We've had a busy week. Ricardo departed for London last Saturday and returned home last night. I always miss him when he leaves, but I think Diego missed him more this time than he ever has. He kept saying how badly he wanted him to come home, how he didn't want him to leave for 7 days again, how he just wanted to see him and on and on. He never cried or was upset, but just expressed his desire to be with his daddy.
On Monday we went to Ruth's all day (documented in previous post). Tuesday was a great at-home day with school, cleaning, playing games and hanging out and then gymnastics in the afternoon. On Wednesday I had an open house at a hybrid school that we are considering for next year for Diego. It's called Veritas and they have a program where Diego could go to Kindergarten one day a week (9am - 2pm) and I would home school him the other 4 days of the week. It's a great option, but we still have to pray about it and discuss it some more. The open house was at 10am so I dropped D & A off at a great drop-off care place in Roswell for 3 hours and they were thrilled. They had an awesome time and kept asking when they could return. My friend Rebecca also attended the open house so we took advantage of the childcare (she also has 3 kids) and we went out for a wonderful lunch at a nearby Greek restaurant. Marco was with us, but having super baby along no big deal at all. I think it was the first time we had ever hung out without our older kids so it was such a treat to have 1.5 hours of uninterrupted conversation!
On Monday we went to Ruth's all day (documented in previous post). Tuesday was a great at-home day with school, cleaning, playing games and hanging out and then gymnastics in the afternoon. On Wednesday I had an open house at a hybrid school that we are considering for next year for Diego. It's called Veritas and they have a program where Diego could go to Kindergarten one day a week (9am - 2pm) and I would home school him the other 4 days of the week. It's a great option, but we still have to pray about it and discuss it some more. The open house was at 10am so I dropped D & A off at a great drop-off care place in Roswell for 3 hours and they were thrilled. They had an awesome time and kept asking when they could return. My friend Rebecca also attended the open house so we took advantage of the childcare (she also has 3 kids) and we went out for a wonderful lunch at a nearby Greek restaurant. Marco was with us, but having super baby along no big deal at all. I think it was the first time we had ever hung out without our older kids so it was such a treat to have 1.5 hours of uninterrupted conversation!
The kids were beat from the active morning so they were ready for an early bedtime. I put them to bed and then got things ready for Ruth to come over for a very belated birthday dessert night to celebrate her birthday. She came over around 8pm and stayed until 11:30pm. We had such a blast! It was also the first time that we were together without children so we relished the uninterrupted conversation and indulged in delicious desserts. It was a real treasure to have her here and to spend such a special evening together. Thank you, friend!
Thursday was another at-home day and on Friday we went to our regular playgroup. It was a gorgeous day and the kids were thrilled to be outside!
We were so excited for Ricardo to come home on Friday night. We all had naps so that we could stay up late to have a special dinner and play time with daddy.
Today (Saturday) we had some friends over for lunch and then went to Thomas' 1st birthday party in the afternoon.
Ricardo is watching Lord of the Rings right now, but I am not interested in it so he gave me the ok to do a blog post while he watches the movie :)
While Diego was practicing his writing, I had Alexia do this activity of transferring beads with tweezers. She loved it!
Diego says that now that he is 5, he would like to have more chores to do around the house. I am working on a list for him, but let him start by washing the dishes. Can't beat that desire to help out!
This was Diego's favorite part of the park on Friday afternoon. He is close to the top, wearing the black shirt.
Alexia and Evelyn swinging, with Marco hanging out on the grass.
You may wonder why our darling boy is always dressed in jammies. Comfort and coziness. I just love him to be cozy and warm and you really can't beat these jammies for that!
Love those happy faces!
Deven and his parents came over for lunch today. Diego and Deven have been buds since they were babies and it is amazing to see this pictures and to see what big boys they are! It has been almost a year since we've seen them so it was such a treat to have them here!
After they left, we washed up, let Marco take a 40 minutes snooze and then headed to Marietta for Thomas' 1st birthday party.
I missed the chance to get a picture of the actual battle, but here's Alexia and Thomas, post-sword fight. It was adorable!
Alexia's maternal instinct was very strong and she hovered over Marco, protecting him from the two dogs that were roaming around. She was so intent on her efforts to protect him.
Marco and Thomas have matching sweaters. We've always said that the two of them slightly resemble each other and it was so cute to see them dressed the same! Thomas is 6 months older than Marco, but is not a whole lot bigger.
Sweet buddies
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