To start out the month Daddy had a long fun bike ride along Huntington Beach with Roman and other good buddies. Later that day, we "attended" our first virtual wedding for Scott who is one of the great gymnastics coaches at the gym. We also celebrated Haiden's 10th with our first of 3 drive by birthday's of the month.
We are so grateful to be in the situation we are given the circumstances! We are thankful that all our friends and family are safe through another tragic fire season. We are proud of all the strength they have and love we share.
We've enjoyed the extra time together as a family and have been trying to make the most of it. We have searched through the under stair storage to bring out a plethora of games, magnetic roller coaster builds, crafts and puzzles. Baking together is also a fun go to for a treat. We pretty much play all card games that we can think of or know. The trampoline still gets really good use. Maybe not as much as when we weren't at gymnastics 5 days a week, but there is still time on the weekend for Daddy. And the garage roof is always a popular hangout for the girls on occasion. Daddy also brought home a VR set to check out have have some fun with. Bike rides are for sure a go to when we need to get out as a family! There is a great parking structure to go on the weekends to ride all around. The best is obviously going back down the ramps after the hard work getting up. We went with the Marshall's and Knobe's one time, then with the Marshall's and Vigliotti's the next.
We've gotten at least a little time to work on the Bronco as a family and figured out how to get the vacuum system working for the internal air vents!! As before mentioned it has been used for 3 drive by birthday celebrations this month. The next was for Emery, and then celebrate Shawna becoming a teenager. Still researching how to get the radio installed and blasting the beats.
The kids are working on their creativity. Kaylee, with permission used spray paint on the grass to start a wood project and paint her name in the grass. She also is trying her best to find things to do getting out of the house during school breaks. She started and continues to practice riding Mommy's skateboard, taking Porter on walks, and going on bike rides around the block. Her go to snack during break time is a fruit smoothie that she makes using our Ninja.
On a different note, Kaylee had been wanting her ears to be pierced for quite some time. She has been working on her integrity as a person, understanding of the responsibility and we all decided as a family that we would look up the best way possible. She got them done on Uncle Matt's birthday because that just happen to work out with our plan, and Happy Birthday to Uncle Matt. We went to Envy Body Piercing in Downtown LB and had an amazing experience. I give credit to Rena who did the piercing, but Kaylee blew me away. She asked questions and was completely ready even after watching needle piercings being done. They haven't bothered her since.
Cienna was super excited to go through her book shelf and expand her collection with new books in some of her series with a trip to Barnes and Nobles. She has read a ton on the laptop, but was happy to have the books in hand. She's gone through them like crazy. She has also kept up her painting on canvas and other fun backgrounds. She has continued to excel on her clarinet even with the challenges of online learning. There was some miscommunication that led Cienna to be unsure that her teachers recognized her with the online learning as being an amazing student, but then she was the first kid in her History class to be elected as scholar of the month!
And they both have won a handstand contest vs. all the other gymnasts in their group. It's like a go to in the house any time they are just standing around. They're getting pretty good at them.
School has gone really well despite being online. We appreciate all the teachers for all their work and efforts. Ms. Cyrs is such a great fit for Kaylee, and we hope she gets to continue next semester safely in class. We still have the directive that we will be online until Jan. 28th which is the end of the first semester. They have gotten into a routine, and we have good ways communicating with Mommy, and Dad throughout the day if they need help.
The gymnastics team banquet wasn't the same, but the gym family made it happen anyway. The girls were recognized for all there good work and effort over the previous year. They both progressed so much physically and mentally with gymnastics it was a deserved celebration. They each go an award for moving up another level and Kaylee got an award for the Most Improved Gymnast in her level.
It was fun to set up some Halloween decorations, then the girls finally decided what they wanted to dress up as because they didn't want to go without Mommy making their Halloween decorations this year. We certainly went to JoAnne's Fabrics to pick out material for the designs that they made and even had Daddy as a special guest. They're coming along as you will see with help from the girls sewing.
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