Easter weekend

Little bit of a different Easter weekend than we're used to.

Saturday the kids played some sort of "beer pong" without the beer.

And then threw ping pongs from each step down to the waiting shoe, which at one point had a cup of water in it.  The goal was to make it into shoe/cup from each step in the least amount of time.

I quit after 6 minutes.

I was tired of running up and down the stairs to collect the balls.

Ben and I had cat cuddles.

Later the boys "hydro dipped" one of their basketball hoops. 

We ended the evening watching the new Trolls movie.  

It was supposed to be released into the theaters but due to COVID, you could rent for $19.99.

It was cute.

We sat the egg and carrots out and called it a night.  

Waiting to find the eggs.

Will was by far the worst egg finder.

Abbie's basket

Will was excited to smile for me.

Ben's basket

New shades

We had an Easter lunch, lounged around, and later took a walk/bike ride. Minus Abbie.

April 4-April 10

Another week down.

On Saturday, I had to venture out to get groceries.

I had been doing all our shopping in town but desperately needed some produce so I headed to Aldi.

The CDC has announced it is recommended to wear a mask in public.

I fashioned my mask out of a linen table napkin and elastic ponytail holders for the bands. 

There was a line to get in as only so many shoppers were allowed in the store at once.

I waited maybe 10 minutes.

The mask was ZERO fun.  

My glasses continually fogged and the bands pulled my ears down, which then made my glasses slide down my nose.  UGH.

But I got what we needed and picked things up for Andy's parents. 

Saturday night, a friend challenged us to color the "All In Illinois" sheets.

Everyone got to work besides Will, who is lame. 

Finished products.

Top is Ben and Abbie

Bottom is Andy and me. 

Found some Sunday selfies from Abbie. 

Abbie became bored enough to come out of her room and work on puzzles.

She and Andy did this one. 

Will worked on an Easter door hanger and took it over to Bill and Paula's.

Andy saw momma duck again and she is at the neighbors.  

I went over to take a peek.

She's in this bush.

Here are her eggs.

I'm so mad she isn't with us this year.

Ben lost a tooth that had been hanging on.

The tooth fairy brought him a dollar and an egg coloring kit.

I ventured out to mail some bills and found this sticker across Andy's office window.

"How do you spell stupid?

D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T"

Nice.

Tulips bloomed.

We had 2 really nice 80 degree days!

I power washed the front of the house and then cleaned the entire porch; pillars and soffit/fascia.

This picture doesn't even do justice with how dirty it was.

I worked on it ALL afternoon.

Afterward, I sat on the porch waiting for a storm to roll in.

Momma duck is there.  Look close.

Taught Will how to make his own grilled cheese.

He was not happy with me. 

But look at that perfection.

He was quite annoyed with my documenting.

Thursday we colored eggs.

Again, no Will. 

We finished Thursday by participating in a birthday parade for our friend, Annabelle Dugan.

We wrapped up the week with haircuts for the boys.

Before and After

Still here...

Week 3???? Who knows anymore

We’re all still here and mostly surviving. A look at March 30th-April 3rd.

Ben and Andy finished up the garden boxes.

They planted spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, and onions so far.

Peppers still to come.

Abbie and Ben hung out in the truck for fun.

While Will shot hoops.  I played a little 1 on 1 with him.  

I felt like I held my own, but he said he was just being easy on me. 

Which is totally true. 

I honestly sucked.

Abbie and I went up to Andy's office to put up a heart display.

NO ONE helped me cut hearts all afternoon, but Abbie did clean the windows.

The bear is for kids in town going on "bear hunts"  in windows.

The "girl" actually came out of the basement a lot this week.  

She and Ben played catch and pitched to each other. 

I got a cool shirt that Abbie found for me. 

Hard to see in the photo but it's the Adidas symbol made of cats and says Adicats. 

LOL!  Will was so annoyed. 

Abbie left me a love letter in the dining room/Ben's classroom.

Abbie found an old Easter Egg in a bush.  

Everybody’s working for the weekend

But first.....I forgot to include this in Thursday’s post. Andy and Ben stayed up late Thursday night and finished the puzzle.

And now, for the weekend wrap up.

DJ found me every time I sat down. We shared lots of cuddles.

Having slowed down, I have been able to appreciate nature. 

Like these 2 birds, which I wasn’t sure if they were fighting or mating. 

Survey says...mating. Check that off the list.

Which then made me remember these eggs so I went and checked on them. 

Look how full of nests!! 

I think this is year 3. 

We will have to clean it out after this year.

Andy snuck a pic of momma! 

We haven’t seen our duck back. Andy tore out the lilies she laid in last year. And the lilies from the original location aren’t tall enough yet. She was checking out the neighbor’s bushes, but I checked and didn’t see the beginning of a nest. I’m afraid her time with us is done. 😢😢

                                                            Maybe he’s born with it?

Or maybe it’s Maybelline! 

It’s been awhile since Abbie worked her magic on Ben. 

Little camera shy, but Ben is always down for whatever makes people laugh and have fun.

Andy and the boys cleaned the garage out Friday.

Then on Saturday, they started working on building new boxes for our garden.

On Sunday, Ben helped Andy rip out the old boxes.

They got 2 boxes in today. They will finish up this week. 

Meanwhile, I made my first homemade pizza. 

Andy always makes them, but I tell you what, mine was GOOD! 

Ended the day listening to the POTUS. He has extended the CDC social distancing guidelines through April 30th.