TV Watching (6.10.20)

Miles decided to lie down like daddy and watch TV. He even told me that's what he was doing. His ankles. His arms. I can't get over how much he's like Dave lies on the couch.

Photo Taken June 10, 2020

10/20/20 instastories

We had a rough night again. 3 hours awake again! I Fed him a snack. Miles tried to block Liam to go around the couch the other day. Liam's legs seem so long in the stroller.  Liam enjoys the swing.  I put my hair in a bun on time lapse.  I took energize to combat no sleep. Dave ordered a ton of snacks. I had a lot of issues using the mandoline to cut potatoes for fries. I got school lunches for the kids. They don't like them that much any of the days anymore. Liam napped so I got to do my workout. He woke up just as I finished so I didn't cooldown but still great timing.   (The workout videos seem to have uploaded in the wrong order.) Liam discovered an unlocked cabinet. Liam wanted to make perler beads.  Miles and Liam got soaked at the water table. Liam ran away when I was changing his clothes to go give Miles hugs. Miles helped prepare dinner. Then Liam tried to help. Miles loves his afghans my mom made. After everyone was asleep I used the elliptical to get another power day since I was so close. It feels so good to have it out of the way so early in the week.

Cooking (4.7.20)

 

Miles helped cook macaroni and cheese on the stove. You'd think Miles would eat it since he helped make it, but you'd be incorrect. He likes easy mac but not any macaroni and cheese made on the stove. 

Photo Taken April 7, 2020.

Hugs (7.25.20)

Everyday these 2 melt my heart. Liam hugs Miles every morning and this was just randomly after nap. After their cute hug this morning (not photographed), I hugged them so tight that Miles could barely breathe. 

Photo Taken July 25, 2020.

Swing (7.23.20)

Liam loves the swing (So does Miles.) 

It was a bit sunny so Liam wore a hat to block his eyes from the sun. 

Photo Taken July 23, 2020. 

2020 Week 24/52 photo

Miles and worked to rebuild this lego friends house so he could play with it. Liam wanted to play too. That second picture with Liam looking at me while playing is why this was my photo of the week.

Photo Taken June 13, 2020

10/19/20 instastories

Liam slept in a bit. (He didn't sleep through the night. Don't get your hopes up. But he still slept later than normal.) I gave him poptart immediately. I did not nurse him. Weaning is going on.  I did a time lapse of putting my hair in a bun. Liam was at the island sink. I started my workout. It had many interruptions.  I had to stop after 4 rounds to go to PT.  I got Liam to play before I left but then Dave took Liam to wave by to me anyway. I ran 1 mile at PT.  I waited and wished I have run more.  I got home ate, and then got Liam to sleep. Ella was doing school. I went to continue with my workout. There were a million interruptions again. The workout took about 1.5 hours instead of 39 minutes.  I walked into Liam climbing on the arm of the chair to put something on the mantel.  I made 2 new necklaces.  Miles and Liam held hands leaving school.  Ella's typing is improving. We had to go check out the neighbors decorations again.  I rearranged the mini fridge and Liam helped. Liam tried to organize the drawer. He made a huge mess of it. He didn't go easily in his crib. He's becoming more difficult. 

Running (7.23.20)

I don't often take my picture while running. I wish I did.  I set up a recording and then screen shot it. Sometimes I'm too close to the camera or at a bad angle. I set up my tripod here and ran back and forth. I wish I took my photo more. I also wish the trail was less crowded so nobody would see me taking video of myself.  Here I am finally running without an ankle brace. I ran 3.18 miles here. I was just looking at my Garmin and don't have a saved run from that day. I don't know how that is possible. I still have it on mapmyrun though.  I took these mere days before I sprained my ankle again and wasn't able to run for awhile. 

Walk (7.20.20)

I told Liam I would lie down for 2 minutes and then we'd go for a walk.  He then climbed all over. 

He did give me a hug!

We went to look for birds on the walk. Miles is always showing me the sign to make sure I know what we are looking for.

