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The First Week of School 2022

We made it through the first week of school! I totally jinxed myself when I picked Harrison up on Friday and thought about how awesome it was that Harrison made it through the first week of school not sick–because Saturday after his nap, he woke up with a fever. And here we are Monday morning still fighting a fever. Womp womp…

Here’s to hoping it passes quickly while I’m home taking care of him today. And while we’re watching a movie together, I thought I’d catch up on last week and share it with y’all!

ISN’T HE THE CUTEST?! We were all smiles Monday morning before we left for the first day of school. And I’m actually pretty proud that I got us ready in time to take pictures since Dustin was already at work.

It took a whole lot of convincing to get him to take a picture with me….notice the keychain and camera strap LOL! At his school, the teachers come get the kids out of the car at drop-off so you don’t have to walk them inside. This was the first time Harrison got out of the car and didn’t turn around to wave at me while he walked inside, so I cried the entire drive to my school. Monday was the only day tears were shed and it wasn’t even by my child!

And when I woke up Monday morning and went into the kitchen to make my coffee, I was greeted by a sweet note 🙂

We ended the week celebrating with a visit to our local library! We had some books to return, and Harrison was able to check out 4 more books. His favorite part, though, is picking out a new coloring sheet as he leaves–which is what he wanted to pose with instead of one of the library books we left with :).

Snow Day 2021

We’ve had some unusually cold weather for Alabama the past few days. We had been expecting a huge ice storm Monday evening into Tuesday. I had plenty of supplies from the grocery store in case we lost power. Dustin bought us a generator to use in case we lost power, and we’ve got gas fireplace logs and our hot water heater is run off of gas–so we knew we’d be able to make it. I’d been watching coverage of the ice storm in Texas, so we were both prepared for the worst.

Nothing happened Monday night except for a rain storm. BUT we woke up yesterday to a winter wonderland!!! It never got above 19 degrees and snowed all day (I’m typing this Tuesday night and it’s still snowing!!). We bundled up after breakfast for Harrison to enjoy his first snow!

***I bought this little North Face snow suit in November 2019 when Harrison was 9 months old because I was *hoping* we’d get snow at some point that winter and I wanted him to be prepared. We never got snow. But I bought it big enough that he is wearing it this winter, and we’ve really gotten our money’s worth since he’s worn it a few times for cold weather. This is the jacket version.

He really loved it!!!

And then he was off to run up and down the sidewalk like he loves to do!

Brrr!

This picture sums up our life with an ALMOST two year old. He’s constantly running–we’re constantly running after him–and he’s smiling and laughing the whole time. LOL

Harrison and Daddy were both prepared for this weather and I…

…was not! I had to borrow Dustin’s Carhart jacket and I found cuddle duds in my drawer. I didn’t layer as much because I knew we wouldn’t be out more than 10-15 minutes.

Sweet buddy loved it!!!

Our attempt at a family photo except Harrison had other things to look at.

And a picture of the OGs!

We had a wonderful family day together! Dustin is having to go into work today and our school is doing a virtual day, so I’ve got to get off of here and get my lesson ready for my students!

How to Make Your Loved Ones Feel Special This Holiday Season

Happy Monday! Today is the start of my Christmas break and I am going to soak up every single minute. It’s been a tough first semester in any school system, and all teachers and students need a break! 🙂

Because this holiday season is looking so different for most everyone (we aren’t gathering outside of immediate family), I wanted to share something you could spend the day doing at home with your family and use it to make your extended families or neighbors loved during this time of social distancing!

I spent most of the day Saturday baking treats for our immediate families. Some of our family members are sick or having to quarantine, so even though we couldn’t spend any time together, I wanted them to know I was actively thinking about them!

I packaged everything up in a tupperware container I bought just for this so people didn’t have to worry about washing a container and getting it back to me. We delivered some Saturday evening and some Sunday afternoon. Baking sweets and delivering them is an easy way to show people you love them, and my hope is that Harrison learns early that giving is so much fun!