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There is so much joy and busy in our lived so I seldom blog. Here’s stuff I’m trying to remember. Conor loved to wear Elliott’s baseball helmet backwards and now has his hand me down “mitten” (aka mitt)

Conor tells us no for everything. This morning I said hi. He said no hi. Natalie says you’re my buddy boy. He says no boy. I say that’s E’s bus. He says no E’s bus. (It is!)

natalie had a great soccer game today. She is dribbling the ball more. She kept the ball in bounds which resulted in a throw in which led to a goal. Grandma is in town and could watch.

we had yummy Collins compost at Collins creamery. It’s brownie ice cream with Oreos. Yum. E and I made the right choice  it’s the ice cream place that smells like cows 15 min south of us in CT

Elliott has been growing his rat tail since the start of covid  he calls it his life source  I need to try to figure out how to braid it for first communion tomorrow

our favorite book series right now is wings of fire  who would have thought I could get into dragon mystery  ? I’m six books in!

Jordan and I got a long weekend in Ogunquit Maine. We were supposed to go to Portugal last year for our 15 year anniversary. This was our makeup trip. I wanted to stay within driving distance of the kids. It was the best. I want to go back.

Overpriced but still a good way to spend an afternoon!  Very few people present due to covid and midweek. VR was a highlight for the kids. I just loved to hear the conversation in the back seat on the way here. Kinda felt like a mix of a National Geographic for kids TV show and Harry Potter book.

Playing hide and seek with the second graders at the end of Faith Formation. They were nice to not find the short redhead first. 

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we are so proud of Elliott for completing his first reconciliation and even reading at the service. He practiced his prayers and is a second grade star pupil (his teacher thinks so!)

Top photo  bedtime cuddles

second photo  loving the Valentine stuffed animals from Nana and Pop

third photo  Conor not sharing the toilet with me  thank goodness the cleaning ladies came earlier this day

fourth photo  cookie making!

We haven’t seen Grandma in four months so thankful for 6 negative COVID tests that allowed us to be together. It’s been pretty chilly- but not as bad as many places. Regardless we just have stayed inside. Tons of games – Clue, checkers, Apples to apples, chocolate candy lane. And Grandma did baketivity kits of Whoopie pies and pudding pops. Don’t forget lots of truck time too!

(last picture is Conor hiding in a container of ginger snaps in hopes that no one will take them away from him!)

8-12 inches of snow have fallen in the last week so we have tried to make the most of it. I took the older two kids sledding for the first time in years. I definitely skipped out on prego and newborn sledding these last couple years. The kids made great snow dens. Conor vacillates between liking the snow and getting frustrated that it’s hard to walk in. He looks so cute all bundled up. Well they all do!

I’m sure not sure Jordan and I have ever had a 9am start to a date… it was great!! Cross country skiing (recommend the golf course instead of hiking trails) and lunch in the van. 

the best part of the date was 12 hours later – Jordan shaved his 2021 beard and instantly became 5 years younger and 3x as handsome. I noticed instantly but the kids haven’t yet. They were distracted by ice cream sandwiches and the BFG movie.

So one person in this house isn’t into the hot chocolate bomb fad – he was upset that the warm milk was melting his chocolate so we had to change course. With Jordan Linville