Friday (8/21) We slept in again this morning, it is going to be very hard to get back to a routine when school starts in just over a week! We are loving the late nights and late starting mornings, probably a little too much around here. Adrian got to work as quick as he could and I started my day. We had a plumber come by this morning to fix our tub that wasn't draining and he was able to fix it quickly and inexpensively. Unfortunately he wasn't able to fix our toilet so we need to buy a new one of them and he'll be back next week to take care of it. After he left, I mostly worked around the house while the boys played and Adrina worked. We finished up a few things on their to do list, including me going on a bike ride with them which they all seemed to enjoy.
The day passed quickly and it was a mix of relaxing and being super productive. Around dinner time, Daniel went to his friend Christian's house to hang out for a few hours. They had pizza and played together for about 4 hours and had a great time! While he was there, the rest of us had dinner, took Rocky on a walk and got cleaned up from the day. Then Adrian and I played "Fort" which I won and "Takenoko" which we tied on and Adrian won on the tie breaker ending a long losing streak to me. We broke up the games with 2 episodes of "Parks and Rec" as well. It was a really relaxing night and good end to the week.
Saturday (8/22) I was up earlier than I would have liked after staying up late last night but I got up and moving anyway. I headed to the church to teach a Zumba Toning class and got a great workout there while Adrian got the boys up and ready to head to the zoo. When I got home, I quickly got changed and we finished packing up and headed out for the day. We wanted one more trip to the zoo before our passes expire at the end of the month. We had an awesome time there, even though it was a little hot and crowded, we made the best of it. We checked out the new Adventure Cove area and loved the sea lions! We also rode most of the rides, including everyone's favorite the Sea Dragon. We finished the day with feeding giraffes and watching Aquaman in the 4D theater. It was a super fun family day at the zoo!
On our way home, we stopped at Menchie's since the one up there didn't close like the one by us did. The ordering process is a little tough with the COVID restrictions but we made the best of it and loved our ice cream once we had it! We ate it in the car and then headed home to take care of Rocky. The boys headed upstairs to play video games and Adrian and I played a few board games. We played "51st State" which Adrian won and "Roll for the Galaxy" which I won, but just barely. We broke up the games with two episodes of "Schitt's Creek" which were probably two of the funniest ones so far. We let the boys stay up until midnight again as we have been doing on Saturdays, even though Adrian and I were exhausted! It was a great Saturday and we all had a lot of fun!
Sunday (8/23) We all slept in this morning after two late nights and a full day yesterday. We got up and moving eventually and I got ready to head out with a group of friends to Easton for the afternoon. We were supposed to have a wine tasting at Cooper's Hawk but they messed up our reservation so instead we had wine and appetizers in their dining room and then headed to FlipSide for lunch. We had a great relaxing afternoon with lots of conversation, laughs and a little bit of education. While I was out, Adrian and the boys did most of the weekly chores around the house and got lots crossed off our to do list.
When I got home, I started working on some of my stuff around the house. I was very productive and finished just about everything that I wanted to finish this afternoon. Then after dinner tonight we had another at home drive in movie. We wanted to go see "Trolls" at the drive in but didn't want to see the second movie so we decided to pick a second movie here at home and just rent "Trolls." I put out all of the candy we have leftover from the past few trips to the drive in and we had popcorn and wine too. We enjoyed both "Trolls" and "Fe@rless" from the comfort of our recliners! Adrian and I really liked "Trolls," especially some of the music jokes. The boys thought it was just OK, however they all loved "Fe@rless" and Adrian and I were bored with that one. It was still a great time for all of us and in addition to the movies, we loved the snacks we had! When the second movie was over, we all crawled upstairs and headed to bed. We were really exhausted after a full weekend!!
Monday (8/24) Adrian and I were woken up earlier than we wanted to be when there was a problem at work for him early this morning. He got right to work and I got Rocky thru her morning stuff. Since it was such a quick start to the day for us, I jumped right in on working around the house. I'm trying to get a lot done this week because I don't know what next week will look like since the boys start school a week from today. I got a ton done around the house and we finished up some of the things on their weekly to do list. We did our final craft of the summer and made flying fish out of toilet paper rolls and tissue paper. The boys got really creative and they don't look like they were supposed to, but the boys had fun and laughed so I still think it was a win!
The day passed quickly and before long it was time to get dinner together and get ready for our evening activities. We all had dinner together and then I headed to the church to teach my Zumba class. I had a few technical difficulties but I worked most of them out and class was great. While I was there, Adrian got ready to take AJ to Scouts but a thunderstorm blew in so they decided not to head to the park for the meeting. When I got home, the storm had passed so we took Rocky on a walk and then finished cleaning up from dinner. We watched the next episode of "High Score" with the boys and got them down to bed. Then we had our snacks and watched two episodes of "Parks & Rec" before we also headed to bed. It was a great start to our last week of summer break!
Tuesday (8/25) We slept in this morning and then Adrian started working in our room and I got the boys started for the day. Then I headed out to run a few errands, including picking up my new glasses. When I got home, we did a few things that were on the boys weekly to do list and then they played video games while I got stuff done around the house. The day passed quickly and we all stopped what we were doing early to have an early dinner and head to Zoombeezi Bay for their bonus nights. Unfortunately a thunderstorm rolled in while we were getting ready to leave and with a good chance of them for the next few hours, we decided to postpone our trip just in case.
The boys got a little extra video game time while Adrian and I cleaned up from dinner and walked Rocky. Then we played our monthly game of Machi Koro Legacy. We were all really close again this month and Zak pulled out the win for the third month in a row. AJ was super upset because he has yet to win a game this year and he's always one or two turns away from winning! After we cleaned up the game, we finished up the night with an episode of "Series of Unfortunate Events" as a family and one of "Schitt's Creek" after the boys went to bed. Not the night we had planned, but we made it work!
