Ultimate Sunday 1
Game day for the middle school frisbee team! The Mavericks won both of their games!
Tag: Shecklet #1
May Day
It was a gorgeous day today – full of activities, family, and friends.
Shecklet #1 went north last night and has been working at Nissedalen – doing with manual labor. Grandma Patti has kept us in the loop by sending photos of their progress.
The girls had track meets this morning and did a great job! The weather was a million times better today than last week. It was so much fun seeing the encouragement the girls had for each other as well as the fans in the stands cheering for the kids as they ran towards the finish line.
After track, Shecklet #4 went to her Aunt Larissa’s for her birthday overnight. (The kids look forward to this opportunity every year!) One of their projects was a fairy garden 🧚♂️
Shecklets #3 and 2 hung out at home while Jake and I attended the First Communion mass of our goddaughter. It was so good to see her and her family! It had been about a year and a half since we last saw them in person.
On our way home, we picked up take-out from a local Mexican place. Delish! And so nice to not have to cook or clean up any dishes!
I had a nice call with one of my aunts this evening – we got caught up in life and tried to solve a few of the world’s problems in the process 😊
Today has been a great start to May!
Practice Golden Birthday #15
Shecklet #1 is heading to the lake to help with some wiring tomorrow, so we decided to do a “take 1” on his golden birthday. (Most of his presents were related to the electrical work.)
He requested pizza for dinner and an ice cream cake for dessert. (He wrote 15 as Roman numerals 😂. And yes, the cake slid from its base, so it’s a tad rough. But still delicious!)
Happy (almost) birthday to my oldest Shecklet! We’ll celebrate again in a couple of weeks!
Growing friends
Group picture of these kiddos – missing Shecklet #3 because she had to leave for track. Our kids don’t get to see all of them very often, but when they get together, they fall right back in to their friendship. It is so fun to see them growing up.
And here are the mamas who are never in photos, let alone photos together.
2nd park day
Two days. Two parks. Two moms. 8 kids. The fact that this group of kiddos get along so well is a rare feat we don’t take for granted!
The last time this crew was together was back in July 2020. Needless to say, they’ve all grown a bit since then!
Puzzles and lollipops
My aunt in SD sent the Shecklets a surprise package with a few fun treats inside. It’s always great getting mail that you’re not expecting! And the puzzle she sent is something Shecklet #3 can easily do with both of her hands 😊
Seeing pink
Our nephew is gaining a co-pilot later in the year and we are SO excited!
The news was shared with us at my MIL’s birthday party dinner tonight. First we saw our nephew’s shirt and then later, he gave Grandma Patti a flower with a little balloon that says “Baby Girl” along with an ultrasound photo on pink paper.
Crafty Saturday
It’s freezing here in MN. I know that’s not surprising. However, when the high temps are in the single digits and the “feels like” temps are below zero, there’s not much that you can safely do outside. (Jake and Shecklet #4 went skiing last night for a couple of hours before the temps really dropped and it was 🥶.)
I told the kids today was going to be a “screen break day,” so not to ask me or their dad to watch movies or play video games. They asked if we could invite one of their aunts over, and I told them they could see if she was free. She was. And she brought over some of her her craft supplies.
The kids made perler bead creations and did a few projects with the Cricut, including a super cute birthday banner for Shecklet #4’s upcoming birthday. I sorted a new batch of perler beads throughout the afternoon/evening while the crafters worked. At the end of the night, we finished sorting the whole bucket of 8,500 beads!
Here’s what was made today.
Uncle & Nephew
During a brief shopping date to Fleet Farm, Jake came across this bowl and it reminded him of a photo of our nephew from last year.
We also have this photo of Shecklet #1 from when he was a similar age to our nephew. ☺️
And this one from Shecklet #3 taken when she was about 8 months old.
