Getting out side

We have been doing our best trying to follow social distance and staying home. The boys have hardly left the house since early March.  With the weather getting nice this will be harder and harder! The other night I busted the kids out of the outside for ice cream and a hike at Big Woods State Park. The warm fresh air was good for all of us!

Wax museum

Wax museum: Abraham Lincoln
Facts: born on February 12th 1809, 16th president, created the secret service- even though they couldn’t save him, best president because he freed the slaves.

Easter

It snowed ?’

Candy from the egg hunt 

Found the golden egg!
So glad we did the hunt the day before Easter

Taking the Jeep for a ride 

Fires

Love fire season! 

Dinner on the fire 

Art class

We are trying our best to keep the boys focused and interested in this distance learning business!  Here’s my attempt of getting everyone outside and try something new.  Thanks to all the over achieving parents out there I can get great ideas from social media 🙂

Painting shadows 

Bunnies 

COVID-19

Working differently 

So it’s been a crazy last few weeks.  We as healthcare worker have never experienced anything like this before. We are lucky in Minnesota that we have time to prepare and be ready as we can when the numbers hit us.  I have been quarantined because of a possible exposure at work.  I feel fine- I had the swab and it was horrible!  If all people knew what a NP swab felt like it would encourage social distancing.  My swab came back negative.  I’m still working from home and watching for any symptoms.  I’m so grateful that I have a job that will allow me to work from home - even though I would rather be on my unit helping.  I will be able to return to work next week. As nurse leaders we will be covering some weekends and working from home a couple of times a week.  Things have been changing daily.  I miss our old norms and know that it will be a long time until things feel normal again.  The kids are home and we started distance learning this week. One good thing for having me at home was to be able to be here and get them up and running.  The kids have no idea  how weird the world is right now.  I wonder how they will look back on all this.  They will be like remember that year we had the really long summer ?!  The next few weeks are going to stay just as crazy as the last few! I hope everyone stays healthy and doesn’t run out of toilet paper :)  Blessings and thank you’s to all the front line staff all over the world.  Keep showing up and doing your thing!!

Ansel turns 6

My baby boy turns 6!!

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Dinner at Rancho Loco

Whipped cream in the face! 

 Yes, we got him a dart gun.  Yes, not enough 3 minutes later someone was crying because the boys were shooting each other in the head....boys....

Bowling party with friends

Mine craft cake 

Happy Birthday Ansel!  Time sure does buzz by way to fast.  Our littlest is 6!  We are totally out of the 'little' kid phase in our house.  Ansel has changed so much this year.  He loves kindergarten.  He has learned to read!  He loves doing any thing his brothers are doing- including fighting, making a mess, peeing on the floor- you know boy things :)  When he grows up he wants to be a scientist. You sure do complete our crazy family Ansel!