Greetings Chayenne,
Hope all is well with you this September. I can’t believe that it’s going to be Penny’s 7’th BDAY. As she has grown we discuss our life very openly and honestly and she has recently talked about how excited she is to “someday be a mommy and also adopt a baby girl too”. She just knows that her birth was special and love surrounds her, and fun fact that she likes to point out, “me and brothers were all born in Albuquerque”.
Despite life still being different in the COVID world, we are trying our best to maintain balance and growth.
While I’m working at the hospital, Tessa has taken on a large role in primary online homeschooler along with her role as City Councilor, which has stayed really busy. It’s been neat to watch to kids grow closer to each other during this time.
1) Today, Penny, Elliot, and I went on a walk:
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2) A couple of weeks ago school started. At present, our district is all online. Penny attends live Zoom meetings and works with Tessa and I on homework. She misses her friends as she is an extremely social creature.
3) We get to teach about the environment and giving back through volunteer service. Last month we began helping cleanup some local roadsides of trash.
4) Always ready for a pose, and she chooses her own dress up themes.
5) We have allowed for a few play dates with other children who have families that take COVID seriously and practice the precautions. Here, she is learning about chickens and ducks at a farm in Mesilla valley.
6) We got to take the kids fishing in Ruidoso at Alto Lake.
8) Penny loves to help with chores, building things, cooking things, and especially eating things!
9) She has been asking for an indoor playhouse for a while; we are starting with a princess tent.
10) I had to travel for an event recently and quarantined for 2 weeks upon returning. We still got to do nighttime stories and tuck-in with Face Time. The boys and Penny are also rotating through as readers.
11) Depending on the day you ask her she will tell you a different combination of possible future career interests. There seems to be a theme with medical obstetrics, saying “I want to help mommy’s in hospitals have babies”. Tessa is usually the “picture taker” which is why you may not see her in many of the photos. My photo skills aren’t as good.
12) 4th of July fun
13) Rafting the Rio has been our favorite family outing since quarantine in the summer.
Hope you year is going well. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about life in Cruces.