 

Miles still has not found a woodpecker. He's always in search of them.

2020 Week 30/52 photo

Liam loves the mirror and I happened to catch some nice pictures in the mirror. Liam looks at me, looks at himself, and looks at me through the mirror. He just has a blast with it.

Photo Taken July 21, 2020

This was photo of the week since I already posted about going to the Golden Gate Bridge.

10/18/20 instastories

Rough night. Liam went into the crib awake. He never fell asleep but I did. (Then I went back in an hour or more later. He had a snack at 5 AM.  He was still awake for awhile.  Dave let me sleep in a bit and then Liam came up asking for milk. Liam moved a step stool and climbed up on the counter.  He also tried to cook. He climbed up on a chair. He liked his hooded towel. Liam climbed again. This time to the tub. He turned on the water. Liam worked really hard to push the hamper down the hall.  I keep the step stool up on the counter when not in use now. Liam is a helper.  The kids play on the mattress in the closet. It's our old mattress. We have to recycle it.  Miles teaches Liam to climb up on the back of the couch. Liam stood beside poly and Petted her. Liam sat on the couch.  Liam tried to vacuum. I drew a pumpkin face with my eyes closed! Liam got to sleep and I did sit-ups.

10/17/20 instastories

Liam slept in. Liam sat on Dave's lap while we had most of our family meeting. Then the kids hung out basically on top of me. It is so hot and then I was thinking how it's never this hot this late in the year. I was right.  We went to the park now that they are open. Liam plays peekaboo. Nap never happened. Miles built with blocks. Liam brushed his teeth with Miles's tooth brush. The shutter fell off the house and hit Dave's car on the way down. We spent some time trying on costumes trying to figure out what everyone will wear.  Liam and Miles have A TON to choose from. Liam was very messy with jello. Liam's hair was very messy and spiky. Then I made it into a mohawk. I ran.  Liam was up in the middle of the night.

10/14/20 instastories

 Everyone in Ella's room while she does school.  Liam has a corndog for breakfast.  
Liam on the step stool to help with soup. Miles has soup for breakfast. Liam and Ella play while Ella is supposed to be doing school. Liam plays with water at the sink. Liam climbs up on a container to try to use Ella's laptop.  Ella and Liam walk together.   Liam likes to play peek-a-boo.  Our neighbors have a carriage at the end of our driveway to help decorate for Halloween. Liam ate dinner then wanted on the couch to cuddle Dave.  Liam uses a shape sorter.  He just tries every shape in every hole. Miles joins in using the shape sorter.  Miles and Liam play together.  Liam climbed up on the arm rest to reach the mantel. He copied Miles.  Liam and Miles play a lot! They hung out in the top bunk before bed. Then I finally did my workout.

Soup (7.26.20)

I made soup mainly just to freeze and have leftovers. We had other food for dinner. I had it in a pot on the stove cooling before I put it away. Before I put it away, I tasted it to make sure it was good. It WAS good so I ate a ton just out of the pot standing by the stove.  This was at 10 PM. I almost had even more but decided to save it to eat later. 

Photo taken July 26, 2020.

Miles's 4rd birthday interview

 I forgot about this so it was late. I seem to repeat myself. His third birthday interview was late too. 

