Hike (2.7.21)

Miles always asks to hike up a mountain so I took him on a hike. I took Liam too with a stroller. The 3 of us walked over 5 miles. It was a bit of a struggle walking up and walking down. I was so exhausted and tired. There were many water breaks and many snack breaks. Miles walked over 3.5 miles of it. I was so impressed. Near the end on the level, Liam walked about half a mile so then Miles got to ride in the stroller. I tried to have Miles sit in the front part of the stroller but Liam kept kicking him off. So then Miles sat and held Liam who sat on his lap. 

This was a fun adventure. I don't know how well it'd have gone with 5 of us. Ella would have gotten tired by the end. 

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.

Walk to school (2.6.20)

I took Ella to school. Of course Ella had to join the wagon. It was so heavy to pull.

Photo Taken February 6, 2020.

#itsmomchallenge Week 1

Last year I participated in #itsmomchallenge.  It's more of a hey looks it's mom type challenge. The goal is to get the mom in pictures. The person who created it lacked pictures when she was trying to pull something together for a funeral.  This May she didn't actually host it but a couple of us did it anyway.  She might host it another month and then I'll do it again. I posted to instagram last year daily but only made blog posts for Weeks 1 2.

I used Canva again even though I haven't used it much at all since the end of last May. It's just so nice to have pictures and text all together on a photo.

Week 1 for this post will be May 1 - 9.

May 1 - Look at Liam's core strength.

u8We got the bike trailer set up. It was the first bike ride in a long time. Miles had been afraid of the trailer but now he likes it.

 We biked as a family so then I had Dave take my picture.

On May 3, we did the DIY cake smash session and took a few family photos. 

May 5

May 5

 

 I made a collage then I remembered I had Dave take my picture so I went to his phone and airdropped them to myself and made a new one.

May 7

May 8

May 8

The challenge is to post 1 photo a day but as you can see I try to do more. I attempt for non-selfies and prop my phone or use a tripod but sometimes a selfie is still done.  I also took a decent amount of videos that I posted to instagram too. They are too much trouble to try to post since google makes you add them to youtube instead of just linking google photos.

5/16/20 instastories

I went for a run pushing Liam in the stroller. I couldn't find my visor so ran in a hat. Liam loves to play outside.  I did some crafting with Ella. We didn't finish. We went for a walk. The triple was so hard to push.

5/7/20 instastories

Well, instagram stopped saving my collection of stories. I tried to put this together based on my stories. I recorded my screen playing my stories to make sure I got them.  It took far too long to do.

Miles and I had so much fun on our walk. Liam was there and he had fun too. It's amazing how much easier it is with 2 instead of 3 when you are trying to go out. This was a very good day. I feel like I don't have many of them. It helped that we got ahead in school so we didn't have to force ourselves to do a lot.

5/6/20 instastories

I swear I only post to instagram to get a compiled video at the end that I can save.

I am glad I started running at night or I'd never get to run.

5.5.20 instastories

I tried to get into more pictures since I'm doing my own version of the #itsmomchallenge I did last year. (I never did finish all the posts with all the pictures I did last year but I did post the first 2 weeks.

I'm not doing more stuff, I'm just capturing it.

3/30/20 Instastories

When I am nursing, I upload some pics or videos to instastories about my day. I don't take pics of everything but I get a decent amount. It just shows how the day goes with everyone home all day. Dave works mostly in the office and sometimes in the living room. I need to get some action shots of him working.  There is never any time without kids so we (or I) may get one area clean but never more than one area and then that one clean area is soon trashed.

Playdate (1.10.20)

Emma came over for a play date. Sometimes Ella doesn't feel like walking and sits on the front of the stroller. It's difficult to push. Then she had Emma sit on her lap. It was really hard to push.  Liam is such a trooper. She has learned to make sure his legs are up before she sits down.

Photo Taken January 10, 2020.

Emma and Ella made hair bows.

Walking to School (8.26.19)

I caught a picture of Dave and Ella walking to school.  I don't know if they always hold hands but they sure were here.

Photo Taken August 26, 2019

3.23.17

 I met my old neighbors to go for a walk.

 I met Gio for lunch.

 Miles surprisingly loved eating my wrap.

 This was Gio's picture. She posted it to instagram or snapchat or something.

I made stuffed peppers for dinner.  (I decided I like stuffed pepper soup better because I use way more peppers.

Just look at this kid in his jacket.