Spring Break and More

It has been way too long between posts and I have all sorts of updates and stories to share. As you can imagine, Spring Break was a stay-cation this year, but we still managed to get out a little bit and it was warm enough that Emily could swim in the pool. She has also developed an interest in chess. She has an app on the iPad that teaches her about the moves that each piece makes, but Chad and I have been playing with her a bit, too.

We are actually all pretty evenly matched. Emily won a game against Chad at one point, which was exciting, but her response was, "Yup, there's no match for dumb luck!" I guess that's one way to look at it.

With Emily being fully online this year, there was no opportunity for a school photo like the other kids did in person, but one of her teachers was kind enough to drop off a backdrop so that we could make our own school photo at home. Abbie was the photographer and here is the photo that I chose. I emailed it to her teacher so I think it will actually be in the yearbook with all of the other kids' photos.

Emily is funny as ever these days. One night she told Chad that she wanted to sell doorknobs that glow so that people can see where the door is when it is dark. Chad didn't think this was really a product that would sell so he asked her why people would want this when they could just use night lights. She replied, "Dad, people are stupid. They'll buy anything." LOL.

We also had our second Easter under COVID and, yet again, the Easter Bunny was able to deliver the goods.

As is always the case, the girls dashed around the house looking for eggs. With Abbie being so much older and bigger there has always been the sense that she needs to hold back a little bit so that Emily is more evenly matched. This year, however, they discussed it in advance and agreed to an all out competition. Then, as the competition ensued, it got to the point where Abbie had to remind Emily about their agreement. I piped up and said, "Abbie's right. I heard you agree." To which, Abbie responded, "Thanks for siding with me, for once." I said, "I am not siding with you. I am siding with the truth." At this point, Emily got her dig in, saying, "Yeah, Abbie. Mom would never side with you." Ouch. She may be out matched on the egg hunting front, but she holds her own in other ways. :)