLtdsvrW3F-dlHCN9eudJLgJ7ioIHyS-ww3I72pxvjgargSpM3fly661wio-fXuXW8dlNDM2AXAupMI6Az9nj6jvx5Bc-LzSccEkMKbh87Q8bGTKZGAdvMt0s_94/s2016/soap+bubble.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSuN8z9XymBDUzXncnLtdsvrW3F-dlHCN9eudJLgJ7ioIHyS-ww3I72pxvjgargSpM3fly661wio-fXuXW8dlNDM2AXAupMI6Az9nj6jvx5Bc-LzSccEkMKbh87Q8bGTKZGAdvMt0s_94/w480-h640/soap+bubble.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>People are constantly laughing at what he says or his mannerisms, like "who <i>is</i> this kid?" and love to tell me all about it. Once he got asked how his trip to the dentist was, and he said "Psssh. It was GREAT. My teeth are so white they make milk jealous." </p><p>Recently at the grocery store, an elderly gentleman came up to me and said, "Are those your sons?" and I said yes. He said "You'll never believe it, I winked at him and guess what he did?" I knew he was talking about Alex and I said "Let me guess, it was this one and he winked back." And the man chuckled, totally delighted by it, and said "YES!". How many times do I find myself smiling, nodding and sighing in response, like, "Mmm hmm, that's Alex." A lot, that's how many. He is a character all his own and frequently a topic of conversation.</p><p>I have no stats because his well-visits are now completely off schedule due to COVID, but you might be Alex if:</p><p>* Your lovey is STILL Pluto. You think he is "the perfect fit".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRORGyQ8fJ8we3OrgAKWPkY2m94q1KyFJT4tZjowHwQXcmHc8qgkaeVN93aTdCTBwuV5U6BQVw641Go38q6bBdR5hWCDLvBVHsVJ_3pjzY7o0E4Q0y0HWLIl-9fXXz4obS3PTB4MG7j4/s2048/IMG_5542.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxRORGyQ8fJ8we3OrgAKWPkY2m94q1KyFJT4tZjowHwQXcmHc8qgkaeVN93aTdCTBwuV5U6BQVw641Go38q6bBdR5hWCDLvBVHsVJ_3pjzY7o0E4Q0y0HWLIl-9fXXz4obS3PTB4MG7j4/w480-h640/IMG_5542.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>But when friends come over, you put him away in a drawer because you don't think he needs to be out ;)<br /><p>* People touch your hair a lot. </p><p>* You are often heard saying: "Dang it." Alex can be very "Calvin" and tries to get away with things. "Dang it" often follows.</p><p>* How your day goes is either a) the best ever or b) the worst you've seen in your lifetime and your mom is scared to find out which. Because if it's b, look out. You can be quite QUITE grumpy.</p><p>* You watch other kids your age do things and say "aw, that's cute". </p><p>* The book you write at school is called "How to Annoy Your Mom". It includes leaving all your laundry inside out and not using a towel after washing your hands so water drips all over. There are lots of pages. </p><p>* It's a big worry of yours that your front teeth are not the same length. Will they ever be? Will they?</p><p>* You regularly play football or lacrosse with 11 and 12 year olds. And win.</p><p>* You regularly play chess against adults. And win. </p><p>* Games are very serious business and you are compelled to supervise, scrutinize and offer advice to others on what their moves should be. And people listen because dammit, you're actually right.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPUlaKcVdhbk6If6sx7Jj4_MJRTXV8Jq0AwljQdbZo3pdAcys1vbK-MTabAzy08Pj1Yr901isfMFBlhUrinJ3tvMinO5cLDFcDPP0nOC0IBQFBtm1U2ZNgzab71z_t2CWBVwFaF4VYzc/s2016/chess.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPUlaKcVdhbk6If6sx7Jj4_MJRTXV8Jq0AwljQdbZo3pdAcys1vbK-MTabAzy08Pj1Yr901isfMFBlhUrinJ3tvMinO5cLDFcDPP0nOC0IBQFBtm1U2ZNgzab71z_t2CWBVwFaF4VYzc/w640-h480/chess.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokBClEdZGd7qwTHTdJRRPue7ZgjIzffqoZvojw_qMwPGfbdBS7kRbKOjc3U4HtuUPODAiTV87FN3ONeSOZgcUHyVFTkREMw6jcqpaJlUuxDbJTVZfYrHQoQ1B_uGudcSmXmhlVQ7pxKI/s2016/monopoly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokBClEdZGd7qwTHTdJRRPue7ZgjIzffqoZvojw_qMwPGfbdBS7kRbKOjc3U4HtuUPODAiTV87FN3ONeSOZgcUHyVFTkREMw6jcqpaJlUuxDbJTVZfYrHQoQ1B_uGudcSmXmhlVQ7pxKI/w640-h480/monopoly.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFP0pJtEycwOrRenD_NL9CGx4t8yjgW3DuFRhVSmYEMsUw6i5A9-xN3XCGGVXIW8BCViUKaVDJn5N_Pn6MWELd3NL9nrtnQwEiGtN553Hxco0xS0lWxtMqqdKr7Ai3sJQfbjTcLDINic/s4032/64072809854__B52CBA31-28FD-4A39-A24C-3E64E010496C.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFP0pJtEycwOrRenD_NL9CGx4t8yjgW3DuFRhVSmYEMsUw6i5A9-xN3XCGGVXIW8BCViUKaVDJn5N_Pn6MWELd3NL9nrtnQwEiGtN553Hxco0xS0lWxtMqqdKr7Ai3sJQfbjTcLDINic/w480-h640/64072809854__B52CBA31-28FD-4A39-A24C-3E64E010496C.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>* No matter what you do, you think it's awesome and you will nod at yourself as you describe it to others. Your self-approval is high.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbY9zFGpGqb5576lBKP8fN_O_k-HvfSUxx3qo28T3mzSEnsb_1L8uVYUBwIkf-CjGGbHBebP-l9A-VyiPFrGQWG6Tg7hufGI18VCVPwtmmM0he0eAhsVinsAAX3f2tkC99zUbVhNFMDo/s2016/dudes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbY9zFGpGqb5576lBKP8fN_O_k-HvfSUxx3qo28T3mzSEnsb_1L8uVYUBwIkf-CjGGbHBebP-l9A-VyiPFrGQWG6Tg7hufGI18VCVPwtmmM0he0eAhsVinsAAX3f2tkC99zUbVhNFMDo/w480-h640/dudes.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>(Editor's note: the reflection of the deck flower pots in Alex's glasses look like his eyeballs LOL - anyone see that? Just me?)</div><div><br /></div>* Like always, you leave selfies and videos on phones and iPads, specifically addressing your "fans" and you know, just checking in with them. I'd link to a video on YouTube but it's so obnoxious that I simply must spare you.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9t_6KDS-_HmnGks-TCJFUbnYrBuN9Tdn2bciyXpYW-uVmP_yMkJvkt0eQUadsMNMz5YzhlujuQaVSwXpUTWe4YrYwvfvMnxG7ar6YCCNIjp2eOK52nRa76Ol3BXx1Vj4j-OWXbOAG2E/s1544/selfie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="1158" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9t_6KDS-_HmnGks-TCJFUbnYrBuN9Tdn2bciyXpYW-uVmP_yMkJvkt0eQUadsMNMz5YzhlujuQaVSwXpUTWe4YrYwvfvMnxG7ar6YCCNIjp2eOK52nRa76Ol3BXx1Vj4j-OWXbOAG2E/w480-h640/selfie.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>* There's nothing quite as exciting as Dairy Queen and your usual is vanilla with strawberry topping.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshEiGtXKtSonN3qEDI1yXshd0mp7qJDIz9-kwpKAKnnRJRc2GspotlKLXi8IAeg8DhkQehAVkbuBmDoC9UlcQwFgFb8RNkn3p8fYyKwGgeTHSSPRWMLrUrYZ2CwJ3-1JmMAaL7xXbnMI/s4032/IMG_6170.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshEiGtXKtSonN3qEDI1yXshd0mp7qJDIz9-kwpKAKnnRJRc2GspotlKLXi8IAeg8DhkQehAVkbuBmDoC9UlcQwFgFb8RNkn3p8fYyKwGgeTHSSPRWMLrUrYZ2CwJ3-1JmMAaL7xXbnMI/w480-h640/IMG_6170.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">* You are persistent. You will whine and needle and complain and blackmail and push and bellyache and flop around and bribe and pout and push and push and <i>push</i> once you get it into your head that need something. This week it was a loom because you are learning about weaving in school. You<i> had</i> to have a loom. It was <u>necessary</u>. A square one with plenty of colors. For the love of all that is holy, you would not stop talking about it and I put myself out of my misery and took you to Michael's already.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38mVPjDsvvQovGsFhfs3xmfwB6P9GBt4RmYyS6q8MpYCnFgjbs2GHXlOAIU7uujpv36KGiJSeJTTwfiRKpXQnDJpGdINLt7mEt0Z21Gjjj4dTt6s86nUYrSpRUxfR4zNFBAuFw189pmo/s4032/IMG_6202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38mVPjDsvvQovGsFhfs3xmfwB6P9GBt4RmYyS6q8MpYCnFgjbs2GHXlOAIU7uujpv36KGiJSeJTTwfiRKpXQnDJpGdINLt7mEt0Z21Gjjj4dTt6s86nUYrSpRUxfR4zNFBAuFw189pmo/w480-h640/IMG_6202.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">* St Christopher protects you - you wear his charm on your necklace. But the first day you had it, you got checked in hockey pretty badly and had to sit out the rest of practice. You were quite exasperated about it when you got picked up - "This stupid thing, it doesn't even work!". But you still wear it.</div><div><br /></div><div>* Socks are a big struggle.</div><div><br /></div><div>* Your chore chart is empty. You have <i>literally</i> no chores as you've decided the money isn't worth it. </div><div><br /></div><div>* Despite being a bit prickly lately, hugs are your favorite.</div><div><br /></div><div>* The blog post your mom tries to write about you doesn't even do you justice. Per usual I never write down all the funny quips and forget them, but I'll leave you with this last illustrative story.</div><div><p>Jason, at lunchtime: "Who wants a Diet Coke?"<br />Alex: "Me."<br />Jason: "Yeah well, no one asked you."<br />Alex: "I asked <i>myself</i>, and I said yes."</p><p>And if you are Alex, that's just all there is to it.</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-78456416433306531132021-03-31T11:51:00.000-04:002021-05-10T11:51:59.039-04:00Alex's 7th Birthday - Part 1!<p>Alexander Michael turned 7 on March 16. He is a big presence in our house which is why it has taken so long to put these posts together. But here we go, part 1: with the vaccinations beginning and all the COVID protocols in place, we were actually able to have a little birthday party for him! If you'll recall <a href="http://anewnill.blogspot.com/2020/03/alex-turns-6-under-very-unusual.html" target="_blank">last year,</a> he was one of the first birthdays after lockdown went into effect. But this year we were able to rent out Chase Arena and invited his Mite D hockey team and a couple other friends. The ice was ours for a whole hour. Even the dads played! We gave out goodie bags and had cupcakes in the parking lot afterwards and it was perfect. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="1684" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-YdG3EsNHynhX_L6UFD6yF_XokjGP7DW-9y6xT7SNSFgJygRrbl_3zQWM9zjrx7RE1dhF3pKyFalpRhBvyedKgkeVDZovHcaTl8HZO2mfZMWlQsVB5sSnWkU5Jyp7TZ6gJPzM3exIps/w640-h480/Photo+May+10%252C+11+15+35+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>What did Alex do for the rest of his day? Played football with the neighborhood crew:<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCETTAgTWAzOGTqZbnOkJI25-gV1TUOK5FPWDWbdcBq6Ld7qFbXgQ2fEL93jzMLtP_f6zNBuerF8aRz_CrRrWLCvXzwPlt083YVPaNoxo2nIPap_3EG8bo8FomFF0-2bMmaPzk_0FLNI/s2048/Photo+Mar+16%252C+4+23+21+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCETTAgTWAzOGTqZbnOkJI25-gV1TUOK5FPWDWbdcBq6Ld7qFbXgQ2fEL93jzMLtP_f6zNBuerF8aRz_CrRrWLCvXzwPlt083YVPaNoxo2nIPap_3EG8bo8FomFF0-2bMmaPzk_0FLNI/w640-h480/Photo+Mar+16%252C+4+23+21+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Had McDonald's for dinner (his choice, sigh)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjywO66o-gp1mFXyj6YjgavFYxxs8KkEuNvCH5OzObe1BNCU5suDq5REEbSbDAlG9cPTKcjOgA-HeilH4dYX7MBn_WgxkTMBaC0F5ikn66xc5iA5Z9nSsH-bHCBmyw1_0kBs7NcfxvqFsk/s4032/IMG_5502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">All our love to you Alex! 7 looks good on you and can't wait to share all your stats and deets in the next post! xoxoxo</div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-34046833790108114992021-03-07T19:09:00.001-05:002021-03-07T19:16:28.013-05:00My name is Kristen and this is my vaccination story<p>So here's how the week started. Last Sunday, February 28, Ashton played in an awesome hockey game against Dedham. It was literally 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, and so on. They ended up winning by one goal and it was epic. Ashton scored a great goal, Grandma was there (vaccinated herself and visiting! Yay!!), GG watched online, and it was just one of those great ones. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI85tXHWg5tXfVfrKTypqj0FvTYcsXvoLzCkYqinDy69n_F3mIHjfnS8yZFZzqUhBWf7sIADMifylcFcbIB-dUaJdPJHjDi_XwMnOokQgZ-sO5aUQXLYFwysEFLWz_YkC7OAHHRxLr05I/s2048/Photo+Feb+28%252C+6+52+44+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI85tXHWg5tXfVfrKTypqj0FvTYcsXvoLzCkYqinDy69n_F3mIHjfnS8yZFZzqUhBWf7sIADMifylcFcbIB-dUaJdPJHjDi_XwMnOokQgZ-sO5aUQXLYFwysEFLWz_YkC7OAHHRxLr05I/w480-h640/Photo+Feb+28%252C+6+52+44+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjSsP-jdynvnhtTOisRQq69gkkOcgfNnlvhyZ7pCoKQQhNV_2DUjRRIAxudnS3IgIs_gqE6ppzGEfjEg3gKsFopA_BpkfzunJ8K3hvj-WYNB5uHy9fj0igV-IxWEQAfqUZVn1Ba7kQkA/s2048/Photo+Feb+28%252C+6+53+09+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjSsP-jdynvnhtTOisRQq69gkkOcgfNnlvhyZ7pCoKQQhNV_2DUjRRIAxudnS3IgIs_gqE6ppzGEfjEg3gKsFopA_BpkfzunJ8K3hvj-WYNB5uHy9fj0igV-IxWEQAfqUZVn1Ba7kQkA/w480-h640/Photo+Feb+28%252C+6+53+09+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Monday morning they went off to school for the first time in 16 days. After February vacation and then a remote week, boy was everyone ready.</p><p>The joy was shortlived. Tuesday morning at 10 am we get the email: a player on the Dedham team had tested positive. Because Ashton's team had played them, according to the strict rules that govern hockey, they had to be quarantined and tested. So we pulled Ashton out of school and he spent the rest of the week bored out of his mind and flopping around the living room. All his hockey practices had been cancelled, he couldn't play football with kids in the neighborhood, and he was unable to attend the first indoor lacrosse clinic. Luckily he tested negative on Friday, as did the rest of his team. But like, UGH. And this upcoming week is remote so by the time he goes back to school in person on March 15, he will have gone 1 full day in 4 weeks. ONE. </p><p>In the middle of all this, one of the neighboring towns announced their plan to bring all kids back to school, in grades K-5, full time, by April 5. Natick is no doubt going to feel tremendous pressure to get all the kids in our district back as well, and in fact there is a huge meeting tomorrow night about it. As of last Friday, the Commissioner was likely to gain a state Board of Education vote mandating it. </p><p>In the meantime, two additional important things are going on. First, they opened vaccination eligibility to all teachers and staff in K-12. Second, Natick launched pooled testing for the district last week. What this is is basically blanket COVID testing for any child whose parents have opted in. Kids are tested in groups of 10, and if a pool comes back positive, then those 10 kids will be individually tested to find out where the positive is. It's faster and cheaper to do it this way and quite effective. There is state funding for the next 6 weeks to do this, but they send minimal staff and they put out a desperate call for volunteers to help keep the program running as long as necessary. I asked my director if she would mind me helping, since it is during work hours, and she said as long as it didn't conflict with anything, I could. I signed up, and feel so good about it. I'll be going into three different elementary schools (starting tomorrow/Monday 3/8) to coordinate nasal swabbing and the general administration/bar coding/etc that goes with all the samples. </p><p>This is from the latest newsletter (3 days ago) from Natick Public Schools about it:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjm1fC71YYhYODJNfFkRaDbBDO3i9DKP91frds00qtdCPxlaQ39-doJ84GIXZOo7pUdlUkmHaO2LKYW7lhPDQFI5bXT1Q9hme419G7z3ZN3AxqxdIEiJd6ib5wmWaKDWOWCCphA-9zS4Y/s876/Capture.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="876" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjm1fC71YYhYODJNfFkRaDbBDO3i9DKP91frds00qtdCPxlaQ39-doJ84GIXZOo7pUdlUkmHaO2LKYW7lhPDQFI5bXT1Q9hme419G7z3ZN3AxqxdIEiJd6ib5wmWaKDWOWCCphA-9zS4Y/w640-h400/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Pooled testing is designed to catch any asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic cases. In that vein, I was talking to my friend about it and she was like Oh my gosh, <i>go get the vaccine. </i>I was like, But I'm not a teacher. She said, you are a volunteer ("staff") and you're going in to test students. Go get it.<div><br /></div><div>I pondered. I didn't want to cut anyone but then realized I could actually justify it. (We had previously joked that I was technically a teacher because of CCD, but classes are virtual right now LOL so of course that didn't feel right.)</div><div><br /></div><div>So part 2 was getting an appointment. The first few times I tried, nothing. CVS is the only place doing this group until 3/11. They release their appointments very early in the morning and if you don't get in, you are put in a virtual waiting room for hours, it times out, etc. There is widespread frustration about it so I didn't have high hopes. ALL the threads on my local Facebook group are about the impossibility of getting through. </div><div><br /></div><div>I tried at several random intervals over a day or two, and nothing. Thursday morning I was up at 4:30 am to go to the bathroom. Not having high hopes but because it was right there, I picked up my phone and hit "Refresh" on the CVS appointments page, expecting to get the same message which was that all appointments (this is state wide, by the way) were booked and to try again later. </div><div><br /></div><div>Instead, they said, "Welcome to CVS! Enter your zip code for the closest available appointment."</div><div><br /></div><div>I think I actually gasped. I punched in 01760 and it said "Why, you can go right across the street to our Wellesley store! How is Saturday? What time would you like?"</div><div><br /></div><div>I hastily entered all my information and:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqj7MkEx0ygjbK1SWS8ZDYlXI2Ko_bFeDw1mk2OVh4cI3OgBOfyQPH8E_SbKh4_LM9ovXAuBAkrCYerYboMItQq436_SGwQzkNOzFs7FuJaaYmdJDFNyt8lSZMJTjCtDKOsddwcC0ZFs/s2532/Photo+Mar+05%252C+4+34+37+AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="1076" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqj7MkEx0ygjbK1SWS8ZDYlXI2Ko_bFeDw1mk2OVh4cI3OgBOfyQPH8E_SbKh4_LM9ovXAuBAkrCYerYboMItQq436_SGwQzkNOzFs7FuJaaYmdJDFNyt8lSZMJTjCtDKOsddwcC0ZFs/w497-h1076/Photo+Mar+05%252C+4+34+37+AM.png" width="497" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I couldn't believe it. I woke Jason up. I was elated and actually had trouble going back to sleep. I got an appointment! And for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine which is just one dose!