Palm 2023

Spring Break 2023 is in the books! We flew out to Palm Springs last week and lucked out again with the weather. With the exception of a windy/dusty day, it was perfect and sunny and a mix of hot days and not so hot. 

 

We stayed in the same house we stayed in last year and really enjoyed the pool, hot tub, pickleball court, putting green, disc golf basket and basketball hoops.

   

The sunset of our first full day.

   

We had another hummingbird nest ourside our door this year! When we first noticed it, there were some broken eggshells in there and something that may have been a baby hummingbird. By the end of the week we could see the baby! The nest was about the size of a cupped hand, for scale.

   

We always take the kids down to El Paseo for Jamba Juice and car watching. We saw 2 Lamborghinis and a Ferrari so we did good.

   

Rob and Kasper also rented Bird scooters one afternoon.

   

Marlo wasn't feeling her best. 

We did an escape room and got out!

 

Marlo worked hard on flips and handstands.

   

Rob and I walked down to the Polo Club where they are setting up for Coachella next weekend!

   

The baby hummingbird! It looks big but I think it has to be about as big as a blueberry. 

 

We had to be out of the house by 11 on our last day and didn't have to be to the airport until 4 so we decided to try out the Palm Springs Zoo. HIGHLY recommend it. It was a lot of fun to spend the day at. They had a ton of animals and it wasn't very busy.

   

We had quite possibly the most painless trip home yet and were in our car by about midnight which is hours earlier than usual.

   

Spring Break then Easter and tomorrow back to school. Let's hope we remember how!

Fun

We had some fun this week! 

 

The Northern Lights came South on Thursday night! We didn't get to see a spectacular show because of the trees around our house but I did drive down the block to the lake and saw the tail end of them. I'm a little bummed I didn't get to see the peak but oh well.

 

Kasper went to a birthday party Friday night so Marlo had her BFF over for dinner and playing. She had to leave at 9:30 because she had swimming lessons in the morning so we called it a "lateover". These girls are too much. Here they are as a "Really Big Person." 

 

Kasper and his friends did an escape room for the birthday. They didn't get out but OMG THEY ARE GETTING SO BIG WHAT IS HAPPENING. 

Look at these sweet boys.

   

Today we recovered from our late nights.

 

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Spring?

Apparently we're just heads down, powering through over here. I don't think Rob or I have taken a photo in 2 weeks. Winter WILL.NOT.QUIT. The ground is covered in snow and it was 9 degrees this morning. Kids are drowning in homework. Adults are drowning in work and responsibilities. It's obviously that painful stretch between when you think winter is over and sunnier, warmer days are ahead but they just won't get here. 

The kids went up to spend the weekend at Grandma's house. They went to see a play! The play got great reviews and they all had a fun weekend. 

Only about a week and a half until we get out of Dodge! Can't wait! Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

43

The biggest news this week was that I turned 43 yesterday! 

The week flew by. Marlo had conferences Thursday night and Friday was a no school day. 

Yesterday was a fun day with pastries for breakfast, a family escape room (we escaped!) and s sushi dinner. The kids did SO well with both the escape room and dinner. Kasper even tried most of the food we ordered! 

Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

Snowmageddon

We were supposed to get hit by a "historic" storm this week. School was cancelled Wednesday and Thursday. While we got about a foot of snow, I was hoping for more.

   

 The kids got to go back to school on Friday and Marlo was able to go to her very first big sleepover! The girls went to the winter party at school then back for a sleepover. Sounds like it was a total blast though Marlo was very tired when she got home the next morning.

   

 A couple hours after she got home, she turned around and went to a birthday party. They're delirious, clearly.

   

I'm thankful she can start doing these fun things with her friends. Covid took a lot of that away from her in her first couple school years. 

What a weird week. Hopefully this one is a little more chill. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

February

This week was Valentine's Day already! Time flying never ceases to amaze me. Rob went to Marlo's class to participate in the Valentine's Day party. He said it was a gong show. 

For dinner on Valentine's Day, I made Rob and I a delicious meal and we got the kids McDonalds. For dessert I made some homemade lava cakes. About 3 min after putting them in the oven we lost power for almost 2 hours. Thankfully it came on by bedtime so "we" weren't scared of the dark. Rob took the oppertunity to light up the house with his disc golf discs. Today was President's Day and there was no school. We met up with Marlo's bestie and her Mom to go skiing! I don't think Marlo had been skiing for 2 years but she rocked it. Her friend is a good skiier and I think that was all it took for Marlo to be brave. It was a lot of fun. Kasper brought along a buddy so they were off doing their own thing all day. Now we settle in to see how much snow we get this week! We already got an e-mail from school to not be surprised if school plans change for Wednesday and Thursday. Of course they don't get snow days anymore, they can learn online now! I've hear 2 feet thrown around in the next 3 days. I thought it was basically Spring. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Brrrrr

 It was cold this week! But "they" say the cold weather is over for this winter now. We'll just see about that. 

Kasper had to resort to drinking coffee to warm up in the morning. 

Marlo got hit in the mouth and had a pretty good fat lip.

 

Weekending. 

And that's it! Hope everyone had a great weekend!