Today was an amazing day. We slept in kind of. Had a great breakfast and relaxed with the family. Our youngest child got his stitches out. A pediatric surgeon with nearly 20 years experience took the stitches out for $35. This country’s medical system still confounds me.
Between 11am and 12ish Bonnie and I left the kids unattended while we “folded laundry” upstairs. Our children do not understand that the iPad is connected through the cloud to my iPhone. So while Bonnie and I were “folding laundry” our children decided then was a good time to steal Oreos and open toys. Towards the end of this video, it was our oldest sons idea to even hide the wrapper they opened because they knew mom and dad would recognize the wrapper in the garbage. They (unfortunately for them) filmed their crimes, we only saw the videos as we laid down to go to sleep. We will think of a creative punishment for them on the morning.
At 10pm our time, we did a zoom party for our children’s elementary school. We donate what we can to keep programs running. It was nice to see some of the teachers and parents from back home. I took a photo of the screen, it’s blurry enough not to be able to pick out anyone’s face or name. But this is what we did at the end of the night.
Last year our oldest sons teacher and a parent, created an amazing piece of artwork that was each students self made silhouette sculpted with wire, mounted on a frame. When we walked into the auction, Bonnie said “we are going home with that, and I immediately logged onto my chase app to say goodbye to whatever was in my bank account. We had a pesky parent try to outbid us on it and we went home with the art and left the school $3,700. Tonight we were bidding on a night for the school principal to come over and watch the kids so we could have a date night. I would have loved that, but noticed one parents bid kept outbidding ours. So I am glad to announce that I was able to push that parent into winning that auction to the tune of $4,000. Congrats Catherine. Of course our principal watching kids for a date night would be priceless.
Our teachers lounge does need updating so I have decided to fully fund a project of my own. I have pledged to fund an installation of an exercise pole inside the teachers lounge. It would make a great addition to help spark camaraderie, and help people stay in shape. Maybe even a great conversation starter as well.
It’s an exercise pole, it’s very classy. *
Our Family Adventure 