<div><br /></div><div>I think I double checked the clock a million times yesterday. I didn't want to miss it. Something about the appointment felt so fragile to me, so lucky. Honestly I have been operating under the idea that I would be the last person to get a vaccine and didn't think I would feel so differently about it, but I do. Clearly! This blog post is maybe (er, definitely) longer than it needs to be but it deserves it. The fact that there even <i>is</i> a vaccine for a virus that is ravaging the world and I have joined the small group that is vaccinated for it...I will never forget it. </div><div><br /></div><div>Today I've had some small physical symptoms (mainly tiredness and my body having some trouble regulating temperature), but I will happily take it. The vaccine is a privilege that, frankly, changes everything. I was just talking to Jason about it, how different it feels and how I can't explain it, and he said "Well, yeah, because now it's over for you." </div><div><br /></div><div>He's 100% right. It's over for me. And thank god, pretty soon it will be for everyone.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2SbxlsBpQAKGRqEQcSnB035HNYo2fxnIplFYLfAt2RN_3AS63cqBdhuSQ6tAzrcLcMO-UjnyRvoDuBuAILTH2jAcAKyZVqJJjJ5CKbimJC-YdMgmBzUqL2RpTF3RY60EhdTfvFA3wnw/s2048/Photo+Mar+06%252C+1+09+55+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2SbxlsBpQAKGRqEQcSnB035HNYo2fxnIplFYLfAt2RN_3AS63cqBdhuSQ6tAzrcLcMO-UjnyRvoDuBuAILTH2jAcAKyZVqJJjJ5CKbimJC-YdMgmBzUqL2RpTF3RY60EhdTfvFA3wnw/w480-h640/Photo+Mar+06%252C+1+09+55+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfAeEiWTxeqMV8fJCO9szEJY-LRsRIC8HzlLWi_K3lvmxbfLojk-5PbAV4q88KeRxOJ3Uz6AfSapNopFaKfuIZxjebdhtF56Nhyphenhyphenv8rwthkkN-XQ2QW782wyWPc_vO1zA_tiP4K-P4OG4/s2048/Photo+Mar+06%252C+4+46+25+PM+%25281%2529.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfAeEiWTxeqMV8fJCO9szEJY-LRsRIC8HzlLWi_K3lvmxbfLojk-5PbAV4q88KeRxOJ3Uz6AfSapNopFaKfuIZxjebdhtF56Nhyphenhyphenv8rwthkkN-XQ2QW782wyWPc_vO1zA_tiP4K-P4OG4/w480-h640/Photo+Mar+06%252C+4+46+25+PM+%25281%2529.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-866468171638944342021-02-13T19:08:00.003-05:002021-02-13T19:08:31.353-05:00A COVID Christmas<p>Nothing like waiting until nearly Presidents Day to post about Christmas. I have a very well-established pattern at this point of being late to the blog. In trying to figure out why, I realize there are two main reasons: first, it is a huge chore to go through the pictures and pick out the right ones. I have well over 100 to sort through and those don't even include Jason's. Second, everything feels repetitive. I'm about to show you the same pictures as last year, the year before, etc: us getting our tree, the boys leaving cookies for Santa, and all the in-betweens. If you add the constant activity around here and the fact that we don't have an office, there also isn't much quiet time to sit and type. </p><p>But, here we are, and the one main difference this year of course was COVID-19. We knew we would be celebrating just the 4 of us but Jason and I vowed to still make it as special as we could. Miraculously, Ashton still seems to believe in Santa so of course we played that up. Pete came as usual, we did the holiday crafts as usual, and the house looked very festive. We got a great tree and we way overbought on the Christmas presents. Like there was a WALL of gifts, it was actually ridiculous. </p><p>So this was <i>going</i> to be in two parts - most of December and then December 24 and 25th, as those magical days deserve to be on their own. But then I decided, you know what? It's bloody February, let it go Elsa. Blurry photos of opening presents? Gone. Shots of Jason cooking all the things? Gone. There are 12 days of Christmas - can I post about it in 12 photos?! Pssssh. Buckle up ya'll. </p><p>1) Getting our tree obvi. We take the same photo every year (hopefully 2020 will be the first and last one with masks!)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1m9DWAWLuo9G_8uuD1EPrmFygxlIvuBy3o4qDaLGx3MOCGB_zoypf08k18du-KB8y_GhbgIFwK6DDYdB7mqoVap2qGT0sirIk8f6AvRWLMVh3VhYblbfgv5whwoOCN7N9eZ40PYRSRyM/s2048/Photo+Nov+29%252C+2+32+47+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1m9DWAWLuo9G_8uuD1EPrmFygxlIvuBy3o4qDaLGx3MOCGB_zoypf08k18du-KB8y_GhbgIFwK6DDYdB7mqoVap2qGT0sirIk8f6AvRWLMVh3VhYblbfgv5whwoOCN7N9eZ40PYRSRyM/w480-h640/Photo+Nov+29%252C+2+32+47+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>2) Our holiday card. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zbykVVEOC3dSCTz0CTGQF-2NGFYfWDgclDTEDIUF44UrfTHcP7zyhP1xbI4-RinwfXdQYuzVUlGKo6TrFfKKo_kRunpVBpLNGSUs4GTdxzT9MzofRa6HbwGebLSombLEItLXG9G-XwY/s1134/2020+holiday+card.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1134" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zbykVVEOC3dSCTz0CTGQF-2NGFYfWDgclDTEDIUF44UrfTHcP7zyhP1xbI4-RinwfXdQYuzVUlGKo6TrFfKKo_kRunpVBpLNGSUs4GTdxzT9MzofRa6HbwGebLSombLEItLXG9G-XwY/w640-h458/2020+holiday+card.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>I'll admit, I realized the irony after I mailed these out. No one is holding <i>anyone</i> close right now except for those in their immediate household. If you listen to your governor. But anyway, it was super sticky and humid out, we were late for the photo shoot, and we had never used this photographer. All signs pointed to disaster but, I love this photo :)</p><p>3 and 4) This is super funny. There's only so many places you can hide presents after your kids learn they can look for them. We actually stuck most of the boys' gifts in the downstairs shower, literally 2 feet from where they go to the bathroom like a thousand times a day. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcv7Gytf_7UIYXbFI1YlJBZTsfbVmvPy7K4UoaPG7sxqFcepQguXR8BHhvag5g_94wuSwt0CYNfbJi1Wxfg-qyfoc4diXKSjNQyLkDJxGD13WUV4ltcNuVBDXQHerKQnkzhE1je7kwKSg/s2048/Photo+Dec+22%252C+12+33+22+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcv7Gytf_7UIYXbFI1YlJBZTsfbVmvPy7K4UoaPG7sxqFcepQguXR8BHhvag5g_94wuSwt0CYNfbJi1Wxfg-qyfoc4diXKSjNQyLkDJxGD13WUV4ltcNuVBDXQHerKQnkzhE1je7kwKSg/w480-h640/Photo+Dec+22%252C+12+33+22+AM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWVFAM2iaBHFjeI9_RKbCGH_VWt8l5t1BwzXYvQNEOCQnHsJvrscEhHrL2aUUR42vDETMwvjhD9hTzTFNvhLqhbFHoH7-XzJQ_Ba1VtSnadTr_aRARoDK4n22d_5Ck6k8KW9T6F13J0kY/s2048/Photo+Dec+22%252C+12+32+46+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWVFAM2iaBHFjeI9_RKbCGH_VWt8l5t1BwzXYvQNEOCQnHsJvrscEhHrL2aUUR42vDETMwvjhD9hTzTFNvhLqhbFHoH7-XzJQ_Ba1VtSnadTr_aRARoDK4n22d_5Ck6k8KW9T6F13J0kY/w480-h640/Photo+Dec+22%252C+12+32+46+AM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Muah haha. They never suspected.<div><br /></div><div>5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) We do try and make things festive in December. This year, with no parties, no special events, etc. it was harder but we did a lot of crafts and made cookies like, uh, many times.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwOTl4fXq-0wdU-aSHLJlhebw1iw92uHQbLJ7txmTMDsqBqhDNkEVhQEpKkQiULxMUg6iPdeXgl_TfbW5yNANJTFI-BW2CC7UIkJUrbeWKUe5gBnYudFa42HCZbEKMBIzIPlh0GwguiI/s2048/Photo+Dec+05%252C+5+42+57+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwOTl4fXq-0wdU-aSHLJlhebw1iw92uHQbLJ7txmTMDsqBqhDNkEVhQEpKkQiULxMUg6iPdeXgl_TfbW5yNANJTFI-BW2CC7UIkJUrbeWKUe5gBnYudFa42HCZbEKMBIzIPlh0GwguiI/w480-h640/Photo+Dec+05%252C+5+42+57+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUbECOkpgauK-Injy-E85qGac3g5L_2bj-m1JkKO-aiKBuVY6K93eGuJJgjg1O4Ihjy7-Gin3P5YpWXl25FUHj0of3V5-N5g0ZfVQgPFsJQwMoRWDM4iGFHleOT3mcVY9OmDA14cxpvg/s2048/Photo+Dec+05%252C+11+10+11+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUbECOkpgauK-Injy-E85qGac3g5L_2bj-m1JkKO-aiKBuVY6K93eGuJJgjg1O4Ihjy7-Gin3P5YpWXl25FUHj0of3V5-N5g0ZfVQgPFsJQwMoRWDM4iGFHleOT3mcVY9OmDA14cxpvg/w640-h480/Photo+Dec+05%252C+11+10+11+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviPuhnTswoejtSgoeAinPsGTtnv3-hMposUNAodFVc3dPEWiuhZTM5KW4XgTt8qy65xut7MhUKiU-ZfOgEww7_6vnL-ncZXR0BnNzr13DkdHuxZL9PhFePvRcpeqLVtDl5yHHzpxJyLc/s2048/Photo+Dec+10%252C+5+08+41+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviPuhnTswoejtSgoeAinPsGTtnv3-hMposUNAodFVc3dPEWiuhZTM5KW4XgTt8qy65xut7MhUKiU-ZfOgEww7_6vnL-ncZXR0BnNzr13DkdHuxZL9PhFePvRcpeqLVtDl5yHHzpxJyLc/w480-h640/Photo+Dec+10%252C+5+08+41+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7mJc0O5IqFKrreJlCmnTtXQwCWI-zBRfd6ABhhOk4wsx734E33DADprKoCkeJo35Qx5pzOaTlzXqcMb6IXPA9_jgH0-qya0CmSBr-8rvgbytTdBhUG7HTXBKDUHB_2TGRAZgPpXPE-Y/s2048/Photo+Dec+19%252C+10+46+08+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7mJc0O5IqFKrreJlCmnTtXQwCWI-zBRfd6ABhhOk4wsx734E33DADprKoCkeJo35Qx5pzOaTlzXqcMb6IXPA9_jgH0-qya0CmSBr-8rvgbytTdBhUG7HTXBKDUHB_2TGRAZgPpXPE-Y/w640-h480/Photo+Dec+19%252C+10+46+08+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RS6KfUE0Ott01wVbrl_aCYuodooKedsbrxLDETZAwTHno8dcf3EGyVyCNwiq892CzqjX1T1nGLpcwTq_d_OErGEvwTTGDvnM5GCmn5e_HH5-qeY4KzI0B5mmKs_lyot1HruJzY8MRSc/s2048/Photo_Dec_24%252C_5_42_47_PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RS6KfUE0Ott01wVbrl_aCYuodooKedsbrxLDETZAwTHno8dcf3EGyVyCNwiq892CzqjX1T1nGLpcwTq_d_OErGEvwTTGDvnM5GCmn5e_HH5-qeY4KzI0B5mmKs_lyot1HruJzY8MRSc/w640-h480/Photo_Dec_24%252C_5_42_47_PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Yes Ashton has his shirt off a lot. Alex does too actually - supposedly they are "SO HOT". <br /><p>10) Christmas Eve magic</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoO2OPTdKOn48l82Olhp0nI2SXBsTMPbQNZfa-shocFnFT1I4N7Y98-0tbzWvF-r7obuQcSQvHkgpn1XkpNGNHRmjDxnjP3cn6pz7Bop20h-Q9VqgWL6Z1K-4EDk5DGouJa6zc_mP7-_U/s2048/Photo+Dec+24%252C+8+13+57+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoO2OPTdKOn48l82Olhp0nI2SXBsTMPbQNZfa-shocFnFT1I4N7Y98-0tbzWvF-r7obuQcSQvHkgpn1XkpNGNHRmjDxnjP3cn6pz7Bop20h-Q9VqgWL6Z1K-4EDk5DGouJa6zc_mP7-_U/w480-h640/Photo+Dec+24%252C+8+13+57+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">11) And of course Santa came (see the wall of presents?? I told you, it was beyond). