Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Memorial Day

We went to Noni and Papa's for a Memorial Day BBQ. Noni and Papa made a delicious meal, and we ate outside and tried to social distance as much as possible. We also used paper plates and plastic utensils so they could just be thrown away.



After dinner we got to see the 15 new baby chicks they had just gotten. 

 

Baby chickens is one of those smells for me that transports me straight back to childhood and the Texas ranch that has been in my family for generations.


The girls loved them just as much as I always did.


Lou was very excited.


"Oooo! Buhd!" (bird)


So excited she squealed with glee and ripped a pinch of feathers out of one of their heads. :P Poor chickie.


Peaches was SO happy!



And of course Peanut, our animal lover, would have been happy to sit there and hold them all day. 

 
Daddy named this one Gregory Peck. Haha.


They each claimed one as their own although I have no idea how they tell them apart.




After the chick fun we let them run and play a while before we had to leave.


It was a sweet night!

Monday, June 22, 2020

Quarantine - The Last Edition!!

82 days! That's how long I'm calling our quarantine. The last day we went to church was March 15th and the first day back was June 7th. Almost three months exactly. 

To be honest I actually enjoyed the quieter Spring. Usually Spring is our busiest time of year and I barely have time to breathe between school, church, AWANA, worship team, and rushing three of the girls back and forth to soccer practices and games. It was really nice to be able to relax, stay home, and get a lot more done on the house! 

Of course it was hard to miss church and all our friends, but we did surprisingly well. The girls are blessed to have sisters to play with! They did very well through the quarantine...much better than I anticipated. We had a few rough days, but for the most part they played well together and enjoyed each other.

We did have friends over once. We had a pickup play date where S&A came over and we put the kids in the back of the pickups to talk. :)



We also did a car based scavenger hunt with friends. We had lists of 25 things we had to find and we drove around town in our own cars hunting for them. 


Bug and Boo were in charge of taking pictures of the things we found. Almost all of them were blurry but here is an example of two of the things...a fire hydrant.


And a bird. It was raining so the only one we found was under a pickup.


The funny thing was that the thing I would be the easiest on the list was actually the very last thing we found and we had to hunt and hunt! A dog!! I guess everyone brings their dogs in when it's raining because we drove around for nearly 45 minutes and didn't spot a dog until the very end! 

I can't remember what Peaches was upset about but she did not want to smile for an end of the hunt picture. :P


Even when Peanut let out a burp and made everyone laugh. You can see she's trying not to smile. :)


We had communion one Sunday at home with online church. All we had was grape soda (that we'd gotten as a prize from the Easter Scavenger hunt) and wheat thins. The soda tasted like cough syrup, lol, but it was still nice to be able to take it together.



The girls colored one of their last quarantine capsule pages during the sermon. 


Our last quarantine church service! The worship team started back two weeks before we officially moved into Phase 3 so I stayed home. It was really hard not to be able to play! 

  

They wanted selfies.



We are very thankful we were still able to attend church via Facebook!


Peaches drew this picture and said, "This is me CRUSHING the Coronavirus!"


All in all it was not a bad time and we made it through just fine, but we are still very thankful to be out of quarantine!

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Calico Critters

Bug used some of her birthday money to buy some Palomer clay and has been making all sorts of adorable things with it! She made bacon and eggs for the Calico Critters. 



And cookie dough.


Which gave her the idea of making a tiny cake. She built herself an oven with metal sheets and a candle.


She even used their little dishes to mix it up!


A little blurry but here is the finished product.


She is so creative!

Friday, June 19, 2020

Funny Friday







We should have just been getting back from our annual lake vacation...



Happy Friday! :)

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Leftover Thursday

T taught Boo how to drive the tractor. I think she was going about .2 miles an hour. It took her several minutes to go 50 ft. :) 


Peaches, "Take a picture of this!" 



"Doin' school".


D has discovered the water mat. She loves it and it keeps her occupied although she usually ends up needing a change of clothes so I don't know that it's worth it. Haha. :P



Peaches went to get more water and when I asked what they were doing, from the next room, she answered, "Nothing." which apparently means dumping bowls of water all over the bathroom floor. 


Lou slipped and landed in the water...you can see the wet spot on her back. :P


A crazy storm blew up one night. It actually didn't get us, but we could see where it was rolling and meeting the blue skies. Pretty cool. 


Happy Thursday! :)