Quarantine Diaries

Helllllooo!?? You out there? You surviving this madness?? 

We are home for the foreseeable future. Restaurants in Texas have closed, although I think many places still have their drive thru open or delivery available. Good 'ol Governor Abbott changed (suspended?) the law and has allowed alcohol to be delivered. He has also cancelled STARR test. Woohoo!!  As of now schools in Texas can re-open on April 6th, but too soon to say if that will change. 

We are kind of trying to quasi-homeschool, which mostly consists of me making lists and the kids tackling them. This has actually gone better than I expected, for which I am so grateful. I'm trying not to complain too much about being stuck at home (Jon, if you are reading this, feel free to roll your eyes) and make the most of our time. We have also severely restricted tv time, which our kids did not expect, but have adapted to fairly quickly. I figured if it ends up that we are home for months, we better start off on a creative and playful foot. I have been pleasantly surprised by finding kids reading, doing puzzles, playing legos. But also the fighting. Ha. That has been a constant. Maybe we are turning a corner on that??!! Fingers crossed.       

We have also broadened our definition of entertainment. Yesterday it included seeing how many layers of jello we could get to fit in our casserole dish. (Only 3. We need a bigger dish next time.) Ollie has been such a good sport and goes on runs or works out with me. My mental health needs it, I am grateful to have a buddy to work out with. Ollie and Jon are planning on re-watching the Superbowl today, which they are both pumped about. Seth is trying to learn how to do back handsprings, but he rarely does them in the basement, which means he is pretty banged up from hitting his body/getting cuts on various furniture around the house. Somehow he has sliced a quarter size part of skin off his big toe by jumping over the toilet. Don't ask me how. Don't ask me why. 

On pi day, we celebrated by making a cheesecake type pie. Later we found out that is also Steph Curry's birthday, so we just stuck in candles and sang to him. The boys took turns blowing out Steph's candles. 

Oh! We also tackled some home improvement projects. Jon put in a trash can drawer thingy! We need to slap a couple coats of paint on it, but yay for progress. 

We also put up some backsplash. It was peel and stick, so a super fast project.

Fancy!!

Ok, folks. That's it for today. Now it's time to check my phone and hope some of my friends/family have sent me new hilarious memes.