The biggest thing for us is that we are ALL home! Doug's company has all employees working from home and schools are closed. The school district first added another week to spring break to see if things would blow over (they did not.) Now we await the Governer's decision on schools, which should come this coming week. Teachers have provided some things and have had a few video meetings (man, I wish I would have bought zoom (the video meeting platform) stock..haha!) but I have been basically home schooling the kids.
This means LOTS of togetherness. Which somedays is great, other days, not so much. We've all had our moments and are learning to be more patient and gracious with one another. We have been trying to keep things light and fun around here as much as we can. Here are a few photos of our time in quarantine!
Snow. In March. Spring break snow brought lots of excitement.. especially for Matthew. Per usual, it did not last long.
P.E. - Home school style! Both kids had "PE" assignments from school. Mostly to just be active. So we made PE a daily thing here, and were out walking or out doing something every day before we started school.
The kids played basketball... and Matthew has been shooting hoops A LOT during the day as we can't play with friends right now. :(
We have been to a few new walking trails..
.. and have seen some pretty wildlife.
Love these two!
Puzzles. We have done TONS of puzzles and it has really been fun. My mom and a neighbor gave us a bunch to do and we average at least one a day. Good for the brain and a good activity to do together!
Matthew has had fun with his RC cars
Last weekend the kids and I did some encouraging chalk on our sidewalks. Gyms are closed, so a lot of people are out walking (thankfully we have had pretty good weather!). We thought we would leave them some messages of hope as they walked by our house!
Bible Study via zoom! SO good to have this way to connect with our friends!
Monopoly, of course!
Evelyn has been doing some GF baking and made her first cheesecake. It turned out SO good!
Doug went to his staff zoom meeting like this one morning... hilarious! He is trying to keep things light for his team.
The kids miss their friends so much. Once again zoom and creativity to the rescue. Evelyn and Matthew are playing Uno with their friends Ellie and Sam over video. They had the BEST time, and it made my heart happy too!
This was the first class zoom for Matthew after school shut down. I got a bit teary as I saw so many faces I miss so much. It was good for Matthew to be "in" school even if he wasn't in the building!
New to us bikes for BOTH kids!
Lots of movies have been watched and lots of wine has been had.
These two apparently took up wresting...haha! They have been getting along so well and I so very proud of them!
We took a walk in our jammies to find a good view of the Super Moon
We have tasked the kids to make dinner together once a week. It's been good for them and they are doing a great job!
Matthew REALLY wanted to get a new game. We decided on Life and it has been a fun addition to have and to play.
Bodie. Well.. let's just say he is a little annoyed that he we are around ALL the time, but he also has been extra snuggly, which is rare for him. I'm sure he'll be happy when this is over.
So will we. Until then we will wash our hands, stick together, and stick to Jesus.
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