But back to Mother's Day weekend. Here's a photo of Pablito on Friday morning before he headed to daycare. After a bit of a tough adjustment period, he is back to enjoying daycare. On Saturday and Sunday he asked if he was going to school. He now runs into school instead of crying at drop-off, so that's a relief. They have a big park/playground structure at school so I am sure that is the #1 thing he enjoys about being back at school! I am so glad he was back in daycare last week because I was so slammed with work. I don't know how I would have kept up with work and watching Paul, especially on the days when Phil was in the office (3 days last week). So it's definitely better for everyone for Paul to be back at school.
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| Ignore the paint swatches in the background. I thought we'd be getting our interior walls painted this spring. But then COVID happened. |
We had some cool days last weekend, but Saturday was nicer so I went for a long hour walk with Paul. I really love seeing all the flowering bushes and trees! We walked to the lake and then back along a creek. That walk took us past the playground we used to go to all the time. Paul was sad that we could not go there. He asks to go to the park on nearly every walk. :(
On Sunday, Paul gave us the best gift and slept in until 7:30! We facetimed with Phil's mom that morning and later that morning I grabbed a coffee at Starbucks (they have curbside pick up) and then had a Zoom call with my parents and 4 siblings at 10:30. After that, Phil went to get take out from my favorite place and I talked on the phone with my grandma, who is almost 97, during that time. I didn't take a picture, but we both enjoyed arepas (corn-based biscuit type of bread) with roasted pork with yucca fries on the side. It was soooo good! I took Paul for a shorter walk but it wasn't super pleasant as it was pretty windy and cold. He took a pretty good nap and I read in bed/dozed off during his nap.
That evening, I made Spanish Tortilla for dinner with the rest of our leftover ham from Easter. Phil's mom makes this - she learned how to make it after visiting Phil in Spain when he was studying abroad in college. It's a dish made of potatoes, eggs, and ham. I took a picture after we had flipped it once. The finish product did not look so great, though. We couldn't get it to stay together when we slid it out of the pan onto a plate. I guess my egg to potato ratio was off, but oh well. It tasted good which is all that matters!
And that was Mother's Day weekend! I wish we could have seen our moms, but such is life right now. I'm glad we have things like Zoom and FaceTime to get us through this period of isolation!
How was your Mother's Day Weekend?
Sounds like a really nice Mother's Day! That Spanish dish sounds really tasty! And the dozing in bed/ reading sounds wonderful too! How awesome that your Grandma is still around. Lucky! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy mother's day! You all made the most of it with what we have to work with these days. Glad it worked out for Paul to return to daycare. I know you all appreciate that level of normalcy.
ReplyDeleteYour food sounds good! Anthony's office is attempting to get some people back in the office as of June 1st but it will be voluntary at that point. He answered a survey that he'd prefer to work from home and go in a couple days a week or once a week if they needed anything. He's been really enjoying his extra time with us. :) And he's been very productive and all of their work can still be supported by him working from home and his boss said that was fine with him. So I'm excited. I was/am dreading him going back to work. It's not like he's helping a ton from 8-5 but it's just nice to pop down and chat with him or have him play with Adeline for a few minutes here and there or I can run out on an errand when she's napping and Isla is doing school work. But also, the no commute has been so nice for all of us. We can all sleep in and we add in about an hour of extra night time because we can start cooking dinner even earlier and there is an adult to entertain Adeline and no hw at that time for Isla.
ReplyDeleteLove this post, Lisa, and I'm so glad all is going well with Paul's school and that you have your big monitor. Whenever Rick borrows mine, I miss it so! It sounds like you hada terrific day -- the Spanish tortilla sounds wonderful! I hope you can get your keyboard soon!
ReplyDeleteIt was a good Mother’s Day for me, in spite of not physically being with my children, but seeing everyone on zoom was fun! The thing I didn’t enjoy was the weather, but not much we can do about that, either!
ReplyDeleteI’m so happy Paul is enjoying daycare, as you can get so much more done that way and he’s being well taken care of and keeping busy.
I look forward to our Saturday morning FaceTime chats and to talk and see Paul in his busy active life! We look forward to seeing you all in person soon!
I'm glad you had a wonderful Mother's Day, Lisa! All of those video chats must have helped you feel connected, even if you couldn't be with your mom this year. <3
ReplyDeleteThat picture of Paul is precious! He's growing so fast!!
That sounds like a great Mother's Day, all things considered.
ReplyDeleteI mean, I rely on FaceTime on any regular Mother's Day but it was especially nice to have it during the pandemic. I am on FaceTime now with my family so much and it really helps!
The Spanish tortilla looks delicious and I am so glad you were able to set up a proper work station (it makes such a huge difference!)
That tortilla dish sounds great! And so do the arepas - I don't know if I've ever had those.
ReplyDeleteWe dropped off some gifts for Christopher's mom and stood 6 feet away for about a very short visit outside.
It has been super hard not to be able to see my mom. She's not really able to hold on to a phone on her own, as she's too shaky/jerky movements, but the care workers have put her in the nurses' room with the speakerphone on and left the room so we could chat in private, and I've been able to have phone conversations with her quite a few times during all of this. She sounds like her usual, happy self, and says she is doing great, which is reassuring. Next weekend I think I am going to be able to have an outdoor visit with her from a distance (just waiting to hear back from the home)!!!
I am so behind on commenting... but I'm glad you had a great Mother's Day :)
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