tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-677495689746840052024-03-13T07:57:17.779-07:00Finlay Family FunMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11760408654040532763noreply@blogger.comBlogger652125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67749568974684005.post-67324293837005140782020-05-14T18:19:00.000-07:002020-05-14T18:19:17.720-07:00Fly on the Wall: Thursday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Our life, like everyone else's has changed quite significantly the past couple months. Instead of running out and about from one thing to the next we are staying at home as we do the little part we can to shelter in place while the Covid-19 virus spreads around the world. The last couple weeks in March when things were first canceled our calendars were completely empty. Slowly many things switched to being done virtually and we adapted. To compare to our life at the beginning of the school year (September when I last did a fly-on-the-wall post) I again tracked what was going on on Thursday, May 8th at our house. Here is a glimpse of our life:</div>
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The "ideal" plan that we made in March. We don't always stick to exact times, but mostly follow the schedule.</div>
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Our empty calendar for the month. </div>
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<u>6:30-News Check In</u><br />
We get a later start in the mornings these days. James and I are usually up a little after 6. Ethan still gets up about 6:30. Brielle and Preston like to laze in bed until closer to 8.<br />
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<u>7:00-Heading out for a Walk</u><br />
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With the gym closed we don't get to alternate, but James and I go out for a walk every morning and enjoy the time to talk without kid interruptions. James is still going to work 3 days a week and working from home the other days.</div>
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<u>8:00-Morning Schedules</u><br />
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We get home from our walk about 7:45. It's Ethan's day for making breakfast. He is making pancakes. He usually does waffles, eggs or pancakes of some form. On her mornings Brielle likes to make oatmeal, or she puts out granola and yogurt or cereal because she stayed in bed reading when she was supposed to be making breakfast.</div>
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I help Preston with the piano. Brielle comes out to take care of dishwasher and clearing counters.<br />
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I then head in the backyard to spray down our new patio<br />
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And then pack up a treat James is taking to work for his monthly meeting with the AHTs. He heads out at 8:30, driving instead of biking so he can take the cheesecake.<br />
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<u>8:30-Breakfast</u><br />
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I review the plan for the day with the kids during breakfast. Not much changes day to day. It's just a discussion of which 2 mile loop we are doing for exercise time, what our project is and what everyone's jobs are for the day.</div>
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The kids love the rainbow behavior chart we made years ago that we've used in the summers. They wanted to pull it back out during this extended home learning. In theory it is great, but I forget to move their magnets up throughout the day, so I usually do a big jump at dinner time.<br />
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<u>9:00-Exercise</u><br />
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We've been exploring every single street and cul de sac in our neighborhood. We've come up with multiple 2 mile loops. The kids like to scooter while I walk and listen to podcasts or books. They get excited about the bumps and especially when someone has the sprinklers on.</div>
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We stop by a little library to return a book. We keep a bag of clorox wipes with us during our walks for this purpose. We are lucky to have 3 close enough to choose from depending on which way we go.<br />
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<u>9:45-Project Time</u><br />
Today's project is to each clean out 2 drawers. Sometimes our projects are drawing or science. Sometimes it's getting caught up on schoolwork. Usually its cleaning/organizing/yardwork.<br />
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<u>10:30-School</u><br />
We gather at the dining room table. Brielle's classes are all computer based. Ethan has stuff he prints out and also a lot on the computer. I sit between Preston and Brielle to keep them on task and help during learning time in the morning. Ethan is the most independent. Brielle has 8 classes to keep track of and needs help getting organized<br />
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<u>11:00-School</u><br />
Kids still working on school. I am working on my duolingo spanish lesson of the day. Maybe 50 years from now I'll be able to speak a little bit of Spanish after 3 minutes of learning a day. :)<br />
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Preston's assignment was to make a mother's day card. He wanted to print a picture of me to put on the front. I convinced him to at least do one of us together so I didn't have a picture of myself on my card. I helped him find one he was happy with.</div>
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<u>12:00-Prepping Lunch</u><br />
I help Preston get lunch ready while Brielle and Ethan do their music practice. Leftovers is almost always the menu. Today is tomato soup, hummus, carrots and grapes.<br />
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<u>12:30-Lunch Time</u><br />
We sit and talk and then watch a Olaf at home clip. My kids have been loving those. <br />
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<u>1:00-Special Time/Jobs</u><br />
For his special time Preston chooses to learn the ukulele with me.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Ethan takes out trash and cleans trash area, Brielle dusts all the blinds and then take turns having special time with me also. </span></div>
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<u>2:00-Quiet Time</u><br />
Everyone finds a spot to read. I take care of some emails and phone calls and then start working on bills.<br />
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<u>3:00-School/Legos</u><br />
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<u>4:00-School</u><br />
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Preston has a google meet with his class. Everyone takes turn sharing what they wrote about their mom's for their journal assignment. His teacher has been great about keeping the kids engaged. She reads them a chapter of Charlotte's Web each day, and has done singing time with them also.</div>
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<u>4:30-Outside Time</u><br />
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I get dinner started, making a salad to go with pork enchiladas for dinner.</div>
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<u>5:15-Free Time</u><br />