1. How old are you? Holds up 5 (5?) nods (You're 4 Miles) Holds up 4 fingers 
2. Who is your best friend? The TV ( how about a person) the only person I love super a lot is you (--I am his best friend :) )
3. What is your favorite color?  Pink
4. What is your favorite animal? Cheetah
5. What is your favorite food? I don't know (what do you love to eat the most?) bacon 🥓 
6. What food do you really dislike? Nothing (he really means a lot. He hates so much)
7. What is your favorite TV show?  Tom squad (stomp squad? I have no idea what he's saying) 
8. What is your favorite song? None of them
9. What is your favorite book? I don't know. Batman, Superman, maybe 
10. What is your favorite thing to wear? None of it except pajamas when I go to bed 
11. What makes you happy? Hugs from you when I'm crying that's what makes me happy 
12. What makes you sad? Nothing I just cry for sometimes. Nothing makes me sad. Things just make me cry. 
13. What is your favorite toy/game? Mario Kart 
14. What is your favorite holiday? I don't know. Some of them. 
15. What would you buy if you had $1,000? A $1,000 race car
16. Where is your favorite place to go? To the ice cream place 
17. What is your favorite restaurant? I don't know 
18. What is your favorite memory? We were traveling in an airplane 
19. What is your favorite stuffed animal? Mr Panda 
20. What is your favorite thing to sleep with? I don't know (well what do you sleep with?)  Mr panda (is that your favorite? Or what else do you sleep with) my Afghans 
21. What is your favorite fruit? (he wouldn't answer)
22. What is your favorite cereal?  (he wouldn't answer)
23. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Bacon (I thought you like pancakes) BACON! 
24. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? (he wouldn't answer)
25. What is your favorite dessert? Nothing except bacon (what about ice cream) nah 
26. What is your favorite drink? Apple juice 
27. What is your favorite game? None of them 
28. What is your favorite movie? (he wouldn't answer)
29. What is your favorite thing to do outside? (he wouldn't answer)
30. What are you really good at? Nothing. Only a few stuff (ok what few stuff?) I forgot. .. cleaning up my toys 
31. Where do you want to go on vacation? The beach. That's what I tell you all the time. 
32. What do you want to eat for your birthday dinner? (I didn't ask)
33. What do you want to be when you grow up?  (I forgot to type a response but he always says a firefighter and a doctor)
34. What is your birthday wish? (I didn't ask)
35. Who is the president? Ella tells him from the other room - Donald trump. Miles: no he's stupid. Ella: yea. But he's still the president. 

DQ Masks (7.11.20)

Ella and I waited in line at Dairy Queen in our matching masks. Then we ate in the car.  We always feel like DQ is super far away but it's only 20 minutes. 

Photo Taken July 11, 2020

Broccoli (7.14.20)

I don't make them as much as I would like. But I made the broccoli and cheese quesadillas that I love. Liam liked them too.

Photo Taken July 14, 2020.

Running Comparison

I made a collage of the kids running beside me. It was a little bit of a challenge to get us aligned. We ran back and forth many times. Maybe next year, Liam can run too.

Photos Taken July 7, 2019 and July 8, 2020.

2020 Week 28/52 photo

Miles biked while I ran to go look for animals. I took my tripod and we posed for a picture. I like it so much. I also included a few others from the outing here but the top one is my favorite.

Photo Taken July 12, 2020.

Heading to the trail.

When we got home but I couldn't get both kids to look at the same time.

I actually took video and then took a screen shot to get the photo I wanted. I was afraid a timer wouldn't be good and the remote was dead.

Boudin (7.16.20)

Miles begged me for Boudin's. He loves their butternut squash and we never get it anymore. I tried to do curbside pickup but that didn't workout and I had to go in. Miles and I wore matching masks. I thought I had a blue one in the car. I did not. He had to wear Ella's mask. 

Photo Taken July 16, 2020.

2020 Week 29/52 photo

Here are a bunch taken right around each other. But the reason I picked them for the photo of the week is because Ella biked with us. She didn't go outside for months so afraid of bugs. She was super afraid of bees. Any bug she saw she would think it was a bee and be scared. Here she biked while Miles looked for woodpeckers and then biked again later. Sometimes she did have to bike close to the center of the road.  She did not want to be anywhere near flowers that were on the edges of the road. They could have bees. A lot of times they did. 

Photo Taken July 15, 2020

Miles is back at it showing me the woodpecker we need to find. 

On the first trip with Miles, Ella rode in the stroller to keep her distance from bugs and also not have to worry about biking AND making sure bugs didn't attack her.

After we got home, I wanted to go for a run with just me (and Liam) but Ella wanted to go. Since she was so afraid of leaving the house but wasn't anymore I couldn't say no.

