Saturday night Ruby was up off and on and I wasn't able to get much sleep. I ended up sleeping in later than I usually do Sunday morning and I had to rush to get everyone ready for church. I might have considered skipping church, but Ben had a talk, it was a Relief Society Sunday and I had a meeting after church.
Ben did well with his talk- he told a funny story about how he thought he was doing service for me by coloring on things in the bathroom-with sharpie. Then I spent most of Relief Society busy- talking with a sister who rarely comes, taking attendance, printing out a new sheet for the missionary calendar and then passing the missionary calendar around. After church we had training by the stake rs presidency. It was a useful meeting and I feel like we have a better understanding of what our roles are. I think we have some room for improvement. After the meeting I had no other plans so it made for a nice Sunday. We video chatted with my parents, I made homemade toffee, and we played some of our favorite games.
Monday was busy. I spent the morning cleaning and then Penny's friend, Claire, came over around lunchtime. This was our first time having her over and I think they had a good time. I took them thrifting so they could find a purple shirt for color day at their school. They ended up finding a pretty cool 80's/90's outfit and they each took a piece of it- Penny got the pants and Claire got the jacket. The outfit was honestly more neon green than purple but they liked the idea of matching and then wearing some purple accents. I could not convince them otherwise. I told Penny she was going to have to wear that outfit with confidence- and she did!
That night there was Senior Academic Excellence Night but Steven had no desire to go. I was honestly grateful he didn't want to go because it was supposed to be 2 hours long and that felt like that would be really awful with a toddler. My friend Stacey went and said it was super boring and all of the same kids won awards. Does not sound like we missed anything.
Instead of going to that, we went to Costco and Home Depot. At Home Depot we picked out flooring. I can't wait until we replace our gross flooring and have something a bit nicer. Although I am not excited about the upkeep. Carpet may be gross but vacuuming is easier than cleaning vinyl flooring. Ruby's favorite thing to do at Home Depot these days is to pet all the carpet samples. It is quite funny.
Tuesday we skipped library time because Ruby had a pretty gross runny nose and sounded pretty congested. Instead I spent most of the moring working on the newsletter for relief society and posting relief society events on the facebook page. It really wasn't that much but somehow it consumned my morning.
Tuesday after I got back from picking up the girls, Ruby decided she just wanted to hang out in my car. We literally spent an hour in there with her playing and me reading. At one point our bug guy came and I wondered what he thought of me sitting in the car for so long.
After dinner we went on a walk with Julie and Asher. Ruby and Asher spent a long time jumping of the dock (it wasn't out in the water yet). They would jump off and we would catch them. Another family that Julie knows came to play on it too and gratefully, their dad caught Ruby when she jumped before I could get there. She is far too brave.
Wednesday morning was full of lots of math, a work out, a little baking, and I took Penny to her orthodontist. Her orthodontist told her she has to turn the key on her expander 12 more times. She doesn't love that, but at least the end is in sight.
Wednesday evening I took Penny to soccer practice. It was raining in the beginning so I left Ruby at home with Tyler. It was really nice to just sit in my car, watch a show and draw my day.
Thursday had a rough beginning. I went to start the car so it could warm up before I took the girls to school and realized Ruby's car seat was not there. It was in Tyler's car and he was already at work. I panicked. I couldn't take Ruby that far (and back) without a car seat. I thought of Julie and asked if I could borrow Asher's car seat but she didn't get back to me. I ended up calling Sharon and asking her if she could watch Ruby. She was so nice and said "yes". I feel so grateful to her and her willingness to help. She read with Ruby, let her pick a tulip from her yard, had her play with her dogs, colored with her and gave her a giant mug full of juice, lol. She had a great time and the girls were able to get off to color day at their school.
Tyler was nice and brought the car seat home. He arrived shortly before I got home so that Ruby and I were still able to go to the Preschool Co-op. She still had a bit of a runny nose but I decided to go anyways. Hopefully she didn't disease everyone. It ended up just being a play date. The ladies got to chatting so much that there wasn't time for any singing or lessons. One of the ladies in the Ward (that I don't think likes me much) got on a tangent about why she essentially doesn't like our ward- it doesn't feel like a family, there are not enough ward activities. The thing is, she has made friends with most of the young families in the ward and does things with them so I am not sure what she thinks she is missing out on. Our ward as a whole is a bit of a dysfunctional family in my opinion (and I am ok with not hanging out with them often). Anyways she tried to arrange a Ward Memorial Day BBQ at my beach, even contacted the Bishop, but it didn't take. However, it sounds like I will be hosting these ladies and their family at my beach for Memorial Day. Not sure how I feel about that.
After that fun, Ruby and I went to the girls school for Lucy's ukulele recital. First we got to watch a dance recital, and that can feel awkward to watch. Then came the ukuleles. Lucy played a lot of fun songs "Row Row Row Your Boat" "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" "Jeopardy" "You are my Sunshine" "Jurrasic Park" "Island in the Sun" "Riptide". She seemed to do well but it was hard for all the kids to stay together on songs. Ruby wasn't too crazy during it, but she did make it challenging for me to record the songs.
After school we took Penny's friend, Mia, home with us. Julie happened to be walking by when we pulled in our driveway so I ended up inviting her and Asher in- it was cold outside. Ruby and Asher have strated to interact more. Ruby did Asher's makeup (and then he did hers) and then they took "naps" on the couch. They also had a gigglefest over opening and shutting the toilet. They are cute.
After dinner Penny and her friend played outside. For some reason it felt a little warmer than when we had gotten home from school. Mia and Penny had fun giving each other wagon rides and then painting their faces with side walk chalk.
Then I baked some cookies as a thank you for Sharon and we had pizza for dinner. That night Tyler and I watched Black Phone 2. It was very disappointing. It was too much about gore and special affects and not enough about plot.
Saturday morning Penny had a soccer game. It was another cold game- 40 degrees. It didn't feel too bad when the sun was out and the wind wasn't blowing, but when the opposite happened it was cold. Ruby made a friend while we watched the game, her name is Alice. Ruby really insterted herself but Alice seemed more than happy to welcome her. They had a fun time running around in circles. Penny's team ended up tying one to one.