Free time is actually catch up on whatever you didn't do time. Preston is finally getting the couches vacuumed. Brielle is finishing up school work. Ethan is done with everything and playing a game on his kindle. I finish making dinner.<br />
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<u>6:30-Dinner</u><br />
James stopped at the store on his way home since he drove today and is doing all the shopping these days, so he is late to get home.<br />
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<u>7:00-Relief Society Activity</u><br />
We can't get together in person, but have a zoom activity. Margaret made and dropped off a treat to everyone that wanted one so we could eat and chat about our "Roses and Thorns" or what is going well and not so well. James gets home and hangs with the kids while I'm involved in my activity.<br />
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<u>9:00-Night Routines</u><br />
Reading scriptures with Preston and getting everyone to bed.<br />
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<u>9:30-Clean Up/Finish Up Daily Routines</u><br />
I didn't keep up with pictures, but nothing too exciting. Went over the budget review with James. Did PTA Treasurer's report. Went through emails. Cleaned up Kitchen.<br />
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Reviewing calendar (a lot of canceled things) and deciding what to read next. Then to sleep to start the day again tomorrow. Which will mostly be the same except James will work from home.</div>
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Ethan enjoys being part of the action, whatever the action is. He loves to do service for others and will always go with James if someone needs help moving. He is swift to get jobs done so he can have plenty of play time. Ethan made a goal this year to be kind to Preston and it has helped a lot. They've always enjoyed playing together but now there is less screaming involved. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><b>Weight:</b> 100</span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> lbs (88%)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Hobbies: </b></span><span style="color: #333333;">Enjoys sports, music, building with legos or anything else and helping with projects. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">Loved playing basketball this winter and also taking guitar classes. Was just starting track and volleyball before spring sport seasons were cancelled. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your name? Ethan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">When is your birthday? March 9th</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">How old are you? I'm 11</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite color? Green and </span>Blue<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite song? Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What does Mom do? Mom stays at home and helps the kids with their homework.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What does Dad do? Dad goes to work and he's a veterinarian.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What do you want to do when you are a grown up? Be an engineer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where do you want to live when you grow up? In California</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you had 1 million dollars, what would you do with it? I would pay my tithing, spend it on what we need, and put it in my college for my kids.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite food? Salad and Pizza</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your least favorite food? Mushrooms</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your dream car? 2003 Grand Marquis :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite animal? Tiger</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where do we go to church? Duarte Ward</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why do we go to church? Because the prophet asked us to.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is something you’re good at? Sports</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite movie? Call of the Wild</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Chocolate Chip Mint</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where would you like to travel? Australia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where do you like to eat? Sushi Fire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Who is your favorite person? My brother</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Who is your best friend? Isaac</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite book? All the books</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite thing to do? Play with Legos</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What are you most excited to do this year as a 11-year-old? Go to broadway musicals.</span>Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11760408654040532763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67749568974684005.post-71917667394177984792019-10-03T08:00:00.000-07:002019-10-03T08:00:01.152-07:00Fly on the wall: Thursday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: left;">Last time I tracked and posted our daily life was 2 1/2 years ago! I wish I would have done it last year as our schedules change so much with kid life and it is interesting for me to journal and remember what normal is like.</span></div>
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So, I tracked what was going on on Thursday, September 26th at our house. Here is a glimpse of our life:</div>
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<u>6:00-Headed to Gym</u><br />
With the change of James's schedule working at City of Hope, he and I get to exercise together in the mornings. Last year we walked in the mornings together, this year we alternate going to the gym and running.<br />
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<u>7:00-Leaving Gym</u><br />
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Brielle and Ethan both get up and start getting ready while we're at the gym. Thursday is cereal day, so breakfast is already ready and James sits to eat with Brielle while I pack lunches. </div>
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Preston loves lunch box jokes. I've done them for the other kids through the years and never gotten much reaction, but Preston comes home still laughing about how funny the jokes are.</div>
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<u>8:00-Pick Up/Help Preston</u><br />
Ethan is out the door at 7:55-he likes to be there right at 8 when the side gate is open and the balls are out to play before school starts. James takes off on his bike around 8 for work also. I am picking up and starting laundry while encouraging Preston to get up and ready for school. I walk Preston to school about 8:20.<br />
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<u>9:00-Mow Lawn</u><br />
Thursdays I mow the lawn and do yard work. I am listening to "The Library Book" while I work.<br />
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<u>12:00-Prepping for Piano Lessons</u><br />
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<u>1:00-Vacuuming</u><br />
