Busy week around the house. First, the surveyor arrived on Tuesday and staked out our property line. It was warm that day and when Charlie got home from daycare he helped me water the garden, then played with the hose. His favorite outdoor activity! (Compare to the same week last year.) He was also pretty…

Short one this week. I’ve tried to write this a couple times, but keep running out of time. Look at the determination ⚾ Amanda and I started doing lunch dates out once a week while Charlie is at daycare since sitters are hard to get, and it has been great. We never have to make…

Potty training update: We kept Charlie home for four days, then he went back to daycare on Tuesday. Overall he has the gist of it and we are very proud of him. The next thing we are working through is that he sometimes doesn’t want to stop playing, so he has accidents. We keep reminding…

The big thing this week is potty training round two. Charlie is a champ and making good progress, but we are all worn out and a bit stressed. I took naps twice this weekend, which is big because I almost never nap unless I am sick. Despite the protests, each day is better than the…

Nice spring weather this week. We enjoyed it by taking walks in the woods. I was mostly recovered from strep by Wednesday, which was good because Amanda was in Austin for work from Wednesday morning to Friday night. Charlie and I spent Wednesday and Thursday evenings at playgrounds, then on Friday we went to Home…

I’m writing this while recovering from strep, which I also got last year. Probably the same source (Charlie via daycare.) Hopefully the antibiotics kick it quickly. I’ve avoided the worst of it by catching it early. Both Charlie and I had two days of being properly sick, then back on the upswing. It put a…

I didn’t write last week because I was out of town. Here is a recap of the last two weeks. As I wrote about in the last post, my Mom was here to visit and watch Charlie since he had the week off (daycare closed for spring break) and we still had to work. It…

Going to be a shorter post tonight. I’m tired from a day of shoveling compost and dirt to finish the garden beds project. We ended the day by sowing peas, radishes, spinach, and cilantro. Check out how nice our compost looks! The compost bins were one of our early pandemic projects. I’ve already used it…

We’ve all been sick with a cold this week. Charlie got it first and recovered the fastest. Amanda got it next and was down Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. I got it Saturday afternoon and was down most of Sunday. Hopefully I’ll recover quickly. Thursday and Friday after work/daycare, and Saturday after dinner Charlie and I…

The warm weather and extra daylight at the end of the day has been a welcome change. Every night this week Amanda, Charlie, and I spent some time outside after daycare/work and before dinner. We are dinner outside multiple times this week, went for walks, cooked dinner on the grill, got our outdoor seating out,…

Lots of rain this week, so we did indoor activities like going to the library, going to the grocery store, and making ambulances out of boxes. This box is still in our living room, though now Charlie calls it his “garage” and likes to hide underneath it while we walk around the house and call…

My birthday was this week! I wrote a post about it. I’m continuing to work on my workshop upgrade as much as I can. This week I: Things are starting to come together nicely and I’m pretty happy about it! I’m getting excited about working in there more. Posts also forthcoming on the general upgrade…