June 2020 Happenings

I have no idea what the official last day of school was but we had final Zoom calls with teachers and turned in final work on June 1st so I called it. To say I was done with the distance learning situation by this point is an understatement. I know the teachers did the best they could with no time to prepare for the situation but working from home while teaching two different grades about drove me to insanity (and wasn't great for the boys either).

June was still filled with plenty of time at home. Making book suggestions for friends, walks around the block, lots of time with the primos, and most exciting for me - I was finally able to get my hair colored again!!!

G-Momma got to spend her Birthday with us and it was so great to get to see her in person.

The boys' music teacher arranged for a virtual piano recital - each student came and recorded their pieces separately and she is going to have them edited together and then have a video release night so if we are free we can all watch at the same time! I made the boys pose for their annual recital picture in the parking lot but for posterity, required them to do it first with the masks they were asked to wear when entering the church.

We celebrated Grandma's Birthday and Father's Day at our house and then the next day celebrated Father's Day at Nonna and Pepe's - with a water slide and lots of time in the pool.

The rest of the month was filled with taking care of the tortoise, working in the garden, the boys being so happy to be back at Sonshine (and Mom being happy to be back in the office), lots of time at the new house making decisions for the very slowly progressing remodel, and Jon's hair getting bigger by the day.

Father's Day 2017

Father's Day morning the boys surprised Jon with some crafts and questionnaires they had worked on for him and we experimented with an oatmeal pancake recipe per Jon's request. I sent my Dad a collage I put together of the two of us over the years and him with the boys when they were newborns that made both of us tear up. We then went into dinner prep mode and the boys helped me make a pie and cobbler while Jon put meat on the smoker. As has become the tradition, we hosted a Father's Day dinner for both sides of our family. An added bonus was that Uncle Kyle, Aunt Kari, Annaliese, Haleigh, and Lydia came down to visit for a few days. We had a fun evening with a house full of wild children and the boys loved every second of having all of their cousins under one roof for the first time ever! It was a fun evening celebrating some of the special Dads in our family!

Father's Day 2016

We started Father's Day by giving Jon his gifts, including the annual "Daddy Questionnaire" both boys filled out, and having a quiet morning just hanging out including going for a swim after lunch. After nap/quiet time we hosted dinner for our families. We had a slightly smaller crowd than usual this year for Father's Day, but it was still a lovely time spent with family celebrating all of the great Fathers in our lives. Tio and Reed played an airplane tossing game that had them doing funny moves in the middle of the crowd and entertaining everyone. It also happened to be Grandma's Birthday so she got to share in the celebrating as well.

Tio, Lyla, C, and Aunt Di Di

Me, Gran, Papa, Grandpa, Grandma, Pepe, Nonna, and Jon

Aunt Di Di wanted a picture with all three kids - this is as good as we could do!!!