by Schneider | May 7, 2020 | Day in the Life
Tuesday morning seemed to start off with a family-wide case of the clumsys. Coming downstairs in the morning, one of the kids dropped their water bottles on the hard wood floor, which created enough of a noise to set off the glass shatter sensor in our security...
by Schneider | May 6, 2020 | Day in the Life, Parenting
The day began, as days with kids often do, with something completely oddball and unexpected. The night before, Amelia and Henry were playing with these tiny little toy plastic cameras that I believe came from some kind of goodie bag around Henry’s birthday.They...
by Schneider | May 5, 2020 | Day in the Life
On Sunday, we put on some spiffier-than-usual-for-quarantine clothes and had a nice Zoom call with my family back in Wisconsin. I say “spiffier” because I put on a button down shirt, but I have to say that the award for best dressed on the call goes to my...
by Schneider | May 4, 2020 | Day in the Life
I mentioned a while back that getting deliveries and packages is always exciting times around here. I recently used some gift cards I had to make an order at Old Navy. It turns out that after a few weeks of wearing only comfy shirts made me realize that my very...
by Schneider | May 3, 2020 | Day in the Life
Amelia gets pretty excited about the passing of months. And indeed, since the last two months have each felt like entire years unto themselves, I suppose I can understand that inclination more than ever. “Happy May Day!” she exclaimed, first thing in the...
by Schneider | May 2, 2020 | Day in the Life
Growing up as a kid in the 80s and watching more than my share of cartoons, I was accustomed to thinking that masks, particularly those covering the lower part of the face, were a common and awesome accessory for many uniforms and costumes. There was even a cartoon...