Quarantine Week 9
5/15/2020
Week 9 of the quarantine / lockdown is done.
We started the week off with homemade monkey bread. Yummy! Everyone loved this very rare and very sweet treat! My oldest daughter also made some garlic herb bread in the bread machine, which turned out amazing (sorry, no picture).
We played a few games this week. My older kids played Password.
And my 6 year old had a Korean game called Yut Nori that we played (from a geography/craft kit to teach us about South Korea).
My little boys enjoyed some puzzles.
My 2 year old likes this "fishing" magnet puzzle where he can catch the pieces with his magnet stick and then fit them into the puzzle.
My younger daughter did some puzzles too and requested a picture with all of them.
One night I checked on my daughter after she was tucked in for the night and she had fallen asleep in this weird position. All tuckered out!
This was a strange week. We had a more than one bloody nose and a bloody lip. Multiple spills and potty accidents to clean up. Lots of opportunities for being a servant!
My husband returned to work at the office this week on Tuesday. Masks and social distancing are required in any public place, which includes his work.
I took all of the kids to the orthodontist this week (their first time out in public for 9 weeks). Masks were required. I was able to stay outside in the parking lot with the little ones to keep them from being confined in a waiting room.
We ate snacks in the trunk of the van.
And we were quite entertained by an Amish horse and buggy that were parked in the same parking lot.
My husband extended some shelving in our basement (this is our pantry for all of our food and bathroom items, as well as small kitchen appliances). He also rearranged his workshop in the basement to make it more functional.
My oldest daughter finished up her Junior year of homeschooled high school a week or so ago. This week we had "Box Day" where we open up the new box of next year's school curriculum and check out all of the books she'll be reading.
We had some nice weather again this week and were outside every chance we got. Here the two littlest boys were playing with bubbles.
And here they were using shovels to "help" dig in the backyard. We have an area that we allow them to just dig in without fear of ruining anything. It's fun for them to feel like they are helping and to dig up bugs and worms!
With the nice weather, we took multiple walks around the neighborhood this week as well as some bikerides. The three oldest kids biked over 4 miles together one evening!
We have a friend Sarah who works at Chick-Fil-A. She brought us lunch one day, which was a wonderful treat. We love Sarah and we love Chick-Fil-A! Her visit was the first time in 8-9 weeks we had a visitor in our home.
Slowly our state and county are opening up again. This week restaurants were able to offer dine-in options again (maintaining social distancing and requiring masks). Some churches have reopened (not ours). But the general sense from most people is to be hesitant, to not try to return to normal too quickly.
We made a trip to visit my in-laws this week, with all of us going into their home (again, first time in 2 months). It was nice to really "see" them, not just from a distance.
Our summer vacation plans are totally up in the air. However, we are very thankful that my husband still has a job and still has vacation time to use (at some point). Except for the broad economic impact of the quarantine, we have not personally been affected by all that is happening. We feel for those who have lost jobs and are facing real need.
Unless there is a resurgence of the coronavirus, the phases of the reopening will keep moving forward. The goal is to be completely FREE again by July 4th... how appropriate!
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