My brother Jordan and his kids came to visit for the long weekend. There was lots of energy and chaos and mess and cousin time for almost 48 hours. I focused on spending time with them, so I only have a few pictures of our time together. Thanks for visiting guys!
Sophie, Topher, Bryan, and I attended the elementary school's steam activity tonight. The kids had lots of fun seeing if ketchup, hot sauce, or soy sauce did a better job cleaning pennies (spoiler: the hot sauce), making bouncy balls out of borax and corn starch, and building structures out of all kinds of materials. The evening did end with a meltdown, but it was bedtime and we probably should have seen it coming.
Sophie has been looking forward to being old enough to get her ears pierced for years. Hold on, that didn't have enough emphasis. FOR YEARS. That's better. Since turning 10 in December she's been not-so-patiently waiting. Her day finally came on Friday. She picked out a pair of December birthstone earrings. So far she's been very diligent about taking care of them. Plus, she looks adorable.
Before:
Bryan often listens to podcasts while he's in the car. A few days ago he heard something in a podcast that prompted him to ask Google to set a reminder. He did all of this hands free and didn't check what the dictation recorded. Last night the reminder showed up on his phone. It said, "Ken job fast relief northern China."
That's right. "Ken job fast relief northern China."
We have no clue what it means or what he was trying to remember.
The kids all go back to school today. The only person that was ready was Topher. The rest of us could have used a few more days off. We were all so tired over the break that we had way more screen time than usual. That included this brother round of Minecraft. Topher was completely delighted to be included; his laughter could be heard all over the house.