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqckvM8Y66KEiKDLd0WEzyZmhnozLBR4EJP44qU33xsGx-NXE6kZ67gfLwjypSzveUbyhlRzO4JwqLdITpJ4Ie9_rIOt__BbZPZ53O_E-z9YTp4cjNbviO49Fe4IMKYdn6Scj-feW1NjQ/s2048/Photo+Dec+24%252C+11+26+27+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqckvM8Y66KEiKDLd0WEzyZmhnozLBR4EJP44qU33xsGx-NXE6kZ67gfLwjypSzveUbyhlRzO4JwqLdITpJ4Ie9_rIOt__BbZPZ53O_E-z9YTp4cjNbviO49Fe4IMKYdn6Scj-feW1NjQ/w480-h640/Photo+Dec+24%252C+11+26+27+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">See the picture on the table? This is the upclose. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">12a)</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOnn4OdfX7aGwk3NSr3l-lJ7CKrCqpeArOO-3Npvmx7j6JgjF-x2f_m80pWGi75BYYNklELztmv9W0ssF42vIeIpnxQ4FpI0Em2-pex7BWusFv-oLxJd7wBWLQH4qGpoH9hb1FCWQxk0/s1204/Capture.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="1204" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOnn4OdfX7aGwk3NSr3l-lJ7CKrCqpeArOO-3Npvmx7j6JgjF-x2f_m80pWGi75BYYNklELztmv9W0ssF42vIeIpnxQ4FpI0Em2-pex7BWusFv-oLxJd7wBWLQH4qGpoH9hb1FCWQxk0/w640-h452/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>So what I did was, the night of December 23rd, I snuck in and took pictures of the boys sleeping, being careful not to show their pj's. THEN, on the 24th, I dropped them into a photo template and sent it to Walmart to get printed. </p><p>12 (b). Santa's note said:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM8QbiVg3zTxDQfslSPc_MTVdM_cJyRfk8la8kNa7qpPcUl6MUDIgGyySMEzPeBbvo6E16nefH4ea33-dJskc81qiT2MSlafvM9SjT4jHDXDi_N2ygRO62qhSx0gpcmpv_cZByjbTirDQ/s2415/IMG_4449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2415" data-original-width="1970" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM8QbiVg3zTxDQfslSPc_MTVdM_cJyRfk8la8kNa7qpPcUl6MUDIgGyySMEzPeBbvo6E16nefH4ea33-dJskc81qiT2MSlafvM9SjT4jHDXDi_N2ygRO62qhSx0gpcmpv_cZByjbTirDQ/w522-h640/IMG_4449.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div>If you're saying to yourself the boys' minds must have been blown, then you would be right.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the video of Christmas morning -> <a href="https://youtu.be/AVuQVVcS9jk">https://youtu.be/AVuQVVcS9jk</a></div><div><br /></div><div>And honestly, of course I do have tons of pictures of breakfast, opening presents, stockings, the games we played, the boys riding their hoverboards around and around and around and around the living room, but really the most important thing is that the 4 of us were together, we zoomed our families, and we were healthy and safe. </div><div><br /></div><div>Last picture of 2020! Lucky 13 :)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapbUf98JozwAenqEGy1N7-Mfk_lmovX9_tNy0-cdrOobT8wa4NyY3BcxXwPY9vGxk86UarkteD5HRXibZ1fXiFtQiEJ7w_JQYeFOkponsnxTYpEB77ilcQ65mkolf_govPXMthtBEdYA/s2048/Photo+Dec+31%252C+8+16+55+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhapbUf98JozwAenqEGy1N7-Mfk_lmovX9_tNy0-cdrOobT8wa4NyY3BcxXwPY9vGxk86UarkteD5HRXibZ1fXiFtQiEJ7w_JQYeFOkponsnxTYpEB77ilcQ65mkolf_govPXMthtBEdYA/w640-h480/Photo+Dec+31%252C+8+16+55+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>I can't say 2021 has been much more palatable than 2020, but there is lots of time left...fingers and toes crossed! And phew, I'm relieved this post is finally done. Perhaps my new year's resolution will be to keep up!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-65165335966275345872020-11-30T10:24:00.001-05:002021-01-18T16:19:47.180-05:00ThankfulNothing like waiting until MLK Day to post about Thanksgiving. Heh. Truth be told, I was several paragraphs into my <i>Christmas</i> post and then realized I had completely missed it (and only because I was scrolling through my photos and saw the turkey). That's just how things are going.<div><br /></div><div>Like Christmas (as you'll soon see), we spent Thanksgiving just the 4 of us due to COVID. We still made all the things and the boys got to have Shirley Temples in glasses with very long stems. Quite special. Quite.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jason has long claimed to make the best apple pie there is. Even his mom is like "Oh yes, Jason's pie is phenomenal!" And yet somehow, in the dozen or so years since we've been together, I have yet to have this elusive pie. He finally made it this year - the secret ingredients were definitely the kids breathing all over the dough:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdf5V4aMu4057GxBFyLJQryqTdjMB2QrMFNdFnLBBk0eyeVNSorLAE2bBfE9zwSQ6-aBWKaZ2Qh6qac8kSWUP2r6D8nNQv4cm56n7rAVrexDhQ-payyRlSwE95_evHVfCEudvL0aLe-vM/s2048/Photo+Nov+25%252C+5+38+41+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdf5V4aMu4057GxBFyLJQryqTdjMB2QrMFNdFnLBBk0eyeVNSorLAE2bBfE9zwSQ6-aBWKaZ2Qh6qac8kSWUP2r6D8nNQv4cm56n7rAVrexDhQ-payyRlSwE95_evHVfCEudvL0aLe-vM/w640-h480/Photo+Nov+25%252C+5+38+41+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And the skilled child labor we employed for the apple peeling. I won't tell you how many times the apples "slipped" into the trash. "OOPS Mommy. Still good, right? Right?"<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyX-5jk-sKLLaPcpf-NPLJwDUnx42LREuOENjcq4G0CgDEOfR1_6n9AfbSDWP0hlIzCxSK2uwmiZUfyNXpzU3xWMr3nIdRvm98eXDBhvNPJlRd_FSlE5rIYBNoMaaJhUYDY1Mj3TX0O6k/s2048/Photo+Nov+25%252C+5+52+29+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyX-5jk-sKLLaPcpf-NPLJwDUnx42LREuOENjcq4G0CgDEOfR1_6n9AfbSDWP0hlIzCxSK2uwmiZUfyNXpzU3xWMr3nIdRvm98eXDBhvNPJlRd_FSlE5rIYBNoMaaJhUYDY1Mj3TX0O6k/w480-h640/Photo+Nov+25%252C+5+52+29+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We turned on the Macy's Day Parade (well, this year's version - still festive!) and filled the day by cooking of course.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">We all said what we were thankful for and in the end, talked about how we have so very much. Our plates and hearts were full and these two even tried the green beans.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSGT45S8JRL8O9K6zIU2k8AT7jfi32W9eygDut1DHtZpvW0SWTA-5sm3cWcs4DFbDBeHUKzpaiuHJenajNF1H0PI7bOyiD4ebt4eidFqwpZfzONMZGe5XSWIEBJmdGgGkl4e8JvGebRc/s2048/Photo+Nov+26%252C+6+15+52+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSGT45S8JRL8O9K6zIU2k8AT7jfi32W9eygDut1DHtZpvW0SWTA-5sm3cWcs4DFbDBeHUKzpaiuHJenajNF1H0PI7bOyiD4ebt4eidFqwpZfzONMZGe5XSWIEBJmdGgGkl4e8JvGebRc/w640-h480/Photo+Nov+26%252C+6+15+52+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This and (other Christmas miracles) up next! </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-44123920355815720902020-11-16T18:51:00.009-05:002020-12-29T20:14:14.054-05:00Fabulous at FOR-TAY<p>That's 40. As in, how old I am. Like most posts this year, this one is extremely backdated (it's actually December 29!). I've been 40 for going on 6 weeks already. It's fine so far? Although lately I've seen some pictures of myself and it's questionable. Like what is this. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFT4EdSiuai31mCDtqYLHVMjrvKuN23GsZcljr3S8v7BnpGmKCkDJlpLpktYrFF6PtmRvNJznWspevN0rgEZey1odGxGk-yTiniMPpAwuugeZ6fmZDtWzY_GfScHlP4cSmIkCS3XUoRE0/s1111/IMG_4294.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="781" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFT4EdSiuai31mCDtqYLHVMjrvKuN23GsZcljr3S8v7BnpGmKCkDJlpLpktYrFF6PtmRvNJznWspevN0rgEZey1odGxGk-yTiniMPpAwuugeZ6fmZDtWzY_GfScHlP4cSmIkCS3XUoRE0/w281-h400/IMG_4294.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tell me that is not a very weird looking crater-type wrinkle where the other side of my face is perfectly fine. ??? This is what I mean. But I've bought my first tube of retinol and we'll just have to see.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you're a long time reader, you know that when the boys have milestone birthdays (er, any birthday) I basically post a complete profile of their genetic makeup and what makes them <i>them</i>. Forgive me in advance but right now I'm thinking it would be super funny if I did this to myself. I've selected the random categories from the past and applied them to myself. Here goes:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Height: 5'5</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Weight: probably 125-130. We don't have a scale.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shoe size: 7.5</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Clothes size: XS/S, 4 or 6</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hair: blond (professionally so)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Eyes: blue</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Teeth: all (although I do clench them at night - sign of stress (surprise))</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Shots this year: Flu, some steroid injections in my back</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>If I could eat one food:</u> it would be french fries. Honestly this is just an excuse to eat ketchup. I <i>love</i> ketchup. