June 18, 2021 - Friday (256/365)


Day 256 of my 365 Photo Journal 

It was a rainy day, which always feels like permission to just hang out and relax. And I did a lot of that today! Brit came over to visit this morning (update: Anna smiles for me all the time nowadays!) and then we just kind of sat around during most of the afternoon. We did decide to take the kids out to dinner, which was ok. The service was kind of slow, so the littler girls started to get antsy after a while, but it was still a nice time. Then Ben picked up a 1/2 gallon of ice cream on the way home and we gave some to the kiddies before baths, reading, and bed!

Also, I've been using this 100 days to teach your child to read book with Ruby and she is doing awesome. We're only on day 9, but she is picking things right up! I'm really proud of her for her hard work and her excitement every evening. I should take a picture of her doing her lesson tomorrow evening, if nothing more artistic comes up!

I need to do the June photos of the kids that I keep on the wall in the den soon. I don't know why I feel so intimidated to do it. It shouldn't be too bad. I think it's just the overwhelm that comes with making sure everyone stays clean and has their hair done nicely before the photos that gets to me. Maybe this weekend would work?? But it's supposed to be rainy tomorrow, so it might not be quite bright enough inside to get good photos.

I've given up on choosing just one photo per day. If there's a clear best picture, then I'll do it, but since I use this space to journal, I want to have all the ones that were important to me!






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