August 22, 2022 - Monday


All the kids are back at school today! It feels nice to have some peace and quiet. Ollie was super patient while I was in my meeting this morning and I let her come with me to take the big girls to their checkups in the afternoon. When we got back, Ben surprised me by saying he wanted to take everyone out to Granddad's for dinner. So we did that and then took all the kids to Target just to spoil them a little and get everyone a new little toy. It was fun and the kids were all happy. Ollie has been SUPER into Barbie's lately and today she got her first! She's been carrying at least one of her sister's around at all times. I love the imaginative play that comes with Barbies. I'm not a huge fan of the Barbie-ness of Barbies though. 😅

Big win today: Both me and Ben were able to go to HC tonight! Ollie hasn't been letting me out of her sight lately, but she stayed with Maria and didn't even fuss. Maria said she went to sleep easily and didn't get upset at all. 🥳 It wasn't like THE most stimulating night at HC, but it was still really nice to go together. I've been missing that. 



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