Saturday, April 25, 2020

Easter and the weeks of April 13th and 20th

We are all falling into our quarantine routines at home and finding creative ways to spend our time. The dogs continue to be showered with attention, which they love!  Electronic school days are here to stay, at least until the end of this school year. 
Nick has been creating a haven away from his parents in the backyard.  He's been having a lot of fun creating his own space for him and his brothers!


Ruby and Louise are guests on Ben's Zoom call for his humanities class.


Ruby and Louise seen here in rare footage upstairs!  Normally they are not allowed upstairs.  All rules seem to be out the window at this point of isolation!








Haircuts by Eric!  No-one else has been brave enough to request one yet!




Eric and I got creative and found a way to spend a date night together.  Our dining room table has become a hub for puzzles, arts and crafts, school work, and other random things.  We pushed it all aside, poured some wine, picked up carry out and sent the boys out to the pool house with a pizza for the night.  
A perfect solution!




Easter celebrations still happened with our small family.  We colored eggs and the boys had an egg hunt on Sunday morning.  They loved all of the candy in their baskets, new swim trunks and new summer shoes.  Eric smoked a ham and I made a pasta dish.  We called our families and chatted with them.  It was a quiet day.




Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Spring Break

Spring Break 2020 looked a little different this year than we had originally planned!  We stayed home, Eric still took the week off, and we made the very best of it!  We hiked at 3 different parks, Nick enjoyed fishing, we took a bike ride to visit nearby friends, while socially distancing ourselves, and went on countless walks with the dogs.  Ruby and Louise certainly enjoyed us being home.  It was a very relaxing week!
The state was ordered to "hunker down" and quarantine at home to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus through the end of April.

Ben found a beach!  With a stick he wrote 'Spring Break 2020' in the sand.