School is in full swing with high schoolers doing lots of different things like Kate and Danny going to their school’s sporting events (photo stolen from friend Adrienne) and Michelle volunteering with the leadership academy (photo stolen from the LA president).
Most of the family hasn’t been feeling the greatest physically this week but Labor Day weekend had almost nothing on the calendar (N got to go to J’s birthday party and M volunteered at Bingo again) so Hubby took Michelle hiking in the gorgeous weather before the Chautauqua shuttle closed down for the fall. I was happy for them!
While Hubby and Michelle were off hiking, Natalie and I did things like bust out the sidewalk chalk because the weather was just too nice to not be outside. I have noticed that being outside is essential to me feeling emotionally well as I recover from my surgery so when Natalie decided she was too tired to hike I was glad we could do something outdoors together even if we weren’t up to hiking. She has been an absolute joy and a great helper in my recovery, even asking to check on my incisions when I put on new Scar Away strips. The healing is coming along slowly but surely. I’ve had some good days when I’ve overdone it (like when I hosted Activity Days at our house exactly 4 weeks post op) but recovery the next day wasn’t as hard as the last time I did too much so I took it as a sign of progress.
It has been a joy to be able to drop Natalie & A at practices and watch them play in their first scrimmages in perfect weather. We love the jerseys their coach MADE. Natalie and A even wore them to twin day at school.
Then on Saturday they had their seeding games — four in one day! Hubby took her to warm ups, watched the first game at 9am, and stayed with her and watched her second game at noon. Michelle had helped with the school district parade (photo stolen from my boss) and I picked her up, took her to the library to check out Born A Crime for her language arts class, grabbed lunch at Jimmy John’s, and she and I got to the field in time to watch Natalie’s second game.
Then she and Hubby went home after the second game (spoiler: the only game they won was the only game Michelle watched so I teased Michelle needs to come to all the games), then my dad and I stayed to watch the 3rd and 4th games. My dad took the day off work and watched all four of Natalie’s games!
P.S. At the second game N & A played against Cora, a teammate of theirs last year, and it was great to see them give each other hugs on the field after the game. We definitely chose the right team last year and I have hope we chose the right team for this year as well.
Maisie is not doing well with me being able to leave the house! This is a photo I took after being gone approximately 15 minutes dropping Danny and Michelle off at school when Kate was running late one morning. She went into the pantry, grabbed a new can of snack Pringles out of the container, opened it up, and was almost done eating it when I caught her. See that tail wagging? I did not think this was a good sign for me returning to work the next day. She did leave poop by the front door for me but other than that my first day back I felt missed and spoiled. They gave me all the easy jobs and even though I definitely needed to lay down with my heating pad when I got home, I was glad to be back at the middle school!
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