On Sunday afternoon all of us headed up to the cabin for a family BBQ. Hotdogs, fruit salad, and a photo recognition game my Mom put together. Each of us had an old picture of ourselves on a poster board and everyone had to guess who each person was. There were prizes and everything!
I left early with Nico because I wasn't feeling well, but Guy was able to stay later and Jonny and Alanna took him home that night. He very much needed time hanging out like that, as this was his first weekend in about 20 days where he wasn't working overtime. He was needing some relax time and he had a lot of fun with everyone at the cabin.
On Monday Nico and I went to Allicia's house and she made us tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch. She used tomatoes from her garden, and made a double batch. 8 cups of chopped tomatoes! Also on Monday I tried out a gluten free bread recipe. We use a lot of bread and will likely use more of it after we move into our clubhouse. Bread is easy to eat and very versatile. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, it can be used for everything. Guy will be eating a lot of sandwiches over the next few months or years. But he doesn't mind. He has fond memories of eating cheese sandwiches for lunch in elementary school. And we talk of someday opening a gluten free sandwich shop. Learning how to bake gluten free bread is the start of that.
We all tried the bread out on Monday evening, and Nico woke up the next morning with a tummy ache. He ate more bread for breakfast and his tummy ache persisted. I rubbed some essential oils on his tummy and then he asked to snuggle. He fell asleep for nearly 2 hours on the couch, at 9 AM. When he woke up he said he still had a tummy ache. More essential oils on his tummy and it was about time to make a decision of whether or not he would go to school. He wasn't lethargic or sad, he was very chipper, but always answered "Yes" when I asked him if he had a tummy ache. I decided to keep him home. I called the bus and his teacher. 5 minutes later Nico said "I want a snack"! I fed him and then he said his tummy ache was gone. So I think this episode of tummy problems was due to the bread. I will need to find a different recipe that Nico can tolerate.
Tuesday afternoon we watched Evie and Avery while Allicia went to an appointment. They had a lot of fun playing with Nico's race track and learning how to share.
This morning we met Grandma Salisbury at Whole Foods to go grocery shopping. Then Gma took Nico to the zoo while I finished grocery shopping. It was a fun excursion, and I'm so happy we can do these things in the morning before school in the afternoons. Thanks for the fun time, Gma!
We FaceTimed with Grandma Russell today to sing her the Happy Birthday song. Happy Birthday Gma!! Nico has been hand-writing birthday cards. I write out the words for him and he copies. Then I ask him what else he wants to write in the card and it's always different. We are sending the latest birthday card to his Uncle Tom tomorrow.
We got a tripod for my camera so I can shoot videos, and Nico enjoyed taking pictures of everything while the camera was hooked up to the tripod. I showed him how to use the handle to move the camera around, up and down and side to side, around and around. I went through the pictures later and could see his thought process, taking pictures of everything, not pictures of nothing, but pictures of everything. He took pictures of all his artwork on the walls, one at a time, pictures of me, pictures of the printer, all from the tripod in the same spot in the living room. He would sometimes announce what he was going to take a picture of next.
First tripod test
Nico's picture of the iPad
Cleaned my oven. Want to see? I used a homemade paste to clean it, I found the recipe online. You leave it on overnight and then rinse it off the next day. It didn't make all the ickiness go away, but it improved it significantly. I figured I needed to leave the oven looking nice when we move out.
Before
After
I do have a tip for anyone wanting to clean their oven: Hire someone else to do it. Pay any amount required.
Looking forward to just using my toaster oven and having less appliances and things to clean and take care of. There will be plusses and minuses to living so minimally, but it will be an adventure no matter what. T minus 10 days.
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