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Job:</u> Shortest possible explanation is that I do finance for Bentley University (specifically the division of Academic Affairs). I've been remote since March and feel so fortunate - I love what I do and that I've been able to be successful at it from home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>2nd job</u>: President of the Lilja Elementary PTO</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>3rd job:</u> CCD teacher, St Linus - Grade 2 (for the spiritual rewards! ;) ) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>4th job: MOM. </u>This job basically obliterates all my free time after Jobs 1, 2 and 3 (although, I only <i>have </i>Jobs 2 and 3 because of Job 4, so...hm.) Anyway, thanks to Job 4 I can list virtually no hobbies and I haven't read a book in 9 years. My life revolves around the boys, feeding them, doing their laundry, facilitating their enrichment activities (i.e. piano lessons - on Zoom of course) and getting them to and from hockey, lacrosse clinics, football, whatever the sport is. Don't get me wrong Jason totally helps but those two kids basically fill my day most days, one way or the other. I get to comfort my 6 year old who had a friend who didn't recognize him (hello, <i>masks</i>) but was upset that "he didn't memorize me". And I get to teach my 9 year old on remote school days, who has a long way to go (has anyone heard of a "questimation mark"?). But I could stare at their faces all day and this job is definitely the best of all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiByrfxvcSmlMfiI4mNN0E0cXOBjUx_woNwBxIvAyn9TJCiOc0lQ9vis3oNNwunwJnrv-npjJ-NunJWHutvYohjmWPp5i26Ht6fv_cdeu8_0isBeFSdFQKCkm4TNMZRHBuDwBLG7DQAv2g/s2048/Boys+2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiByrfxvcSmlMfiI4mNN0E0cXOBjUx_woNwBxIvAyn9TJCiOc0lQ9vis3oNNwunwJnrv-npjJ-NunJWHutvYohjmWPp5i26Ht6fv_cdeu8_0isBeFSdFQKCkm4TNMZRHBuDwBLG7DQAv2g/w640-h426/Boys+2020.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Moving on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Hidden talent:</u> I can tell you to the virtual Nth degree if something is straight or not, if objects are in alignment, if things are evenly spaced, etc etc. I have a very keen sense of visual balance and have actually proven levels to be wrong. While I'm certain what you are feeling is jealousy at this incredible ability, rest assured it is not often useful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Preferred TV show:</u> Truth be told I somehow don't watch a lot of TV. I am not a person that crushes seasons of things and probably only watch a few hours a week. Give me the Bachelor/ Bachelorette/ Bachelor in Paradise or anything that Chris Harrison hosts and I could not be happier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Favorite outfit:</u> Anything with my Ororo heated vest. I basically haven't taken it off since October and it is the most wonderful thing ever, ever, EVERRRRR.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Daily accessory:</u> my Felix Gray blue light glasses. I wear these all the time even when I'm not looking at my computer. They somehow make my eyes feel like they are working less hard which makes my face feel less stressed (more relaxed?). Only some people will understand what I mean by this haha. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Songs on repeat right now:</u> I do listen to a lot of country music. Does anyone feel that (perhaps content aside) the sound of "today's country" is a lot like boy band type songs in the 90's. There's no old twang in it and while some of the content is a bit parochial, the tunes <i>are</i> catchy. So on Pandora I often have on a country station, and at night to be a bit more chill I listen to the Lauv station. If I had to pick one song right now it would be "One too many" by Keith Urban and Pink. Pink is really so good (second favorite is her song "I am here" - not country, and now I'm digressing...). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Dreams for 2021:</u> Just to watch Hamilton. Literally I will take the Disney+ version. I've somehow <i>never seen it</i> and movie musicals are my favorite. I think I texted everyone I knew after I watched the Greatest Showman about how much I loved it (like, hold my hand to my heart <i>loved</i> it). "This is Me" from that soundtrack is magnificent and the whole thing is so uplifting and overcoming...I'm dying to see Hamilton based on all the reviews.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While I am on movies,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><u>Recent fame:</u> My greeting in the Bentley holiday video (at the 1:51 mark). A star is born! CLICK HERE TO WATCH! ---> <a href="https://bentleyu.wistia.com/medias/bblu3l1rlv">https://bentleyu.wistia.com/medias/bblu3l1rlv</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Nailed it.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Dislikes:</u> Packaging. I <i>hate </i>openings things. Like products in hard plastic, anything with tape or ties, boxes with tabs where it is unclear which side you are supposed to open first, etc. Or like when something is shrinkwrapped and you have to get scissors or a knife and wrestle it out. I mangle everything and get mad doing it. I also don't like sweets really (unrelated).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Exercise:</u> Jason got me a Peloton for Mother's Day 2019. 1.5 years later, on my 40th birthday, I did my 400th ride! Katie brought me balloons and I even got a shout out from my favorite instructor Cody. I had several Natick Moms on the ride with me (we of course have our own group) and honestly it made my day haha. I loooove my Peloton.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88fIpUn6jY5QS4W3l2JP_AbHhbpuFA0GGT0tKJ4eNyZc46ebO0vVhK95lRNY8LrbcOoCevg_4yFPAlxKZ8LsLaF8VqIROjmSVTzNAqacX8zbhVEZj82rplHoCrn_FTnVRUxOpGfQ8P2M/s3021/IMG_3773.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2882" data-original-width="3021" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88fIpUn6jY5QS4W3l2JP_AbHhbpuFA0GGT0tKJ4eNyZc46ebO0vVhK95lRNY8LrbcOoCevg_4yFPAlxKZ8LsLaF8VqIROjmSVTzNAqacX8zbhVEZj82rplHoCrn_FTnVRUxOpGfQ8P2M/w640-h610/IMG_3773.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k3klYRTgBfKkyl38FOxbiX-VwWYrmNsfaG1tRj1TO1qQflw98HRaFJmbLPQhKBsh1Uj2XJvDybQqXZluRRY54-0qBt5lKdl9LXzooq2ffjPmo_G6D3x1Yl6xF0F4j9DXfvGIeo1JQUg/s2048/Photo+Nov+12%252C+5+31+09+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k3klYRTgBfKkyl38FOxbiX-VwWYrmNsfaG1tRj1TO1qQflw98HRaFJmbLPQhKBsh1Uj2XJvDybQqXZluRRY54-0qBt5lKdl9LXzooq2ffjPmo_G6D3x1Yl6xF0F4j9DXfvGIeo1JQUg/w640-h480/Photo+Nov+12%252C+5+31+09+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Beauty: I'm obsessed with the Colorstreet nail strips and the new ImpressMe press-on kits. I have a large collection and despite that, I rarely do my nails. But it makes me feel secure to know that at any moment, I <i>could</i>. Here are just a few of some of my home-made manis.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBT_MzVA1QjrOP1bF0tRqKRvijuA80a09ZdeK6j3g-6Rk2OxuNzwsKIHJqITou6Y7dCE-a2GQmO06EEO5s6BJLOqr4BgWkmbybvidG1R2z4olQiftMRjGfZqOqWHL1ibhljpKsNHU9TKI/s2048/IMG_2138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBT_MzVA1QjrOP1bF0tRqKRvijuA80a09ZdeK6j3g-6Rk2OxuNzwsKIHJqITou6Y7dCE-a2GQmO06EEO5s6BJLOqr4BgWkmbybvidG1R2z4olQiftMRjGfZqOqWHL1ibhljpKsNHU9TKI/w300-h400/IMG_2138.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nwcX9cPRPOqlyS01rdB4C8sxB0h9wexhq07Ac4sZCvtDBNU5RMpyLhaniFkEqW674721ALBwBV2DI7Lw4uqUwK8ZXaseSoa6gtwLTmqXmEnt9iM3y6CtkTTg63txrG0AGNwvbbgcQ7w/s2048/IMG_2701.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nwcX9cPRPOqlyS01rdB4C8sxB0h9wexhq07Ac4sZCvtDBNU5RMpyLhaniFkEqW674721ALBwBV2DI7Lw4uqUwK8ZXaseSoa6gtwLTmqXmEnt9iM3y6CtkTTg63txrG0AGNwvbbgcQ7w/w300-h400/IMG_2701.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKs-rA0OBtQajPyV6DAZ2lzH0TjUSCNdDn9mrwvmBoaSA0DncOWrTamnsjtso3z38OTHSoUOcoFNYyzCe8ZkK7SO5bOuRVn9Paa-nrDCiFAY5Ea6ox4c1bhYROHC7hbNl1ccQer7GCIM/s4032/IMG_3699.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKs-rA0OBtQajPyV6DAZ2lzH0TjUSCNdDn9mrwvmBoaSA0DncOWrTamnsjtso3z38OTHSoUOcoFNYyzCe8ZkK7SO5bOuRVn9Paa-nrDCiFAY5Ea6ox4c1bhYROHC7hbNl1ccQer7GCIM/w300-h400/IMG_3699.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQiwYbsGMhqNSH70PJjePHEVIoJhOGamJbEKw77vvcA8RviopPj7BXWgNvwfDoDliLyRlRm5CWminmazI-AVNFknNL4s5IxOvEJUMk9aUoUNU2IUhLV7GDKdyYNB7OlD2bxBfQoRLkok/s4032/IMG_4279.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQiwYbsGMhqNSH70PJjePHEVIoJhOGamJbEKw77vvcA8RviopPj7BXWgNvwfDoDliLyRlRm5CWminmazI-AVNFknNL4s5IxOvEJUMk9aUoUNU2IUhLV7GDKdyYNB7OlD2bxBfQoRLkok/w300-h400/IMG_4279.