We didn't run long but I was so happy to see Ella willing to leave the house.

10/2/20 instastories

 Liam slept in! (don't assume that means he slept all night!) I read to Liam. Oatmeal for breakfast. Liam always opens the door to visit Ella when she has school. Dave did learning with Miles. Liam is watching TV in the chair. Liam wanted to be comforted. Liam is obsessed with Miles's ipad so I turned on peekaboo barn and he played it. He found cookies on the table. Liam just walks around holding a carton of milk. School lunch is huge. Nap never happened. I tried. Dave tried. I tried. Liam watches TV holding a remote. Miles played Mario Kart. Miles came in first a few times. 

 

9/29/20 instastories

 Liam woke up early then he woke up Miles. He wanted to wake up Ella too. Then he did. Liam gets jealous when Miles hugs me. Liam opens the shower door using the little strip at the bottom of the door. Our scale is missing a back and we keep losing batteries.  I took energize. Miles did learning with Dave. My run sucked. It hurt and I kept going. It took awhile and then my hip seemed to warm up and did better.  Miles was not doing well reading with Dave so I took over. Miles insists he can't read but this clip shows he can read a word and knows what he's reading. Liam took his doll to preschool drop off. I did my workout.  I tried to sneak upstairs to get a shower but that failed.  I drove to get school lunch. Youtube sucks at uploading so I can never upload anymore. I lied down to work and wondered if Liam would wake up. Instead I fell asleep. Liam woke up and we did a google hangout with my parents. Liam had a blast. Liam ate a zebra cake so weird. We watched the debate. I moved the shelf upstairs and added a new one. I still need to organize. But it's so much better. One potato came pretty  arm again.  I decided to pay for step bet and then I could do a recovery game and have a lower step goal. It sure is nice having 900 steps fewer a day as the goal!

9/26/20 instastories

 Liam woke up late! It threw the day off.  We had Miles's drive by birthday parade. I didn't actually post pictures of it since I feel bad when others can't do things. People got out of their cars to play a bit which isn't really allowed. Friends brought Miles rocks. He loved it.  I worked on Legos with Miles. it became more difficult when I had to hold Liam too. Miles asked if I could do more after Liam went to sleep. That was also after Miles went to sleep but I still worked on some to make it easier later. 

9/23/20 instastories

 Liam woke up too early again. I tried out new filters and they are so dark. I kept trying to find new ones with a date and time on them. I like the first video to have date/time so later when I see a compiled video I know what it is for.  It is far too early in the morning. Liam makes a mess with his books and then wanted to read. It's pretty dark so the pictures are dark. Miles woke up and wanted to read too. Liam kept hitting miles and pushing him away. I was recording a video and later counted. Liam hit/pushed Miles 8 times. Then Miles hit him. I had to change the sheets since Liam spilled medicine he opened in the crib.  Liam and Miles get along so well.   I did some learning with Miles. Liam is upset I put milk in his cereal. My tire pressure is low. I did my workout with interruptions 51 minutes to do a 38 min workout. Liam fell asleep on his walk with Dave. I was about to shower but Liam woke up. We went to pick up school lunches. Ella biked holding the bag and also biked with her legs out to the side. I could not keep up. She got home way before me. 

Liam loves to play outside. Ella reads semi spinning and then Liam tries to read. Liam makes a huge mess. He dumps so much stuff out. He learned how to open the tub door and turn on the water. He's happy with himself. Liam found marshmallows in the pantry. I pushed Liam on the swing. He wasn't whining there. We also walked up and down the driveway. Liam was asleep early for the night. Miles was playing Mario Kart today. I tried to figure out how to turn it on. I had to get Dave.  Later I also couldn't figure out how to turn the thing off. Eventually I got it. I guess I'm so old I can't handle electronics. 

I'm in week 6 of 6 of my step bet!


(You may wonder why I skip around so much with these. It is because I cannot get most of them to upload to youtube.)