Day 15

Yesterday Oliver Zoomed with his class. He really enjoyed seeing all of his friends and Mrs. Hanlon.

 Oliver's teacher is amazing and has done such a great job keeping in touch and making Oliver feel like he is still in the loop.

 We borrowed my parents printer yesterday so that Oliver could print up some of his math work.  It took Mark some time to set it up but here he is proud as a peach because he finally got it!

 Claire baked us all some homemade chocolate chip cookies!  She found the recipe herself and did it all on her own.  We had to adjust the baking time but once we did that we were all set.

They came out amazing and they were the perfect dessert after dinner!  Thank God she can bake because I cannot!  

Day 14

The weather was absolutely gorgeous yesterday, well in the morning anyway.  Around 2 the weather totally turned on us and it started to pour and thunder!  But all morning it was close to 70 degrees and beautiful. 

 Claire and I went for run together!  Well, we started off together and then Claire zoomed ahead of me. Then we did a workout together!  Oliver played hockey in the street for about 3 hours and Mark ran too.  We all enjoyed the gorgeous day!

 After dinner we bundled up (since the temperature dropped back down to the low 50s) and headed out for a long walk.

Then we finished up the day with some hot chocolate and a Rack-O tournament.  Mark was the big winner this time.  We were all pretty beat after our busy day and we all slept in today!

We all just kept reminding ourselves that when this is all over we are going to be sitting around a "regular" Sunday night and think, "hmmm, it might be nice to go for a long walk and play Rack-O with some hot chocolate on a school night!"

Day 13

Lucky 13!!!  Yesterday was a lazy day.  I feel like I say that a lot lately.  But compared to our usual crazy schedules being home this much feels pretty lazy sometimes.

 Our art teacher is putting together a video for the kids so I put this together yesterday (and combed my hair lol).

 Mark and Oliver caught up on the news.  We really try to limit the news around here.  During the first week we had the news on constantly but that got to be really stressful.  So now we only watch it a little bit throughout the day.  Just to stay current but not to overwhelm ourselves.

 I made my famous breaded porkchops!  They take a while to make and we don't normally have that much time to make them so we don't have them very often.   But since we have all the time in the world, today seemed like a perfect day.

I meant to take a picture of our delicious meal but I didn't take it fast enough and everyone ate up pretty quickly!

Day 12

Yesterday we reached our second Friday of quarantine.  We usually go to Moe's on Fridays as a family so today we made tacos at home.  It wasn't the same but we had fun making them.  Claire really helped out in the kitchen.  She has really been cooking a lot through this whole thing so that has been great!

Claire and her lacrosse friends made the cutest "TicToc" video!  I really hope they can play together soon!

Day 11

Yesterday I spent a lot of time on school work.  Just when I think that I have things all figured out for my plans I feel like I get a new idea and start all over!

Mark and I also started watching Tiger King on Netflix and it is a glorious hot mess!  It is the perfect distraction from the real world right now!

After a nice long walk last night we played some Yahtzee and facetimed Grandma into the game!  It was really fun to "hang out" with Grandma for a bit and play one of our favorite games.  Oliver was the big winner last night!

Day 10

Yesterday was a "slow day".  The weather was nice so I went for a run and did a quick workout outside and the kids roller bladed for a while! Claire is working on her roller blading so her and Oliver went around the block a few times and practiced.  I love when they hang out together!!

Oliver was given the assignment of creating a family tree.  I have LOVED this project.  He can really work on it independently and he has loved calling many of our family members to get some information!  His amazing teacher also called him yesterday just to chat.  I can't even explain how much we love his teacher.  She has been so amazing through all of this and Oliver loves to hear from her!

Day 9

I have really been trying to focus on the positive during this whole thing. 

 One positive thing is that I have more time to enjoy the little things like my french press coffee.  I  have really enjoyed starting my day with this!

 Another positive thing in technology.  Thank God for computers and the internet.  I have been able to stay connected with friends and stay on work out groups that keep me motivated to keep working out!

Oliver was able Zoom with this his hockey team!  It was kinda crazy but they had an absolute blast!

Which eventually ended up with Oliver "Zooming" with his friends and then playing Fortnite.

Another thing is that stores are still open. Our TV broke yesterday but thankfully Target made it very easy to order online and just pick it up!

 I had some time to FINALLY make my photo book about the Ski Club!

 And we enjoyed breakfast for dinner!  

We even took a drive today to get out of the house.  So overall, we had a pretty good day!  

Day 8

Yesterday was a rainy lazy day around here.  The kids got their school work done and Mark and I spent a lot of time getting our school work prepared for this whole "distance learning" situation.

 I had a very nice meeting with my team.  It was great to share some ideas on how we all plan to tackle this new way of teaching (which sounds a lot easier than it actually is).

Then we spent a lot of time laying around chatting and playing games today.  

Not all of these days look the same and that's ok.  Today was a "slower" day than normal but we got all of our work done and at our own pace.  None of us went outside (it was rainy and yucky) and we took the day off of exerciszing and that was ok.  I feel good about my plan for my students and we all seem to be adjusting to our new normal and that is what is important!

Day 7

 I think Claire is having the hardest time with all of this and we wanted to do something to make her happy.  She really misses her friends and is really bummed to be missing boxing.  She is also sad that there may not be modified lacrosse.  Claire has worked so hard to prepare for this season and she is really upset that it may not happen. So we took this time to finally update some things in Claire's room. 

 Oliver kept up with his Kinex!

 And I had a great time "Zooming" with my friends!  It was a lot of fun connecting with everyone!

Then we all watched Toy Story 3 and cried.  It was quite the way to end the evening!

Day 6

Day 6 was a great day!  The sun was shining and we were pretty busy!

 Oliver kept up with his Kinex.

 He made mushrooms! lol

 I did some reading!

 Then we all hopped in the car to take a drive to get out of the house and deliver some of the artwork we have made!  Even though we stayed in the car (except to stop at the mailboxes) it was really nice to drive around in the sunshine!  I even put jeans on!

 We did our drops as fast as we could so we could surprise everyone!

 Claire caught my determination lol

Camden and Liam loved their picture!

Grandma and Grandpa loved theirs too!  

 I started a little coloring of my own, which was actually really relaxing!

The days are going by surprisingly quickly.  I am really embracing sleeping in!  We are just trying to stay positive and enjoy the break from our usual crazy schedules.  It is a scary world out there right now but we are doing our best to stay positive and do our part by staying home and staying away from others!

Day 5

Day 5!  Happy Friday!!!

 Claire made us some edible cookie dough!

 Then ate it all before we could try any of it lol!

 Oliver and Mark had some fun with the Kinex for Science time!

 Oliver was pretty proud of his work.

 Claire played some basketball for PE today.

 Even though it was super windy she still hung in there!

 Then she painted some canvas art for art class.

And Nana and Papa finally made it home from Florida.  They drove for two days and said the traffic was nuts but it feels great to have them home safe and sound.  Now they are going to be quarantined for 14 days, so it will be a lot of driveway talks for a while!

Day 4

Yesterday was another busy day over here.  I did leave the house to grab some prescriptions at Rite Aid and drive around for a bit.  And by drive around, I literally mean drive around and around.  It was nice to get out and about for a bit.

 For art we made Sloths!

 We are all enjoying the art projects!

 It was beautiful outside and we all had a nice to time taking a walk after dinner.

 And of course, because we are a competitive family, there was some racing going on.

 Claire made us pudding today so we all enjoyed that little treat after our walk.

Then we wrapped the day up with a little Yahtzee, which I feel counts as math :)