Sunday, May 31, 2020

Quarantine--May

Special mail from friends--a May Day box

Sadie even got some mail--a box from 1-800-PetMeds had a bone inside--she was so excited!

Lots of bike rides!

The library finally opened!


We occasionally drove through and picked up school lunches for something different


Making stepping stones

Beautiful day spent in the screen shelter out back

New hammock for Mother's Day

Norah helped me test out a new game for my classroom called Cat Crimes--it's a good one!

Norah will read anywhere, even in a box!

New subscription box from Grandma and Grandpa Nass for their birthdays...Doodle Box.  Fun projects that they can do together!

Culver's drive through for National Cheeseburger Day

Month two of piano lessons by Mom...someone usually ends up crying...

One of Abby's last week of school projects was to cover our driveway with sidewalk chalk messages

Last day of 6th grade!


So many awards

Abby's advisor, Ms. Parvey, stopped by to drop off gifts and awards



Last day of 2nd grade!


Norah's teacher, Mr. Bachmeier, stopped by to drop off an end of the year gift

So proud of this Academic All-Star!

Surprise from my PTO--so sweet!


Empty classroom in early May...

We lost a big limb one windy night...miss the shade from this tree!

I was buying a piece of posterboard to make a sign for our 5th grade send-off/drive through, and Norah really wanted a piece for herself.  Love what she created!

Norah watering the flowers...

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Quarantine--April

The girls made scrapbooks about their time at home:




The girls helped out around the house:

Abby decided she loved doing dishes
Carrying up brush to bring to the compost--warm enough for a romper in April!?
Washing Sadie after she snuck down to the pond for a swim
Norah made supper (grilled chicken by Dave not pictured)
We celebrated Easter with an egg hunt, dyeing eggs, our first Easter meal at home (delicious!), and a Zoom Easter call with my mom's side of the family.  We even had an Easter snowstorm!

















April brought crazy weather--from snow to beautiful days outside.

Checking out the ice cream shop in Montgomery
Another visit to the ice cream shop--we have now tried all of the flavors of Dole Whip!


Norah bought herself a scooter with her birthday money
We continued distance learning, but didn't always work in our work stations...



We celebrated my dad's birthday at Nerstrand State Park with a "social distance" picnic and cupcakes.  At this point, we weren't sure about getting too close to my parents, so they invented the "blanket hug" where they threw a blanket over each of the girls to be able to give them a hug.










My aunt Miriam sent us each two masks
Abby bought herself a Vera Bradley blanket with birthday money
Sleepover in Abby's room
Sadie loved morning naps in my workspace
We spent a lot of time walking in the woods near our house...some days, it was even nice enough to wear rompers!