Listening to a Pres. Nelson Talk while vacuuming the house. At 1:30 I go to walk the boys home from school. They can walk home together, but Ethan gets frustrated with Preston's slow speed coming up the hill, so I usually go get them so we have a smoother afternoon. We found a nest in the tree on our way home.<br />
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<u>2:00-Piano Lessons</u><br />
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Helping Preston with homework. Ethan is excited to work on the backyard and is hauling mulch.<br />
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Ethan wasn't sure what he wanted to do with me for special time today. He settled on watching a how it's made together while I folded laundry. We learned interesting history about Ice Cream Sundaes possibly being created because soda wasn't allowed to be served on the Sabbath.<br />
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<u>5:00-Picking up Brielle</u><br />
We are listening to the book "Wishtree" in the car during our drive to pick up Brielle from conservatory. Once we got home Brielle got started on homework and the boys played soccer while I took out trash.<br />
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<u>7:00-SSC Meeting</u><br />
Finishing School Site Council meeting at school. James and Ethan are running out to pick up bolt cutters from a friend to cut off a lock (that I broke the key off inside) from side fence.<br />
Once I got home I helped Preston with his scriptures. He likes doing a Book of Mormon word search for his personal study.<br />
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<u>8:00-Boys to Bed</u><br />
Preston made a deal that if he hurried to get ready for bed I could read him 3 pages of Morris the Moose, which of course turned into more than 3 pages. It is his favorite book lately and he reads it multiple times a day.<br />
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<u>9:00-Helping Brielle with Math</u><br />
James has a lot of work to get done tonight so I cleaned up the kitchen and am just finishing helping Brielle with her homework so she can get to bed.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Preston requested toll house pie for his birthday dessert. He had a whole menu of dinner options he wanted and thought he could have all of them in one night! Broccoli Cheese Soup, Chinese Chicken Salad, Pizza, Potstickers, Hamburgers...we spread the food out all week.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Preston is enthusiastic and lights up a room. His emotions are extreme: when he is happy he is REALLY happy, when he is sad he is REALLY sad. All his feelings are very evident on his face. He will engage with anyone in a conversation and is friends with everyone.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">My name is: Preston (aka: Friendador, Friendliest Friend, Prepre, PJ)</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Height: 50" (99%)</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Weight: 54lbs (87%)</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Sleeping: About 11 hours 8pm-7am. As a 3rd child he often is out past is supposed 7:30 bedtime as we're involved in other activities. </span>When sleep schedules have been thrown off (travel, too many late nights) he will sleep in until 9 or 10 when given the chance. He still has bad dreams, but not as often...maybe waking up a couple times a month. He likes to listen to music to go back to sleep. </div>
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<span class="s1">Hobbies: Loves music. Plays piano and took a general music class. Hasn't had a desire to participate in any organized sports, but enjoys swimming and riding his scooter-especially to show me his tricks.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">What is your name? Preston</span></div>
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<span class="s1">When is your birthday? June 10th</span></div>
<span class="s1">How old are you? 6</span><br />
<span class="s1">What is your favorite color? </span>Red, Orange and Yellow<br />
<span class="s1">What is your favorite song? The Eye of the Tiger</span><br />
<span class="s1">What does Mom do? Wash the dishes, do the laundry</span><br />
<span class="s1">What does Dad do? He goes to work</span><br />
<span class="s1">What do you want to do when you are a grown up? Be a farmer</span><br />
<span class="s1">Where do you want to live when you grow up? At a home</span><br />
<span class="s1">If you had 1 million dollars, what would you do with it? I would spend it for a bunch of pizzas</span><br />
<span class="s1">What is your favorite food? My favorite food is Broccoli Cheese Soup</span><br />
<span class="s1">What is your least favorite food? Broccomole? (We're not sure what that is.) </span><br />
<span class="s1">What is your dream car? A limousine</span><br />
<span class="s1">What is your favorite animal? A zebra</span><br />
<span class="s1">Where do we go to church? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints</span><br />
<span class="s1">Why do we go to church? To learn about Jesus</span><br />
<span class="s1"><span class="s1">What is something you’re good at? Riding the scooter</span></span><br />
<span class="s1">What is your favorite movie? Lion King</span><br />
<span class="s1">What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Vanilla</span><br />
<span class="s1">Where would you like to travel? Ecuador</span><br />
<span class="s1">Where do you like to eat? Pizza Hut</span><br />
<span class="s1">Who is your favorite person? Mommy and Daddy</span><br />
<span class="s1">Who is your best friend? Brooklyn, my cousin</span><br />
<span class="s1">What is your favorite book? Piggie and Gerald Books</span><br />
<span class="s1">What is your favorite thing to do? Read</span><br />
<span class="s1">What are you most excited about being 6? Doing my birthday interview, which I'm doing right now.</span><br />
<span class="s1">What is broccomole? Guacamole? Hummus? No, I'm thinking of something, but I don't know what the name is.</span><br />
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We took the train to Palatine Hill, Roman Forum and Colosseum area. It was very cool to get off the train and see the impressive colosseum. </div>
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We stood in line for about half and hour to get tickets. Then toured the Hill and Forum. </div>
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It was fascinating to walk through the streets of the Roman Forum. We learned that the green door on the building in the background was at street level in the 1500s, so there was a lot of history buried that has been discovered in the last few hundred years. </div>
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We started the day by going into Vatican City for a tour of the museums and Sistine chapel. It was incredible. The kids loved seeing the pope-mobiles. We were thankful to have a friend that arranged a tour guide to help us navigate our way through the lines.<br />
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St. Peter's Basilica is enormous. The 'paintings' are all impressive mosaics, which were very cool to see up close. <br />
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We opted to climb the 550 stairs to the top of the dome. It helped give a better perspective about just how large the building was. The letters that looked small from the ground were taller than James.<br />
