This was the last week of school! Woot! Brooke had her well check and then we raced home to pick up Alex and drop off our books at the school and say goodbye to the teachers there. We grabbed donuts on the way back. Tuesday Alex had his goodbye googlemeet with his class outside for a ‘picnic’ and shared his favorite memory of Kindergarten- going to the school library. The kids made a cool roads for us to use during Recess and we played in the backyard. Wednesday Brooke had her last googlemeet and they did a talent show.  She played piano for her class and I helped as her tech support for the camera. I had the kids complete their online assignments for both Wed and Thurs so we just called it the end of school that day.  I took them to the park to scooter and the skate park was open and they did a great job using the facility while social distancing with the few other kids there. They were hot when we got home and played with some playdoh to enjoy the AC. Thursday we surprised AJ with ‘Bonus Father’s Day’!  Since AJ had been working five days straight and had some stressful shifts, I decided to give him fancy breakfast, half of his presents, a chocolate cake, time to himself, and a nice dinner a week and a half early. Friday after a rainstorm I took the kids to our neighborhood park first thing, toweled off all the areas, then Clorox wiped everything so they could finally play on a playground after 13 weeks. We came home for lunch and then they played outside more with AJ. Brooke bought a princess tiara with her allowance and both kids helped AJ set up the tent to ‘camp’ in the backyard. After a fire and s’mores (of course) we got changed and slept in the tent (kinda). I made it an hour before the street noise wouldn’t let me sleep, both kids tossed and turned and had a hard time going back to bed after a 1 a.m. potty run, and AJ brought the kids in at 4 a.m. when the birds, light, and street noise was too much for them. Everyone slept until 9am inside! It was fun to try, but there is definitely too much noise in our neighborhood vs the mountains. The kids and I played in the tent for a really long time on Saturday and Brooke helped me pick some of our hydrangeas for the house. Sunday the kids and I played outside again and then I had drinks with Stephanie who I hadn’t seen in 13 weeks. Unfortunately, it rained so we had to huddle in her garage.

It is day 94 of quarantine. Now back to our regularly scheduled postings.

This week started off with Memorial Day and the kids made blanket forts before we went to the city center to scooter around since it was a holiday. It warmed up quicker than we expected so I took the kids to DQ for pickup. When we got home, we drew on the front porch, and had dinner outside. Tuesday was very rainy, but we were able to take a quick walk and I took some pictures of the dew drops. Wednesday the kids wanted AJ to substitute so he did morning lessons with them. Alex had to look for recyclable materials for his science class and Brooke played some on her new guitar. Thursday, both kids had social studies so I grabbed a quick pic of that. Friday, Brooke did her reading with me and Alex did word wall words with AJ. It started raining again so we did a tabatta inside and then after the kids went to sleep AJ and I had an at home date night. Saturday we watched the rocket launch and the kids played with their slinkies. Today we built rockets and launched them in the driveway before watching the astronauts enter the space station. It is day 80 of quarantine.