Love you USPS

This Post Office shit is CRAZY. I mean, seriously. Let people send their damn mail-in ballots! And get their medication! And letters from deployed men and women in the armed forces! Just say NO to dictatorship.

First kid vs second kid

Georgie had books read to her all the time, nursery rhymes and lullabies sung to her, plus classes like water babies and Gymboree. Poor Beau is lucky to gnaw on an old book with the cover ripped off, all he hears are songs from Frozen and Moana, and all the classes are cancelled due to COVID. Here's hoping he will be a resilient little dude...

Yasssss Kamala

I haven't felt this excited or hopeful about the country in 4 years.

Survival mode

Made it Friday-Sunday with the kiddos by myself, and no one had to get stitches or got food poisoning. We even made it to the zoo! I forced my mom go to Austin to see my brother and her other grandson, who she had not seen since February, and try to get some rest. (Of course when she got back I was like "bye" and went for a solo bike ride to relieve stress)

We may have watched several movies, had too much tablet time and ate things like chicken nuggets, but we all survived. And it felt good to be able to do that.

Aw

Georgie is so in need of playmates, today the tree guys came to trim some trees and G stood at the window waving at them, calling out "I love you! You are my precious friend!"

Bless it.

Disney +

Really loving Disney +. From Hamilton (which we finally finished this weekend, after starting it over the 4th of July - hellooooo, parenthood) to Frozen to old-school classics, it really is fun for all. I found a show called Encore produced by Kristen Bell where they bring back a high school musical cast to perform again, like 25 years later. Hilarious.

But if I had a complaint (which I always do), I would ask: bring back the 90s Mickey Mouse Club (Britney! Justin! Keri!) and the old Hayley Mills classics (Parent Trap! Pollyanna!). Y? Because we like you!

Crisis averted

I have been trying to post since Thursday - for a brief second I thought I had reached my blogging limit! (It HAS been 11 years, after all)

But we BACK guys. I'm sure all 5 of you who read this are thrilled. :)

I have been interested in getting another dog - because what's a little more chaos around here - and found a very sweet white lab mix up for adoption. She is 4, found on the streets, and unfortunately has heartworm. But is going through treatment, so Georgie and I met her yesterday at a dog park with her foster. She gave us some licks but it was hard to really play with her because of the distractions of other dogs and my fear of getting her heart rate elevated. Would like to see if she can come visit us at our house and meet the baby (and my mom, who is not on board with this idea at all) before we make a decision. Her name was Lily, is now Bailey, and we would call her Daisy. (Not that I'm getting attached, haha)

Stay tuned...