Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Staycay Day 2

We started our STAYCAY DAY 2 with a brisk dog walk that quickly turned into a park stop





We had a VERY LAZY morning. Jack had speech coaching. Dorothy and I cleaned out her closet to make room for her dance bag to be set up in there instead of in the storage room downstairs. Minnie set up an elaborate tea party. Cooper played video games (lol). I worked out and graded for my online adjunct class (different than my overload class). Then I decided to change 5/7 beds because it was a light laundry day. DO I KNOW HOW TO RELAX OR WHAT?    

Apparently this is pizza week because the kids had movie theater pizza for lunch and make your own pizza for dinner (and we had frozen pizza for lunch Monday and plan pizza on campus for dinner tonight).

MOVIE FOR LUNCH! We saw Dog Man, and all three older kids used to read those books, so they were all delighted to attend. When we got home, Dorothy read the first book to Minnie. I took a movie theater nap, which used to be my favorite thing back in the day when the kids and I always hit up $5 Tuesdays (which are now $6.35 Tuesdays). Also! GOOD AND PLENTYS! I forgot what a perfect candy that is.

(I did not mind stepping out to get the pizza when my buzzer went off-- NOT A LOT OF PLOT TO MISS)


After the movie, Jack and Cooper went golfing, and then Jack drove Coop to dive, and our carpool friends drove home, and I did not have to drive at all, and it was heaven.

Dorothy walked Annabel. Minnie returned to her tea party. I did laundry. When Jack got home, I walked Annabel just to listen to Pod Save America, but the episode gave me panic attack feels, so I switched to a Freida McFadden gem.

We made pizzas (fruit and veggies for a side, not toppings)

Dorothy and I walked Annabel together, and then the big kids and I watched my favorite movie from high school together, and now the kids think I am a bigger weirdo than they even imagined.




8 comments:

  1. Serial Mom omg lol.
    No driving, amazing!
    Is Minnie mad at the movie or just concentrating? I took a movie theatre nap during Curious George accidentally, now I'm wondering why I didn't do it more often.
    I hand out Dog Man books all the time, but somehow when i found out that it was about a man who has his head replaced with a dog head I was appalled. Wtf did I think Dog Man meant, exactly?
    Pizza week is briliant, I am in.

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  2. This sounds like a really nice day! The right combination of fun, relaxing, and getting things done. I think I might have to join in on pizza week! And... thanks for the Annabel photos, always welcome!!!

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  3. Annabel is too cute! She looks like the sweetest stuffed animal brought to life.

    I've never even HEARD of Serial Mom and I'm definitely intrigued.

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  4. Yesssssss -- all the pizza. Love that everyone enjoyed Dog Man!

    I have never seen Serial Mom! I did recently watch my own favorite movie from high school -- Clueless -- with my kid and *she thought it was boring*!!!!!!!!!!

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  5. Anonymous8:44 PM

    Ha- Do ai know how to have fun or what? Why have I never heard of serial mom movie? I have napped my way thru many a movie- mostly on our couch at home but I am not picky. I have slept in movies at the theater that I want to watch and I get rocked because I paid for it. Love when big kids still enjoy a little kid movie. I’m looking at you Sing,

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  6. Wow! You're genius at planning fun and making it happen!

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  7. I got very panicky at the same PSA episode. Time's are dark.

    I've never heard/seen Serial Mom but whoa does that movie cover bring me back to Blockbuster days haha

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  8. You like Good and Plenty (black licorice) AND Serial Mom??? I love you even more now than I did before.

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