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It required some steep steps that are squeezed in between the inner and outer part of the cupola, but ended with amazing views.</div>
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We got to watch the changing of the guards. The uniforms of the Swiss Guards were designed by Michelangelo. They've been using the same design since 1506. <br />
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Once we finished Vatican City we decided to keep going to some of the other favorite attractions in Rome. <br />
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We stopped for some pizza to refuel and a carousel ride increase the energy to continue our walking tour.<br />
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Rome has water fountains everywhere. It made it nice to be able to fill water bottles or grab quick drinks. </div>
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Tossed coins into Trevi Fountain.</div>
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And checked out the hole in the roof of the Pantheon. </div>
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It was a long day with a lot of walking, but the kids kept it fun. </div>
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As with most nights we ate a late dinner back at our apartment. Ian was great to know what to shop for so we had fantastic home cooked italian food.</div>
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We would have loved more time to explore everywhere. There was a lot to do around our hotel, but we wanted to get to Rome. We got a later start than we hoped for when Preston accidently tried to walk right through the screen door of our hotel room. The hotel was very understanding after James tried and couldn't repair. </div>
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We went first to Pitigliano a city built out of volcanic stone with Etruscan ruins. It is known as little Jerusalem because of its large jewish population.</div>
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We then stopped by Viterbo and toured the underground caves. There we learned about historical uses of the caves as water ways, then where they experimented with Alchemy plus examples of Etruscan pottery etc. The tunnels were used as Air raid shelters when Viterbo was badly bombed during the second world war in 1943.</div>
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After a few frustrating attempts at filling our car with gas we made it to Rome. We kid swapped at the temple so Ian and Annie could attend a session and James and I could go in with Brielle to to Baptisms. </div>
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The visitors center was amazing, and there was a playground on site, so the kids were very happy to spend the evening there. It was beautiful!</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: avenir, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">We continued on to some thermal hot springs</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: #333333; font-family: avenir, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> in Saturnia. They are off the side of a dirt road, and you walk down a path that looks like you're in the middle of nowhere and then it opens up to these amazing pools.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "avenir" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">We went to church in Florence which was set up for tourists with english translation. We then p</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: avenir, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">arked at airport to take train into Florence. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "avenir" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">We got back to the house about 5:30 for a relaxing evening. Kids swam, we went on a walk around the vineyard…The views are stunning.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "avenir" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">We took the train from La Spezia to the last city (Monterosso) of the cinque terre. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: avenir, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">It was beautiful, but hot! The boys swam in the ocean while James flew his drone and Brielle and I soaked our feet in the nice cool water. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "avenir" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">We then took the train to the next city down Vernazza. It had a different feel. Long and narrow streets (crowded with tourists) that then opened up at the ocean. </span></div>
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This region is known for its pesto, so we picked up some pesto focaccia, which was pretty incredible.</div>
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We took a tour of a small farm/cheese making factory in the Parma region.</div>
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Parma is the only place in the world that is allowed to make Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. </div>
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They claim the flavor can not be re-created as everything (the milk and the grain the cows eat) is local to the region. </div>
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And also the guide claims they have the 'passion' that makes the flavor just right. The sprinkle of love that goes into a recipe that no one else can imitate.</div>
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We got to taste the difference that aging has on the cheese. 1-2 years is just right. 3 years makes it a much stronger "spicy" taste. Any spicy food we've had since then Preston has asked if it was aged 3 years.</div>
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After our tour we found a park for a picnic.</div>
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We then continued to Carrara where we got to take a jeep ride up to the top of the mountain where carrara marble is quarried.</div>
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The mountains in both directions are all marble, so despite exporting a millions tons of marble a year, they said it would take 450 more years before they reach the limit of 5% they can quarry.</div>
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Before leaving Lugano we spent our last morning walking along the lake. We had planned to stop at the shops to get some swiss chocolate, but found everything was closed for Ascension Day.</div>
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Our next stop was Milan. The Duomo there is spectacular.</div>
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Preston didn't care about the cathedral. He was just excited about feeding the pigeons. There are a lot of locals that walk around selling bird feed, but we had some nuts in our backpack that worked well. </div>
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We had a little hiccup when we tried to go through security. James was carrying his drone (didn't feel comfortable leaving it in the car for the day), and it was not allowed. Luckily Ian has a friend that works for security at the Duomo museum that was willing to hold on to it so we could explore.</div>
