Lewis at School

The Weekend & Such

Sunday was the feast day of St. Teresa, our parish's namesake. The bishop was to say 8am Mass, and the boys wanted to go, so we did. It was a beautiful Mass. We decided to celebrate with brunch at Granite City...they have an amazing brunch buffet on Sundays and kids eat free...and it was delicious! We went home and took early naps before heading to soccer. 

The boys were very wound up for some reason, but it was a great game! The teams were very evenly matched, and we won the game 2-1 in the last seconds of play. Augustine was *so close* to making a goal, but a player from the other team swooped in between he and the goal...there must have been a foot or less between Augustine and the goal...and blocked the ball. 

We headed home again to change and head to our parish picnic for dinner. It's always a good time and we look forward to it every year. The boys love it because they block off all the streets around our house and the church, so for three hours they get to ride their bikes free as birds in the streets and at the school with all their friends. The music was really, really good this year too!

Elias really enjoyed his hot dog. He ate every bite. He's recently discovered ketchup. And decided to put it EVERYWHERE. Logan had to run to our house for the Norwex rag to tackle the sticky ketchup baby. 

On Monday our school had their fundraising event, so Elias and I joined Augustine for the walk. Lewis was at his other preschool, and his event shirt was way too big anyway, so I turned it into a romper for Elias by pinning the bottom and back. Super cute!

The children pray a rosary during the walk, and Elias caught on very quickly. I was impressed. 

We sat with Augustine and his class for a snack and then headed out to pick up Lewis. 

Logan came home early that afternoon because he had to work later in the evening. Everyone was so quiet. Elias fell asleep on Logan's lap, and the big boys were listening to books on "tape". 

They did a lot of digging in the backyard later that afternoon. 

Orchard 2017, Part 2

We got Jonagolds

And Golden Delicious. 

Orchard 2017, Part 1

Had to stop and look at a dead butterfly right by the car. Elias kept saying "wow!", and Lewis insisted it needed to be buried in the rocks. 



Logan helped Elias try four different types of apples. He liked 4/4. 

The weather was perfect. 

Now that's an American grown apple. An apple as big as your face!

Augustine enjoyed keeping track of where we were on the map. It's hard because it's not a good map. 

Lewis LOVED the raspberry bushes. He ate lots, and picked about one small bowl worth. 



There were so.many.apples. 

Augustine tasted golden delicious at school, and decided they are the least terrible of apples. He tried to like it again today. 

Reorganize

I love a good organization project, and my closet is making me crazy. Skinny clothes, pregnant clothes, fat clothes...oy. Time to get it under control. 

I decided I want nicer pieces of clothing, and less of them. A capsule wardrobe, if you will. So my sweet husband is letting me revamp the clothing situation, and it's going very well!

First I sorted out the things I really want to keep. Then I put alway all the maternity things. Then I packed up the "had it since college" pieces...there were so many of those. And so on.

We had a wedding and a formal dinner within six days of each other, so I went to the mall (super ew) for an hour one night after bedtime, not even having a clue what store to go into. I ended up at Maurice's and it was a jackpot! Dress, tank, shirt, cardigan, watch, and two scarves. It's a one of those great stores where the cardigan matches the dress and both shirts too. Amazing. 

Logan was so supportive of this project (I think he's sick of the piles and piles of clothes that are always being shuffled so that I fit into the ones hanging in my closet) and said I could try Stitch Fix!

Not only was I not disappointed, but I was extremely impressed. I kept a shirt and a pair of skinny chords. 

It's nice to have time these days to wake up and put on some make up and a nice outfit!

Always Busy

He made cinnamon rolls for a long time using the fire hydrant playdoh piece. 

He made a poster of tattoo choices and then used the Water Wow pen to give people their tattoos. I chose #1 cecada, and #3 centipede. 

Here he is doing my centipede tattoo. This idea stemmed from my cousin's graduation party last spring. He had an airbrush tattoo artist at his party, and Lewis refused to get one but watched intently while I got a butterfly on my hand. 

Brothers club. Applesauce and cucumber sticks in the little slide...which Elias can now climb up and slide down on all by himself!

Soccer Report

We are really loving soccer as a family! It's so simple, this microsoccer. And G&G keep Elias, so it's relaxing too. 

Augustine LOVES it. He has learned a lot, has a great coach, and his team is a nice group of kids. 

Last week they practiced for 15 minutes and then it downpoured. We were soaked to the bone. 

Looking forward to the last few games of the season!