Our weeks in pictures:
Based on the last picture of my last post I am sure you guessed it - we bought a trampoline! Something Josh sweared he would never get - but desperate times....
Emmy and Ryan's writing assignment one day was why they think we should get a reason, they had to include pros and cons ;)
After 5 hours - Josh finally had it put together and wedged at the side of the house so it doesn't take up our entire backyard. Its perfect!
We've played lots of game - mostly blokus but squeezed in a game of scrabble when Owen was napping and spelled out a very special name :)
Field trip! Emmy and her friends started a virtual book club so she made them all book marks. We drove around one day to drop them all off and say hi from the car.
Fort night! We built a fort in Emmy's room. Ryan was so excited - it was his first "sleep over"
Even Owie slept on the floor!
Every morning at 9a we have an all staff zoom meeting. I never turn on my camera (yes I am that asshole) so decided I'd make it less miserable and get some exercise at the same time. Multi-tasking at its best!
Drawing with Riley over FaceTime
Ryan's buddy Brodie moved to Texas but is going to finish the school year virtually since he could not enroll in his new time. Great news for Ryan he gets to "See" him all the time! One day they played each other in a video game while face timing. It was the sweetest and saddest thing I have ever seen. They re also mailing each other letters - it is pretty sweet.
Water balloon fight!
My plan was to run a 1/2 marathon for my 40th so I wouldn't feel so old. Ugh. Well, those plans have been put on hold but I am still trying to keep up the running! Not quite 1/2 marathon ready but at least I have another year :)
The weather has been weird - it was super cold!
School time
Lazy Sadie
Ha! Google 3d never gets old
Baking cookies from scratch. Owen asked if Santa was coming. I sad no and then he asked why we were making cookies? Clearly I have to bake more often. HA!
The kitchen table was not working - change of plans
This kid loves a schedule - just like her mom. She put this one together herself and stuck to it so much we had to encourage her to be a little more flexible.
A little concert for his friends.
We took a drive down the the beach - pretty weird to see it EMPTY! All parks, hiking trails and beaches have been closed. It was a bit too much of a tease - Owen freaked out and didn't understand why he couldn't get out.
Yay! The Easter bunny still came :)
New school arrangement. It amazes me how much they do online. Call my old fashioned but what ever happened to reading a book or doing math on paper?!
Virtual multiplication bingo with Reese and Riley. Getting creative over here!
Now that it is staying light there are lots of bike rides and walks after dinner. I love it!
I love our hood :)
One of our recent art projects - painting rocks
I think I missed my calling. Ahahah
Cutie
Have you ever seen anything so sweet?!
We hunted for bugs. One of the things I love about this time is the kids get to be kids again :)
Chalk every day. I feel like we have graffitied the whole neighborhood by now!
A rare picture of me. Sweat pants and no make-up - my happy place :)
Off around the hood with Reese! You can see how proud he is that he can go by himself. Just like kids should be doing - riding around the hood.
Another day - another craft. Or activity as Owie likes to say
These are how my work days look these days. Not only do I not have make-up on, I haven't showered most days. This guy wouldn't leave my side all day.
Happy 14 years to us! There is no one in the world I could be stuck at home with. :)
Our new normal. Emmy knows how to put together a homemade mask with a bandana and 2 hair elastics and everyone was ecstatic to receive a box from nana with a bunch of masks in different patterns.
