Some fun family updates!
This past Friday was Valentine’s day and each child had a mini-party in their classrooms. We remembered Valentines day cards for Ajax and he picked out Spiderman ones that each came with a littler ruler. Ajax and I sat at the table after dinner and wrote them out together. He was pretty proud. Noomi opted to bring in jello cups for her party, but I inadvertently bought sugar free jello.
Saturday we packed and cleaned and packed some more. Then we headed to Brighton to my cousin, Kim’s house for a family dinner. Ajax and Noomi were the only little ones there, but had so much fun playing with everyone and running wild throughout the house. Kim’s couches also had these large pillows, dozens of them, enough for Ajax to make a 4 ft mountain of pillows and then leap off the couch onto them. Noomi of course had to join in and it surprises me how tough she is. The kids ran so much that they passed out on our hour drive home, though Noomi chatted for about 15 minutes or so, while Ajax passed out almost immediately.
On Sunday we got the keys to our new home in Williamston. We took over two loads and let the kids explore it. Ajax picked out his room and both kids were quite excited to actually see the house. We noticed a few young kids outside playing and the neighborhood seems very family friendly. On the downside Ajax got his finger snapped in a mousetrap and that took a bit to calm him down.
Tomorrow is President’s day so I’ll be home with both kids while Mr. Dave heads into Dearborn. I’ll try to get them both outside, but it’s just been so cold this winter that they can’t be out for long. This winter has set records in the amount of snowfall and low temperature. When Ajax and I went out to shovel the driveway today I through him up onto the large build up between our driveway and our neighbor’s driveway, which is about 4 ft high and packed solid, so that he could run circles on top of it. When we trudged into the backyard the snow was up to my knees and I could tell that I wasn’t hitting the ground while walking, but only the densely packed ice/snow that covered the ground. Ajax followed in my tracks otherwise he would’ve up to his waist, lol.
Pictures are coming, but I was not able to upload them tonight. 🙂