I am lucky enough to share my birthday week with my daughter. Our birthdays are three days apart, so we often end up celebrating together on the same weekend. This year Ainsley was old enough to decide on her own who should be invited to her party. (Although sometimes I think she would've been happy to invite any random person at the grocery store too.) The moon bounce was such a big hit last year that we decided to do it again. The kids had a great time bouncing, sliding, and eating pizza and cake. It rained for a while during the party, but that didn't stop Ainsley from making her own 'slip-n-slide' in the moon bounce. She bounced in huge puddles and went down the slide soaking wet (sometimes all by herself while the other kids were inside). She certainly wasn't going to let a little rain stop her from having fun!
Enjoying some pizza!
And some birthday cake!
Timmy helps her open a birthday gift.
Fun times with Bea!
Best idea ever... even in the rain!
No Hello Kitty party is complete without a matching cake!
And here she is, my little jumping bean, enjoying her birthday serenade!
I woke up this morning and a feeling of helplessness washed over me. All the unknowns are creeping up and threatening to smother me. It's a wave that comes over and over again. I get to the top of one and then another hits. I have always been a planner. Sometimes I worry. But I very rarely have anxiety. I try to focus on what I know and what I have control over. What DO I know? I know what will happen for the next 4 weeks. I know the kids have school until May 22 and I will do my best to balance it with work. Got it. I can do that. But what happens after that? What will they do all day when school ends and I'm still working and camps haven't started up yet? What if camps never start? Do I cancel the camps now and try to get some money back? Or do I wait and see if they cancel and give me a refund? Do I move their camps to later in the summer when they're more likely to happen? But if I wait to see if the June camps are cancelled then all the July and August camps mi...
It's Monday. 43 days down, 43 days left to go. I feel good about this. We've reached the halfway point, right? We made it to the top and now we just coast down for 43 more days. The kids had a decent day today. School work was pretty good, no major catastrophes, I was productive with my work. We got the house and fence power washed. It looks good - nice and clean and smelling like bleach. A nice way to start the week - fresh and clean. We can do this!
I’m sure I’m not the only one who started this quarantine and thought the Zombie Apocalypse was imminent. I did what all normal apocalyptic-preparers would do - I filled our extra 60 gallon water containers, I checked the date on my bucket of freeze-dried food, and I stocked up on canned goods and baking essentials. Clearly the stores would be completely shuttered and I was going to have to make my own bread and can my own vegetables by the time we emerged from quarantine. Well, we all know things didn’t turn out quite that bad, but an Ayres is always prepared! I’ve had a fully stocked pantry of baking ingredients so I’ve worked hard to keep something on the counter to eat at all times. Today I attempted cinnamon squares. The yeast didn’t rise as much as I thought it should’ve, and I didn’t include the pecans that the recipe called for since I have some nut-haters in the family. So you roll out the dough and the spread some of the filling, which was easier said than do...
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