Day 14: Jurassic Art

Day 14: Jurassic Art

While we’ve been in quarantine, both sets of grandparents have been great about giving the kids something to look forward to every day. Most days we call my folks back in Wisconsin and the kids read them stories. Erin’s parents have been sending the kids...
Day 13: Park Place

Day 13: Park Place

Saturday morning, I was still feeling pretty zonked out from the big shopping and disinfecting bonanza the day before. Fortunately, since we are in quarantine, we didn’t have anywhere to be, so we got to take it easy for a while.Though we woke up to a covering...
Day 12: Supplies!

Day 12: Supplies!

On Friday, I spent the first day of my “vacation” going out on a grocery and general supply safari. When this whole thing began, we did a couple of big shopping trips and fortunately are pretty stocked up, but we did want to try to get some fresh produce...
Day 11: The [Not So] Great Escape

Day 11: The [Not So] Great Escape

Thursday was an exciting day for me, because it was the last day of work before “vacation.” You see, we were originally supposed to be in Hawaii this week, but this pesky little virus put the kibosh on that. Still, it has been my intention to take a few of...
Day 10: Honesty

Day 10: Honesty

Wednesdays are always tough. Even when the concept of “Wednesday” actually meant something because one particular day was different than another. They all kind of mush together in the realm of quarantine.Growing up a midwesterner, I was imbued with two...
Day 9: Boxing Day

Day 9: Boxing Day

Life in quarantine is weird and has lots of ups and downs, so we have been trying to keep positive and maximize the ups as much as possible when we can. For example, we had some chocolate cake left over from my birthday and Erin surprised the kids by letting them have...