We made it through week 2 of staying home!
I am not sure who put this on her, but I can assure you that she was not…!
Went for a bike ride and made it all the way across the boardwalk to the fields on the other side. Unfortunately, we didn’t realize that the path tends to flood a little bit there after a good rainstorm. The boys had quite the impressive wet stripe on their backs.
Thomas was very concerned that even his underwear was wet, but Henry didn’t seem to mind. ;)
Natalie seemed to realize that the plastic cover on her trailer was necessary as long as we were riding, but she was ripping it up every time we stopped to take a break. The velcro straps don’t stand a chance against a determined toddler…
Finally free to run around! I snapped this photo of her before she took off to chase her brothers and I think she just looks adorable. Bright colors and a little bit of mischievousness in those bright eyes. Love this baby girl of mine so much!
And she’s off! Given last week’s soccer “practice” - the boys pretty much made it keep-away from baby sister.
I 100% don’t blame them.
I took the trash out and come back in to see that Natalie was fetching me a new trash bag for the can. What a good little helper!
I have to admit while I don’t like the rain ruining our walks, I do like the overcast walks better than the crazy sun walks. It’s a much nicer temp without the blazing sun!
Look! A baby turtle sitting on top of his mommy! Aaaaaaa - so adorable!!
While they got a break from school last week, this week the teachers sent out a list of activities for the boys to work on. I figured I would get in on the fun and made Thomas write an email.
Lol - that’s what you get for whining in my office that I write too many emails.
While we can’t actually go visit any friends, we can go bike to their house and send them photos from the curb. Virtual visits!
Sometimes plates are boring and the youngest wants fun things to put her food in. Whatever encourages her to eat!
First school zoom meeting! It was chaos and absolutely the most entertaining meeting I’ve watched all week. ;)
Decided to try a new biking destination this evening and found plenty of room to run around! The youngest was especially ready to run around, though she kept running toward the bike trail instead of the wide open spaces… Toddlers!
Henry… Never change, my crazy kid.
Who hasn’t sat in a laundry basket to watch things on their toy laptop??
Ok. Maybe we are watching a bit too much Stargate with the boys?
Pretty sure he was providing cover for SG-1… The neighbors probably think we are crazy if they were looking in.
The store was all out of raspberries last week, but our shopper snagged some this week. You can see who was very excited to have them back! This girl has always loved raspberries - we spent a fortune on them for her in Alaska… ;)
Sharing is not one of her strengths…
It can be pretty challenging to keep her distracted long enough for both of us to be able to call into meetings. Baby Signing Times is pretty much the only thing that will keep her entertained. Luckily setting her up in a new location was exciting enough that she watched the whole DVD- whew!
Queen Bee wanted to hold hands with both of her brothers tonight!
There’s a new trend going around in this weird time of quarantine to put stuffed animals in your windows. There are a lot more people walking around the neighborhood with kids right now and it gives them something exciting to look for! We noticed one of our neighbors also putting art in their windows and decided we would follow suit on both!
Another weekend, another bike ride! Matt and the boys were having a blast running down to the creek and back.
Natalie was feeling left out in the trailer so Henry jumped in to hang out with her! She thought he was just the best brother ever. :)
Side note - I usually would let her out to run & play, but we were close to a lot of cars going too fast for my comfort with a bolting toddler…!
But when we got home, she got a chance to play on her brother’s old balance bike. We upgraded Henry to Thomas’ old pedal bike, so this one is now Natalie’s. She wasn’t quite sure what to do with it, but seemed to have fun walking around with it. I am sure she will have it down in no time with all this extra practice time!