School and Birthday

We have a family budget for spending on eating out, entertainment and electronics spending. It used to be hard to stick to it but with COVID + not living near anything, it's been a lot easier than it was while in Seattle.  This month, we had a surplus so we had a night of get-whatever-you-want in town.  We went to a Korean restaurant (we were surprised that there even was one in a small town) that turned out to be excellent and then for dessert Debbie got a fancy-ish bread pudding at another restaurant and then, at a 3rd restaurant (drive-in) the kids got milkshakes (chocolate M&M for Abby, cherry for Alex).  We were all pretty stuffed and satisfied by the end of the night.  Oh, and all of this was consumed in a picnic-in-the-car style given the circumstances...

One rainy day Alex got bored enough that he decided to cook something. This is fairly normal for Abby but this isn't Alex's usual go-to.  Alex made what he called 'rock surprise' cookies that were filled with sprinkles, chocolate chips, toffee chips, peanut butter chips and I-don't-know-what-else.  We were all a bit skeptical but we ate them all in 24 hours so I guess they were pretty good.

On non-rainy days we are eagerly working on our garden beds.  Even though it's still at least a few months before we can plant much it feels good to be prepping.  

This week included Alex's birthday.  Some kids might have missed big parties but Alex likes low-key small parties anyway.  He was quite ok with just a small group. He is very excited about being a year older and was talking about how monumental a year this will be, though he couldn't really put his finger on why.

We got some yummy super-sized donuts from a popup donut shop in town.  Alex has always preferred "donut-cakes" to regular cakes (and we don't blame him). He also requested pasta for dinner, of course.

One of Alex's presents was a "VR" kit for his Nintendo Switch. Alex, Abby,  and Greg have all tried it out though it made Greg a little dizzy and sick.  Guess he's getting old.

We're grateful to be healthy and happy right now, we hope for the same for all of you!