pa-jammy
Well, -ish. As close as I could get, anyway.
Linus is staying brown (well, -ish. As close as I could get, anyway. There’s still a greenish blue tinge that isn’t not kind of neat.) But Oliver wanted his purple back.
And then Miles wanted me to figure out this specific hairdo. (Did I mention I also cut his hair? Go me!)
Who said you need little girls to have fun with your kids’ hair? (I mean, hopefully no one actually said that.)
My hearts.
The boys were not barfers as babies. They didn’t spit up much (unless you jiggled them too much after a bottle) and they didn’t get many stomach viruses when they were younger. Sure, Miles yakked on me on a plane once about four years ago, but for the most part, we’ve done pretty well on that front. (Oh, well, there was that other time when I could see Miles was about to barf so I stuck his face down the front of my shirt to a) contain the vomit and b) prevent a chain reaction of cookie-tossing. It worked, and I am still waiting for my medal on that act of selfless bravery.)
Anyway, things have changed a lot in the past month.
First there was the barf on the flight to London. (Miles)
Then on the last day of our trip, lots more vomit. (Miles)
There was a fun incident not long after that resulted in cleaning vomit out of the top bunk. (Linus.)
Then I got a call from school the other day, someone had a tummy ache which ultimately resulted in puke all over a coffee shop bathroom. (I left a big tip.) (Miles.)
Last night, another bedroom incident, but fortunately not in any of the beds. (Linus.)
At 3:30 am, simultaneous barfing. (Linus and Oliver – see, they are identical!)
Today, just a lot more Ollie yakking.
I’m super ready for this to be over with, thank you very much.
Now, to make up for all the gross sick talk, here are some cute pictures of the boys lately.
Miles surprised me the other day by saying he wanted to go back to his natural hair color. Considering the amount of times I’ve told them their hair needed to be “normal” again, I was surprisingly sad about it. But we went to Walgreens and picked out a box of medium brown and this morning, put it in.
Before:
I’ve never kept track of the books I’ve read, but last year I decided to, just because I was curious just how many books I read in a typical year. Well, that kind of backfired because by keeping a list, I made myself read more.
I assumed it was around 100 books a year, and I wasn’t too far off. By New Year’s Eve, I’d finished 90. I’ll bet my actual yearly average is closer to 75.
What were some standouts? In order of when I read them, though I should warn you that I don’t remember the ones from the beginning of the year so much. So don’t ask why I liked the first third of the list.
Also, I was going to link to all of these on Amazon, but man, I’m kind of lazy. I really need to use GoodReads instead this year.
Well look at that. I must love you after all. I added links to Amazon. And I don’t even get referral fees for that. So you are very welcome.
Some more notes:
What were your favorite books that you read in 2016? Obviously, lots of my books were written before 2016, so feel free to recommend older stuff.
It’s my birfday! Woo! 42! You can read all of my thoughts on it here.
Last night I hosted a LuLaRoe party at my house, and my friends bought a bunch of clothes which meant I got some free stuff! Very exciting. I love free stuff.
I went out of my comfort zone with patterned leggings!
And there was yummy food including this UNICORN CHEESECAKE that Stephanie made. Isn’t it dreamy?
Anyway, the rest of the day will consist of work and lunch with Tee and hopefully Chinese delivery for dinner and then a festive adult beverage with my friends later. Yay!
Catch up on my blog posts about our trip here!
So, where were we? Thursday morning, I suppose. It was our last day in London all together, as George had plans to go to Canterbury on Friday and meet up with a friend. Linus wanted to go to a castle, so we toyed with the idea of going to Windsor Castle, but getting there and back would have taken up too much of the day, so we decided to hit Hampton Court Palace instead.
It was only about half an hour by train, so not bad.
I’m taking a break from the straight recap posts to write about the Harry Potter play. Since it took place over the course of two nights, I’d have to break up the recap, and I’d rather not. Read the rest of my posts about our trip here.
As I mentioned before, the boys and I went to the theater box office to pick up my tickets on Wednesday afternoon.
The doors opened at 6:30 with the show starting an hour later, but I wasn’t sure how long it would take to get from our flat on Holloway Rd to the theater. It only ended up taking about 20 minutes, so I was just a tad early. But I got in the line that was forming outside the theater anyway and just played Two Dots for a while. Read More
Sorry to interrupt my recap of our trip to the UK, but it’s the fourth of the month, so that can only mean one thing…
I can’t tell you how tempted I was to use this pic though. ❤
We left off on December 22 with Rachel and I doing our part to rid the world of wine and cheese. On to the 23rd…
Read about our time in Wales here.
Wednesday morning, the boys and I caught the train to Cambridge. I was nervous about the journey because I had three boys and two suitcases to deal with and we had to not just switch trains in London, but switch stations by way of the Underground. But not to leave you in too much suspense…it was fine. (George’s journey the next day, by contrast, did not go so swimmingly, but that’s not my story to tell.)
Rachel (Gareth’s sister) picked us up at the train station and we headed to a shopping center to meet up with her boys (Dan, 13, and Ethan, 9) and Pat, their grandmother. The boys were so excited to see Dan and Ethan, and it was really cute when they saw each other and were all shy for about 12 seconds. (You might remember, they visited New Orleans back in May and the boys became fast friends.)
We were going to be experiencing something extremely British that evening – a panto! Before showtime, we wandered a bit around Cambridge, getting a snack and seeing some of the sights.
