Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Day 223

Big furniture exchange today in the theater room. Out with the old and in with the new, or at least some of the new. Remember "Big Brown"? He served us well but is already at his new home. And some of our new stuff has already arrived here, too. The girl's loft area is also benefitting from the rearranging. Fina is finishing up her Little Bo Peep costume for Halloween. I guess making that bow from scratch was a bit challenging. The family is doing Toy Story 4 for Halloween.



Girls' loft area with new TV.


Little Bo Peep from Toy Story 4.


Big Brown


Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Day 222

The theatre room got cleaned out today, including giving away some furniture, in preparation for a make-over. One of the things to go was a rocking chair that provided a lot of rocking in the day. As is often the case when Matteo stays after school for dodgeball, we picked up Chick-Fil-A for the whole fam damily on the way home.



High School 2020


Monday, October 19, 2020

Day 221

Amazingly normal day. And, the adults managed to get their voting done with a little Inspiration from Pear Valley Wines. Fina returned to dance today after a quarantine period high-school related. She and Jamie both got to say Hi to Bethanny for the first time after her wedding.


We were Inspired.




Sunday, October 18, 2020

Day 220

Everyone made it to church today despite the particularly nippy weather (it was in the thirties during church time). How many of you recognize Fina's pumpkin as Snow White's poison apple? Yeah, none of us did either - much to Fina's chagrin. The baby got to help pick out snack from the pantry. And read with Nana. All the kids and a couple adults watched Ready Player One this afternoon. Matt and Matteo grilled up some hot dogs and steak for dinner, and Tracy ordered.... Sasquatch Cookies! At bedtime, Nana watched Jane The Virgin while the other adults watched Better Call Saul. Well, actually, Tracy slept through the episode.

Have I mentioned that I now have an IMDB entry! Still following in Fina's footsteps (hers)...















Saturday, October 17, 2020

Day 219

Flu shots all around for the kids. Soccer game for the twins. Parlor Car Chat about a Guided Photoshoot on the SMVVR for Jamie (video recording here). Prep for Sunday School tomorrow for Tracy, Lynn, and Fina. Nana took Matteo and AJ to a live, drive-in show: The Grasshoppers. Matt, Jamie, and Lynn had dinner at Atmosphere Gastropub, always a treat. Jamie and Lynn have been watching Jane The Virgin lately; it's cute.

He's quite the crawler these days.

Jamie's new favorite plant - could watch it all day.

For Sunday School

Not sure what got this started.

Atmosphere Gastropub





Recording...


Friday, October 16, 2020

Day 218

The timing of the sunrise this morning along with Matteo's van-stop for school worked out to make for some very pretty mountains. Big CostCo trip so, among other things, Matt gets to chop up the chunks into steaks. We got a Pear Valley Wine shipment today from California which included some of their more unusual wines (aglianico, charbono, barbera). This shipment included one we don't think we've ever encountered before, at least knowingly. The grape is Nero d'Avola (Black of Avola, a town in Sicily). It's in the lower right-hand corner of the wine grape chart, super heavyweight and very high acidity. Quite fruity, but heavy fruit, like plum, and a little spicy/peppery. A little sweetness, too. Very Italian, the most important red wine grape in Sicily, they say. Matt really liked it; actually we all did, but he was most enthusiastic. See bottle photo below. Then there was a little infected toe to care for. David got his new night-time leg casts. The day closed out with a baby bath, some puzzling, and AJ doing a chemistry kit experiment with a friend.










Thursday, October 15, 2020

Day 217

Oxygen levels - excellent. Across the board. Despite some minor cold symptoms persisting. The walk to school was below freezing this morning; barely, but still. David had his last set of leg casts removed today. He starts with some braces (night-time, I think) as soon as they're ready. We had first reading for It's a Wonderful Life tonight.


Volkswagen puzzle