I was rushing to fit in a few quarterly unbirthdays this week before we reached Meatfare Sunday. Last week Olivia had mexican chicken and oatmeal raisin cookies. Gretchen had grilled chicken sandwiches and candy. Theodore picked breaded chicken tenders and cotton candy, which was almost difficult, but luckily stores sell cotton candy around Valentine's Day. Bryan wanted pulled pork sandwiches and stretchy India ice cream. ... He got the pork. I'll hopefully get to the dessert this week before Cheesefare next Sunday. Bryan wins the prize for most creative (read: labor intensive) unbirthdays.
We had a few haircuts around here: Matthias got a buzz, Gretchen refreshed her pixie cut, and Kaitlyn chopped off about 8 inches in what felt spur of the moment to me but was probably well thought out. She's at shoulder length now and much less reluctant to comb her hair than she once was.
On Friday I had the opportunity to play with the Adrian Symphony, which is always a delight. It was the Valentine's Day concert, so we had an afternoon rehearsal and an evening performance. The whole concert was Broadway love songs. It turns out maybe my favorite thing to play is pit music.
While I was gone the boys built a fort in the living room. It's still mostly there, although they only got to sleep in it the first night. On Saturday we made sure to get some pictures in the fort with Flat August so that we can send him back to his school on Monday.
Saturday was my day to spend with Kaitlyn. We went ice skating in Findlay and then watched a movie. My ankles are not up to the challenge of skating for 2 hours, although I'm getting a little better each year that we do this. Kaitlyn mostly doesn't skate with me, instead preferring to say hello as she laps me yet again. Sometimes we just stand off to the side and admire the better skaters. Kaitlyn would really like to learn how to do the sideways ice-scratching stop that the hockey kids use. Our movie this year was Avatar: Fire and Ash. In 3D. I have seen zero of the previous Avatar movies, but followed along well enough once the main plot got going. Kaitlyn filled me in on all the missing lore as we drove home.
The Olympics have been featured on our television several times this week. I remember watching with my mom sometimes, and wanted to have a similar experience with my kids. I'm not sure it's working, especially since most of the watching happens after bed time. I do find it exceedingly convenient that what I want to watch comes on automatically after whatever regular sports event Bryan is watching earlier in the evening. Kaitlyn has been consistently slipping out of her room at night to quietly watch with me. Olivia emerges about half the time. Sometimes we just look up whatever specific event we want to see (figure skating, mostly) on youtube. I do think Kaitlyn is mostly in it for the potential falls.
And a conversation I had with Theo this week. Unfortunately, I do not have a photo of the handwriting in question.
Me: Your teacher would definitely know it was me.
Me: I know, that's why she would be able to tell.
Theo: Why, is your handwriting terrible?
Me: No, my handwriting is good. This is my handwriting. *gestures to note on the table*
Theo: ...Eek.
Me: Eek?! What's wrong with it?
Theo: *laughing* Look at it! The e is touching the e. And the e is touching the d. And the f is touching the i. And the t is touching the j!
Me: That's a u.
Theo: *more laughter* I guess it's pretty good, but it's all touching.
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