The Johnson Journal

Sunday, September 15, 2013

WITL--Saturday

A pretty normal weekend day for us at home. We took 138 pictures. Troy took a ton during Luke's first soccer game.

Our day started out with one of our favorites--french toast! Troy has become an expert over the last several months. The kids played with Troy on the floor before we headed out to the backyard to enjoy the beautiful weather. Our time outside ended a bit abruptly when we found a black widow hiding in the toys. Hannah and I took a bath and a shower before lunch and Troy one after lunch. Troy put Hannah down for her nap and then we battle with LJ to get ready for his soccer game. While the guys go to that (Grandma and Grandpa made an appearance there too), I got ready for dinner and blogged. Hannah took a decent nap thankfully during all of this. LJ was disappointed that his team didn't win but he did block a goal! Luke took a bath and then the kids had snacks and watched Word World. Troy and I were getting ready for dinner: making salad, appetizers, cleaning the grill, etc. The Rechlin family came over and the kids immediately disappeared upstairs while H hung out with the adults in the kitchen. We enjoyed some awesome ribs for dinner and then spent some time outside before coming back in for dessert. The kids really had a great time playing! Luke was so excited all week for Lilli to come over. Luke went to bed a bit late after they left; Troy and I cleaned up the kitchen; I downloaded pictures and we had some down time on the couch before going to bed.

Making breakfast

Yummy!

Berries are her fav!

Let's go this way

My favorite spot in the backyard

Taking a break

Twistin'

Slidin'

Flippin'

Her spot

Her spot (this is how she always lays--looks so uncomfortable)

LJ reversed the pattern on one of these all by himself

Warming up

Going through the rules

Break time

Go Luke!

Chillin'

Snack time

Loves helping in the kitchen

AWESOME!!!

That's as far as she got

Kyla & I watching the fun

Stomp rocket

Notice the hand holding ;)

Saturday, September 14, 2013

WITL--Friday

Yesterday was an on and off day for us. We only took 68 pictures which is the lowest all week although that's more than enough for this project.

We went to the zoo in the morning with Grandma. The weather was absolutely perfect--mid 70's, cloudy and a bit of a breeze. We had a great time and saw lots of animals. Troy got home about 10 minutes after we did (he's had 1/2 day Fridays since the summer started and will through at least the end of this year--we really love it). We all had lunch before H went down for her nap. Troy took one as well; Luke played with beads; and I blogged along with laundry. After Troy got up I ran a couple of errands by myself. Hannah didn't take a very long nap (which she desperately needed) and when she got up the kids watched Word World and had a snack. I got home and put away the groceries. LJ went up to his room upset and Hannah kept asking to go night, night. I knew she wouldn't go to sleep again but we went up to her room and played there a bit before moving over to Luke's room to play. They really had fun playing with all of LJ's cars. I fixed dinner and after dinner we played some Wii bowling. The kids were both really tired and cranky so Hannah went to bed a bit early and Luke watched North America (I think we've watched each episode at least 10 times--he loves it). I vacuumed downstairs before putting LJ to bed while Troy did the dished and vacuumed the family room. Troy and I folded laundry and watched TV and messed around on our computers. After the news, we remade our bed and then went to bed.

Morning feeding

Watching the fish

Flamingos (and us)

We watched this tiger for quite a while

Baby elephant

Beads (he is so into these right now)

My list on my phone

On the way out

My go to back when I'm kidless

Dad had to share his ice cream

Playing very well together

All my love

One of my favs

Not a fav but a must

Headed up

Winding down

He's almost too big to do this anymore (I'm so going to miss it)

Mixing some bread dough

Another must

One of my favorite parts of this project--seeing all those blog hits

All clean

Friday, September 13, 2013

WITL--Thursday

As the week goes further along we're taking less pictures--that's what happens every year. We took 86 for Thursday. The kids were both at school so that definitely has an impact too.

All summer I have been looking forward to having both kids in school for two days a week. My list of projects is long, my desire for some me time is high and yesterday I finally felt like Hannah was getting more comfortable at school and I was able to enjoy my day a bit more.

Hannah woke up early for her--a little before 7:30. I was just getting in the shower. I had to make LJ get up a little after 8 (I recall that Thursdays are tough for him because he's getting tired from the week). We got off to school on time but I realized I forgot H's water cup. I took that back up to school and happily saw that she wasn't crying anymore (no, she did not see me). I came home and blogged, did laundry and a few other odds and ends before going to pick up Troy for lunch. We went to RePUBlic; I've never been before. It was great to have some us time and enjoy some nice food. On my way home I stopped at Loft (my favorite) and used my 25% off coupon :) Once home, I changed the laundry again (I wish it wasn't such a never ending process), watered the plants, picked up upstairs and had a bit of quiet time before heading up to school. I really hadn't been able to get good pics of either of the classrooms so I went a bit early to try and do that (I got a few). We played on the playground again before coming home. I really like their playground--it's shaded, there aren't any mosquitos (like our yard) and there are friends to play with too. Luke worked on beads and Hannah finished her lunch when we got home. H kept asking to go night, night so I put her in her crib. I folded some laundry, changed the laundry and helped LJ with his beads. After an hour of listening to H just quietly talk to herself I got her up. I truly think she just wanted some alone time. The kids watched Daniel Tiger and I talked to mom. Troy brought Chipotle home with him for dinner. The kids played with him on the floor again and after LJ threw a fit about not winning on the Wii we opted for an early bath time. H went to bed early as she was exhausted and Troy and Luke hung out while I went upstairs to scrap (that is so, so rare these days). T put Luke to bed about 8 and then messed around on his computer with the TV on. I came back downstairs and hung out with him for a while before we both got ready and went to bed.