27-33 - Covid 19 Update

Quarantine Day 27:
Our Easter Sunday didn't go as planned. We got up did our Sunday Service at home, and quickly changed so we could plant trees. We also went on a lovely drive.
I looked in the fridge to pull everything out for our ham feast and realized that the child I asked to pull out the ham 2 days ago had pulled out the Pork shoulder. 😂 And instead of it being defrosted it was still semi frozen. So...Nathan, the rock star said "I'll make buns and we will just have sloppy joes" so we did! 😂 Then we had funnel cakes for dessert because we will be having our Easter feast tomorrow night!
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This was a good lesson for the kids. Neither one of us were mad. Neither one of us freaked out. We just did something else. This quarantine has made us more chill. I think it has to do with our schedules being clear. No where to go, no pressure to have everything done in time. I'd still call this a win even though we didn't get my favorite #wittematchingsundays picture. *sigh* #wittecovidmemories. The only redeeming part of this Easter was Grandmas surprise basket!! 😍

Worm Hunting!

Quarantine Day 28:

We wrapped up the garage (this is before), finished planting trees and peas, and started working on another project for the backyard. Everyone did their school work and Lucas got to talk with his cousin, Noah which he loved. As much as 13-14 years olds "talk" 😂

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MAC was Bridget. She can't do much with a broken arm but everything we ask her to do, she does with a smile. Well, a "whatever" smile. 😂

Quarantine Day 29:

Today was the first day I declared "I am kidded out, go outside!" The kids weren't being crazy, I just needed a break. So for #takeouttuesday we drove to Scotty's and got shakes and fries. We listened to loud music and laughed. It was good for us. Today was the older two kiddos first mutual in a few weeks. Bishop Prince is on the screen. It was nice to "see people."

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MAC was Lucas. He took an online training class with me about combatting/diffusing student behavior. Then he tried to use it on his brother. 😂😂 I felt like he really listened and used the techniques. Lucas also installed gutters with his Dad today and didn't freak out that he was being directed by someone who assumed he knew what he was doing. Sigh.

Quarantine Day 30:

Today we went to our class meetings and then played games for most of the afternoon. We found out just minutes ago we aren't going back to school for the rest of the year. The kids were so sad. I am so sad. But, I get it. *

We talked about our little library and how we wished we had a game exchange where we could trade our favorites for the weekend for someone else's favorites. This is what we are playing a lot of lately. 😍

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MAC - Juliet! She has flipped a switch in the online school dept. She absolutely hates not being in class, but she gets all of her work done for the week in one day so she doesn't have to think about it again. 😂

Quarantine Day 31:

We had a chill day, painted some flowers, had our lawn aerated, and then started working on the deck of the new family fort. The kids are loving this extra time with their Dad and the crisp spring air. 😂

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MAC Juliet. She came up with the perfect design for this family fort. 😂

She has been working hard outside and making sure she doesn't get anymore wood in her eye by wearing protective eyewear. These kids. So hilarious. Also a shout out to our neighbor, Klay who let us use his truck to pick up the wood. We couldn't have done this without ya!

Quarantine Day 32:

Our lovely Primary posted a RAK for siblings today and I asked my kids to chose one thing, and do it secretly for someone else in the house by tomorrow. They thought that was pretty fun. For snack today I went to grab PB and forgot about the time I ordered a bigger jar of PB from walmart and the substitution was 5 boxes of individual cups. 😂 oh quarantine shopping. What a thrill.

We did Matzos and Apples with PB, Nutella, and Jelly dippers. *

MAC is Lucas he spent the better half of this afternoon washing all of his and Masons bedding and then remaking the beds and it wasn't part of his RAK. Then went out to help with the fort. What a kid.

While cleaning out the garage last week, the children found this lovely image of their mother in the 6th grade. Luckily, my mini me is also in 6th grade. We are very different people at this age. I was taking pictures for the yearbook, in show choir, a competitive synchronized swimmer and competitive soccer player. I was extremely tall for my age and wore a size 10 in women's shoes. I was a straight A student and didn't have time for "friends" I had them, but not like Bridget. I was also obsessed with my handwriting and calligraphy.

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Bridget takes pictures, loves volleyball, has a million friends, wears a size 8.5 in women's shoes, average tall in height (5'2) and is super social. School is somewhere on her list of priorities but not the top. Haha.

She has excellent penmanship and prides herself on it.

She is a good mix of her dad and I in the personality department, and she is my most independent child. If I left her in the world for a day, she would be totally fine. 🤣 Sometimes I think that is what she would like. Sometimes that is something I would like. 😂😂😂 

Quarantine Day 33:

Our original plans for the "fort" were very elaborate and when we started calculating who wasn't going to be able to go to college, Juliet chimes in and says "too bad we can't just buy another shed and use that as a clubhouse." Nathans face was 😳 and so, we decided to call around and check on sheds and in a weird turn of events we got this one for a deal. The last one! And wouldn't you know it...it matches the one we bought last year! 😂 The kids were dying to build it and went too fast and built it backwards so Nathan had to take it apart and do it again. He wasn't too mad about it and the kids all had a hand in building it twice. Oh the memories. Now they are deciding how to furnish it. We are going to use it for bikes in the winter, so it is "dual purpose" 😎

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Most Agreeable Child: Scarlett. That girl drilled and screwed and helped Nathan ALL day. We spent most of the day 9-445 outside today and it felt so good. 61° felt amazing. Poor Scarlett got sunburned.

The days have been so good.  It doesn't "feel" like we are trapped at home. LOL

We haven't been "shopping" in 3 weeks. I'm glad we have enough supplies to eat through and not feel desperate.