Week in Review

While Stace and I were away, the girls stayed with my parents, and Grandpa and Cora made a special trip to the sporting goods store. She's now the proud owner of an airsoft rifle and pistol!

My dad is a natural to help her with shooting, and helped her figure out her dominant eye, and what other gear she could best use, like a thigh holster for her pistol.

She put the target on the trash can to start practicing.

Cora had her turn to get braces on, on Thursday. She's smiling through the pain here - the braces aren't just on the front teeth like her first phase, but on every tooth, and the side ones cut her cheeks. She took a lot of advil over the next few days.

Violet's school had Picture Day on Thursday and Friday, and I helped volunteer on Thursday afternoon. Everything was socially distanced, and everyone wore masks, except for the few moments that the children took their photos.

I got to sneak a pic while Violet was posing. It was so nice to be in campus and see some kids and parents!

We took part in the a citywide cleanup day on Saturday. Stace and Violet went to pick up our gear - gloves, thick plastic bags, etc - and were also given some nice drought-tolerant bushes we can plant.

We started our cleaning behind the pool, where we came across this ugly pile of trash.

That's better.

Full disclosure - Cora didn't want to walk around the neighborhood looking for trash. But, she came along.

The girls went up the gutter on the other end of the neighborhood and found some junk to clean up.

 

It was a low-key weekend. Besides the trash pickup, we did some pool-time, some board games and some television (Timeless, a series we're catching up on and enjoying) and movies.