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The detailed carving was incredible.</div>
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We then went to San Bernardino alle Ossa known as the "bone church." Apparently the cemetery ran out of room for burial during the plague, so a chapel in the church was used to hold the skeletons. It was very cool, and creepy.</div>
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Santa Maria delle Grazie is the church where the Last Supper was painted.</div>
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We went through a series of rooms to dehumidify before we were allowed in the room to see the painting, and once we were in the room we had exactly 15 minutes. The history displayed along the walls walking in is also fascinating to see how most of the building was destroyed during World War 2 but the Last Supper was protected by sandbags.</div>
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Europe has many interesting vehicles, a lot smaller than we're used to in America, but these 1 person cars were our favorites. James was trying to figure out if he could fit in one.</div>
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After more the 20,000 steps our family was more than willing to have gelato as an appetizer.</div>
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Which gave them extra energy to play on the playground of the park outside the pizza place we found for dinner in Parma that night.</div>
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Lugano was spectacular. Wednesday we went to Mount Tamaro for more great views of the alps.</div>
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We rode a gondola up the mountain. </div>
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It just kept going and going and going. </div>
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The kids were thrilled with the playground at the top. We had a picnic lunch overlooking the valley after they had time to play.</div>
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After lunch we went for a short hike starting with visiting the chapel.</div>
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The hike went along the ridgeline and included a rockpile perfect for kids to stack and play with. </div>
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We then rode on the alpine slide. It took you over the edge as fast as you wanted to go. </div>
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Preston was very resistant to trying it out, but then loved it and wanted to go faster, and faster!</div>
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The attendant was from Portugal and appreciated James being able to converse with him in portuguese. So he let us all go an extra time.</div>
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From there we went down the mountain and over to check out the Verzasca Dam (made famous by James Bond in Golden Eye). </div>
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As is typical, Ethan was most interested in catching frogs in river.</div>
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Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11760408654040532763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67749568974684005.post-11936248442032711242019-05-28T22:28:00.000-07:002019-06-27T09:50:21.669-07:00Tuesday, May 28-Lugano, Switzerland<div style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Avenir, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-top: 2px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">
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We could tell as we were driving the night before that we were going through a beautiful area, but it was too dark to see. The view from our Airbnb was incredible to wake up to.<br />
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We had a slower morning, giving everyone a chance to rest a bit after the past couple of busy days and late nights in Venice. Preston slept in until 10:30!!<br />
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We drove up the mountain to the Mount Bre lookout. The roads were very skinny as we snaked up the road. What looked like a single lane road would suddenly have a bus or trash truck coming toward us. </div>
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There was a playground and some hiking trails at the top for everyone to enjoy.</div>
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We then went to the Castelgrande Bellinzona which was really cool to explore, but at this point it was raining pretty hard.<br />
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The family lives in a small section of Italy that is enclosed within the country of Switzerland. The wife was originally from portugal, so James was able to speak portuguese with her with Ian and his friend spoke Italian. The kids were all happy to play despite the language barriers. They were such gracious hosts.</div>
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Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11760408654040532763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67749568974684005.post-87870293868434486432019-05-27T22:27:00.000-07:002019-06-27T09:22:16.633-07:00Monday May 27: Venice, Bergamo, Lugano<div style="border: 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Avenir, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-top: 2px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">
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Our hotel in Venice was a historic 17th Century noble home which was later converted. There wasn't a dining area, so breakfast was brought to the room which the kids thought was pretty incredible. Warm pastries, hot chocolate, yogurt and hard boiled eggs.</div>
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We were also impressed by the chandelier in the bedroom. Murano glass original to the home.</div>
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We went out to the island of Murano that morning to see the glass blowing ourselves.</div>
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This was one of our kids favorite parts of the trips. It was amazing to see how quickly the artists could create such beautiful pieces.</div>
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We continued on the boat to Burano Island. It was raining, so we didn't take time to do much, but the colors of the homes were stunning and made for some great backdrops for pictures.</div>
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I read that citizens have to turn in an application before they paint their homes and are given a choice of a couple colors they could use. </div>
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And also that the history of Burano is a fishing island. It is often foggy and historically the houses were painted brightly colored so that the fisherman could more easily spot their home while out at sea.</div>
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We had just enough time back in Venice to jump on a Traghetto as our "Gondola" experience before it was time to leave the island.<br />
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We then made the drive to Switzerland, stopping in Bergamo for dinner and a chance to explore the "high city"</div>
