Thus far 2016 has been pretty laid-back and mellow. We've been kicking back, mostly at home and spending a lot of time playing games, watching movies and watching the playoffs while we prep for Superbowl (Go Patriots!). We have done a few small things though. Since receiving some Christmas money, this little girl has been begging to go back to Build a Bear to make a real bear and spend hers. So since we had a little time on a Friday morning before preschool, I finally took her to do just that. Meet Lila the pink bear.
I also took the boys to spend theirs. Caleb opted to spend his on a Chrome Cast for his room to be able to access the media server from there (so boring and grown up-ish, right?). Zaden bought some new characters for his Lego Dimensions game and Zaric opted for a fake pet bird, that talks and whistles.
We took a quick road trip to Evanston to get a piece of the 900 million Jackpot Powerball. And won a whopping $7. Skunked again!
Zaden and I made a couple small stylish changes. First up, I added some pink highlights t my hair.
And after he broke his glasses, again.....we went to get those fixed and also ordered him a second handsome pair. Here's what he picked out.
Faith managed to pick up a sinus infection and some sort of eye infection that kept her down for a couple days, but after a trip to the Dr. and a few doses of antibiotics she's good as new!
But the most exciting thing that's happened thus far is when the boys and I had some extra time on Friday while waiting for Faith and I took them to look around Petsmart. Mike and I had been discussing letting Zaric get a small pet for a bit now. He's a huge animal lover and it's been suggested as part of his therapy, in my recent readings, for his anxiety. So while there, and he was drooling over every animal we saw, he asked for the millionth time if he could "maybe get one someday." So I surprised him and told him that he could get either a hamster or a guinea pig. After meeting a couple of both, he opted for this little nugget. Meet our new hamster, Shylo.
All of the kids love her. So far they've been checking on her first thing in the morning, having me put her in the ball for exercise in the mornings while she rolls around the house and being very responsible about making sure she has food, water and feeding her treats. She's still pretty skittish about being held, but we'll keep working on that. We'll see when it comes time to change her bedding in the cage for the first time this week, how well that goes. But so far, I've really been impressed with his attitude toward the responsibility of a pet and with how well the other kids have taken to the idea and wanting to help. Hopefully that lasts.
And that's it in a nutshell so far. Still a week to go, maybe we'll actually go do something for a change.....and then again, maybe not. Who knows?
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