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So pretty nails make me happy. And so does Jason - he gave me the most beautiful birthday party under the 2020 circumstances. There was champagne, fun posters, balloons, gorgeous flowers and a custom cake filled with candy. We celebrated with our neighbors who have become great friends and who are definitely in our bubble (and this was before Thanksgiving, when COVID cases weren't nearly so high). And we had a HUGE tray of sushi (not pictured - too bad it was epic). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Celebratory pics! And the complete Happy Birthday video in all its 43 seconds of slowness lol - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTTvJt1rpO0&feature=youtu.be">watch here</a> if you want to lol. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LMRBOasGp7FwXieEr1DLIDWcOGp7gsce-F_V_sjV87HmX4U1U3WUk6gRFZzHcmU5WIYhMXj_eSVt1lyYdsVwe9stqwoHb0l7GQwotEdZdQHR2YIXTvLTeftJ5Rreb58OyxZ_2Co-Wn8/s2048/Photo+Nov+10%252C+7+19+21+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LMRBOasGp7FwXieEr1DLIDWcOGp7gsce-F_V_sjV87HmX4U1U3WUk6gRFZzHcmU5WIYhMXj_eSVt1lyYdsVwe9stqwoHb0l7GQwotEdZdQHR2YIXTvLTeftJ5Rreb58OyxZ_2Co-Wn8/w480-h640/Photo+Nov+10%252C+7+19+21+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I can't think of a number I'd rather be or a life I'd rather have. So very, very happy :) xoxo<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVbLaesA871eBatdhMqT9FPxr0VFFcAR5g5vx30JV958Y3If7-G8Bx5Dzbv_k0vfUfOcDUphCy4hop8s_5pz_qoAJ9PBFV99bU3Z01QsCE07EOxKNOcBTb2LjL1MqW_f-qPMKyKOm48sE/s3098/IMG_4616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3098" data-original-width="3019" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVbLaesA871eBatdhMqT9FPxr0VFFcAR5g5vx30JV958Y3If7-G8Bx5Dzbv_k0vfUfOcDUphCy4hop8s_5pz_qoAJ9PBFV99bU3Z01QsCE07EOxKNOcBTb2LjL1MqW_f-qPMKyKOm48sE/w390-h400/IMG_4616.jpg" width="390" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-92122818193057850632020-11-07T10:31:00.000-05:002020-11-07T10:31:00.173-05:00A Sacrament and a COVID Halloween<p>October 31, 2020 was a pretty unique day! Besides the fact that it was a blue moon and we were recovering from a blizzard the day before, it was Ashton's First Communion! As a CCD teacher (ahem), this means that he was receiving the Sacrament of the Eucharist, the body and blood of Christ, for the first time. Now this is a big deal in the Roman Catholic church and I still remember my first communion, my dress, the white patent leather shoes, and the party afterwards. It usually happens in the Spring but since we were on lockdown basically, it was rescheduled to several Saturdays this fall and Ashton's was on Halloween. He wore a blazer and tie and generally looked so big I almost couldn't take it. We had to leave Alex at a friend's because, no siblings, and the church, although empty, still felt special.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMggfLdYWmUn6FtXM_h6-DYxaIh0yvMrO1UMiagBhPnwk-n_u_ymdPESHaMr8TA7CdfO6QSw1VAlCFSnpclO5DjEjqiFDumtQsa1-x1kY3jMqsjMf8iH9f9XWmluxWo2s9btaI9Rv7-0o/s2048/Photo+Oct+31%252C+10+31+49+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMggfLdYWmUn6FtXM_h6-DYxaIh0yvMrO1UMiagBhPnwk-n_u_ymdPESHaMr8TA7CdfO6QSw1VAlCFSnpclO5DjEjqiFDumtQsa1-x1kY3jMqsjMf8iH9f9XWmluxWo2s9btaI9Rv7-0o/w480-h640/Photo+Oct+31%252C+10+31+49+AM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi07rg7GaGou0ORxnLUz8rmLTzjv5ndxp6DFvwLQ97RjzZqJSk1v5gm5iWcpxOqX7npVODDPmOIBpkOXtxAGy4X2vQDIkYxj7ywz0Dj7auUj4WjNp5s-ZO4MK7rI6jR1uQoomnvo7uKPR4/s2048/Photo+Oct+31%252C+10+33+05+AM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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No brunch afterwards, no nothing, but a mere 5 hours later and it was time for Halloween! </p><p>Our neighborhood, I will say, really stepped it up. People sat around their firepits in order to greet trick-or-treaters outside and most houses had a table or some other kind of display where kids could take candy in a socially distanced way. We walked around with the Stahls and the kids got a TON of candy - everyone really overcompensated. There was no pizza party or hanging out after, and it was cold, but there was no wind and ended up being quite enjoyable :) </p><p>First, our set up. Ooo, a man-eating spider!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfqe-zCDk6wxU1yi6ojFbfL8AFBsoxgIAzqq4HYFGk-UC8FYRKPGVoOfDdQxR61alocgCicc9Lk1Vo8C1stIiHt6Mi_9eYSm7Md3z6KXGfd2CjBSVzwliO6743gHhrgwyQZ-vKdj_r9s/s4032/IMG_3586.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfqe-zCDk6wxU1yi6ojFbfL8AFBsoxgIAzqq4HYFGk-UC8FYRKPGVoOfDdQxR61alocgCicc9Lk1Vo8C1stIiHt6Mi_9eYSm7Md3z6KXGfd2CjBSVzwliO6743gHhrgwyQZ-vKdj_r9s/w480-h640/IMG_3586.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzC02ZpWyMtB7gkJN0n3AQWR2RSAGFb7aNx90V7ulI8DAVlIphwkJWzdzz3MXrSJNPEckys3sTKdWbV2206_ha598vchuUvl1KjAuLN9Y1DA2UpiqOo_2SPfdtOWMwHCBv8EmT4Pt9x0/s2048/Photo+Oct+31%252C+5+27+20+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzC02ZpWyMtB7gkJN0n3AQWR2RSAGFb7aNx90V7ulI8DAVlIphwkJWzdzz3MXrSJNPEckys3sTKdWbV2206_ha598vchuUvl1KjAuLN9Y1DA2UpiqOo_2SPfdtOWMwHCBv8EmT4Pt9x0/w480-h640/Photo+Oct+31%252C+5+27+20+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSa-22bQj7ft4QVUuV86eVrppQFw34_VdzdruLVHX0U7HAfMNOeedj2FgrkF1DAHzSu7t7RwQohrCJ4j2Tu3jTPLiMAdjxJj7q03jcFzKY4hHrHXxcKM4Uv6nymR6nCuDbi2osfRGrRQ/s2048/Photo+Oct+31%252C+5+34+31+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSa-22bQj7ft4QVUuV86eVrppQFw34_VdzdruLVHX0U7HAfMNOeedj2FgrkF1DAHzSu7t7RwQohrCJ4j2Tu3jTPLiMAdjxJj7q03jcFzKY4hHrHXxcKM4Uv6nymR6nCuDbi2osfRGrRQ/w480-h640/Photo+Oct+31%252C+5+34+31+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>And then the costumes. Alex was a skeleton and Ashton, for the second year in a row, just decided to wear his football outfit.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHykHUar8YkF5TjfXX_7xAepvC3bSnKtOBuW2X06DKFBAsmczj5AcoMfKP2TrAYOtL4I_bTivoR1gPf8v7p4a8xXpYG6JfFXDjApwc5KhyPNFwW9Y3dw-UnjQiCgEA5BP5grp4Bj0Mhkg/s2048/Photo+Oct+31%252C+5+28+19+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHykHUar8YkF5TjfXX_7xAepvC3bSnKtOBuW2X06DKFBAsmczj5AcoMfKP2TrAYOtL4I_bTivoR1gPf8v7p4a8xXpYG6JfFXDjApwc5KhyPNFwW9Y3dw-UnjQiCgEA5BP5grp4Bj0Mhkg/w480-h640/Photo+Oct+31%252C+5+28+19+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ty5JMHkZSjWWih-69mW2TqJrh_OJ9POmm61gd6DgwQ7180vJ87m9rPDHXyRYWWGzpWRz0Ps5jbOEKLKQbkrVookrnZ5godeD9YDJ8s5XgK5fME2atTvoW4wgc4oqRDGdCOspbrML53o/s2048/Photo+Oct+31%252C+5+28+42+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwayW44NXpIKFgQED2QaY7oV9LA1JCfu0tVFtGMRy-6gUKuX1J63-Alg5K6HbPMDMkaMpq3MVhQEdJe-UT_nt8NMQT5ErFPYBW4ShHV_9EuOY8dRzCH-uMeQkJelN-hyA0Zqm0CP5yuo/s2048/Photo+Oct+31%252C+6+28+19+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwayW44NXpIKFgQED2QaY7oV9LA1JCfu0tVFtGMRy-6gUKuX1J63-Alg5K6HbPMDMkaMpq3MVhQEdJe-UT_nt8NMQT5ErFPYBW4ShHV_9EuOY8dRzCH-uMeQkJelN-hyA0Zqm0CP5yuo/w480-h640/Photo+Oct+31%252C+6+28+19+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">NOT PICTURED: the actual trick-or-treating. You guys have seen enough blurry night time shots over the years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Back at the house, the sorting begins:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6FmCOOdTyCrUGr9L425sgCy3n3Ho7b4T95XX905E75JpUrarN3RumnvyYdRDGYgCD7-kNhLa_Rufn_d3LuPHxFjUroYrMil2ogDeJWPNHl8HNcPn2LR8FKGNlG8t6xyVanv-OKiUI38/s2048/Photo+Oct+31%252C+8+19+52+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6FmCOOdTyCrUGr9L425sgCy3n3Ho7b4T95XX905E75JpUrarN3RumnvyYdRDGYgCD7-kNhLa_Rufn_d3LuPHxFjUroYrMil2ogDeJWPNHl8HNcPn2LR8FKGNlG8t6xyVanv-OKiUI38/w480-h640/Photo+Oct+31%252C+8+19+52+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Notice Jason helping in the background LOL.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrsF5OcXNPwj-WU7-vv9J3GnjjAVohAv9Efv4gAsKUUxSKnPpiHbg-ZJPKCB6cfv96DUbqSBkcheWKt6xBg4EYvYfpxp_dMZycHiHeLvn6XZTOgYDOZI5eHWaW2nxqNIUl96ppHM7vbk/s2048/Photo+Oct+31%252C+8+35+17+PM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrsF5OcXNPwj-WU7-vv9J3GnjjAVohAv9Efv4gAsKUUxSKnPpiHbg-ZJPKCB6cfv96DUbqSBkcheWKt6xBg4EYvYfpxp_dMZycHiHeLvn6XZTOgYDOZI5eHWaW2nxqNIUl96ppHM7vbk/w480-h640/Photo+Oct+31%252C+8+35+17+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And just because this post is feeling a tad lack-luster (for how AWESOME my Halloween posts usually are ;) ) I'm going to link to <a href="http://anewnill.blogspot.com/2014/11/halloween-vroom-vroom.html" target="_blank">Ashton and Alex's first Halloween as brothers</a>, when everything felt like this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EfNNieI9h5ImMV_KhZYxQQ0soxY9jUp1SOkX10iZXLorCA8IZxdLfXD-dI5UuZ_AgobkUtDQnnVIR9mNQQuaGYDF4VOSbmysTyRQfoaSoJx_6Ki2k1jGqqnB0GJxDXtEcegau-QkYAo/s1600/DSC_0914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9EfNNieI9h5ImMV_KhZYxQQ0soxY9jUp1SOkX10iZXLorCA8IZxdLfXD-dI5UuZ_AgobkUtDQnnVIR9mNQQuaGYDF4VOSbmysTyRQfoaSoJx_6Ki2k1jGqqnB0GJxDXtEcegau-QkYAo/w640-h426/DSC_0914.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are heading back to hockey practices this afternoon after a two week shut-down, but cases are on the rise again here. Add to that, it's been 5 days and they still haven't called the presidential election, and things are feeling a bit precarious. Off I go to eat some candy...