Church was church. A friend's kids gave a testimony which started with "my parents are having problems with their body parts-" and then he paused before explaining it was a hurt foot. It was super awkward. We have a new family in the ward- they have 4 kids 11 and under- and that feels big since our ward is so small. I heard the mom homeschools. That will be really cool if that ends up being true. I am tired of being the only weirdo in our ward. Caroline came to Relief Society for once. We chatted after and I get the feeling that she feels the distance too and I don't feel like she is going to make efforts to change that. That makes me sad.
After church Ben had a soccer game. Tyler was in charge of dinner so he stayed home with the rest of the kids and I went with Ben. It was a long drive (about 50 minutes away) but that meant the Ben and I were able to have some good chats about life- mostly about friends. He is also feeling the distance with his friend and sad about it too. Anyways his team lost terribly- I stopped keeping track after the other team scored like 5 points. In the end Ben's team did get one point so that was nice. Ben got a lot of play time and is doing better at being aggressive. Hopefully this was just the hardest team they will play and it will get better from here. After the game, I chatted for a minute with some parents of a friend of Ben's that is on the team this year. Nice people. Maybe I will actually make friends with other soccer parents this season? We shall see.
Monday evening all us girls went with Tyler to Target, Home Depot and Costco. We finally got the girls a new fan for their room. Their fan has been broken for awhile now and with warmer temperatures a new one was needed. It gets so hot upstairs. I thought it was fun that all the girls and Tyler were wearing blue so I had to snap a picture of them walking down the aisle.
Tuesday was storytime at the library and for some reason I was feeling social and struck about random conversations with new people who were sitting near me. I felt this need to share that I didn't just have one kid and all about my age gap kids with everyone I spoke to (whether they asked or not)- I don't know why I overshare so much. But one of the moms shared that she was 5 weeks pregnant to me, a pretty random stranger, so I guess I am not the only one who shares too much. After story time, I saw a mom I had talked to the week before and she came in for a hug. Maybe talking to people is a poor choice. I do not like hugs with people I don't know well. It felt so awkward.
Wednesday was busy. The girls had a dentist appointment in the morning. It went really smoothly. Ruby was a little wiggly but still very cooperative and none of the girls had cavities so that was great. Also that day I picked up a balance bike for Ruby and a bike for Lucy. Both were finds from Facebook marketplace. Ruby's bike was in good condition but I probably should not have gotten Lucy's. The paint on Lucy's is a mess (rubbing off, it turned my hands black) and it is squeaky. She just wanted a bike so bad and it was emo (black) with a basket which she thought was very cool and we had driven out 20 minutes to get it. So even though I kind of could tell it was a mess when we got there, I still got it. But Lucy is really happy to have a bike. When it hasn't been raining this week, she has been out riding it and listening to music on headphones.
Anyways between the dentist appointments and picking up bikes, we still had to squeeze in school work so that was a bit stressful. I was grateful when Penny's soccer practice got canceled that night due to rain. It meant I didn't have to hang out with Ruby in Milford for 2 hours. Instead Ruby and I went on an outing with Tyler. He dropped us off at the pets store while he went to Home Depot. Ruby had a good time giving the cats toys through their bars at the pet store. We also met one of Tyler's old co-workers while we were there. Tyler went out of his way to say hello. If it was me seeing a co-worker I probably would have hid, lol.
Thursday morning I got some things done around the house and then Ruby and I met Kara at the mall for a walk. It wasn't a great walk this time. The conversation felt a litle awkward at times, not sure why. I also learned that the preschool co-op that someone in the ward had started had moved to Thursdays, a day of the week that we could actually attend. I had told the lady leading it that we could do Tuesdays and Thursdays but they had decided on Mondays and Wednesday which didn't work with me since I homeschool the girls on those days. I was disappointed that she hadn't thought to update me on the change. It also probably hit harder because the facebook page I started for Relief Society has been a total flop. No one ever responds to anything. I had made a post about book recommendations for a book club and literally no responses. I just feel silly and left out and a bunch of trashy feelings. So I left the walk feeling down and I had a hard time shaking that feeling- especially because it was a gloomy, rainy day.
Friday after we finished school work we went outside and ended up joining Julie and her boys for a walk. Asher was super fussy, as toddlers can be, and she kept saying it was because he had to take Benadryl that day. I think it's funny that she always has a reason for why he is having a hard day- honestly he was just being a toddler and that's ok.
Friday night I introduced the kids to the movie "Arrival". It's a slow movie with lots of feelings so I am not sure if they liked it but it is still one of my favorites. It always makes me cry,
Saturday morning Penny was supposed to have a game but they cancelled due to wet fields and more rain. It meant for a pretty chill day. I took the kids to Chuck E Cheese in the morning. It was super busy and loud. Chuck E made several appearances and Ruby is apparently obsessed with him. She joined in with his little dance parties (even one that was meant for a birthday party group) and her dance moves were pretty cute to watch.
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