17 of 52 of 2021

Today is Friday night and here I lay relaxing next to my girl while the dog entertains herself with her squeaky toy.

This week was the first week for full time learning at school.  I was incredibly worried about the kids and how they would do with a longer day in over a year.  They seemed to be adjust fine and were actually happy to see their friends they haven't seen during the hybrid schedule. 

I worry for them next week because they will be in Project Safe in the afternoon.  The pick up has been horrible with the long lines and the whole school being there so waiting 45 minutes will be well worth it for parent sanity. The kids will have 45 minutes longer with their friends.  The downside is it will be am even longer day for the kids for the next 7 weeks. 

I'm sure they will take the adjustment in stride just like everything else the world had thrown at them because of the pandemic. 

16 of 52 of 2021

Tonight Hannah is spending the night at Lola's house with Eva.  This is the first time she's been away since covid hit last year.

With her away, I get some quality time in with my little man. We don't get quality time in very often anymore.  So I'm spending the evening watching the Disney Channel with him.  It's the little moment like these that make me lucky to be his mom. 

15 of 52 of 2021

This last week was Easter.  The picture attached to this entry is the only family picture I remembered to capture.  I need to remember to take more family pictures of us.  

We will celebrate Easter twice this year since Jim wasn't able to make it down this last weekend. 

In other news,  I received my 2nd shot of the Pfizer vaccine on Friday morning and it is kicking my ass.  I developed a fever in the middle of the night.  When I woke this morning I had a terrible headache and body aches accompanying my 101 fever.  Hopefully tomorrow I will feel much better. This gets me closer to being able to get out into public with a little more confidence.

14 of 52 of 2021

This was the last week of Spring Break 2021 for the kids. 

Our tradition for Spring Break since 2015 was a few days at Disneyland. We would spend 3 nights at the Grand Californian courtesy of Ralph's Disney Timeshare.  

COVID-19 took our tradition away from us last year and this year. The kids are bummed that we are missing out on so many of our traditions. To start the week,  I took them to Mount Helix. 

We explored the trail around it. Took some pretty cool pictures and we bonded. I'm sad that we couldn't do more with them. We just can't risk their health for fun. 

Next week they start school and will likely return to full time school on the 19th. I'm secretly hoping they delay full time school until the fall but I know that won't happen.