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There were beautiful views from the castle walls overlooking the valley. </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">We said goodbye to our friends and their wonderful hospitality Sunday morning. We drove toward Venice and attended church in Mestre. With its location being so close to a high tourist area they were set up with translators available which helped those of us that don't speak Italian. </span></div>
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We drove to a parking garage and took a boat into Venice. </div>
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Then did a walking tour of the island.</div>
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We went to many commonly known spots like St. Marks' Square. </div>
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It was crowded enough there we made up a game of "where's waldo" describing people in the crowd for the others to spot. <br />
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But it was also fun to explore off the beaten path. It is such unique city. </div>
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We got to learn some interesting history about the original settlers along the way such as the spiral (snail) stairs made big enough for the horses to go up, the family known for the man who broke the Doge's nose, and not to sit in any of the corners (where there is evidence in paintings that men have used the corner stones as urinals for hundreds of years).<br />
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We ended with a spectacular view looking over Venice.</div>
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The kids weren't as fascinated with the walking tour as the adults, but they did enjoy counting gondolas and flying golden lions along the way. </div>
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And of course the pizza and gelato after we were done. Preston was obsessed (because of a book he'd read) with finding the bridge of sighs. We made sure to point it out, but I don't think we got a picture of him there once we finally made it there.<br />
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Everyone was exhausted after the long day, so kids decided to go to bed while James and I went out to see the sights lit up at night. </div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "avenir" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">We then got a great tour of the area from Illenia. We went for a short hike to a local church that was built in the 1200s. The views were stunning, and the kids loved just being able to run around and explore. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "avenir" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">We were amazed by our lunch. While we were out hiking Illenia was picking fresh herbs, which we then ate in our risotto along with Bolognese on fettuccine noodles her mom had made fresh.</span><br />
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Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11760408654040532763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67749568974684005.post-42164409417582253232019-05-24T21:45:00.000-07:002019-06-19T21:48:34.591-07:00Thursday May 23 (Travel) to Friday May 24-Arezzo, Bologna, Baone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "avenir" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Off to Italy! The kids were a little bit sad to miss their last week of school with all the play days and parties, but everyone was looking forward to our big adventure. We left Wednesday evening, flew to Madrid, Spain and then arrived in Rome on Thursday evening. From there we started driving north, staying in Arezzo for the night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Brielle had her first friend party this year. She planned out a Paris theme and sent me a google doc with the items we would need for food and decorations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> She and her friends had lots of fun painting like money, doing a photo booth,<span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"> building Eiffel towers with wafer cookies, having a baguette throwing contest (which had to be explained to the neighbors when a baguette landed in their yard). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Brielle turned into a young woman this year! She has been able to go to youth group and do baptisms in the temple (earlier than we'd expected), she got her ears pierced, and went off to sleep away camp (outdoor science camp for school). She has a sweet disposition and a fun sense of humor. She is kind and usually willing to help out.</span><br />
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Height:</b> 5ft 5in (97%)</span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Sleeping:</b> about 9.5 hours (9:00pm-6:30am), Bedtime is 8:30, but it takes her a while to get to sleep, and to wake up. </span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Hobbies:</b> Reading, Baking, Volleyball, Babysitting. Enjoys and does well in school. Worked hard to apply for an arts charter school program for middle school and was accepted to both the creative writing and integrated arts programs. Decided to do integrated arts since she is interested in everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is your name? Brielle Christine Finlay</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When is your birthday? May 4th, 2007 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> How old are you? I turned 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is your favorite color? Pink and Green</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is your favorite song? All the songs from Wicked</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What does Mom do? Stays home and cooks food and takes care of the house and takes care of us.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> What does Dad do? Goes to work at City of Hope and takes care of all the animals and does necropsies and all that stuff.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> What do you want to do when you are a grown up? Be a Veterinarian or a Librarian or a Teacher or a Sees Candy worker or an Ice Cream Shop Owner.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Where do you want to live when you grow up? Paris or Michigan or California.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you had 1 million dollars, what would you do with it? Pay my tithing, then buy some bunnies and a dog and a cat that can sleep with me. And then a house (actually I'd get the house and then all the animals) and then I'd get furniture and paint the walls pink and green and remodel the whole kitchen and my bedroom.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is your favorite food? Lasagna and Caesar Salad and and Breadsticks and Garlic Bread</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is your least favorite food? Corned Beef and Cabbage</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is your dream car? a Limousine, but I probably won't get that in my whole life, so I guess just a regular 5 person car, or a SUV. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is your favorite animal? Can it be a mythical animal? A Pegicorn (Pegasus and Unicorn)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Where do we go to church? