This week really wore me out, and it was a surprise because Keira only had 4 days of school. We didn't do a ton, but did have some interesting things happen.
On Tuesday, I got up early and got Soren to the gym with plenty of time to avoid rushing. As I was gathering him from the childcare, my friend Molly said that her TV said that there was a tornado warning. I had thought it was just for IN, but as I was getting ready to head to the mall, Ryan called and said that the storms were on their way (and if I was home, to bring the things from our porch in). We estimated that I had enough time to make it to the mall safely. I figured it would be better to be stuck there than at the gym. The playroom at the gym with the toys is along the front glass windows, and I figured there were lots of interior spaces at the mall, as well as food for lunch if we had to stay a really long time. The mall is VERY close to the gym, just on the other side of the freeway overpass from where we were, so we ran out to the car, speed to the mall, and as we opened the car door, the sirens were going off. It was pretty erie, and we went to the storytime area. In another couple minutes, they made an announcement over the PA system to head to interior spaces. This for us was the Von Maur shoe room. We stayed here for a little bit, but then moved over to one of the dressing rooms in the children's department where there were more kids. They let me bring an train in from the train table. I feel like I didn't have a good concept of how bad it was, since we were in the shelter area. They had closed the gates to all the stores and everyone was pretty shut in. They had the radios on, and we were finally released. We drove home and stopped at Costco, which was pretty much desserted. That was really creepy, and we saw where 2 semis had blown over off the freeway just past the exit for Costco. One of our neighbors lost a large section of their fence, and a shed was blown onto a row of cars near the train tracks by our house. The Summit also had some damage and trees blown down. I was thankful to receive an email from Keira's school principal stating what a great job the children did at following the weather drill. Keira's teacher also sent an email, and a note came home in her backpack. They didn't go into the details of the storms at school, so when Keira came home, she thought it was funny that the boys were in the girls' bathroom from her class, and another class had girls in the boys' bathroom. We are thankful we are all safe.
Wednesday was not nearly as exciting. However, everyone was super exhausted. Keira was off to school. Soren got up early to help me with the trash. Then, we hurried to go to the gym before checking out a second preschool. This one was in Pewee Valley. Soren was not so excited about the whole idea, and I felt like he didn't have as good of an experience because of his attitude going in. We made a stop at the caboose, and that cheered him up a bit.
Once Keira got home from school, she was very excited about her sand painting that she made:
I also insisted that everyone lay down for a bit. After a lot of crying, yelling, and banging, Soren finally fell asleep after I crawled in bed with him. He woke up again later in the afternoon, and then crashed again on the couch and went back to sleep. He was just so tired!
Soren also had interest in writing this evening, and made lots of Os and 1s. He would count the number of 1s he was writing to make numbers. It reminded me of binary and Roman numerals.
On Thursday, we had a much lower key day. Keira got to school with no issues, and then Soren and I vacuumed about half the house before heading to the gym. It was cold, and I had to scrape the car for the first time! We got a later start than usual, and stopped at Chick Fil A for our Thursday lunch out.
Since we took so long in the morning, we didn't have time to go to Meijer without Keira. We took her to Meijer, which wasn't as bad as I feared. The kids were good and they rode the horse. Soren's picture didn't turn out right on my phone.
They also went to play over at Sammy and Hannah's house once we got back, which gavee me some time to clean out the garage and get my car inside. No more morning scraping for me!
On Friday, it seemed like everyone was pretty worn out. Keira was grumpy on her way to school. Soren kept complaining he was cold. I was worried he had a fever, but every time I felt him, he felt cold! He doesn't like wearing socks, but wears slippers, so we got him bundled and put him in front of the fireplace.
Saturday was a bit more productive. I slept in until 8:30, getting about 12 hours of sleep. I guess I was just really tired! I missed the group runs that I was thinking about for the morning, but when out on my own and did 10. It was quick and felt easy, as it should considering it was a step back week and all the sleep I had. Ryan did two Sufferfest DVDs, and then we got some lunch at 5 Guys. We stopped into VO2 in St Matthews and chatted with the guys there and picked up some tires for Ryan to use on the trainer. I was still hungry, so we stopped at Phlenes Bakery for some cookies. That store has been around forever, since the 1920s! This is the first time Ryan has been there. The kids had been there twice before Christmas. We enjoyed our cookies and then headed home. We spent some more time relaxing. I need to do a better job of figuring out what is going on around the area, because we missed a train expo downtown this weekend that I didn't find out about until today.
Sunday was a nice day for our family. It seemed like everyone was rested, and we had a good day at church. My class was pretty good, and we had enough material to fill the class. Soren learned about Daniel and the Lion's Den, and Amy made these adorable masks for each child. They were so cute! This is why Amy is such a great sunbeam teacher!
Keira wanted a mask too, so we traced it and she made one, and Soren made another too.
Ryan had meeting after church, and later we had a nice missionary experience with our neighbor, Jen, from down the street. She came over to receive a blessing of comfort. It was nice to have her over, since she had never been inside. It also helped up to keep today very Christ centered. Hopefully we can do more with her and her family as our friendships grow.
The weather is about to get bad again, so that is all I have for now. Thankfully, even though the weather is supposed to hit "late at night", it is actually more "early in the morning" for Ryan. He will likely be getting up and getting ready to work by the time it hits, unless there is a drastic speed change in it. Hopefully it does not pour on Keira as she gets on the bus.
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