Monday (11/9) After a rough night of sleep for me and Adrian, we were up and moving and ready for another week. Adrian got AJ up and ready and started on school before heading upstairs to work. I got Daniel, Zak and myself ready and started on school. Zak is getting a little extra reading help starting today which is awesome because he has a one on one Zoom with his teacher every day now. The boys did great staying focused on their schoolwork and attending all of their Zooms thru the day. While they did their schoolwork, I worked around the house doing all of the things that I didn't get done this weekend since we were so focused on the deck project. We were all very focused and productive all day long. When they were done with school for the day, I ran to the library to pick up a few books and return a few others while dinner cooked in the slow cooker.
When I got home, we all had a quick dinner together and then got ready for our evening activities. I headed to the church to teach an awesome Zumba class. We had a large group and we all had a lot of fun, especially with our Thanksgiving themed songs. While I was there, Adrian took AJ to his Scout meeting which was their semi-annual Court of Honor. AJ was awarded all of the merit badges he has been working on over the past 6 months or so. His leaders are really proud of his initiative and had him talk about some of the unique badges he earned, including being the first one in his troop to earn the Nova STEM award. We are very proud of how hard he is working and how self motivated (with a little push from me) he has been during this weird time. We're also thankful to BSA for all of the resources they have provided us!
When we all got home, Adrian and I took Rocky on a walk while the boys cleaned up and got ready for our evening. We watched this week's "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" together and knew a lot more of the answers than we've known in the past few episodes. Then we got the boys to bed, cleaned up the kitchen a little and put on the second half of the Jets game. Adrian was exhausted so he headed to bed, but I was a glutton for punishment and stayed up to watch the Jets lose again. Ugh, this season is painful!
Tuesday (11/10) We were up and moving early again for another full day of school today. Adrian got AJ up and ready for school, then took care of Rocky and headed upstairs to work. I got Daniel and Zak up and ready and we waited for Patrick and McKenzie to come over for the day. They are coming today since I'm taking tomorrow off. When they got here, I monitored school and managed to get all of the kids on all of their Zoom calls and thru all of their work on time. It was a long day since both AJ and Zak had speech and it's harder to have other kids on different schedules, but thankfully we are able to work together and work it all out. While they worked, I worked around the house and got dinner set up in our crockpot to cook all day.
After school was done for the day, the kids played video games together while I did some stuff around the house and got ready for our evening activities. Melissa picked her kids up after work and we had dinner and then Zak and I headed out to our Scout meeting. We played a few games of Capture the Flag since the weather was so nice and then moved inside to learn about famous Americans. We had a fun discussion about a bunch of different Americans, and a few foreigners who helped Americans in different ways. While we were at the meeting, Adrian headed to the airport to pick up my Mom who is spending a few days with us. After we all got home and settled, we had family movie night watching "Over the Moon" which was a really cute movie. The boys thought it was just OK, but the adults really liked it! When the movie was over, the boys and my Mom headed to bed since it was a long day. Adrian and I watched an episode of "Card Sharks" and then also headed to bed a little later than usual since we don't have to get up tomorrow morning.
Wednesday (11/11) We all slept in this morning since Adrian is off, no kids are coming over and the boys didn't have any Zoom calls today. It felt nice to sleep in a little bit in the middle of the week. Once we all got up and moving, the boys started on their schoolwork for the day. They took breaks to play board games with my Mom including the Pokemon game and Even Stevens Odd. While they worked on school, Adrian and I did a few things around the house that we needed to finish up. We all stayed really focused this morning and early afternoon so we were done everything by about 2:00pm.
When school was done for the day, the boys went upstairs to play video games and Adrian, my Mom and I headed out to Coopers Hawk for our monthly wine tasting. We had a fun time tasting all of the different wines and left with over a case of win for us and for a few friends this holiday season. We headed back home and picked up dinner from a new place by us, Talita's. It was pretty good and I enjoyed a night off from cooking! After dinner, we played a few board games together. The 3 adults played Back to the Future and we lost, then the whole family played Apples to Apples and Mom won. Then we all watched "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" together and got the boys to bed. Then the adults watched a few comedies from tonight before we also headed to bed. It was a nice relaxing night in the middle of the week!
