Spring Break...just kidding!

Last week was supposed to be Spring Break...Grandpa and Grandma Gillette were supposed to come visit...we were supposed to spend the week doing fun things together. But Spring Break has been canceled. Grandpa and Grandma had to stay in California. However, I still have the week off work and we are still going to try to do fun things.

The girls had less school work last week than 'normal' so that everyone could rest a little bit and catch up on things. It has obviously been quite an adjustment to do school online and everyone be home together all the time. One morning Grandma and Grandpa Hendricks stopped by; Grandma painted rocks for the girls and created a scavenger hunt for them. I hid the clues inside and then we video-chatted with Grandpa and Grandma who were waiting outside while the girls followed the clues. All of their rocks were hidden out in the front yard so they were able to see Grandma and Grandpa, although it's hard to not give hugs!

Searching for their rocks

 We also did a few Easter activities, like decorate Easter eggs and make homemade Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs.

Very yummy peanut butter eggs!

We've been going on frequent walks through the neighborhood and one day the girls decided it was going to be 'an adventure.' They were super cute and brought their stuffies along and made our normal walk much more exciting!

  

That's Haleigh and Annaliese up on top of the dirt pile.

We also decided that we needed some real interaction with our cousins; one day Malachi and Elias came over and the next day Ben, Kelsey, Owen, and Mallory came over. We all stayed outside in the cul-de-sac and the kids did surprisingly well at social distancing! We fit in a little bit of school work, lots of coloring, and quite a bit of outside time this week.

It's so fun to be able to interact with their classmates...so thankful for technology and things like Zoom!

Haleigh learned how to ride her bike!

Math practice...we've found lots of fun games online to practice addition and subtraction.

It definitely wasn't the Spring Break we were hoping for but we managed to have a good time and we all survived. With each week that passes, it's getting harder and harder to be apart from people and we are finding creative ways to see each other! I keep telling Annaliese that this is going to be a time people look back on and say "Remember that pandemic in 2020..."