Sunday, May 03, 2020

March 2020

I had to take this picture for proof that people really do drive golf carts to drop their kids off at school.


I got to eat lunch with this cute boy during Read Across America week. I also got to read in his classroom and in Janie's classroom, which was so fun.



The school had a fun family night. It felt pretty weird after all the weird virus stuff. I couldn't stop noticing everything that every kid was touching. Photo props, crayons, glue, markers, paper, scissors, all the animal skins, etc. I was feeling pretty grossed out by the end, but it was still a fun night.



We got A LOT of rain over the first week or two of March. It was pretty crazy.



Carli participated in a writing contest and won second place in creative writing! Seriously, no surprise there, she is a pretty amazing writer. Her middle school pretty much swept the awards, so that was fun too.




I got to help with the girls Primary activity for  St. Patrick's Day. Such a cute group of girls.


I was soooo not happy to find this surprise in the bathroom. At least it was Logan's toothbrush...


The sunset plus all 3 of my boys in the hammock. Pretty sure it's heaven.


And then I took over...


And then, Covid-19 took over. It was so crazy how it all went down. I'll never forget the night that we found out that all the national sports leagues were cancelled. And then the next day when everything else got cancelled. Such a strange experience that we'll never forget. We went to a state park to fully "socially distance" ourselves. It worked.


When we dress up we go all out.


When the weather gets warm, we bring out the water activities.


This is how it felt to have my birthday during quarantine. :(


The kids were super sweet for my birthday. They were sad that they couldn't go get me anything and we couldn't go out for anything, but these cards were awesome.


"Happy Birthday Mom! Happy Birthday Mom! I love you and I have assigned an additional $2 to show it. They are below."


The first time I went shopping before a hurricane was a very sobering thing. No water and long lines. But, the emptiness of the shelves this time... yikes.


More water activities.



At home church will definitely be one of my most precious memories. It was so meaningful to have Logan bless and serve the Sacrament to our family. What a blessing to have the priesthood and a prophet who has prepared us for this time. 


The library closing is quite the trial for our family. So we ventured out looking for some new reading material. And this Free Little Library really produced!


We are so grateful to be able to spend so much time outside in such beautiful weather!




We have been keeping up with schoolwork at home, and man, are we grateful for wonderful teachers who continue to work hard to teach, even under these difficult circumstances.



Saturday, March 28, 2020

February 2020

Look at that hair! Carli decided it was time for a change and went for a haircut.



Pretty girl!



I got these cute decorations to put in my mudroom, but immediately got feedback like, "Is that an announcement??" NO, no it is not. It's just the way the sign came.



Janie had a blast playing basketball this season.


We too a walk around campus and the funny little group of ducks was really hoping we had something good to give them. We didn't, but they followed us around anyway.



Preschool Valentine party! Tad was convinced it was just for him and was so excited about it.


This was my cute Valentine for most of the day.


Milo went to Grant's bowling birthday party.


When Mom says "Clean up time" the kids take this pose.


Play dough time


The kids had winter break and had been begging for a sleepover together for awhile. So we threw a bunch of mattresses in the playroom and set up our old (small) tv in there so they could watch a movie and have popcorn and smoothies. My favorite part was hearing them have a goodnight prayer together before they went to sleep.


James Dean, the author of Pete the Cat, who lives here, visited our library. The kids had a fun time watching him paint and talking to him was definitely worth the wait. He thought the kids were hilarious and could totally see Milo becoming an engineer like he says he wants to be when he grows up. (He was an electrical engineer before he became an artist/author.)



February was a very, VERY wet month.



Carli decided she wanted her hair even shorter, so mother obliged and did it herself.


It's pretty fun having this little sidekick with me all the time. He's going to be in preschool next year and I'm pretty sure I'm going to miss him. Most of the time...


Silly string at preschool.


You know it's going to be a fun weekend when it starts like this... That's most of the giant bowl of full fat yogurt I made on the floor. Ugh...


Tad's cute friend's birthday is on leap day. She actually got to celebrate it on the 29th this year!