Breakfast

One kiddo is eating peanut butter crackers and one is eating a can of green beans, it's all about balance.

 

First day of 5th grade take 2

This year started off with Distant Learning and is now in person for a few hours a day. Just enough to get the lesson and come home to complete the work. 

This was an assignment she had to do and I thought it was so cute. 

 

Morning coffee

 My view for coffee, um yes please 

We decorated early as Chris and I will be two ships in the passing. He is off to GA and then we are leaving to Canada 

New car seat

 Preparing for upcoming travel I need to strap Abigail down on the plane and this one is so lightweight 

Cadence and Temperence

 These two were hanging watching tv and I happen to catch this photo

Hanging around the house

Playing video games with daddy, she has an old remote snd she is having the time of her life. 

Abigail is hanging out watching tv like a big kid 

Abigail is obsessed with frosty the snowman stuffed animal 

 

Abigail

Our sweet Abigail, when I look into her eyes all I see is such a sweet girl. She loves music, being naughty and running away as fast as she can with the biggest smile on her face. Her laugh.  when daddy is playing with her is so contagious. How can I look at them and not express such joy. It has taken Abigail a little while to show affection. When she is injured she doesn’t want to be cuddled she wants to self sooth. What does that look like you may ask? Abigail will rock back and fourth sometimes it may appear to be vigorous however she is most of the time hitting the top of her back not her head. Transitioning from one thing to another is a difficult one for Abigail. Tv unfortunately is one of my current tools to calm her but in time I am hoping to learn more. Abigail is in the early autism intervention program and will be receiving services three days a week for two hours a day. Then we will work our way up to five days a week two hours a day. Thankfully this is an in service program so someone will be coming to our home. I am excited to learn new ways to help her and I. I am of course anxious of the new and upcoming. Temperence and Cadence are learning to be helpful with their sister vs frustrated. 

Bye bye baby bunnies

 So happy these two went to a loving home together, the gal who took them lives over an hour away. She was so thrilled.

Date Night

 We escaped and had a beautiful local dinner, I didn’t know sick a nice place was in our farm town. Neighbor had the littles and Kay had Temperence. After we enjoyed a nice ending hanging out and enjoying each others company. 

Hardly napping these days

 Someone is not wanting to nap these days, it’s hit or miss but as long as she is happy I’ll take it. We had to run errands while sissy was napping 

Food

Cold day called for soup even though I am the only one who eats it 

Cadence loves her smoothies 

Free applesauce!! A local mom had 1,000 of Trader Joe’s apple sauce they needed to off as the packaging was not right. Yes please 

 

Oh no

 SOS Cadence found a pacifier, she walked into her room with this in her mouth. She was so happy and proud she found one. I had to remove it and explain about the babies needing them. She could of cared less this time and was so upset. So I cut the entire sucking part off and she was really mad but I told her the babies needed them. Now she is over it but what a rough night 

Playing

 These two Cadende (2) and friend we watch (10) play well together. When friend comes in she says, “Play with me?”

Big girls trip

Temperence has been doing really good with school, she had been striving to get her grades up. We went to Starbucks and the dollar store. Was a lot of fun!! 

When I first seen these two I thought Temperence was awake but soon realized she was passed out. Sisters 

 

Back to school take 2

 As we take Temperence back into the learning environment I have seen a change, the minute she knew she was going back that’s all she could talk about. She was nervous but excited. We went for an orientation and I snapped a few pictures of wear the children line up before and after school to be escorted by an adult to the classroom and to the parents care. No parents get out. They just drive up and the child is escorted to the care. Same with drop off, no one gets out but the child. Am/Pm schedule so half class they have all their own stuff in a basket that is sanitized at the end of each session but no one shares a basket. Desk is empty on both sides room is sprayed and let sit for ten minutes before you can wipe it down. No lunch and only a ten minute break that two kids at a time are escorted to the bathroom. She has to wear a mask of course and practice good hygiene and social distancing. 

Cold morning park time

 

75% off costumes

 Cadence was dressed as Marshal and a panda, I love clearance sales after Halloween. Now only If the Disney store had them. 

Beast and Cadence

 Beast our newest fur baby is getting big weighing in at 63 pounds. Cadence enjoys him and here she is showing him her favorite bunny. Now that her pacifier is gone she has really attached to the bunny. 

Covid

 I am not one to post politics however this was hilarious and sad at the same time. 

Park time

 While at the park she tucked her Nina aka Anna in the wagon. She’s always called her Nina 

Distant Learning

Mom! No pictures 

I have the kiddos set up doing Distant Learning, I have another sweet boy that comes while his mama is working. 

 

What!?!?!?

 Um excuse me you have a baby in a cage!?!?

No she keeps going in here and playing 

Dinosaur puzzle and coloring

Abigail was napping so Cadence and I went to do some errands, one errand was returning pants to Ross. We ended up scoring some puzzles. 

Opened a play pack from the dollar store and she is in heaven 

Roar 

 

Activities

 Working with Cadence and Abigail on learning. This week we did coloring with crayons and a water color mat. Read brown bear and worked on getting the right colors for the story, sorting colors by bears