Highlights from Ps & Q

This week, Amelia’s “extended spring break” came to an end and she started doing some distance learning activities with her class.She was really excited to be able to see her teacher and classmates, even if it was on the computer screen. She even got...

We’ve all used or heard the old cliche that parents learn more from their kids than kids learn from their parents. I am someone who not only says that, but believes it wholeheartedly. Today was one of those days that reinforced it.It was a really nice day, and...

This day began as any...um...which day was this again?Oh yes, it was Tuesday. I guess as any Tuesday begins. I suppose during a period of time where all days seem mundane, a Tuesday seems EXTRA mundane. Tuesday is that day we are always trying to artificially prop up....

It was an up and down kind of day. In fact, in the morning I was thinking this could turn into another “boy this all pretty heavy” kind of post. But my day was ultimately saved by a couple of superheroes.More on that later. We had a nice morning walk, but...

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...

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...

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...

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 the planned...

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...