Monday (4/20) How?!?!?! are we already going into week 6. It's kinda all starting to blend together. Uncle Robert came by and picked Zoey up one more time and left us with a puppy to play with. Roxy's puppies are headed to their new homes this weekend and we haven't really gotten to see them so it was fun to play with him for a little while. Oh and it was eat out night. We did Hawaiian Time and Arby's this week. I think that's about it.
Who is this grown up child?
I know this one...It's Farley!!!
DAY 37
Tuesday (4/21) Today felt overwhelming! I keep saying this but the babies are hard right now. They are into everything, they're constantly crashing, and they want to keep up with the other kids. So basically every time a door is closed to keep them out of something they cry. This, plus school, plus laundry, plus dishes, plus arguments, equals a tired mommy today. Some days it feels like I'm managing pretty well and other days I honestly don't know how I'm going to survive. The key is not looking too far ahead and then looking WAY ahead at the same time. If I think ahead to Brandon heading back to work or even summer plans this season of life has me completely overwhelmed. Today I let that happen and literally felt like I couldn't handle anything more than breathing. So I need to stay grounded in today and breathe and manage what today brings and just tell myself over and over again that tomorrow I will worry about tomorrow. And then I need to look WAY down the road and realize that I will miss these days so much all to soon.
Aubrey's pretty funny. She loves Zoey's bed and literally every time Zoey moves she quickly snags it. Poor dog!
DAY 38
Wednesday (4/22) Today was a bit of a reality check. It is easy to start thinking that this is all a bit ridiculous. I mean we've literally been at home for 5 weeks. We leave once a week to pick up dinner and once a week to pick up groceries and that is it. Brandon has made one trip into Home Depot over the past 5 weeks but otherwise we really haven't gone anywhere, and we have only seen Grammy and Robert a couple of times when they stop by for something and even that has been brief, we've just talked for a few minutes outside. So we're doing all of this but the numbers here in Oregon are low. As of today there have been 2,002 confirmed cases and 78 deaths and I'm not trying to be callous because a life is a life but you start getting impatient and thinking about the long term effects that this will likely have on mental health and the economy just to name a few. It's hard not to wonder if this is all a big over reaction or worse a conspiracy. I don't know what to believe anymore! I just want things to get back to normal but then I find out our good friends the Wallaces and the Scullys lost their Grandma suddenly to COVID-19 yesterday. Their Uncle Craig who we know is currently also very sick and it's so sad to think that people couldn't be there in person to say goodbye and that they probably won't be able to celebrate her life or even grieve the way that would be most comforting and healing for them. And so very quickly we're brought back to the reality that regardless of what is true people are really suffering right now and just like that we take our eyes back off of our own situation and look up to see those around us who are truly suffering and so we wait with more patience and more gratitude than we did yesterday.
Just waiting for an opportunity to steal the coveted spot.
Aubrey (L) and Maddie (R)
DAY 39
Thursday (4/23) Today we made slime and it was the "Best Day Ever" according to the kids! Oh to be a kid again. Grammy passed a bunch of glitter glue to us and the kids have been asking to make slime since last summer so this was perfect. They pumped out all of their school work in the morning and then as soon as Hazel was done practicing letters with Grammy we made slime and they played for the rest of the afternoon. Crazy how much they love that stuff.
Sadie had a Zoom check in with one of her teachers.
Cooper finished his puzzle.
These two stayed busy using up all the leftover homeschooling supplies.
SLIME!!!
DAY 40
Friday (4/24) Hooray for Fridays!!! It's been a long week! The kids did well again with school today. They are becoming more and more independent which is so nice. The past two days they've gotten started right after breakfast and gotten most of their work done before lunch. They're starting to understand how long different things take and are really learning to be responsible for their time and getting their assignments done.
We still haven't heard much as to when things will get back to normal. It's weird, at the beginning things changed so fast. It felt like hour by hour things were changing and I was constantly updating my news app to see what was happening. Now things are soooooo slow. Every day I hope to hear that something has changed but really nothing has. It feels like we're stuck in slow motion. The latest news near us is that a frozen food plant in Albany just found 10 new cases and that the governor is lifting orders to delay non-urgent medical procedures. Hard to know if that's a good thing or a bad thing but man are we ready for life to resume and it's getting kind of scary realizing how many people are out of work and now they're talking about food shortages because the economy has been shut down for so long. You can't put a price on human life but man this is a loose lose in so many ways.
The Nerds exploded!
I heard this today and thought it was pretty cool.
Johnnyswim WAIT
DAY 41
Saturday (4/25) Today it was a little rainy and it had been a long week so we took the day pretty slow. We slept in just a little, had breakfast, and then assembled an outdoor storage container on the porch while the babies played in the stroller and the bigger kids rode their bikes in the rain. Well after not more than 10 minutes Hazel was muddy from having wiped out and they'd worn a mud trail around the house, but they were having fun so we kinda ignored the mess until Hazel rode up having apparently accidentally crashed again covered in even more mud. I headed inside after awhile to feed the twins and that's when things escalated to sliding down the dirt mountain while Daddy, yes Daddy, used the hose to make it even more slippery. I hope they remember fondly these very messy adventures they had as kids. Brandon tried to run up to Home Depot this afternoon but he said the parking lot was full and there was a long line. Not sure what to think of that. Possibly people are tired of being home and are giving up on the shelter in place orders or possibly Home Depot is just implementing social distancing protocol and limiting the number of people allowed in the stores. While some people definitely seem to be easing up, generally I'm observing more masks and regulations rather than less.
DAY 42
Sunday (4/26) It'll be a good day when we are able to go back to church. It's kind of a mad house here while we try to sit and watch our service online. The big kids struggle to sit still. The little girls are in and out after they finish watching their lesson and the twins are just the twins... climbing, falling, fussing, ALL THE TIME! They're almost walking. They're to the point where they cruise all around the house and the kitchen just barely hanging on to chairs and cabinets and they'll even let go of one thing stand and then take a step to grab something else. I can't believe that they're almost at this next milestone. Feels like a major one! Sadie's bike finally came today! She's been patiently waiting as her brothers' came over a week ago.
The battle continues
Some things seem to never change. The circus is just a little crazier than it was 7 years ago!
Enjoying our fire pit again tonight.
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