</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-57494199878447128162020-10-24T15:41:00.005-04:002020-10-24T15:47:28.107-04:00Summer Lookback<p>Well to state the obvious, summer is long gone. The kids have been in hybrid school for the past month, Halloween decorations are up, and it gets dark at 6 pm. Waaahhhhh. </p><p>But what is there to say about this summer? Covid wreaked havoc on the majority of our vacation plans and the boys didn't go to a single camp. For several months straight they managed to entertain themselves within the confines of the neighborhood, in our friends' pool, and wherever their bikes could take them. It was kind of glorious. Yes we had our moments of boredom, but it was a time in our lives unlike any before and I honestly think we made the most of it. The boat helped ;)</p><p>Let's start at Memorial Day weekend and the time we bought a 2000 Chaparral 180 SSE (a little 18 foot motorboat specifically purchased to fit through the tiniest tunnel imaginable. But we'll get to that). Knowing that a) I was going to be remote all summer b) any plans for activities for the boys were cancelled c) we did not join Longfellow d) the beaches, at the beginning, were closed or at least closed to non-residents and e) there wouldn't be any parties or events to look forward to, I knew we needed something good. I said Jason, we are simply going to need to buy a boat :D</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4So0AqrQv8ucV7h6q387T58tlyXcvCl9zy1vNs2fM2Qst14td_0TIQ614AZ7iFAknB2KjE_YN8EFuQAvYFEzF6upknvlzZehlD-i8mVQg-XJ_6H2BqYTw2Aq3JnhpMq6nA_5KgBJDjYA/s1200/Photo+May+27%252C+9+49+42+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4So0AqrQv8ucV7h6q387T58tlyXcvCl9zy1vNs2fM2Qst14td_0TIQ614AZ7iFAknB2KjE_YN8EFuQAvYFEzF6upknvlzZehlD-i8mVQg-XJ_6H2BqYTw2Aq3JnhpMq6nA_5KgBJDjYA/w640-h480/Photo+May+27%252C+9+49+42+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>So we did! Now, Lake Cochituate is 5 minutes away and has three sections: North Lake, Middle Lake, and South Lake. The boat launch is in Middle Lake but the only place that towables and water sports are allowed is South Lake. And the only way to get there is through this tunnel. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0n7oyMB8KlOLn4MeXWY5iU6uYP7b3x3HYUD6BVjbvKP7UhVdwRTKX5qIRYln5MNHYhM_51ny2OrlgWNDcIxcVp76v-_tlhmsS6nUR4Sy0ITbvkesjlrd5gteJzg2gQZlb9PfTpmqVA4/s2048/Photo+Jun+08%252C+3+21+08+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0n7oyMB8KlOLn4MeXWY5iU6uYP7b3x3HYUD6BVjbvKP7UhVdwRTKX5qIRYln5MNHYhM_51ny2OrlgWNDcIxcVp76v-_tlhmsS6nUR4Sy0ITbvkesjlrd5gteJzg2gQZlb9PfTpmqVA4/w640-h481/Photo+Jun+08%252C+3+21+08+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you see it all the way over there? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlY2lA1_pBaB77tIEaM-MIa2OwBvzLb27KfX6bAsyBmRlOXwBOlCms7LiZZRE-4IfM2Lr0oPsUqJICymWTySzvG6r3Qg9qcBiThqPB4bC3mM0GYaq-XqHu72Muhv8MYGJHNOOZSKhPAk/s2048/Photo+Jun+08%252C+3+21+50+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlY2lA1_pBaB77tIEaM-MIa2OwBvzLb27KfX6bAsyBmRlOXwBOlCms7LiZZRE-4IfM2Lr0oPsUqJICymWTySzvG6r3Qg9qcBiThqPB4bC3mM0GYaq-XqHu72Muhv8MYGJHNOOZSKhPAk/w640-h480/Photo+Jun+08%252C+3+21+50+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitj9ib6zj90xw45yVyDMasU8w5SzhS-XSpTmEaJUNAg8jU1jBjFW12ei59wP0stAkhB7OtK0yYRliq-eNJ0y__WpSTxNfxgqUR-XlbcAh98MYU9YlYf994wIG5zm6QFQbayyU0pSkslVg/s2048/Photo+Jun+08%252C+1+49+32+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitj9ib6zj90xw45yVyDMasU8w5SzhS-XSpTmEaJUNAg8jU1jBjFW12ei59wP0stAkhB7OtK0yYRliq-eNJ0y__WpSTxNfxgqUR-XlbcAh98MYU9YlYf994wIG5zm6QFQbayyU0pSkslVg/w480-h640/Photo+Jun+08%252C+1+49+32+PM.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's tight. I tried to get a picture going through:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVe2cS1AFfXVMujmnjZkVTSnJb3zOrhoi20SfVY2MJ8WelYmwh5joO6tXaL1mehiItXujILYAu0BXx3n9vvRkybxjJI197OtWUYXNnN4HLyo-H8O-WcVuAYhnEM9gTxEBB-R1NFvlvWBo/s2048/Photo+Jun+08%252C+1+51+46+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVe2cS1AFfXVMujmnjZkVTSnJb3zOrhoi20SfVY2MJ8WelYmwh5joO6tXaL1mehiItXujILYAu0BXx3n9vvRkybxjJI197OtWUYXNnN4HLyo-H8O-WcVuAYhnEM9gTxEBB-R1NFvlvWBo/w640-h480/Photo+Jun+08%252C+1+51+46+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An inch on either side. <i>Harrowing</i>, as they say. And then there's a second one:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-dVzfBnZF_oT9Phz7oaRNcMyk6EiP1mqYPJjvYtb-4DDbN42nh_7yOm1BwWNa1q-sw2ZmotK9HU-Aui2hhNa3HULzYoaYe2peFcudO4xEIO-gHfTHQY3Ad5P8NkPTz0pSvNbi7N8ZM0/s2048/Photo+Jun+08%252C+3+17+40+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-dVzfBnZF_oT9Phz7oaRNcMyk6EiP1mqYPJjvYtb-4DDbN42nh_7yOm1BwWNa1q-sw2ZmotK9HU-Aui2hhNa3HULzYoaYe2peFcudO4xEIO-gHfTHQY3Ad5P8NkPTz0pSvNbi7N8ZM0/w640-h480/Photo+Jun+08%252C+3+17+40+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>That one tries to decapitate you. Anyway, once you've made it through these tunnels, you are free to tube, waterski, or however you want to recreate. And it's so so fun. 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I'll save you from the videos ;)<div><br /><div>In the middle of the summer there was <a href="http://anewnill.blogspot.com/2020/07/july-4th.html" target="_blank">July 4</a>, and then the rest of July and August was a mish mash of Long Island, a couple trips to Vermont, <a href="http://anewnill.blogspot.com/2020/09/ashton-turns-9.html" target="_blank">Ashton's birthday</a>, some time in our friends' pool, a few family visits here and there and a lot of hanging out with neighbors and all. </div><div><br /></div><div>In no particular order, and sorry it IS a lot, I have got to stop cramming 6 blog posts into one!! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZQvEgm17KMmHSCmY0sGFnhduP_IY4ktdpWh6C8Cd6J5NMnpdwzwpIERxfqpWpa0xevNTi5gQwaFECyBg5Wng-SGShB6MqK-3IqaBZhJiBAB1Oxo_dX0uS1p1Iw5ButmycOjwHyFk8-w/s2048/Photo+Aug+01%252C+8+35+46+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZQvEgm17KMmHSCmY0sGFnhduP_IY4ktdpWh6C8Cd6J5NMnpdwzwpIERxfqpWpa0xevNTi5gQwaFECyBg5Wng-SGShB6MqK-3IqaBZhJiBAB1Oxo_dX0uS1p1Iw5ButmycOjwHyFk8-w/w640-h480/Photo+Aug+01%252C+8+35+46+PM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was gorgeous and a perfect way to end it all. Wait, that didn't come out right. You know what I mean ;)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6fxeweA0LlMO75G47_420zn2pNrq_61fe_cyHhMwzvAKkwTbMoVUm4fBUxG9gFyOil6RMa6UQY4mmzwOg6XQUQr596ncalh9psYbIHpOrUysxlzY_aGP5N0ZJgYaKthufaIUNh5W3-A/s2048/Photo+Sep+06%252C+10+00+15+AM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6fxeweA0LlMO75G47_420zn2pNrq_61fe_cyHhMwzvAKkwTbMoVUm4fBUxG9gFyOil6RMa6UQY4mmzwOg6XQUQr596ncalh9psYbIHpOrUysxlzY_aGP5N0ZJgYaKthufaIUNh5W3-A/w640-h480/Photo+Sep+06%252C+10+00+15+AM.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div>And then it was time for school to start. Truly the longest summer ever and despite COVID and any true structure, I can't believe how great it ended up being.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next post - the school year so far...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-80793375166366269202020-09-14T20:56:00.004-04:002020-09-14T21:00:06.566-04:00Ashton turns 9!Along came August 3rd, 2020 (argh yes I'm so behind!) and all of a sudden, our first born was NINE YEARS OLD. Half of this past year he's basically been in isolation with the exception of one or two friends, which is crazy to say. But it has not affected his energy, curiosity or sweetness. He's just the best and he's an amazing older brother. The night of his actual birthday was pretty minimal since we had already had a couple mini family celebrations in New York and Vermont. So we got cupcakes and he got to open a few more presents, one of which was a video camera for making "Youtube videos" ;) <div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6llT5YYfjceSFuaST4KvmShWfalczxZHrETFUDXXWwqWUbZa5FXQGpX3se9YMBnyqfA_3sMQ4kIQdS7oGFKaV4eTkD6JFekuJd53wabb_xN8_aS9gqCEjidZ9WN5Y1x6q92nVf6aRfZU/w625-h469/Photo+Aug+03%252C+7+35+15+PM.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "times new roman"; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2;" width="625" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7DtJJPghBnnMKdPmcCO8b38DLV_bwi6hrfltBxVGltVwtrxkfs_jtynbXAzbkvX-M8sciLGY6U3Bnix_nitsnO75kuVO_qgLIqz19x4ZJw-6hY9k1_Npy5FjCsXKtwM3gTa1a0H00aY/w625-h469/Photo+Aug+03%252C+7+32+06+PM.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="625" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCIqGb7o3dAaVFLZfsmn27_EtLvwPABMvY7dMJ3oz6Bp4hI17p4AMvztcSeBaJX9lPh6ThESkW0a8zq3OOS_QDZh4YYjoam_IrX4c8qj06W4O05SzLRcnKm3vuafMsy7KyErXnF0OgC6s/s2048/Photo+Aug+03%252C+7+28+47+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCIqGb7o3dAaVFLZfsmn27_EtLvwPABMvY7dMJ3oz6Bp4hI17p4AMvztcSeBaJX9lPh6ThESkW0a8zq3OOS_QDZh4YYjoam_IrX4c8qj06W4O05SzLRcnKm3vuafMsy7KyErXnF0OgC6s/w625-h469/Photo+Aug+03%252C+7+28+47+PM.jpg" width="625" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2k5RkZXO7hjEcMd9VroWEyrqEVQi-57qMeTSY-g_imh6NjP2THVFDnnNho8AhnDmWYdYdx-mASz84ypK81ch1YqARZsdfQ11RsJrGxfypVd6d-e3Ah5ps1mr-mB2u_X7X_kkpXBXLCw/w625-h469/Photo+Aug+03%252C+7+32+08+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="625" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div>I had asked the parents of his friends and classmates to make him friendship bracelets and cards and he got a TON of birthday mail as a result (mainly from girls ;) ). It was really wonderful. But well Alex freaked out, he was SO upset, kept saying it wasn't fair, etc. etc. He cried and cried and generally had a really hard time that it was Ashton's birthday and not his. See his face? Grainy picture, but aw.