Monday (11/30) Back to our normal schedule today after a great long weekend! It was nice to have no alarms for 5 days, and it kind of stinks to have to go back to them today. But we managed to get up and moving on time today. Adrian got AJ up and started for the day, then took care of Rocky. I got Daniel and Zak up and ready for school. It started off raining this morning and quickly turned to snow so everyone was excited to watch that and go out and play in it when they had breaks. Rocky was unsure about the snow, but loved playing in it when the boys were out there with her.
The day passed quickly with the boys doing their schoolwork and me working around the house. Zak has a new schedule since his whole class is virtual again and so far it seems like it's going to run pretty well. He also had speech today & had fun talking to his teacher. When everyone was done for the day, they headed upstairs to play video games while I continued working downstairs. I used up some more of our turkey leftovers and made a casserole for dinner. We also all had chocolate mousse tonight for dessert to celebrate chocolate mousse day.
Adrian worked late, but not as late as he will be working the rest of the week. He came down shortly before AJ had his Zoom Scout meeting and helped me with a few things. We took Rocky on a walk in the snow that continued to fall. When AJ was done with his meeting, we got ready for our evening routine. We watched the new Minions holiday special and the How to Train Your Dragon Holiday special before the kids headed to bed. Then Adrian and I got snacks and watched this week's episode of Card Sharks before we also headed to sleep. My back is still bothering me (almost 2 weeks now!) and I'm having trouble sleeping, hoping for a good night tonight.
Tuesday (12/1) We woke up to a snow covered winter wonderland!! Unfortunately since school is virtual, the boys missed out on a snow day today. Zak was so excited about the snow that he was up at 4am ready to go out and play. We made him wait until the sun came up to bundle up and head outside. Everyone got up on time and logged in to school. AJ and Daniel followed their schedule and did all of their Zoom calls and schoolwork on time. Zak bounced back and forth between school and playing in the snow with Rocky. Everyone had a great day and it passed very quickly! I worked around the house while the boys worked on school, including baking brownies and starting to read "Charlotte's Web" again since Zak is reading it and needs some help with his questions and it's been over 30 years since I read it!
When the boys were done with school, they played video games and watched one of their favorite YouTubers do a livestream. We all had tacos for dinner together and then the boys had some free time while I cleaned up from dinner and went for a walk with Rocky and Adrian. Adrian worked late again but was thankfully done in time for family movie night and night one of our wine Advent calendar. We enjoyed a Coopers Hawk Sweet Red wine with popcorn while watching "Elf" with the boys. It is an annual tradition to watch this movie and we laugh every year! When the movie was over, we got the boys to bed and then finished our bottle of wine while watching two episodes of "Schitt's Creek."
Wednesday (12/2) We got to sleep in a little today since the older boys don't have their early Zoom calls. Daniel and I got up and moving so we were ready when Patrick, McKenzie and Hailey arrived this morning. Adrian got up and took care of Rocky and then headed upstairs to work for the day. AJ and Zak got up soon after everyone got here and we started our day. Most of the kids were supposed to have morning Zoom calls, but the internet was out across our district so they were all cancelled. The kids all did their work on their own and took breaks to play in between. Zak, McKenzie and Hailey finished one of their "can-do" assignments by making a large marble maze and city in our loft this afternoon.
When everyone was done with their assignments for the day, they got some free time. The older boys developed their own YouTube channel to put animation videos on and made two videos. The younger kids played outside in the snow and then warmed up by playing Minecraft together. I got a bunch of stuff done around the house while they were playing together. The day passed quickly and before long it was time for the parents to pick up the other kids. Melissa picked up our free lunches again and after all of the kids left, I sorted thru them and put them away. Then we had dinner together before I headed out to work at the church for my weekly hour shift.
While I was at the church, I got a few things on my to do list done, including all of the November invoicing and finishing the Zumba Social Media training. When my shift was over, I headed out to run a few errands since I'm not leaving the house much these days. I picked up groceries from Kroger, dropped off a prescription and picked up the necklace I won from a friend's business. When I got home, we took Rocky on a quick walk and then cleaned up from dinner. Then we opened our second bottle of wine and watched the Rockerfeller Tree Lighting special with the boys. Unfortunately since it was 2 hours long, we didn't make it to the end tonight, but we enjoyed what we watched. After getting the boys to bed, Adrian and I watched "The Goldburgs" from this week and then headed to bed too.
Thursday (12/3) After another rough night of sleep it was hard to get up and moving, but we managed. Adrian got AJ up and ready and then dropped Rocky off at daycare before coming home to head upstairs to work for the day. I got Daniel and Zak up and ready and we waited for Cameron and Hailey to be dropped off. Daniel and Cameron started their day while Zak and Hailey played for a bit before starting their day as well. Everyone was very busy all day attending Zooms and doing their classwork. The day passed quickly and everyone did a great job, especially Zak and Hailey who had a ton of long Zoom calls today! I worked around the house and set up dinner and yogurt in the slow cookers to cook all day.
