Month: April 2020

  • Happy Birthday Grandma

    Happy Birthday Grandma

    We had a fun evening Birthday celebration for Grandma – a five way Skype call with Grandma, Grandpa, Great Grandma, Aunt and Uncle B, and the Martins. We sang happy birthday and chatted a bit, then played a few rounds of Codenames. It was a little hard to play over Skype, but we made it…

  • Happy Easter

    Happy Easter

    Eleanor and Henry celebrated Easter this week quarantine style. We did manage to have a small egg hunt, plus we had a fabulous coffee cake breakfast courtesy of Grandma and Grandpa! We also did our Popcorn Ball decorating – we had been saving these for Easter. Dad made a bunny, Henry made a cow and…

  • Spring Break

    Spring Break

    Spring break has arrived, but unfortunately we are having a coronacation instead of a fun ski trip. We have been keeping busy with lots of puzzles and games, plus a fair amount of Fortnite and Minecraft. We brought out the hammock in the back yard for some outdoor time, in addition to lots of walks…

  • Quarantine Week 2

    Quarantine Week 2

    We broke out the lawn games this week to entertain ourselves outdoors in addition to our indoor puzzling and gaming. The kids have been keeping busy with work from their teachers and zoom conferences. We rigged up a document camera out of some cardboard boxes and my phone, and with that we were able to…