We’ve reached the “fantasizing about kidnapping this woodpecker and keeping it as our pet” phase of isolation.
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Virtual Family
Our new way of connecting with family in Oregon, Washington, and Southern Minnesota: Yahtzee on Google Meet/Hangouts and FaceTime. We learned a few things about cameras and scoresheets and the importance of seeing the dice when we’re playing, and it was so nice to connect in a way we’re used to doing in person. I predict many more creative solutions to come ❤️
COVID-19 Piano Lessons
The Party of welcoming warmness
Leave them alone for a while and they come up with this:
Hello. Welcome to the party of welcoming warmness. So this is what we are going to do:
- Eat
- Show talents
- Play games
- And whenever you feel like it, swing on the hammock.
Watercolors
The kids took the opportunity of a snowy afternoon to paint these three watercolors. They sent the originals to their Auntie Alli for her birthday.
Secrets in the Walls
We recently replaced the medicine cabinet in our bathroom (while cursing manufacturers of cheap fiberboard accessories that begin disintegrating after your first shower). The kids decided to hang some artwork in the wall cavity behind the new cabinet, hoping that someone will find them in “three hundred years.”
Safety
Griffin: Do you think it’s safe to explore outside with Oliver?
Me: Yes. I trust your judgment.
Griffin: I’m just not sure.
Me: What’s the worst that could happen?
Griffin: Oliver could slip and fall off a cliff and drown in the freezing water.
Halloween 2019 — She-Ra!
This year we settled early on one of our favorite shows: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Everybody had a character that they wanted to be. Sarah outdid herself, designing all five costumes (with a bit of manufacturing help). It was a very fun night.
Princesses of Power (plus Bow and Seahawk)
Andrew’s costume model
Maggie as She-Ra
Griffin as Bow
Oliver as Perfuma
She-Ra and Glimmer
Perfuma, Bow, and She-Ra
Tower of Babylon
Griffin and Maggie built an astonishing tower in the basement.
And then it fell down. Click below to watch the collapse in slow motion.
(For some reason, this reminded me of the great Ted Chiang story, Tower of Babylon. You should read it.)
Spies
I am home solo for a few days as I finish up training for the tri,, but also to have some space and time to tackle some house projects. I’ve been in the basement grumbling under my breath as I find thing after thing that has been “lost†(“I don’t know where it is, Mom! I’ve looked EVERYWHERE!â€), and then I came across this:
I remember the day they were doing this (their stealth is seriously lacking) however this made me smile and laugh, and really? They’re pretty great. Even when they are constantly losing stuff.