When everyone was done with school, they all got snacks and we watched a COSI webinar kicking off their new series "The Color of Science." We heard from Dr Kathryn Sullivan, the first woman astronaut to space walk & the only person to travel to both space and the deepest part of the ocean. It was very interesting and I think the kids enjoyed learning from her and hearing some new information. When it was over, the kids were picked up and I went to pick up Rocky. Adrian was thankfully done working way earlier than we thought he would be and he was able to have dinner with us and hang out for the night. After we cleaned up from dinner and took Rocky for a walk, we got snacks and settled in to watch "The Grinch" with the boys. When that was over, we got them to bed and then watched 2 comedies from the week while we finished our night 3 bottle of wine.
Friday (12/4) We got thru another week and actually got some good sleep last night so we're not dragging thru the day like we usually are on a Friday. Adrian got AJ up and started on school, took care of Rocky and then headed upstairs to work. I got Daniel and Zak up and we all got ready and waited for Cameron and Hailey to get here. Everyone did a great job of staying focused on school all day, attending all of their Zoom calls and finishing all of their work. Zak and Hailey caught up on some of the work they weren't able to finish yesterday and are just about done with everything heading into the weekend. Everyone finished up right around 3:00 so they had some time to play video games before the parents came to pick up Cameron and Hailey.
When they left, the boys played video games for a while and I finished up some stuff around the house. Adrian finished up work early (yay!) and after we took Rocky on a nice walk, we cooked dinner together and got ready for our busy night. After dinner, we headed out as a family to go see Santa at Cabela's. It was great this year since they have a reservation process so there was no line to wait in. The boys went up, took their picture and we were in and out in about 10 minutes. Then we headed to Handel's to pick up ice cream and ate it while driving thru Lucy Depp Park light show. It was small but really good! After that we headed home and the boys had a little bit of video game time while Adrian and I played Pan Am (Adrian won) and drank our bottle of wine for Advent. When our game was over, we got the boys to bed, watched "The Conners" from this past week and also headed to bed.
Saturday (12/5) We slept in a little this morning, but were up and moving a little earlier than I would have liked. Adrian and Zak got ready and headed out to Zak's bowling league for the week. He had a rough week and didn't bowl great, and got cranky doing it. Thankfully he started to bowl better in the second half and ended on a high note and is ready to bowl again next week! When they got home, we had lunch and then Adrian watched the Buckeyes game while I got some work done around the house and the boys played video games. We took a break in the middle of the day to go pick up our cookies from the Pataskala Cookie Walk that they turned into a drive thru this year because of COVID. We had fun seeing some of our favorite characters and a few friends and collecting a large bag of cookies to snack on!
When we got home, we made our ninjabread cookies that our elf brought to celebrate the Day of the Ninja. I struggled with the dough like I usually do so Adrian stepped in and helped with that step and then I helped with the decorating. When they were done, Adrian and I headed back out to pick up our take out date night items. We got Piada for dinner and a beer and donut tasting pack from a local brewery and bakery. We got 4 beers and 4 donuts and had 2 tonight and will finish the other 2 tomorrow. When we got home we ate, fed the boys and then finally got to play a few board games. We played Villainous (Adrian won), Orleans (I won) and Roll for the Galaxy (Adrian won) while the boys played video games. We sipped on our Advent bottle of wine while we played and stayed up until midnight with the boys. After we got them to bed, we watched an episode of "Schitt's Creek" before we moved the elf and then headed to bed for the night.
Sunday (12/6) We all slept in again this morning and I got up just in time to head downstairs and log in for the first church service. We are really enjoying this sermon series and are thankful to have the option to watch from home right now. After church, we got started on our to do lists for the weekend. Adrian and I worked around the house and the boys finished up their homework for the weekend and did their weekend chores. They also did some Christmas shopping for each other, Rocky and me. In between all of the work, we watched the RedZone channel and saw the Jets lose (again!) in comical fashion.
The day passed quickly and we were super productive getting done just about everything that needed to get done today. Adrian grilled steak for dinner and we enjoyed our wine with that and finished our donuts and beer from yesterday. The boys got some video game time when all of their work was done. Before long it was time for our night routine and tonight we decided to watch the new "Lego Star Wars Holiday Special." I thought it was boring, I was also pretty distracted while watching it, but the boys seemed to really like it. When it was over, we put the boys to bed and finished our bottle of wine while watching two episodes of "Schitt's Creek." It was a pretty great weekend!
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