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Royal Oaks Drive and we go every Sunday. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Why do we go to church? To learn about Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father and learn stories about the church so we can share it with other people.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is something you’re good at? Reading and cuddling with my didi.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is your favorite movie? lots of favorite movies: Love Kennedy, Just Add Magic (even though we haven't seen that for a long time), Not Cinderella's Type and Once I was a Beehive (so basically movies with Paris Warner)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Plain old vanilla or La Michoacana's Oreo.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Where would you like to travel? Paris, Canada, Greece and Ireland and England.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Where do you like to eat? Souplantation, In 'n Out, Cafe Rio and yummy places.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Who is your favorite person? I have lots of favorite persons.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Who is your best friend? Priscilla</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is your favorite book? I don't like that question. I have too many answers. I could list it off all day. But I like the Harry Potter Series.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is your favorite thing to do? Read and Bake and eat the stuff I'm baking.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What are you most excited to do this year as a 12-year-old? Go to Italy and start at CSArts in the fall and go to Royal Oaks again. And I'm excited for the back yard to be remodeled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ethan was able to have another fun birthday weekend. T</span>he kids didn’t have school on Friday and we<span style="font-family: inherit;"> had cousins spending the weekend with us. Ethan is always excited to have more kids to play with and t</span>he kids all loved the multi-day cousin sleep over and had so much fun. <span style="font-family: inherit;"> We went hiking and adventured around the town. </span>Friday we rode the bus to the dollar store for a budgeting activity as part of a Faith in God project Ethan was working on. Then walked to the library to pick up books that were on hold for Ethan’s California Mission project. That afternoon we hiked up to deer flats and went out to Cafe Rio for dinner.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ethan ran a 5k the morning of his birthday with Gramma and Papa Finlay. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Margaret signed him up on Wednesday so he hadn’t trained at all and hadn’t felt great the day before so wasn’t sure he could run that morning. He enjoyed walking and talking with Gramma and Papa for the first little bit, but then his competitive side came out and he decided to run. He took 5th in his age group and is sure he could win next year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The other kids and I joined at the finish line for “Ethan’s birthday party” in which there were all kinds of bounce houses that the kids were thrilled about and we told Ethan we had invited the whole city to his party. He chose all the food for meals on Saturday, but we had his official family birthday dinner party on Sunday for which he requested ribs that he and James started cooking Saturday morning by sous-viding them for 36 hours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ethan has grown up quite a bit this year. He is good with his younger cousins and likes to help out (although still struggles with being overly helpful with Preston who doesn't appreciate it). He likes whatever James likes such as if James mentions he likes a new song, Ethan will suddenly start listening to it again and again. He is very concerned about everything being fair and making sure he gets his special time (being the middle child is tough!) but when we try to do fun things and dates with him he often wants to invite Preston to come too. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">He especially loves his teacher this school year which has helped him become much more responsible with his school work and better about controlling his impulsive behavior.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">He is a natural leader. One example is with volleyball he takes it upon himself to be the self proclaimed 'assistant coach' constantly communicating with his teammates about where to go and how to improve. Last year he tried to play the whole court by himself as he had more experience but now is doing better and bringing everyone else's skill levels up and their team has been undefeated so far.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">He is great to help around the house as long as the jobs can be done swiftly without any attention to details. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><b>Weight:</b> 84</span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> lbs</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Sleeping:</b> 10 hours (8:30 pm-6:30 am) Asleep within minutes of his head hitting the pillow, but even when we get to bed to late he never sleeps in.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Hobbies: </b><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Has backed off from sports a bit this year to focus more on music, enjoying a couple of after school music classes and piano. Still also does track and volleyball. </span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Loves animals, especially catching lizards and frogs, and doing anything outdoors.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your name? Ethan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">When is your birthday? March 9th</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">How old are you? 10 years old</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite color? Blue and Green</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite song? Phoenix by The Fall Out Boy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What does Mom do? Mom works around the house and works with the kids</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What does Dad do? Dad's a veterinarian at City of Hope</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What do you want to do when you are a grown up? I want to be a veterinarian too</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where do you want to live when you grow up? In California</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you had 1 million dollars, what would you do with it? I would pay my tithing, then save it for other things, and trips.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite food? Pizza</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your least favorite food? Mushrooms</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your dream car? A race car?