Thankful Thursday

Hi there. It's still Thursday, though it's gotten later than I intended. ;) Here's my quick list of things I'm thankful for this week...

1. Micah's new longboard. A couple weekends ago, Micah spent some socially distanced outdoor time visiting a friend. He was introduced to longboards. Obviously, then, he bought a longboard the following week. :) (He found a really good deal on eBay.) He's still just learning the ropes and likes it just for transportation, not tricks, and has used it to get to and from the park where he's been doing workouts. We're using Asher's old guitar stand to hold everything right now, lol. 

I'm thankful for the whole thing because it's something new that's interested him and that's lovely these days. 

2. Ascent opening up again. On Monday, our local climbing gym reopened to members...yay! You have to make a reservation so that they can monitor how many people are in the building at any given time (there were fewer than 20 people climbing while we were there and it's a big building)...masks are required inside...areas are marked off to help maintain social distancing (which, honestly, is pretty standard with climbing anyhow)...handwashing is very encouraged...and staff are making frequent rounds sanitizing areas. All in all, we're pretty happy with how things are being run and comfortable enough to go climb. Micah and I made reservations for Monday morning and had a fabulous time...

We could both tell that it had been awhile since we'd worked some of those muscles (even with our home wall) and it was our hands that took more of a beating than anything else, but we were happy. It didn't hurt that a number of Micah's climbing teammates had also made reservations for the same time block so they were able to all climb "together" and visit. :)

3. Braiding. With three boys, I rarely get the chance to do anyone's hair. Rarely. But, during this pandemic, Noah and Micah's hair has grown out quite a bit and is braid-able. The other day Micah actually let me braid his. I have pictures but he doesn't want me to share them, lol. Still. I had fun. :) 

4. Adulting lesson. One of this week's adulting lessons was basic sewing. Embarrassingly, I'd never covered this during our homeschooling and decided the boys should at least have a basic understanding of how sewing works. We went over how to thread a needle and sew a couple basic stitches. I had them sew a bit and attach a button. I stressed that we were going for familiarity, not mastery. It was still entertaining, lol. 

5. Drivers ed. Micah's doing his drivers ed classroom time this week. He's not thrilled about it, as it's all virtual. Even with a couple breaks and a longer break for lunch, a full day sitting in a Google Meet classroom is not the most fun. But. He'll have this portion of drivers ed completed tomorrow, and I'm thankful that it was still able to happen at all so that I didn't have to reschedule yet another thing. :)

(He'll do the written test next month and then get his permit after his birthday. He'll also have two days of drive camp--one in July and one in August. After he gets the permit, he'll do the 6 hours of on-street driving training through MasterDrive and log the 50 hours of drive time with me and Nathan before the driving test and finally getting his license a year after he gets the permit. Whew. It'll be lovely to finish with getting all these boys licensed, lol.)

And that's my list for now. Thanks for reading!