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcA2Lgl5vFxjClKo04-XVcVB5fLwCVVc8DN03Be9gW5wpYuQS9_n712IuYMO4258Gj7R2Xwo40xDldVqmWJoKZZQwsSTAeLoVduEyzgr2na11291WTqqQkXb2iyPz39NbXu-_6h7MNWE/s2048/IMG_0006.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcA2Lgl5vFxjClKo04-XVcVB5fLwCVVc8DN03Be9gW5wpYuQS9_n712IuYMO4258Gj7R2Xwo40xDldVqmWJoKZZQwsSTAeLoVduEyzgr2na11291WTqqQkXb2iyPz39NbXu-_6h7MNWE/w641-h481/IMG_0006.JPG" width="641" /></a></div><div><br /><div>But then Ashton was Ashton and gave Alex a candle for his cupcake and shared his balloon. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDk2PVAUejLCWso_l8dgE69hrD8SiSkW2jIaa12qNJKX4HzhqcRRchZOwUPsMabpN-LiGMCbiJ-NT8eU_KtMJlnd2xr-yYOdzqB3dyFatFlSr68XC12rF6_1mKfuNHng2SdOKCFSAnY4/s2048/Photo+Aug+03%252C+8+36+57+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDk2PVAUejLCWso_l8dgE69hrD8SiSkW2jIaa12qNJKX4HzhqcRRchZOwUPsMabpN-LiGMCbiJ-NT8eU_KtMJlnd2xr-yYOdzqB3dyFatFlSr68XC12rF6_1mKfuNHng2SdOKCFSAnY4/w469-h625/Photo+Aug+03%252C+8+36+57+PM.jpg" width="469" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsH5bNnfz9aioMXky71cOP-7_G3z5nZgKCEK9QGt-ZAciCZVVqkIkFAKBc8L6y5V6z2pSw3O6eykvbYmbygg2_wKuf0CLLBAdjpbNsjwbKWjFCxX47BzIv5DXaZx38ilMITO3YLdLqP4/s2048/Photo+Aug+03%252C+8+35+41+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsH5bNnfz9aioMXky71cOP-7_G3z5nZgKCEK9QGt-ZAciCZVVqkIkFAKBc8L6y5V6z2pSw3O6eykvbYmbygg2_wKuf0CLLBAdjpbNsjwbKWjFCxX47BzIv5DXaZx38ilMITO3YLdLqP4/w469-h625/Photo+Aug+03%252C+8+35+41+PM.jpg" width="469" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>That really worked out because Alex actually <i>is</i> 6.</div><div><br /></div>Now, without further ado, ASHTON'S STATS!! </div><div><br /></div><div>Height: 4 feet 8 inches (!!)</div><div>Weight: 72 pounds (!!!)<br />Vision: 20/20</div><div>Clothes size: Boys/Youth M or a 10 (preferably anything Under Armour)</div><div>Shoe size: Youth 3 (!!!!) </div><div>Hair: Blond (although in all these pictures, it's blue -> see Favorite Movie)</div><div>Eyes: Blue</div><div>Cavities: None. At his cleaning a couple weeks ago the dentist came out and was a bit bewildered. He said "So, Ashton's teeth are, um, really white. Like, <i>shockingly</i> white for his age." And when I tell you that comment was the biggest feather I've put in my motherhood hat, well you don't even know lol. Last spring I got one of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KCXT7RC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1">these</a> and I've used it on the boys several times a week since then. I didn't know when we would ever go back to the dentist! But now we have and Alex came out of the same appointment and announced "My teeth are so white, I make MILK jealous!" </div><div><br /></div><div>Allergies: Eggs, sesame, environmental (dogs, dust mites). This is a bit perplexing I admit. He had his adenoids out last year and he's on twice daily Rx nasal spray and Claritin and his nose is annoyingly, frustratingly, ALWAYS stuffy. He can never breathe through it without serious effort. His pedi just suggested trying Singulair as even though it's for asthma, it's shown to have some benefit for allergies. The only other thing left is immunotherapy and shots. Luckily he doesn't know the difference but it's difficult :(</div><div><br /></div><div>No fail dinner food: stromboli</div><div><br /></div><div>Favorite Movie(s): Descendants 1, 2 and 3. These are teeny bopper Disney movies and it pains me to admit, the soundtracks are painfully catchy. And all the characters look like this, hence the boys' hues.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDqssrjQ0VayeF2trXtEefz79a1VKcPiZzwZREq0WRIG7xaoHqre3-ooWHcbNkuGabOYWaecE4LJqyp4l-_w-wWEgWeUItu8NBzgJUKLd9xoMDHehuQ0fdkNEWWsosgMrR7IN3mcIZAY/s1170/Descendants-d33b94-large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="1170" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDqssrjQ0VayeF2trXtEefz79a1VKcPiZzwZREq0WRIG7xaoHqre3-ooWHcbNkuGabOYWaecE4LJqyp4l-_w-wWEgWeUItu8NBzgJUKLd9xoMDHehuQ0fdkNEWWsosgMrR7IN3mcIZAY/w625-h299/Descendants-d33b94-large.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><br /><div>Favorite Song: Bad Guy by Billie Eilish (obviously he has no idea what she's saying or what the song means). Also Yummy by Justin Bieber ("He has a<i> really</i> good singing voice Mommy doesn't he." But same comment applies luckily haha)</div><div><br /></div><div>Sports: Under COVID-safe guidelines, he is playing on a flag football team in Newton which he loves so far and he made Squirt C in hockey. </div><div><br /></div><div>Religion: Catholic by force but not really very much. CCD is online this year (I am teaching again) and his first communion was postponed from last spring and coming up October 31. Yes that's Halloween but everything is already such a circus on that day anyway, why not add a sacrament?</div><div><br /></div><div>How he spends his time: Ashton does love the iPad. He loves to watch Dude Perfect, Lego tutorials and people solving Rubik's cubes at blistering and unrealistic paces. He wants to have a channel on YouTube Kids (so does Alex, hence the trouble with the camera above) but really what Ashton is best at is digging into things. He'll have a day where is is totally into paper airplanes. It's all he'll do and they will go through 75 sheets of paper, test fly them, color them, time them, talk about why a particular one is so cool, etc. "WATCH HOW FAR THIS ONE FLIES MOMMY!!! WATCH!!!"</div><div>Then the next day it will be a yo-yo. He'll search for videos of tricks, spend the day practicing, obsessing over the string ("Can you please untie this knot again? I can't yo-yo with a knot!") and of course complain he needs a new one because the one he has is "for kids". </div><div>The day after that, Pokemon. Neighborhood boys will come over, there will be trading frenzies, he will file the new ones in his binder, look them up, talk about their power and of course ask me to go buy more. </div><div>The funny thing here is that while these are often one-day fads, he is SO into it that I almost DO go get him a new yo-yo, or a fresh Pokemon pack, or a book on how to fold 15 different kinds of paper airplanes. That's Ashton - he's interested and curious and will dive deep. And all his friends (and his brother) follow suit. If the activity of the day is a Nerf war, guess what - he will have every kid in the neighborhood showing up with their guns. He's a very natural leader but doesn't intend to be. He just likes what he likes and when he thinks things are SO COOL, it's so authentic that it's hard not to agree :) </div><div><br /></div><div>Final word: Ashton is silly, sweet, and so good. It's what we always say about him. He's a genuinely <i>good</i> boy. He doesn't lie and he doesn't understand injustice or why anyone would ever be mean. You tell him things and he listens - he <i>hears </i>you and absorbs it. He works hard to understand things he sees or hears that he don't look or sound right. He cries when he's frustrated. 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Happy 9th honey XOXOXOXOXOXOXOX</div><div><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819172241443417979.post-63747563676085426732020-07-15T14:49:00.003-04:002020-07-15T14:49:38.320-04:00July 4thStill in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic here. Most notable in today's news is that yesterday, Tuesday, July 16, 2020, the US recorded 61,000 new cases, which is the largest single day total seen so far. That beat the largest single day total record that was Monday, which beat Sunday, and so on. People in the midwest and South don't want to wear masks and it's so unbelievably, infuriatingly obvious where this is going.<br />
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For us though, I feel like we are in the eye of the storm. We have excellent numbers and downward trends right now, but I'm expecting that the virus <i>will</i> circulate and come back to the Northeast. In the meantime, we have made some small decisions to enjoy the summer as safely as possible, which started with a trip to visit Jason's family, as we usually do on July 4/July 6, for America's birthday and Jason's birthday, respectively.<br />
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It almost felt normal! The ferries were empty and every other table was X'ed off, and of course we didn't go out for cocktails or shopping or anything. But seeing family we hadn't seen in months and months was so wonderful. I'm headed to Vermont tomorrow to do the same thing and I can't wait!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0