Happy Friday from hot and humid Minnesota. Our weather is truly so weird in the Midwest. We can go from -30F windchills in the winter to upper 90s w/ high humidity in the summer. Our high today is 97! Where else has such a wide range of temperature extremes? I don't love this hot and humid weather but I'm trying not to complain and am thankful we have air conditioning and ceiling fans in our bedrooms!!
The book I'm reading is The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth. I loved the author's previous book, The Mother-in-Law, and so far it seems like I am going to love this one, too!
The high of my week was getting my hair cut on Tuesday afternoon! I hadn't seen my hair girl in about 7 months so was long overdue for a trim and color. Seeing her is like catching up with a really good friend. She's been doing my hair for over 15 years I think! Phil had told Paul to compliment my hair when they got home from school. Good coaching by dad! It won't look this nice until my next haircut which will probably be in the fall!
The low of my week was being sick again with another cold! Gosh we just cannot catch a break. And of course it takes me longer to get over everything since my immune is suppressed thanks to a couple of drugs I am on for my RA. The boys had milder versions of this cold than the adults so that is a good thing - especially for the baby. But I had several nights of really poor sleep!
A recipe I made was Greek turkey burgers. I use this recipe but use Turkey instead of lamb and skip the sundried tomatoes as we aren't a fan of them (I love tomatoes but don't like sundried tomatoes - weird huh?). We enjoyed this with some grilled asparagus. No picture unfortunately! I highly recommend this recipe. It's something we make about monthly during grilling season. Sooo good!
A show we are watching is nothing right now - we haven't found something we both want to watch. But shows I'm watching on my own are Top Chef and A Million Little Things. Both are coming to an end soon which is fine as I don't get much time alone to watch TV.
For workouts I went for a couple of walks on Sunday and a nice longer (for me) run on Monday morning. Then my cold hit that night and I have taken it easy since then to let my body rest/recover.
The best money spent was on some goggles for Paul's swimming lessons that start next week. A commenter asked where we go when I posted about our plans to get him back in lessons. He goes to Foss Swim School. They just opened a new location that is even closer to us! Yay! Paul started lessons around when he turned 1. Lessons at that age are about giving them familiarity/comfort with water. They are not going to learn to swim obviously, but they do learn how to crawl out of the pool. It's pretty amazing how quickly they can learn to hold onto the edge and pull themselves out on their own. Paul is a more cautious kid so early exposure is important for him. I am going to guess that Will is going to be less cautious based on his personality so far, but we'll still get him started on lessons around when he turns 1. Foss does an excellent job. It's pricey, but you get more lessons/session than places like the Y and the pool is heated to something like 90 degrees so it's very comfortable for the kids (and mom - I'm in the water with them when they are under 2.75 years). And yes, we had to assess the covid risk, but with both of us vaccinated and case rates so low here, we felt it was time to get Paul back into swim lessons. I will wear a mask when I watch Paul at lessons to give myself some extra protection.
My plans this weekend include seeing my college friends on Sunday afternoon for a pizza party. After not seeing them for 8+ months it is so nice to get able to get together again! Our attendance at the pizza party will be pretty brief since Will can only handle about 3 hours of being away before he starts to melt down a bit! It's going to be very hot and humid here so I am hoping to hit up the wading pool at our local park with Paul - and maybe with Will if his wake windows line up with when I'd want to take Paul there. We'll see. This is the tricky part about having a young baby who naps times/day and doesn't nap on the go anymore.
Bonus Paul and Will photos!
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| Our happy boy in a nautical outfit. |
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| Happy baby doing the happy baby yoga pose! |
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| Pablo loves to collect leaves and other debris in his sand toy buckets. We are working on getting him to not dump it on the lawn, though! |
How was your week? Are you reading anything good or watching any good shows?
It sounds like a great week, apart from the cold. I'm glad swimming is starting. I wonder if KevMo will be taking the boys? Hmmm. They should. I've been watching "Vera" on Acorn so no help there! And I finished reading another Susan Hill book with Inspector Serrailler. Very good. I finished (finally) The Mirror and the Light. I know more know about Henry VIII than before. For what that's worth!
ReplyDeleteI finished The Good Sister last week! I really enjoy it, especially how the author highlighted the special needs of Fern. I also loved the library setting.
ReplyDeleteFirst, love the hair! Looks great! Also, I KNOW about the weather! So crazy! It's a zillion degrees here today, too. The boys had their last day of school and had a "field day" event outside all afternoon....I am sure they were all dying! I guess I'm glad it wasn't 40 and rainy, as that could certainly be a possibility in Wisconsin, too. Haha. We just recently got a Foss swim school right in town, also. I had never heard of it! Too bad it wasn't around when the boys were little. We went to a place that was similar, but probably not quite as nice. But also in a heated pool (they actually rented a retirement community pool to use for the lessons in the afternoons). That's great that Paul is getting back into lessons. Our boys both did lessons from age 6 months +. Seems like it "stuck" for A, as he is a competitive swimmer. Not so much for E...not sure why! He has skinny noodle arms, so maybe that's it. loL!! I just scheduled him for some private lessons starting next week at our gym. We know the teacher somewhat and I think she'll be good with him. He CAN swim, as in he won't drown. But he can't swim smoothly across the pool doing nice freestyle really. It's fairly ugly looking. hehe. He sort of does a combo doggie paddle/ breaststroke type thing..not real swimming, usually. I really want him to be a stronger swimmer, but I know I won't be able to get him to do lessons much beyond this age, so I insisted that he do some this summer. He took the baby/ kid lessons from 6 months until age ~6 or 7 or so, but still just isn't great!!! Not his thing. That's okay, but safety is important! I told him, what if your child falls in one day and you need to save him or her?? It's important to be a strong swimmer, even if you don't want to swim on a team or anything.
ReplyDeleteFTM here. My daughter is 4.5 months old and I love following along Will's updates. I appreciate the glimpse into what the future holds for us!. My daughter was sleeping after a 7pm feed until 4-5am, but recently has been waking up between 2/3 and not satisfied with the pacifier. I was frustrated at first, but I've just accepted that this is what she needs right now, and we will both get more sleep if I just feed her and move on! For a while I was holding on to the goal of sleeping 10-12 hours, which may happen from time to time, but recently have just surrendered and accepted this as our normal.Thank you for sharing your experiences!
ReplyDeleteHair appointment day is always a favorite for me, especially as I've been going twice a year now rather than every 2-3 months! (God bless balayage.)
ReplyDeleteHow did you end up liking The Good Sister? I loved The Mother-in-Law, too, and this one has been on my radar!
Hopefully the weather calms down for you soon. All these crazy weather changes probably aren't helping all the colds you guys are getting! I can't believe it gets as hot as FL! That's just not right!
Great hair!
ReplyDeleteWe have very similar climates. The temperature can change drastically overnight or even within the same day. It's totally bizarre, but makes us tough :-)
One of our favourite shows on Netflix was "Life in Pieces" - so funny and such an interesting way to shoot a show. They are short episodes with four stand-alone little stories within the episode - each just a snapshot of daily life.
Love your haircut. I have not been back to the hairdresser in over 18 months (I've been cutting my own ends LOL).
ReplyDeleteThese greek turkey burgers sound amazing. I am hoping to get our grill going next weekend.