Day 70

 Yesterday it rained in the morning and I enjoyed laying around and reading. In the afternoon the rain cleared up and the sun came out so we headed out for a bike ride!  This time we did the Clarence Bike Trail.

 It was so pretty!  It is hard when we go biking because I don't get too many pictures but these trails are beautiful!

I love hanging out with these guys!

Day 69

I didn't get any pictures yesterday.  I had a bunch of school work to do and we spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to make something special for our students for the end of the year.  I was kinda bummed all day about it.  I love this time of the school year!  The summer dangling in front of us and all of the end of the year fun.  I hate that it isn't going to happen this year.  I just hate it.

We are officially in phase one and while I understand that the world is going to be opening up, I am finding that people seem to think that phase one means "hey let's party".  I get it, we are all sick of this but we need to go slowly. I just want it to end but I am afraid that if we move too quickly we will be back to square one, or not...who really knows!  But I do know that I would rather be safe than sorry!

For some comic relief I added this video that I took yesterday.  When I am making my videos for school there is a strict "stay out of the basement" rule.  That being said, I was making a video yesterday and Mark decided to come down the stairs carrying laundry and HE FELL!!!  Now anyone that knows me knows that I cannot watch someone fall and not laugh. You can fast forward the last 10 seconds.  You don't get to see the fall but it is priceless none the less.

Day 68

 After we finished up our school work we headed out to take advantage of the gorgeous weather yesterday!

 This hike was along the Niagara River.  The hikes that are along the water are my favorite ones!

 Our landmark was super easy to find today.  The trail overall was very easy today.  We decided that we would eventually take our bikes there!

 The weather was so gorgeous!  It really felt like summer!

 Not only were we along the Niagara River but we saw a lot of marshlands too!

 Mark was obsessed with the fact that we could see the mist from the falls!lol

On the way home we grabbed Moe's and then had a fire.  It was a great way to wrap up the day.  And these two were besties all night.  I love nothing more in this world than hearing the two of them laugh and play together!

Day 67

Yesterday I had zoom meetings all day. And I mean all day.  For some reason those meetings leave me completely exhausted!  As much as I love connecting with everyone I am beat by the time they are finished.  After my meetings I went for a run and then settled in for the night.  We had a nice dinner on the grill and a relaxing evening.

Then my buddy Amy called because she ran out of gas on route 5!  Thank God super Mark had a gas can full of gas in the garage!  So we hopped in the car and headed out to fill her up!  Never a dull moment around here lol!!

Day 66

Yesterday we busted our new bikes and headed to a great bike trail!

The weather was gorgeous yesterday and we all enjoyed a fun 8 mile ride!

When biking we take a break half way through for our snacks!  We are loving this beautiful weather!

Day 65

Yesterday we had our supply pick up at school.  Last week we bagged up all of their left over supplies and today the came to get them.

 We were all geared up and waiting for the kids to drive through.

 It is so crazy that this is a "new normal". If you told me in September that this was the way that our school year would have ended I never would have believed you.

 It was so great to see our kids again but it was so sad too.  I did not get nearly enough time with them!

Also, my mom  bought the kids these adorable masks!  And apparently I have a freakishly tiny head because they are the only masks that fit me!

Day 64

 Oliver has been in heaven because we have been letting him play way more video games than usual.  It is the only way that he can "play" with his friends right now and the is loving it.  Mark has been playing with him a lot too and it is super cute to see them play (until Oliver gets frustrated with Mark because Mark isn't very good lol).

So not only I am drinking wine and buying random things online but now I have been drinking wine and buying wine related items.  I gotta get it together!

Day 63

Yesterday the weather was amazing so of course, we headed out for a hike!

Me and my best girl.

We all loved this trail.  Our landmark was very easy to find!  And the trail was beautiful!

It was so beautiful!

Oliver likes to be by himself a bit on our hikes.  Today was chatting away with himself when we were hiking and then when we got to our landmark he found a stump and sat and stared at the water for a bit.

He's my deep thinker!  I love this kid.

We sat at our landmark for a bit and just enjoyed the beauty of it!

And got a little silly!

And of course, post hike snacks. Claire's best buddy Kathleen has a cabin literally 4 minutes from this trail so we stopped over there to see their beautiful piece of land!

Then we came home and had the most delicious dinner!  FYI Oliver hasn't worn a shirt in the house since the quarantine has started.

The steaks were so delicious.

To end the night we had a fire in the driveway and the kids and Mark went for a quick night bike ride.  It was a pretty perfect day!

These guys are the big thing on facebook right now.  I don't love mine so I didn't post it online but I felt like I had to document it somewhere as one of the silly things that we are all doing online during this quarantine!

Day 62

Yesterday the weather was beautiful in the morning.  They were predicting thunder storms in the afternoon so Oliver and I headed outside early to enjoy the warm weather.  We went for a nice long walk and Oliver talked about Fortnite the entire time and then we rode our new bikes for a while.  It was so nice to have some alone time with my guy.

One of my greatest fears in life is to run out of coffee.  I got this these pods as a gift but they don't work in my keurig.

So I got creative and made it work!  I am not wasting anything these days lol. 

These were the only pictures that I took today so that is why I am sharing them lol

Day 61

 Yesterday Claire and Mark spent the day cleaning out the garage! It looks great and I love that Claire was so helpful!  She loves organizing and cleaning which is sooo helpful to us.  They were pretty pumped about our new bike rack for our fancy new bikes!

Day 60

Yesterday we continued our hiking challenge and did our 4th hike.  The weather was a bit chilly but the sun was shining so we finished up our work early and headed out to Griffis Sculpture Park.

We went over and over the trail map this time so that we didn't get lost again!!!

The sculptures were so cool!

There were so many beautiful places to take pictures!

The best part of this park was that all of the sculptures are built to be climbed on and touched.   It was perfect for kids!

And adults.

Found our landmark with no problems this time!!!

My little man.  He has been so positive and happy (and chatty) throughout this thing.  The only time he has gotten emotional was when he couldn't pet our neighbors dog Monty.  Other than that he has been working so hard with his school work and living his best life.  I never have to nag him about school work and fight with him to get it done. I am so proud of how hard that he is working!

We even got a picture of Me and Mark!

I have to say, I love the hiking.  Not only does it get us out of the house and give us something to do. But we have really created some amazing memories.  This is definitely something we never would have had time for in "the real world" and I am loving this part up!

My beautiful girl. She is going to be in to 8th grade next year and she is seriously just the best kid ever.  She is so easy going and helpful and NEVER treats me the way that I feared a daughter would lol.  She was just invited to take Earth Science next year at the high school before heading to the middle school to finish her day. She was also invited back for another of accelerated math.  To say that I am proud of her is a complete understatement.  I  miss her being my baby so much but I am ridiculously proud of who she is growing up to be.  Sometimes I just watch her while she is baking, fixing something, or just watching a show with me and I feel like my heart could burst.  

Right now I am "teaching" my students about insects and there were so many insect sculptures!  I had to take a bunch of pictures and send them to my kids!

Then we ended the day with a nice fire and some intense fire dancing!