Sunday, October 9, 2016

Daddy's Guy Weekend - Mommy's Kiddo Weekend

We had wrapped up last weekend with a visit from our friends Trip & Lori as well as our friend Jim who was in town for the weekend.  Maci had a blast showing Jim her dress up clothes and the kids both appreciated their (Not Necessary) gifts!  Maci takes her Dorothy doll every where, even if it it did have silver shoes?!, and Connor has a new bath tub friend with the Cowardly Lion Ducky.
Great Seeing You Jim
Visit Soon!
While Clint and I were getting ready for the week, the kiddos kept themselves busy with some measuring cups in the kitchen :)  I love when Maci plays with him, so sweet - until the BOSSY side comes out and she tells him "how" to play - no clue where she gets that from ;-)

We had a fairly normal and busy work/school week and couldn't wait for the weekend!  Clint was off to a Guy's Weekend at our neighbor friend John's cabin.  I was getting my hair done Friday evening and then having a chill weekend with my kiddos.
Monday was Chalk Positive Thoughts at School
 Babies Doing a Science Project
 Note Connor in the last pic in the crawling pose ;-)
 Told You She Loves that Dorothy Doll
 Crawling to the Camera!!
 So Proud!
 Stylish TGIF
Who knew dressing a boy would be so fun?!
 Costume Kim Came to Maci's Class Friday
Pumpkin Kim

Friday - Brief day in the office for both Clint and me.  We headed around 130p for his endocrinologist apt and learned a lot more about the final step in his treatment.  Clint will likely do his radioactive iodine in mid November and will need to be out of our home in isolation for ~5 days.  We hope to hear more about scheduling later this week.  Afterward, Clint ran some quick errands while I was off to a 4p hair apt.  I had been putting off getting my hair colored for a little too long so it was great to have a few hours to myself to get pampered.  Clint had to head to Guy's Weekend around 630p so Amanda from next door came over to play with my kiddos until I got home about an hour later.  Maci and I then enjoyed a pizza while Connor headed to bed.
Fresh Color & Blow Out
Much Brighter in Person, Bad Night Light :)
Saturday - The kids and I woke to get ready for our usual dance lessons for Maci.  We were only 5 mins late, go me!  Maci loved class with her friend Juliette while Juliette's mom and I discussed this embarrassing election race in our country - seriously glad my kids can't understand the news!  After dance, we were off to brunch at Pub 819 with our old Saturday brunch crew - The Zehrs and The Cassems.  About 15 mins in we remembered just how crazy having brunch was with these 8 kiddos and I did it single parent style.  It was still a good time and nice to catch up with good friends.  After brunch, we were home for the day - I wasn't braving any more trips with the crazy duo.  Connor took some great naps, I ordered groceries for delivery on Instacart and we got lots of things done around the house, including thinking through holiday plans for the upcoming season :)  After Connor went to bed, Maci and I had a "movie theatre" night at home.  We watched............SURPRISE Beauty and the Beast - UGH but it is cute how much Maci loves it and asks 24/7 "mom, when is the beast nice again?"  Once the movie ended, we had to FaceTime Grandma because Maci wanted to show her new dance moves.  I was shocked when Maci was telling us first position and all sorts of other legit dance terms - go Maci girl and Teacher Heather!
Dark Movie Theatre Selfie
 Blanket "Floor Bed"
Tiny Dancer 



Sunday - Clint gets home today!  We are expecting him around noon.  Until then, I am getting many of my usual Sunday tasks complete so I can get much needed work done in peace/quiet while he has the kids and then I can enjoy the Bengals game in the late afternoon.  As I write this, Maci is playing a nice game of pretend with her dolls in the living room while Connor takes a morning nap - these are the times I can handle alone :)  That was a different story about an hour ago when I had wet hair, Maci was screaming for lipstick and Connor was just SCREAMING.  I may or may not have text Clint to hurry the hell up ;-) Let's hope the weekend wraps up nicely with some Football wins and good productivity against my lengthy to do list for work.

We hope each of you have a wonderful Sunday and even better week ahead!
Lots of Love,
C, K, M & C

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Recovery Week 2 & Pumpkin Patch Fun

This was a great week with Clint continuing to progress and was even feeling so good that he got some small projects around the house completed in between light walks and naps.  In addition, our kids seemed to be extra cute this week, probably changing into fall or something so I took a higher number of pictures than usual :)  Enjoy!
Not Crawling or Walking or Pulling Himself Up
BUT if you stand him up - he loves to stand with support for about 5 mins
Chilly Weather Starting which = Cute Baby Sweaters!


 Painting Pumpkins with my Feet in the Jumper at School


Morning Cuddles with Sissy - XOXO

Too Cool for School 
 Thursday Morning Crew


 Thursday Night Football - Go Bengals!
Sorry to Clint's so so sad Dolphins :)

Friday - TGIF!!  Who doesn't love a gorgeous fall Friday?!  I had a few meetings and my bins arrived since we are moving back to the Office Center post renovation - so nice to be right next to the kids daycare again and in the same building as Clint.  Mr Connor also thought it was going to be a great Friday!

After work we enjoyed our last meal visit with Jess and Dan before watching the Toledo Rockets play BYU in football.  Clint invited our friend from Cargill, Danny, to come over and enjoy the game.  It was a close one which made for a late night - I finally called it an evening around midnight and missed BYU kicking a game winning field goal - darn it!  Even Clint could acknowledge it was an awesome game and his Rockets still looked good on the road.

Saturday - Ah fall routine!  We were all a bit tired Saturday morning thanks to the late game and Miss M having a rough night of sleep.  However, the whole family was excited to get to Maci's dance class and her friend Juliette was back this week - yay!
Little Diva Dancer
What Connor does during dance class
We came home for some afternoon chores and quick naps/snacks etc.  We were then off to lunch and the apple orchard/pumpkin patch which we had been looking forward to all year but hadn't gone yet with Clint's ordeal the last few weekends.
Maci Representing Aunt Molly's OSU at Lunch
First Stop - Face Painting
 Blue Dragonfly 
 Momma & Her Monkeys
 Cow Train - Took the Last Cow
 Beloved Corn Pit
 Mom & her Cubs treking for Pumpkins
Maci was VERY selective - didn't want any with dirt ;-)


After the pumpkin patch we all rested with college football before Clint so kindly ran the grocery trip errand while I finished off laundry.  We were all laying in our beds by 830p and didn't even care after having such a busy day and late night the day before.  Love the weekends!

Sunday - Today is an interesting Sunday with neither of our teams playing having been in the Thursday night game.  Instead we finished up our many needed thank you notes to all the wonderful assistance we have had over the last several weeks.  We are also making a crock pot of wild rice soup and preparing for a early afternoon visit from Trip/Lori and our dear friend Jim who is visiting for the Ryder cup.  We are excited to eat/drink and be merry with no worries of our team losing today :)  We will likely wrap up our day with either a family nap or walk (depending on moods) and then the usual Sunday evening "get things ready for the week" routine.  Clint is so excited to be back to work tomorrow and I am excited to have him there as well :)  We will go to his endocrinologist apt together next Friday afternoon and learn more about the final step with the radioactive iodine treatment in the coming weeks.  We are so ready to have this as a blip in life behind our sweet family!

We hope you all have a great week ahead!  Clint is looking forward to a "Guys weekend" with the neighborhood guys at John's cabin this coming weekend and I am excited for him to have that time with the guys from the 'hood!  Life is good!
Lots of Love,
C, K, M & C