Sunday, April 5, 2020

Hello, April!


Addie's Teacher, Mrs Davidson, was Thankful for the Parents during last week's "Thankful Thursday" :)  Both kiddos stated they were thankful for their families and cats (you can determine the order of priority ;)


Gorgeous Monday morning sunrise!!!






Addie's version of a home made color wheel


And Ayson's with the bonus of a cat tail!


Getting another PE assignment checked off!




Hatchimal board game fun!



Aprils FOOLS!!!  The kids played a trick on Amy and Adam by putting an envelope in the mailbox (Amy watched) with fake 100 dollar bills in it...with no letter explaining the $$$$.  Pretty clever!  The envelope even had a stamp that had been "stamped" on the front.  hahahahah!



The kiddos set up an Easter Egg hunt for us as well :)


Counting and sorting our loot!




We received a care package from Grandma Collene:)  Thanks, Grandma!

The kiddos opening their birthday cards!  We were supposed to have a family party but then everything shut down in order to keep everyone safe






The gorgeous felt rose that Grandma sent Amy.


Our first flowers...in our neighbors yard...hahaha


Ayson getting his miles in for the Virtual Running Club that he joined!


Every. Day. :)



Friday night pizza!!!!


Gorgeous sunrise from the Soo!  Thanks for sharing, Grandma PAt!!





We hiked a new trail on Saturday (we hiked from east to west) to get to the Tippy Top instead of our normal route.  Which was a good thing as our trail was empty and the main trail had many people out to enjoy the day.

Cool moss with Ayson in the background climbing up the hill.


More colorful moss that Addie requested a picture of :)


Lunch at the Tippy Top!


The Pond was so still - a mirror!


Three groups of people in the background all appropriately spaced :)




The kids requested something other than garlic pizza so they made a (bland) cheese pizza with sweet tomato sauce and LOVED it!


Addie and Amy discovered this awesome fossil while on our walk on Sunday






Ayson scavenging for clay.

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Life at Home

A^4 is doing well and we hope the same for all of our family and friends.  A couple of thoughts to keep in mind.
1) We are not STUCK at home.  We are SAFE at home.
2) Make sure to wear jeans every 3 days to be certain they still fit.  Wearing jammy and/or yoga pants everyday will make you believe everything is right in your kingdom when it is NOT...hahaha.
3) Your quarantine name is your current emotion and the last thing you ate :)  Battered cracker and anxious peanut favorites :)
4) Reach out to friends and family that are on their own to let them know that you are thinking of them.  NO one has told me to "piss off" after I told them I was thinking of them and wished them good thoughts.

Ayson getting a "hair treatment" from Shadow :)


YES, that is snow outside


It was virtual "Spirit Week" and Monday was "Make it Monday"
Addie and Amy made chocolate chip banana bread :)  We had to substitute one cup of wheat flour for corn flour as we were out of flour and apparently flour is hot commodity just like TP!


Ayson re-made his Bonnie Costume from 2018 :)




Yum!


Adam using Addie to complete a deadlift




Wednesday was "What are you reading?"




Spring!!


Ayson and Adam working out!






JUMP!


One of the PE assignments was to find a four leaf clover - success!


Amy was able to have a "front row seat" at a Dave (Dave Matthews) concert from the comfort of her bed on Thursday night.  Thanks Verizon!


Before kids, Amy used to LOVE watching the NASA channel and videos of space and the solar system.  DID you know that NASA know has an app for smart phones?!?!?!! :)
The below link will take you to a current favorite!
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200327.html


On Saturday we went for a hike at Tracy Lake - at the other end of our valley.
Adam left this skull on a tree branch and I caught Adam walking by.


Ramps!!!  (wild onion :)






Beef jerky time!




This rock is almost entirely covered in moss of different colors!


What do YOU see?


Life size version :)