This Minivan Life

 Happy 10th Birthday Mr. Michael,  Sorry I missed your 9th birthday post. Someday I'll tell you it was because of COVID and you will roll your eyes and remember the days of COVID.  You've grown up a lot this last year. You spent a good portion of this year and last "social distancing" and quarantined. It's crazy to think that when you turned 8 you had no idea what quarantine was, but now you not only understand, but you've been quarantined 4 times (at least, I've lost count). But you survived!  Of the three of you, COVID was the hardest on you. You are a social butterfly and COVID shut that down. You were stuck at home with Zach and Grace and nanny that you disliked every day. You made the best of it, but you were thrilled  when you found out that school would be starting again in August. Now that we've made it through an entire school year, you seem much happier.  You love activities, boy do you! You love baseball, basketball, and swim team. I don'

 Happy 7th Birthday my dear mama's boy,  I wish I had written this around your actual birthday, but I was busy and now you're almost 8. Oh well, someday I will get around to doing things on time... maybe.  You survived COVID-19 this last year. Your kindergarten year was derailed by a virus and by quarantine, but you excelled. You are totally fine staying home and doing your own thing. While your brother struggled, you didn't seem to care in the slightest that our life was cancelled, except that you did miss Ms. McDevitt.  You got to start your "own" activities this last year. We've tried baseball, soccer, and basketball, but none of those were your jam. We started piano in June 2020 and hapkido in January 2021 and you love them both. You love individual activities, opportunities to prove yourself, and anything that your brother doesn't do.  You continued to shine at school. You are so bright! I am always shocked by how much you know and how quickly you gra