Sunday funday

We ran a few errands after church and dropped the kids off at Jason's sister's house while we were out.  We came home and I planted all my spring planters.

I like all the mix of colors on my deck box.  Hopefully they grow and spread and fill the pot out a bit.

I'm not much of a gardener.  I typically buy my planters already planted.  I couldn't find what I wanted this year so I found all the individual pieces at a local produce stand and made my own.  I was actually really pleased with how they turned out!

I wish I had a picture of what I was looking for because I think they turned out pretty spot on!

Since the kids were gone we took advantage of a little date night.  We had a gift card to PF Chang's that Nana had given us for Christmas so we used it because it's not typically a place the kids would enjoy.  The restaurant is not that close to us so we planned on having a car picnic in the parking lot so the food would be fresh.

The option of wine to go during quarantine has been a nice option.  This was such a fun little date night during such strange times.

week 6 of quarantine

We've been riding bikes a lot.  Jason has gotten a new bike since this picture Sunday night.

We're doing plenty of homeschooling.  Emmy's is a bit more fun and exciting than Bryce's.

We went out for an afterschool treat for shaved ice this week.

The kids dressed the part for Earth Day this year.

MeMa had gotten everyone Earth Day shirts and made sure to get a picture!

Silly shenanigans going on around here.

Nights around the firepit with neighbors have been fun.

Emmy has learned how to tell time during homeschooling quarantine.  

Daily happy hours are keeping me sane.  Even in the rain!

We had s'mores last night!

I had promised Emmy a sleepover back in March when the boys went to Florida.  They didn't get to go to Florida so we didn't have our sleepover so I made it up to her last night!

The kids spent a lot of time riding around the yard this morning.  Bryce got this Jeep when he was 2 and it has been the most loved toy we've ever had.

We participated in a birthday car parade today for one of Emmy's classmates. 

We've now been in quarantine for 6 weeks.  We have done homeschool for five and spring break for one.  We now have five weeks of homeschool to go before we call it quits for the summer.  It's been really important to me to keep the kids engaged.  The kids definitely don't love it as much as regular school and I must admit I was starting to feel a little burned out at the end of this week.  Hopefully the weekend will recharge us all for next week!

reading olympics

There are so many things I'm mourning the loss of because of the coronavirus.  Most of them revolving around Bryce's fifth grade year and the "lasts" he won't get to experience.  One of them being the Reading Olympics competition.  He worked hard this year and read all 32 books (TWICE) and some a third.  He was so excited about being his teams' captain this year and looked forward to hopefully leading them to a victory.  The abrupt end to school took that away from him but our amazing librarian put together a modified competition on zoom this week!  I borrowed these images from the Facebook post she compiled to celebrate the season.

Bryce was recognized for reading ALL of the books for the competition.  

Myself and our GT teacher were the coaches for Bryce's team.

Three to four teams were grouped together for the modified competition.  There were only about six people to join our round, but Bryce's knowledge of the books helped lead the group in points.  He was excited his group took first place.  It definitely wasn't the same as the real competition but at least he got some closure.  I was so proud of his efforts this year.  He's really looking forward to it in middle school because the kids are not required to do reading Olympics so the kids on his team will want to be there next year!

quarantine week 5

We ordered a Solo Stove firepit on Easter Sunday and it arrived Tuesday.  The box is alwasys the best part.

We had to roast marshmallows to test it out.

Our neighbor turned 55 on Wednesday and his wife organized a drive by parade.  Emmy enjoyed hanging out of the sunroof.

It's so crazy to me that these are the times we're living. 

Little Peyton was the grand marshall on her power wheels, ha!

We've been riding bikes a lot recently.  Emmy has decided that she's too old for her unicorn helmet and has commandeered mine.  I agreed to wear hers on our ride to the post office today.  Of course we saw come good friends of ours and when we stopped to chat, they had no idea who I was.  

Delivering teacher letters is our favorite thing to do these days.

We ordered her a new helmet when we got home so I could have mine back!

I'm always excited when Fridays roll around now that we're into a homeschooling routine.  This is my favorite place to be on Friday evenings!

happy easter

 All smiles with their Easter treats.

All the goodies!

We made resurrection rolls/empty tomb rolls for breakfast.

It worked!  It was empty!  He is risen indeed.

Easter was very different this year since we couldn't go to church but we got dressed up to watch online at home.

It was so fun seeing all of our praise team together.

We had lunch at Nana's house after church.

We stayed socially distanced outside.

First up was an egg hunt.

Then we played a little ladder golf to round out the day.

We missed Jason's family this year, but I know my mom enjoyed the company.

easter crafts

Our neighbors dropped some painters tape off on Thursday so we were finally able to make a chalk stained glass like the rest of the world, ha!

I took a picture from the top thinking I could just turn it, but it didn't work that way.  My shadow was on it when I took a picture form the bottom so I was trying to get creative.  Didn't work, ha!

I could probably use a little work on my artistic skills with laying the tape, but it still turned out great!

On Friday we finished up day 12 of our resurrection lesson and did a few other activities.   

Today we colored eggs.  We bought this fun egg spinner last year and I vowed to never dye eggs the traditional way again.

They turned out really fun!

We made Easter sprinkle cookies for lunch tomorrow.

We also made a set of resurrection eggs for our egg hunt tomorrow.  

We also had a surprise left on our front porch from a sweet friend.

I love tulips and I can't wait for them to bloom.