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite animal? Tiger</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where do we go to church? Duarte Ward</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why do we go to church? Because Heavenly Father wants us to</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is something you’re good at? Sports</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite movie? Planet Earth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Oreo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where would you like to travel? Florida Keys</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Where do you like to eat? Cafe Rio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Who is your favorite person? Preston?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Who is your best friend? Justin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite book? The Boys in the Boat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What is your favorite thing to do? Play outside</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">What are you most excited to do this year as a 10-year-old? Go to Italy</span>Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11760408654040532763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67749568974684005.post-92201865336058682852019-01-04T20:29:00.002-08:002019-01-04T20:29:59.281-08:002018 BooksMy reading goal for 2018 was to track the books I read. I didn't track any that I read or listened to with the kids, but I did track YA books that I read separately from them as I like to at least read a book or two of an author I'm not familiar with that my kids are reading on their own. It is hard to keep up with them as they like to read a lot also.<br />
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I not sure if I got them all, but from what I recorded I read (mostly listened to) 103 books. My favorites are Historical Fiction and Christian Fiction. I like uplifting happy and sometimes fluffy :) books to listen to as I do housework or exercise. Here are a few that stood out this year.<br />
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<u>America's First Daughter</u> by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie<br />
I read this book before going on a trip to Virginia and to Monticello. I loved that the authors took so much time to study the history that they were able to portray a likely accurate account of what happened. They obviously took some liberties in dramatizing, but I found it very engaging. I listened to the book and loved the audio version. I often paused to look up information and enjoyed this way of learning more about our nations founding fathers and those that influenced them.<br />
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<u>Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I</u> by Hazel Gaynor<br />
I loved this exchange of letters. I listened to the book and the audio version was fabulous with different actors for each character that really brought them to life and helped keep everything straight with who was writing to who. I loved the personalities and humor and how the author was able to bring in so much backstory through different exchanges.<br />
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<u>Counting by 7s</u> by Holly Goldberg Sloan<br />
I really enjoyed this book. I've seen it recommended and have gotten it a couple times for kids to read. I finally decided to listen to it and am glad I did. It is based on a sad premiss, but the characters are so interesting and it is filled with hope and growth. I like many of these same type of books that describe challenges that people go through. (Out of My Mind, Fish in a Tree, Wonder…)<br />
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<u>Chickens in the Headlights</u> by Matthew Buckley<br />
My kids had this book recommended to them by cousins. Ethan got it for Christmas (and its sequel) and both Brielle and Ethan have read them both multiple times. I thought they were both pretty funny and a great read for middle grade boys especially. Ethan was excited when he was home sick a couple weeks ago and we turned on a movie to find it was based on this book.<br />
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<u>My Own Two Feet</u> by Beverly Cleary<br />
I really liked her perspective of this time in history-depression era. I could imagine my grandparents living a very similar life. My kids love all of her books especially the Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins series so we’ve listened to many of them in the car as we drive. It was fun to hear about the author’s experiences and how she came to publish her first book. I read a few other children's author memoirs, but didn't love the others.<br />
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<u>The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ</u> by multiple authors<br />
This is probably the most read book in my life as I typically don't re-read anything. I've never thought to track how many times I've read this, but when I finish I go back and start again and it seems like a new book every time. I did track this last time as I re-started when President Nelson challenged us in the Women's session of General Conference this past October to read it again before the end of the year. This time as I read it I focused on the Savior and His love and mercy stood out to me.<br />
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Religious Fiction</div>
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<u>In the Field of Grace</u> by Tessa Afshar<br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>A good fictionalized version of the Bible story of Ruth that helped me better understand and think about what life would be like in that time period. I read a few books by the same author and like them all. We were studying the Old Testament in church, so as I read some of these fictionalized versions it helped solidify names of people and places in my head and make them more real.<br />
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<u>Daddy-Long Legs</u> by Jean Webster<br />
Apparently I like books that are letter exchange format because this was another one of that style. I was impressed by how much personality could be shown in one person writing letters, and there were so many lines in the book I loved. “The world is full of happiness, and plenty to go round, if you are only willing to take the kind that comes your way.”Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11760408654040532763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67749568974684005.post-5641348861931363322018-11-05T14:50:00.000-08:002018-12-15T14:50:16.726-08:00Chantilly, Virginia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Monday was our last day. We packed up and left Keswick to head back up to Baltimore where we were flying back home from.</div>
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We stopped in Chantilly to go to the Air and Space Museum annex. It was huge with so many airplanes on display.</div>
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And the Discovery space shuttle.</div>
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It was a colder and rainy day, we were glad for such a fun indoor space to be able to move a bit before our airplane ride back west. </div>
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There was some traffic because of the rain, so we cut it close getting to the airport, but made it. We spent most of the flight catching up on journals and independent study homework.</div>
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