A collection of our ordinary days, recorded every week. At the end of the year, I’ll publish them into a keepsake to treasure.
Around here, I have been:
loving the response from our Big White Farmhouse birthday giveaways. It’s been the perfect way to start Year 2 and I am excited to get started purchasing product for the new year! (P.S. The giveaways end tomorrow at midnight, so there’s still time to enter!)
planning our first “official” Sunday Dinner. Mark and I want to start the tradition of having a full sit-down dinner with a special dessert every week. We hope it will become second nature to our kids and then hopefully will continue even when they’re grown. I also think it will be a great opportunity to invite others over for food and hospitality.
drinking lots and lots of water. I am so bad at remembering, but am committed to getting better. I’m using the Water Counter on my Fitbit app and that helps. Work in progress!
reading my first fiction book of the year, Orphan Train.
making homemade granola. I added raisins because I’m a cinnamon raisin fan, but I think a bunch of dried fruit would be good too.
thankful for Mark and how hard he works for our family. He worked extra late twice this week and gosh, does that make me appreciate all he does to keep this family running when he’s home!
laughing about Sophie and her new fake sneezing routine. “Ah, Ah, Ah, Choo!”
struggling to push through the postpartum plateau. I’ve been at the same weight, give or take a few pounds, for two months now. And while that’s frustrating, it’s less about the number on the scale and more about not being able to work out at a level I once could. It’s been very humbling for me to have to start from scratch again. God is growing me.
thinking about February’s challenge. Lots of brainstorming and idea creating. Right now, I’m veering toward something home related.
planning our first “official” Sunday Dinner. Mark and I want to start the tradition of having a full sit-down dinner with a special dessert every week. We hope it will become second nature to our kids and then hopefully will continue even when they’re grown. I also think it will be a great opportunity to invite others over for food and hospitality.
drinking lots and lots of water. I am so bad at remembering, but am committed to getting better. I’m using the Water Counter on my Fitbit app and that helps. Work in progress!
reading my first fiction book of the year, Orphan Train.
making homemade granola. I added raisins because I’m a cinnamon raisin fan, but I think a bunch of dried fruit would be good too.
thankful for Mark and how hard he works for our family. He worked extra late twice this week and gosh, does that make me appreciate all he does to keep this family running when he’s home!
laughing about Sophie and her new fake sneezing routine. “Ah, Ah, Ah, Choo!”
struggling to push through the postpartum plateau. I’ve been at the same weight, give or take a few pounds, for two months now. And while that’s frustrating, it’s less about the number on the scale and more about not being able to work out at a level I once could. It’s been very humbling for me to have to start from scratch again. God is growing me.
thinking about February’s challenge. Lots of brainstorming and idea creating. Right now, I’m veering toward something home related.
homeschool notes:
- We had a simple week without many extras. Some weeks are like that.
- Our read aloud for January is Mr. Popper’s Penguins and we just got started. I have a lapbook planned and a few fun activities. The boys are going to love it!
