Thankful Thursday

Obviously there are plenty of other things to talk and think about this week. I may or may not get to that. In the meantime, lest I get further behind, here's a catching up post.

Thankful for the end of winter break...

1. For sibling rivalry. For the record, Noah was the one who challenged Micah to the arm wrestling. Technically, he voiced the question...asking, "who do you think would win?" Asher wisely announced that he would simply cheat if challenged. Both brothers agreed that would happen and let him go. :) And then, this...

On the top, Noah won. On the bottom, Micah did. They refused to have a tie breaker, lol. So entertaining. :)

2. For Nathan's squirrel head Christmas gift from Asher. Because it's brought us all plenty of entertainment...

They were all pretty freaked out by the giant squirrel head to start with, but most of them have figured it out. The one above learned that he could dump the walnuts out and then ignore the squirrel head. Meanwhile, Nathan's been enjoying documenting his friends...

I admit that I have also...:)

3. For bionicles. Yes. I'm done with the legos and have sold most of them. Somehow, we still have a bunch. Micah and I decided it would be a fun family activity to bring out the remaining bionicle pieces and have everyone build something. We did this on New Year's Eve...

See? Lots of loose pieces still, lol. And this is what we ended up with...

Yes, this is actually how we spent much of our new year's eve. We're crazy party animals like that, lol. Honestly, I think we all had fun. After that, we had what we're trying to make a traditional charcuterie board and some chocolate fondue to go with our sparkling cider as we rang in the new year:

(For the record, Nathan set this out. I did not set out forks. I have no idea what those were for, lol.)

4. For games. This is a new game that Noah gifted the rest of us for Christmas. It's called Betrayal at House on the Hill. It's fascinatingly well done (so many variations and details) and we've played it a number of times already.

5. For outdoor climbing. Micah and a couple friends did some outside bouldering earlier this week up the Poudre Canyon. It was chilly but actually beautiful.

Yes, that's Micah in the tank top. He claims it wasn't cold. You can see the snow, right? ;) In any case, thankful that we have opportunities like this all around us. 

I think that mostly catches up to my camera roll at least. :) 

We took Noah back to his apartment on Monday. Micah started back to school on Tuesday. The other two won't start until the 19th. Beyond that, all the details of their classes are complicated, lol. 

(Micah has two classes that started on Tuesday, fully remote. They'll switch to hybrid--two days in person and the rest remote--after the 19th. His remaining class will start on the 19th, fully remote. Asher will have three classes starting on the 19th. Two will be fully remote, one will be remote but have an in-person lab once a week. Noah will have five classes that start on the 19th. They'll all start fully remote. At some point (2 weeks? 3 weeks?), one switches to in person, one adds an in person lab, and one switches to hybrid--some in person and some remote. After his delayed spring break (mid-April), everything will go back to fully remote until the end of the semester. Confused yet? Yeah. I'm not even positive I got all that right.)

Off now to eat then take Micah for a blood draw...need to monitor certain levels now that he's on this new treatment plan. (The drug is essentially one used for chemotherapy but in much lower doses.)