Sunday. A home day. The kids got up and watched a little tv while JP and I slept in. We're trying to make the weekends different than the week days and keep a little 'normalcy' during this strange time.
Once we got up we made breakfast and then it was time for Sunday School. This morning the kids went to Sunday school virtually. We streamed the morning service and the kids sang along as they ate breakfast and played! After breakfast Juliet and I had a little studio time and Dad and Naomi created an obstacle coarse for the Gear bot.
After that we got dressed and set up for the PineApple Neighborhood COVID-19 Olympics. Juliet helped gather the objects we needed - hula hoops, soccer balls, baseball bat, music, karaoke machine and extension chords. We tested the karaoke machine to make sure everyone in the neighborhood could hear the announcements then we set up the fire pit and opening ceremony area in the circle. Then at 2:00 we all met in the circle in our designated spots that the girls drew with chalk for everyone (6ft or more away from each other). I explained the rules and the first event. Then we light the Olympic torch aka the fire pit and went to our spots for the first event! The kids (and parents) had a blast. The games lasted about an hour. Then we announced the scores and awarded the PineApple Cup, sang Happy Birthday to Jace and roasted marshmallows, one family at a time!
2020 PineApple Olympic events
Results of each event
Closing Ceremony Marshmallow Roasting
Champions!
PineApple Cup made by Mr. Guzzi!
The kids helped clean up and then played while mom rested and dad made dinner. After dinner we video chatted with the Briggs Clan - Grammy, Sarah, Matt & Candice, Andria, & Sundie. Once we were done with our chat we watched Star Wars IX.
Charles River by our old house! Sunday. This morning the kids got up before us and headed downstairs to watch some Batman cartoon episodes from the 90s that JP got for them. Naomi (& Juliet sort of) has been reading the three Batman comics that we got from Park Street Books that have Spanish on the sides and in some of the frames. One of the great things about technology, or at least the technology in our house, is that we can cast stuff from our phone to the TV in the family room and our bedroom. So while JP and I were just getting up and dressed, he cast the Sunday school stream from the temple. This of course interrupted the Batman cartoon. I peaked my head out the bedroom door and heard..."but we were watching Batman!" The Sunday school songs and chat from the Rabbi's today was about Passover as it is this coming Wednesday evening. After the morning service 45 minutes later there was a zoom session with the Rabbi's to have more of a conversation and so...
Today was a typical quarantine day. We got up. Walked Pip. Made breakfast. And then JP and I got to working while the kids played outside. It was a gorgeous day. The kids went on a fossil expedition digging up rocks in my front flower bed. They apparently promised to leave the flowerbeds as they found them. But that’s not what happened. Then they played in the hose as it was hot out! The rest of the afternoon was spent playing with the kids in the neighborhood. In the evening we walked Pip and went over to the neighbors that was hatching Chickens. He’s going to let us foster a few of them for the next few weeks. Hopefully this will move us forward with us getting our own chickens! So after the chick visit we went out and got a few things to raise them. A heat lamp, a water bottle, sawdust flakes and chick food. Tomorrow we pick up the chicks. Then dinner, books and bed for the kids. And school Committee Meeting for mom.
Signs of spring Easter Sunday. This morning the kids got up at the same time, around 7:30 and they went down and watched some TV and played some video games. I got up and made some breakfast for the gang and then we headed outside. It was almost 60 degrees today. The girls helped me move some of the plants around in our front flower beds. We moved 2 daisy plants, 2 echinacea plants, and 3 day lilies. The side of the house had nothing in the beds there, so we moved 5 plants there. Hopefully the plants make it!!! Then we did a general clean up of the beds. Juliet got a bit bored and went and helped JP dig out weeds for a bit. Then they went and practiced riding bikes. Juliet is a bit timid on her bike with training wheels but she took the bike for a spin around the neighborhood for a bit. Naomi seeing her decided she wanted to ride for a bit too, so she went off and rode her bike around the neighborhood chasing Jules. She's' still learning how to use the gears on her new bike...
Sunday. A home day. The kids got up and watched a little tv while JP and I slept in. We're trying to make the weekends different than the week days and keep a little 'normalcy' during this strange time.
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