We've had a long, hot week this week. With one person fighting a minor cold with fever for a day or two before passing it on, we've been home a lot! The temps are too hot to go out side for long after 10am, so we've had a lot of indoor hours at home to fill. We've cleaned and organized, started math, read books and watched videos prepping us for the Oympics, and researched greyhounds.
Finally, we had a day out and about yesterday. It was not a spectacular day in some senses, but being indoors, hot and bored for a while made me appreciate the goodness of it. Noelle had a dentist appointment for 2 fillings. She did amazingly well on her first go at dental work. I knew she would. The dentist and assistant called her "the model patient" and said it was like working on a statue - ha! Then we dropped Lucy and numb Noelle off at the Caldwells. Amanda planned Olympic crafts for the morning. Luke, Isaiah, and I headed to church for staff meeting. It's been so nice to have Luke's summer flexibility in going to staff meetings. Isaiah was the last one to fight the bug and the only kiddo who had to come to staff meeting, so he was treated to a large powerade slush from sonic and Spy Kids 3 on my phone. He crawled up on Melissa's office couch and was a happy puppy!
In the afternoon, we picked up the girls and all had lunch at El Pollo Cachuchon. Are we a little sick of it? Yes. But is it close, cheap, and not McDonalds? Yes. Luke headed to work and the kids and I headed home for a little rest time. Marianne had cleaned our house that morning. It's always so nice to come home to a clean and tidy house!! The kids and I decided to try a local pool in the afternoon. Although the 2 city pools in Longview have a ridiculous amount of monitored (yet not posted) rules, we had a good time once we determined what we could and could not do. I had such fun playing with my 3 fishies. All 3 kids love jumping in. The big kids are both getting to be great little divers. Lucy was not allowed to wear the type of water wings we had... so she had lots of chances to work on swimming, too. She jumped in more than I've ever seen her jump in. We played in every part of the pool, laughing, splashing, and pretending we were fishing for each other (we've been watching a lot of Monster Fish). My creativity for finding fun ways to engage with the kids at home had run out, so it was awesome to swim and play and connect with each of them and give them chances to connect with each other in a fun way rather than through pestering or arguing! At one point, Lucy had been doing countless jumps to me in the 5 foot area with Noelle and Isaiah on either side of us working on their own water tricks. Each time, she would come flying to me, swim back, climb out, adjust her swimsuit then ask again, "Ready?" on her way through the air. After quite a few jumps, she said, "This will always be in my memory!" I hope I can always keep it in my memory, too, sweet girl!
In the evening, we had dinner and got clean and cozy on the couch for the preview to the Olympics. We discovered a few days ago that we could buy a little antenna which would allow us to stream about 9 channels including NBC. So we are set for the next 2 weeks of tv watching Rio 2016! After a while, we put 2 sleepy girls to bed and let Isaiah stay up and watch American Ninja Warrior with us. Ah, tv - so much junk, so many inappropriate, scary, ridiculous commercials. But, hey, we also get American Ninja Warrior now!
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