This was taken at 3:44 p.m. Elliott gets done with school at 3:40 p.m. most days and walks home from this direction. He’s been busy at musical practice this weeks, so she just waits…. not knowing that he won’t be home until later. Cute and a little pathetic. This story melted Elliott’s heart. And I think Nana’s.
We missed Natalie for Easter…. our former neighbor and my current colleague, Mary Cieplik, had Natalie over to her house for Easter, with her husband and their 3 grown kids. I shared a picture of Natalie’s first Easter on Mill with her…
And, 6 years later, she re-created it… one with just Natalie and the other with her two sons, Nate (a fellow ND great) and Alex!
My parents and the Marx fam also came to visit! A shout out to my mom for planning the Easter Egg hunt for the kids (saved me so much time!) The kids went to Battlehouse for laser tag on Friday too.
Elliott was so pumped to beat Aunt Becky in chess — she’s good competition, but he’s gotten a lot better this year
Happy 12th Birthday, Cam!
A funny convo with 7-year-old Conor last night….
Happy 13th birthday to our kind-hearted, rhino-loving, MMA-fighting son Elliott!
It’s our first day in Florida for spring break. Jordan and Conor did an awesome job decorating. I made hostess-like cupcakes from scratch with some help from Elliott. And he hit up the beach, downtown, and the pool.
Some funny presents hits — an AI-generated photo of Elliott riding a rhino (jira and alex) and a coffee mug that says teenage dirtbag (Jordan)
G and G are watching C and El while Jordan surprised me with a wellness weekend at Kohler! It’s great so far. And look at this sweet text I got from C-man tonight!
Hi mom, I really miss you. I am reading narwhal and jelly. And I have narwhal and jelly the stuffy’s by me. PS you’re the best mommy in the world I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy. I love mommy.
Conor made his own recipe today and wanted to share!!!
I have to admit, I was surprised to find an “Athlete of the Month” certificate in Conor’s folder a week or two ago. He’s never that excited about doing sports — we require him to do one activity a season. And he talks a lot more about art class than PE. My only inkling that he might be good at PE — or at least trying hard — was that his classmates’ “happy birthday letters” to Conor talked about how he is a fast runner in PE.
His chart says that his favorite PE game is battleship and that outside of school, he likes to hug mom. I asked him what else we could put on there… he wrote tenes (tennis).
We are in Orlando — another post to come. But today was C-man’s and mom’s 10.5 hour date day while everyone else went to the new universal theme park!
what did we do?
1. Good morning cuddle
2. Morning work out and YouTube watching
3. Buffet breakfast including donuts and cinnamon buns plus playing cards
4. Wrestle-tickle mania followed by reading in a cozy nook
5. Science center including chemistry show and laser wood cutting
6. Arcade highlight is Mario cart
7. Dinner plus cards again!
All the boys in the house got to host a holiday party. Jordan last week (really it was couples and it was fancy)
Elliott with gift exchange and movie last night.
Conor and some friends from his Ravens football team this morning. We played musical chairs, pin the carrot on the snowman, the box game, and different presenting unwrapping games. I only let this group stay for 90 minutes. And I’m wiped!
erin
