I have so many pics like this on my phone…
Off they go to conquer another day of school – a totally not normal, strange, frustrating day that they are absolutely making the best of! So, so proud of all 3 of them!
Reading challenge
Like past summers (2019, 2018, and 2017), the kids did a reading challenge. Considering we had an extra long summer with no scheduled activities or sports, you’d think they would have whipped the challenge out in no time. YOu’d think wrong! They had very little interest in completing it but, with a little extra encouragement and help at the end, did get through it! Both boys read 10 chapter books and Samantha completed several boxes of the Bob Books – she was totally reading them by herself by the end!
The prizes? Fortnite Vbucks and an LOL doll of course! Proud of these kids for completing the challenge during the strangest summer ever.
ps – Maxwell needs new socks! ha!
Cute pics
Just a few more pics from Sunday lunch because they’re cute…
Gosh I love these kids!!
Cute all around!
More celebrating!
We started Maxwell’s birthday with his traditional cinnamon roll birthday breakfast! 10!!
Then it was present time! From us and GJ and Daddo he got lots of Vbucks, a survival bracelet, new football gloves, a Ferrari hat, an account at Gilchrist, and a homemade sign from Samantha…
lucky kid! We then had lunch up at the club with Lulu and Granddaddy…
That night we finished up the celebration with Mexico Lindo and ice cream cake!
Ten is looking good for this guy!!!
We love Maxwell!
Celebrating!
It’s good to be TEN and get to celebrate your birthday all weekend long! We organized a pool party on Friday night and had all of our member friends get a reservation for a fun night of swimming and cupcakes. When we woke up on Friday it was raining – just that soggy, all day, dreary rain – and the forecast did not look good for that night. But, luck was on our side and the front moved through and we ended up having the perfect night for the pool! Hooray!
We even got a rainbow!
Unfortunately, this is 2020 and things just don’t seem to be going right this year. As soon as we got to the pool, Maxwell said he could feel a headache coming on. He kept insisting he was fine but I could see in his eyes that he was not fine. I found him some advil and got some caffeine in him but, as the migraines tend to do, he got sick…in the towel bin. Poor, poor kid. As often happens with his migraines, after he threw up, he felt so much better so we stayed, he got some ice cream, and was able to swim. Unfortunately, we had to cancel his much anticipated sleepover with his friend, Max, that night. I knew he was going to need a good night’s sleep so we decided it was best to reschedule that. He was so disappointed but took it in stride. I sure do love this kid.
On Saturday night, he got to have a few friends over to play Fortnite and eat Shake Shack. But, again, because it’s 2020, things didn’t quite work out the way he hoped and one of his best buddies had to cancel at the last minute because of a runny nose. Everyone is (understandably) being super cautious these days and it was the right thing to do but, again, it meant disappointment for my birthday boy. He once again took it in stride. This is the only pic I got from that night…ha!
Overall it was a fun weekend that was *almost* just as we had planned. There was more celebrating on Sunday and will share tomorrow!