Wednesday (8/26) We slept in again this morning, we are really milking this last week of summer vacation before we have to get up and be ready for school by 7am next week! Adrian got Rocky thru her morning stuff and barely got her to daycare on time for the day before heading to work. I got everyone ready for the day and around noon we headed out to Magic Mountain for some fun this afternoon. I didn't realize that not all of their attractions were opened today, so we decided to just mini golf and play arcade games. It was super hot while we were golfing, and we had a few breakdowns on the course, but we still managed to have a fun game. I won, beating AJ by only 1 stroke! When we finished golfing, we headed inside to cool off and play some games. The boys got enough tickets to get two fun toys, a blow gun and a flying UFO.
We left Magic Mountain and ran a few errands around town to get ready for school starting next week. Then we picked Rocky up from daycare and came home. She had a fun day at daycare celebrating National Dog Day with pool fun and ice cream. When we got home it was so late that I had to get ready to head to work at church for the night. While I was there, Adrian fed the boys and then attended his Zoom Bible study. When we all finished, we cleaned up from dinner and then watched the new "Muppet Show" with the boys before getting them to bed. Then we watched two episodes of "Parks & Rec" before heading to bed for the night as well.
Thursday (8/27) We slept in again today and are really starting to enjoy all of this extra sleep. After running around most of yesterday, we stayed home today to get stuff done around the house. Adrian worked in our room for the day while the rest of us got our stuff done around the house. We all walked up to school to pick up Zak's materials for the school year in the afternoon and had fun looking at last year's yearbook that we finally got. The day passed quickly and before long it was time for Adrian and the boys to head out for haircuts this afternoon. After they left, I realized I was alone in the house for the first time in months! It was so nice to have silence while I showered, got dinner ready and headed out to the church to teach a Zumba Toning class.
While I was enjoying the silence, the boys all got much needed haircuts and then picked up Daniel's percussion set for this school year. After that, they headed to Gahanna Lanes to bowl and play some arcade games. They had a great time and Zak is asking to bowl again in a league. I'm hoping they will have one in the fall and if not the winter. When we all got home from our activities, we cleaned up from dinner and got on with our night routine. We decided to have movie night tonight because the boys' game has an update tomorrow and they really want to be able to play that tomorrow. We watched Zak's pick of "Spiderman: Far From Home" again and all really enjoyed it. After the movie, all 4 guys headed to bed leaving me a little more alone time to watch some Jersey Shore and NY Housewives before heading to bed too. It was another fun and productive day!
Friday (8/28) We slept in again today, last weekday that we can do that for a while. I actually had to wake Adrian up so he could start working at a reasonable hour. After he started working, I got Rocky thru her morning routine and then started working around the house. The boys played video games and waited for their favorite game to update. We took a break in the afternoon to finish (or make a plan to finish) everything on our summer to do list. Zak and Daniel also watched back to school slide shows from their teachers and we did a few things to get ready for school to start on Monday. I also dealt with getting someone set up to powerwash our house and fence, our weekly produce delivery, our mortgage refinance and the plumber who was supposed to replace our toilet but the one we bought was broken so he has to come back next week to finish the job.
After a quick dinner, Adrian headed out to exchange a board game at his board game club and also exchange the broken toilet while I cleaned up from dinner and finished a few more things. When he got back, we walked Rocky and then played a few board games. We played our August game of Pandemic Legacy and we won, but just barely. Then we played Reef and Fort and I won both of them. We broke the games up with two episodes each of "Schitt's Creek" and "Parks & Rec." The boys finally got their update around 6:00, but it was really glitchy so the creater is fixing it and releasing a new version tomorrow. We got the boys down to bed around midnight and we followed soon after.
Saturday (8/29) We slept in and had a lazy morning today. We did a few things around the house and then got ready to head to my brother's house for Vinnie's 4th birthday party. We had a nice time there, the kids played and the parents chatted. Vinnie loved opening his gifts and was super excited about the remote control dinosaur we got him and the new Pokemon stuff he got from his parents. We ate awesome food for dinner, including a delicious green funfetti cake that Sarah made. It was a fun day with family and we all enjoyed it!
When we got home, we took care of Rocky and then the boys headed upstairs to play some video games and Adrian and I played some board games. We played Wingspan and I won and then we played Roll for the Galaxy and Adrian finally won a game. Both games were close and we both played really well. We broke up the games by watching two episodes of "Parks & Rec" and one of "Schitt's Creek." We put the boys to bed at midnight like we've been doing each Saturday for the past six months. They are really hoping to continue that when school starts and I hope they aren't too tired from school and are able to stay up that late once a week too.
Sunday (8/30) It was our last day to sleep in for a while so we took advantage of it! After sleeping in, we hit the ground running trying to get everything done around the house. We got the boys all set up for school tomorrow including logging into their email accounts, classroom app accounts and setting up our control center. We also finally made our robot from our summer day camp from the Scouts. After working for a few hours, we took a break and headed out to Dairy Hut to get ice cream to celebrate the end of summer break. We decided we are going to continue going out for ice cream once per week because we're all really enjoying it!
When we got home, we played a game of Space Base together as a family and Zak kicked all of our butts! He did a great job setting up an engine and beat all of us pretty bad. When the game was over, the boys got a little bit more free time while Adrian and I worked around the house including making our own pickled banana peppers and dehydrated cayenne peppers. We worked most of the night only taking a break to watch "Series of Unfortunate Events" with the boys before getting them to bed early since it's a school night. We worked until about 10:00 and then watched two episodes of "Schitt's Creek" before heading to bed too. We have to get up early as well!
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