This week I am thankful for...
1. Productivity. I feel like my energy has been excellent lately. I've been cooking well, doing a 30 minute workout + often a walk with Sherlock every single day for the last 3+ weeks, I've gotten some random organization/nesting done (I just now realize that may be what's happening haha). Today we cleaned out Dom's closet, moved his dresser in there, and cleaned up his room. We organized some toys and made sure we have room for the inevitable toys he will receive in the next month and a half for Christmas and his birthday.
Nothing to do with productivity - maybe quite the opposite... Cute though! :)
We're going to get rid of the TV stand (it is moved to where his dresser was). Anyone want an IKEA TV stand?...
Dom and I spent some quality time playing with his reusable sticker pages. These are awesome. He worked on the grocery store page, and I did the fire station. I am pretty proud of my work haha!
(Looking for a toddler Christmas gift? Recommend! It was from my mom though, so I have no idea where it's from...)
2. A successful work event. Our biggest event of the year (last year we raised $542,000) was this past weekend. Of course, we had to pivot as it's usually a reception with 3-400 people and wine and appetizers. That's not possible right now, and things clamped down just a few days prior to the event even further. We planned a virtual reception. Keynote speakers Shane Doan and his sister Leighann (Doan) Reimer shared their life story over a Zoom interview. Then after the event I got to join the VIP Zoom chat with Shane & Leighann and a few key VIP guests. Dave joined the chat and got to talk to Shane for a few minutes after some of the others left. I think that moment may have made his month! Our kids were bonkers during the VIP call though which was a little embarrassing, but mostly funny. Shane apparently loved it... I was worried everyone would be annoyed by the distractions (just visual as we were muted). Such is life with two little kids and a dog! I can't share our total revenue yet as we haven't announced publicly, but the event went better than we expected for a 2020 COVID virtual event!
This is Shane answering Dave's question, "Who was your favorite and least favorite Canuck to play against?" His answers were... favorite: Sedins. Least favorite: Burrows... followed by Bieksa and Kesler. :)
3. Christmas decorations. We definitely don't normally decorate quite this early... But it's 2020 and the lights make me happy haha! We haven't done full decor yet, but have some lights up outside and in the house, and a garland on the mantle. The kids love it, it feels cozy, and it makes me not so upset about this quarantine business!
Checking out the garland
This outfit... has been worn so many times! By Dom at 1 year, Emilia at 7 months, 19 months and now at 2.5! Haha Dom only fit it the one time... Emilia still squeezes in.
I'm excited to start some Christmas traditions this year! We're doing an advent calendar with activities or something every day (may be very very simple... like "eat a Christmas cookie" or "watch a Christmas movie"), and we're actually doing gifts this year for the first time. I have no idea what our family Christmas will look like this year with my family and Dave's, but at least I can confidently plan for the 4 of us!
My beloved snowman. These black circles and orange nose are the originals from like 6-7 years ago when I first did this in our old basement suite on the fridge :) I still call it my fridge snowman every time even though it's on the pantry.
4. Foreseeing the TP shortage 2.0. A couple weeks ago I was at Costco and I had a feeling... I noticed a disproportionate number of people had TP in their cart, and while I knew we still had TP at home, I figured I should pick up a pack just in case. Well I went this week and bam! No toilet paper at Costco! Learning how to survive this pandemic haha!
5. Preschool Field Trip. This week Tuesday there was no preschool, but we were invited to join the daycare class on a field trip to Tynehead. Dom and Emilia were both SO excited to go to Tynehead with all Dom's friends. Emilia stuck with me the whole time, but after a few minutes, Dom was off leading the pack and gallavanting with some of his friends from preschool. He has a few besties that he gravitates towards for sure. So cute to see him in his own independent environment. There happened to be a wind warning that morning, and about halfway into the walk it started getting dangerous and made us slightly nervous haha. We all made it out though! (Came home to a power outage unfortunately). Dave came along too, and brought his camera so we got a few real pictures! Careful not to show other kids' faces, here are some from the walk.
Watching salmon from the first bridge (there were actually still a few stragglers that were still alive), while Dom goofs around with his little buddy.
Emilia marched almost the whole way while singing the Imperial March. She kept saying, "Me singing Lego Star Wars!"
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Can tell we've been to Tynehead before. There he goes leading the pack
Love seeing how much he's grown socially in the last 2 months!
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Dom talks about this friend all the time. He even "introduced" him to me at preschool one day, and they both waved goodbye to me as I left. Cute! "That's my mom! Wave bye!"
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