First Snow

Monday night, Lucy's team had another volleyball match. Mariah's family came again. Lucy's group won all 3 matches despite only having 5 girls. Her team is pretty amazing. 

Tuesday I took the girls to Target because they love spending their money and they had got some on Monday for raking leaves for Sharon. We went while Ruby was napping (it was a half day so both boys were home to watch her). The girls bought Mini Brands and Penny made a mistake opening hers in the car and of course melted down when we got home and she was missing something. Her melt down woke up Ruby so I was not too happy. That night we met Mariah's family at the Commerce Library while the boys were at archery practice. Her husband was still out of town and she says she likes getting out. The library was super busy again and far too peopley for me. There were also a few kids that were super bossy. It seems that library may not be our best bet after all, for killing time at night. 

On Wednesday I decided to go to Ikea with Ruby while the girls were at school. The upstairs shower is a leaky mess so I have been just getting ready downstairs and that means I needed a little more storage space down there for all my things. Ikea had a thin cart for cheap that would be just perfect. Ikea wasn't quite open yet when we got out there so we made a couple stops. First we stopped at Home Depot to look at the Christmas decorations. Ruby was not a fan of the giant Santa, Grinch, Reindeer...they all terrified her. She did like the little singing dolls though. After that we went to Marshalls and looked at shoes for her. She had fun trying on some princess shoes that had a little heel. Then Ikea was open and we went and got my cart for the bathroom plus we found some new mugs for the kids. The mugs are much smaller and don't take up all of our counter space. It was a good outing. However, Ruby has taken to falling asleep in the car again, and I had a tough time keeping her awake on the drive home. I kept rolling down the windows but than felt bad because it was cold and made her cry. 

Thursday we woke up to a bit of snow. Ruby was not a fan of playing in it at first and I realized she probably needed some snow pants. Lucky for me I found a cheap pair on Facebook Marketplace close by so I picked them up during her nap. Then when she woke up, we dressed her up and let her go play in the snow. She had a little more fun and she was especially a fan of any puddles she can stomp in.

Thursday night we decided to try out the Westacres Library instead and that one was completely dead. It is so much neater and quieter but that almost made it a little boring, lol. Apparently we can't be happy.

Friday morning we had some intense drama with Penny over practicing her multiplication facts. I really wish I could find the proper way to deal with her melt downs. They are always over different issues and it just feels hard to find something that consistently works. That night the older 3 had a youth temple night so the younger 2 went with us to Culver's for dinner. 

Saturday the boys had an archery tournament. We found out earlier this week that Steven had placed 8th at the last one and got a medal! He was the first from Walled Lake to medal in a competition. Yay! But unfortunately this competition was not his best. He ended up with a 249 (26 less than the last competition). Ben scored a 148. It was his first competition and he definitely has lots of room to improve. 

 

While they were at their competition I decided to take the girls to the mall and we brought Lucy's friend, Claire, with us. We had a weird experience when we arrived and the automatic doors did not open all the way for us. We had to push through a small crack. Then the girls took a long time shopping at the store "Claire's" which was rough with Ruby. Ruby just wanted to touch everything and pull everything down. I decided after that to let them be independent and go do some shopping without me and Ruby for a little bit. Honestly it made me super anxious to let them be on their own and on top of that, Ruby got crabby because she wanted a snack and she did not like what I had packed (she kept signing "food"). While we were going up and down on an escalator we saw the girls and I felt relieved to be back with them. Apparently in the half hour they were being independent they only went to the candy shop and they spent all their money. They had some fun at the Crocs store and then we all decided it was time to head out. We made one quick stop to look at puppies on our way out. Everybody loves the puppies.