Quarantine: Week 2

Kim and the big kids had lots of fun on the trampoline last Sunday afternoon

 We have had lots of rain off and on,  which means rainbows

Kim and the kids started some spring cleaning this week

Happy to be cleaning

For some of that time Henry got a piggy back ride

Wednesday we woke up to snow (boo). We also had the Idaho Governor issue a stay at home order. That means we are supposed to stay at home (with few exceptions for activities like grocery shopping and outdoor activities with social distancing) for the next 21 days.

The next day the kids were fascinated by the men working outside of our house installing the new fiber internet service in our neighborhood (we can't wait!). They were also concerned that the men were not always 6 feet apart from each other

Nixon's kindergarten teacher asked the class to come up with a national holiday and share it with the class. Nixon chose kissing day!: "My favorite holiday is kissing day"

One of the unexpected benefits I have seen from working at home is being able to watch animals in the backyard all day. I have been suprised at just how much activity there is back there. There are lots of robins and squirrels. There are lots of little song birds that are too small to photograph. There are also occasionally other cool birds like quail and the mourning dove that I see almost daily.

I would be embarrased to admit how many pictures of robins I have taken.

The squirrels have also been really active

I caught this one mid-jump

It is really entertaining watching them chase each other. It always reminds me of Sleeping Beauty Sword in the Stone (I got this wrong in the first version). I mentioned that to Kim while Lyza was with us and she reminded us that they are probably mating because it is spring time 😉

I also really love when they jump up in the air and tumble for no apparent reason. Maybe they are practicing for squirrel olympics? Parkour?

The one downside to the squirrels is they dig everything up

I have also seen lots of worms getting eaten by robins

Look at this wonderful creation Mason made

He must have been pretty tired by that night because this is how I found him sleeping

On Friday morning Kim found the kids an online exercise class and they LOVED it!

Nixon was helping Henry on this little slide and it was adorable!

A while ago the kids put dried beans in ziploc bags with wet paper towel to get them to start growing. They got to plant them this week

Now its time to grow

Henry loves dried mangos

Another one of Mason's creations

This is a fun game that Henry got to play

Yesterday morning after an amazing breakfast (huckleberry pancackes) I got to take the three big kids out hiking. It was so nice to get out of the house! When we got there the parking lot was empty. A couple hours later when we got back to the car the parking lot was near full.

I have worked from home for two straight weeks now. I also have not shaved for two weeks :)

The boys got to do some coloring this morning

 Didn't we do a good job?

Take care