Bowling

The twins have been asking to go bowling for quite a while.  It seems they bring it up when it doesn't work and then we don't think about it when it would work.  We decided we would take them bowling as a reward for being done with quarantine.

Graham got spares on the first two frames

We tried all sorts of strategies

I love the face he's making

It was a great afternoon.  When we left, Graham told me that now he wants to go to the zoo.  (Another place they've been asking to go.)

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at home.  I planned a few activities to make the day fun.  We had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, and then did a clued treasure hunt around the house. The  kids loved it!  We actually did it again later, by hiding the clues in different places.

Then we watched the Macy's Day parade and started prepping some of the food.

I found a fun idea on Pinterest that I wanted to do for lunch, and we actually planned our day around it.

Our lunch!  Isn't he the cutest?  I wanted our kids (and us) to have a healthy lunch before a rich, not so healthy, supper.  The kids loved it, and it was gone quickly.

That afternoon, we Zoomed with Zach's family and did our traditional thankful circle.

Then we went on a family bike ride and played outside.

Our Thanksgiving spread.  Zach's parents brought us turkey and gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, and sweet potato casserole.  His grandma sent over apricot salad.  We made ham, strawberry pretzel salad, rolls, and deviled eggs.  

So thankful for these four!

After supper, we Zoomed with my family.

We ended the night with watching Space Jam.

We were blessed with a wonderful day full of family time and fun! We are oh so thankful!

Dance Pictures

Monroe's dance recital was canceled last spring.  They did record a recital and took professional photos in the summer.  Unfortunately, we were out of town that weekend, so we missed both.  Monroe and I loved her costumes, especially her tap costume. (She also did cheer last year, but we had pictures of her in that costume.). We decided to get dressed up and take a few photos.

Quarantine for the Boys

 In mid November we found out that the boys' teacher at daycare tested positive for Covid.  The teachers wear masks but the kids do not, so the kids in her class had to quarantine.  The boys were exposed on a Friday, but she didn't get tested until Tuesday. So, that left us with ten days to quarantine.  This fell over Thanksgiving break, which was perfect for us.  It meant fewer days we needed a sub.   Also, we had been leaning toward not going to Thanksgiving gatherings.  Being quarantined made the decision to not go for us.

One day we went on a walk to drop a snake off in a cornfield.

Once there, the boys explored the field.  We were there for almost an hour, running around and picking up pieces of corn.  They had a blast!

Just waiting for the mail

(The truck is nowhere in sight)

A candle bubble bath

Playing with baking soda and vinegar