So, this is a short one. We had a pretty decent week. We got all of our school work and chores done (even me) which was a small miracle. Nothing exciting to report is probably a good thing.
In anticipation of Henry's birthday, Josiah was trying to come up with a gift to give him. He tried to bargain with me to bring him to the store so he could pick out a giant Lego kit for Henry. I explained to him that we had already bought him all the gifts he's getting. So, then he asked if he could put his name on a gift we already bought. No, that wasn't happening either (we only get him 3 gifts). So, I told Josiah to draw a picture for Henry and then we could get one of those cheap frames and wrap it up. He liked that idea and immediately had Henry sit down for a portrait drawing. He wanted to keep it as just a pencil drawing because that looks "older."
We had been finishing school by noon most every day this week. It was glorious. The kids had so much time to play and enjoy the afternoons. I actually got things crossed off my to do list. It was a great way to end our six weeks. Next week, we'll take off from school at home, though we do have CC. It is sort of a fun CC because the boys get to bring in Valentine's and they're quite excited.
Caroline does not have a Valentine exchange in the nursery at CC, but she did get to exchange them at Awana. She signed her name to each of them, and then said that she was going to pass them out and if the kids said they didn't like the picture (from Frozen) that she gave them, that she was going to tell them, "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit." That's my girl. Happy Valentine's Day.
She is still loving karate. At the end of her class on Friday, she walked out with a new belt. They don't have belt tests at her level, but after a certain number of classes they just get a new colored belt. She is very excited and proud to have it. She's one karate-loving girl.
The kids have also been enjoying doing Gracie Games with Todd in the evenings. He's been doing it off and on with them for months. The Gracie Jiu-jitsu people have put out a series of bully-proof games to teach your kids and they are super fun, but they're also teaching them lots of self defense skills. I'm just glad I get to sit back and watch Todd do all the hard work.
This weekend we also enjoyed 48 pieces of chicken. Todd entered a contest with El Pollo Loco here and he won one of their Super Bowl platters. He picked it up on Saturday and we've been eating chicken ever since. It did give me an opportunity to make chicken broth, which I've always wanted to do. I put lots of our chicken bones in with water, let it cook for 5 hours or so and we ended up getting 12 cups of chicken broth out of it.
And that was our slightly non-exciting week. I'm looking forward to a breather next week.
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