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Happy Saint Pattrick,s Day

Saint Patrick (not just a holiday for green beer and corned beef and hash)

N started working from home today, so we took turns with kid corralling. He had the morning and I did more in the afternoon. Breakfast was, of course, green Lucky Charms that turn your milk (and likely other things) green. We all tried to dress in green - I made it into pants I haven't worn in a few years!


The morning was a success! Boys cleaned their rooms and the living room floor so the Roomba could run without picking up their LEGOs. Next was coloring time using pictures we print off the internet. From there, we entered "learning time". I hate that we are doing Moby Max, in addition to already increased screen time, but this is what we have for now. My awesome coworker also sent St. Patrick's Day packet of math and letters for early elementary. That was super helpful and M even helped L with it!

Reading Time. This was one of the quietest parts of the day, by far! Both boys read for 30 minutes. Silently. I was worried something happened. L is not really reading yet, but he looked at a book of vehicles. Twice. Whatever works.

Second Quietest Time - Cincinnati Zoo Home Safari. Today was Rico the Brazilian Porcupine and M & L were in love! Not only that, they raised $12.6K during the event! I sent a note to the MN Zoo suggesting they could raise some funds that way. We'll see what they respond.

Chalk Greetings


I saw someone post about writing chalk notes on your neighbor's driveways. After a short trip to the park, we grabbed some chalk and headed to a few neighbors' houses. Yes, apparently it's spelled "Saint Pattrick,s Day" - two Ts and a comma. But how adorable is that!?! I didn't have the heart to correct him. 💗💗💗 L hoped they wouldn't be mad that we wrote on their driveways. I hope we don't have any Grinches in our neighborhood!

Mommy Time

I am finding that time for myself or N and me is trickier. I am having to work later into the evening to make up for interrupted time. And my plan to work out over my lunch is yet to come to fruition. Tonight it happened at 10:00 pm. Even though we are together the entire day, I feel like N and I have even less time together, as I am trying to plan the next day.

Moms, what are you doing to stay sane? I'm writing this chronicle of our experiences and trying to clean up one area of our house each day. Today was the kitchen counter. A lot to be done in the cupboards themselves, but at least they are hidden for now. Any suggestions to find quality time?

Tomorrow's Schedule

Breakfast
Get Ready and Clean Up
Coloring/Play Time (I am going to need to order printer paper for these coloring pages)
Letters for Grandparents
Go Noodle  or Koo Koo Kangaroo (It's supposed to be misty out 😩)
Lunch
Quiet/Reading Time
2 pm CT Cincinnati Zoo Home Safari
Play Time
Totall Adventure Circus Unit - Juggling?


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