It was a busy week at our house! Monday and Tuesday, Augustus was home with me because his class was closed due to covid. Gussie and I have missed our Mommy/Gussie time, so having a few days to be together was nice, but busy since I was also working.
We baked banana bread, played board games, colored, went to the bakery, and so much more. In between keeping a 4 year old busy, I was doing laundry, pounding chicken breasts to make chicken cordon bleu, walking the dogs, doing the dishes and, oh yeah, working full time. It was an intense 2 days of full time work/full time parent, but I was happy to spend time with my sweet boy.
Working… with helpers 
Nice enough to get the bike out!
On Tuesday, the boys started the next session of swim lessons. Xander is in level 4 and Gussie is level 2. They were both excited to get back to the pool and did so well!
On Wednesday, Augustus was at Grandma Debbie’s house. Xander was busy at school (my lunches this week were random themes!). We played outside after school. Xander usually goes right to sleep at bedtime, but he wasn’t sleepy, so he got to get up and hang out with me and Nate for a bit.
Up late with mom and dad
On Wednesday night, Nate got his booster and on Thursday, he was not feeling well! Xander told him, “when I got my shot, I didn’t feel well, but I got better. You will too.” He was very encouraging. He is such a sweet boy.
I was reading my latest Bon Appetite magazine and there was a perfume ad. I rubbed some on my wrists and then the boys wanted to do it. We all liked the nice smell. The next page was an ad for prosciutto. Gussie said, “can we rub that one on too?”
I said, “that one is lunchmeat” and he said, “yeah?”
That kid cracks me up!
On Saturday, the boys and I made rainbow bagels! For Christmas, Kara gave me a kit and the boys have been SO eager to make them. I knew it was going to take a little bit of work, but we finally had the time. My expectations were LOW. The boys were so excited, but their measuring wasn’t exactly precise. I decided it was better to have them help, then to have perfect bagels. However, I was pleasantly surprised when they came out of the oven and tasted great. They were chewy on the outside and soft on the inside. They were great!
On Saturday we had family cleanup time (our house was a wreck) and the boys were super helpful! As a reward for cleaning up, Nate took them to a play place for the afternoon, while I scrubbed, vacuumed, dusted, and deep cleaned the house top to bottom. There is literally nothing I love as much as a clean house!
Sunday has been another busy day! The boys are spending the day and overnight with Grandma and so I was busy running errands and baking cookies. Nate and I had a fancy cheeseboard for lunch and then went out to dinner. After dinner, we stopped at Kowalski’s to buy special desserts and enjoy them on the couch while watching a movie (puppies wanted a bite!). My mom has been keeping the boys super busy and tomorrow they have fun plans since they have the day off from school.
A random conversation with Xander this week-
X- “I want to invent something”
Me- Ok, well usually an invention is in response to a problem, so can you think of a problem you would like to solve?
X- “racism”