Thursday (11/12) We were back to our regular routine today, but a little more refreshed than usual since we had yesterday off. Adrian got up and got AJ started on school before getting Rocky up and ready and dropped off at daycare for the day. I got Daniel and Zak up and ready and waited for Cameron and Hailey to be dropped off for the day. When everyone got here and settled, we started our school day. Zak and Hailey didn't have any Zoom calls today since their teacher is out for the day so they had a pretty easy day. Everyone did a good job of staying focused on their work and getting everything done for the day. When they were done with school, they went to play for a while until the parents came to pick up Cameron and Hailey.
Soon after that, I ran out to pick up Rocky from daycare and pizza for dinner. It was Marco's fundraiser day again today so my Mom treated us to pizza for dinner. After dinner, I headed to the church to teach my Zumba class. We had a great time doing a Zumba shuffle playlist and got a great workout! When class was over, Adrian picked me up and we all went out for Graeter's ice cream for dessert. We went to the one with the drive thru first, but the line was super long so we turned around and went to a different one. Thankfully we were still able to get our ice cream and enjoy it in the car. When we got home, we watched an episode of "Total Wipeout" and got the kids to bed. Then we watched "Supermarket Sweep" from Sunday before we also headed to bed for the night.
Friday (11/13) We got up and moving on time again to finish out this week! Adrian got AJ up and started on school, took care of Rocky and headed upstairs to work. I got Daniel and Zak up and ready and we waited for Cameron and Hailey to get here. Once again, Zak and Hailey had no Zoom calls today so they had a pretty easy day of working at their own pace on their work. Everyone worked hard, attended all of their Zoom calls and finished nearly all of their work today so we have very little homework this weekend. They took a few breaks outside to play on the trampoline, to play board games and when they were done, they played video games together.
After school was over and everyone was picked up, the boys played video games and my mom and I did some crafting. We put together my "J" with wine corks that I have been saving this year and we were one short so of course we opened another bottle. We cooked dinner together and the 6 of us ate together. Adrian & AJ were supposed to be heading to a Scout campout, but the troop decided to cancel it since the COVID numbers are spiking again. Instead we had a family board game night and played Llamas United and AJ won and we made it thru 5 rounds of The Crew. We finished up with another episode of "Total Wipeout" and then all headed to bed since most of us have early commitments in the morning.
Saturday (11/14) We slept in a little bit today, but most of us still had to get up and moving. Adrian took Zak to his weekly bowling league where he did really well. After we all said our "so longs," I took my mom to meet my brother halfway between our houses so she could go and spend some time with them before returning to Florida. We were nervous for her to visit, but had a great time with her and are all glad she was able to come. When we all got home, we finally got back to our balanced weekend of one day of fun and one day of work. Today was our day of fun and we spent all day playing video games (the boys) and board games (the adults). We played Targi, Fort, Lost Cities, Viticulture, Takenoko and Sagrada and I won all of them!! It was a great day for me! In between games, we watched some of our comedies that recorded this week and episodes of "Schitt's Creek." The day passed quickly and it was super relaxing for all of us. We stayed up pretty late since we let the kids stay up until midnight and we waited for them to settle down before we headed to bed too. It was a great day and I realized how much I have missed these calm days at home hanging out all day.
Sunday (11/15) After a late night last night, we all slept in this morning, especially AJ and Daniel who weren't up until close to noon! After a slow start to our morning, Adrian and I got started on our to do lists for the weekend. We stayed very focused and got a ton of stuff done today including switching out the Halloween decorations for Thanksgiving ones, cleaning the house, catching up on laundry and doing some prep work for the week. The boys did their weekend chores and finished all of their homework for the week as well. The day passed quickly and we thankfully didn't lose power or have any damage during the high winds and storms all day. We finished up our work for the day right before it was time for the boys' night routine so we were able to enjoy an episode of "Raising Dion" with them before they went to bed. Then Adrian and I watched the season premiere of "The Good Doctor" before we also headed to bed. It wasn't a super exciting day, but it was much needed and I feel really good going into this week!
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