Easter in Quarantine

Even the Easter Bunny had to follow social distancing guidelines this year.  So, instead of coming around and hiding eggs in the yard that could then have germs brought into the house, the Easter Bunny left the filled eggs by the front door and left some bunny tracks to boot.  The girls then proceeded to have an indoor egg hunt - which is really nothing new for them as they have had egg hunts in hotel rooms around the world.  Afterward, we went outside to see the Bunny herself drive by in a golf cart provided by our neighbors.  All in all, not a bad way to spend Easter - though we did miss having Nana and Grampa here.

 

Bits and Bobs - Safer at Home Edition

Spring Break is over and we are still under Safer at Home orders.  But it doesn't mean we aren't trying to throw in some fun between our school days.  Which is now done from the dining room table and a desk in the closet under the stairs.  I continue to just try to keep us all sane :)  Stay safe and healthy everyone.

Day 1 of the virtual school.  Or as I like to call it Corona Elemiddle School.

And I sew masks next to MadHatter as she studies.

And evidently, she got a little distracted during her studies.

MadHatters best friend lives about 7 houses down from us.  They haven't seen each other in real life for a long while so they went outside and waved from an acceptable social distance.

Our neighborhood is pretty awesome.  One of the neighbors arranged for the Chik-fil-A truck to come for a social distance lunch.  With all restaurants closed to everything but take away, this was a nice diversion.

Clearest my calendar has ever been.

Wearing all of the blues for National Autism Day (this is the new school dress code)

After a hard day at school.

National Siblings day obligatory photo.  And a senior photo of support.

MadHatter diamond painting.  It looks so good.

A lot of baking going on around here...

 And a lot of mask making...with great helpers.

Bibs and Bobs - Spring Break

Life took a bit of an unexpected and sudden turn about March 13.  With the rampant spreading of Coronavirus our schools were all canceled for the month, we were told to keep our gatherings to less than 10 people and to attempt social distancing (stay at least 6' away from those that you don't live with).  Travel for leisure was curtailed, borders were starting to restrict movement, and people were scurrying to get home if they were away before they would be stuck in place.  We all thought this would work - that we could slow the spread of the virus so that it didn't overwhelm our healthcare system - and if we adhered to the mandates we could resume our normal lives.  Little did we know.

But I give you the pictures from our spring break (the second 2 weeks of March).  Back when we were new to this new way of living and it seemed novel (just like the virus).

This is Friday, March 13th.  (Yep, Friday the 13th).  I had a need to go to the grocery store anyway but was met with empty shelves and meat aisles.  I stocked up on everything I could.  About a months worth of groceries, just in case.  But I was still not able to find Toilet Paper, paper towels or cleaning supplies.

 Which led to this - rationing of toilet paper in our house.  And Stinkerbell, being her usually funny self actually did this so I had to take a picture!

 And liquor stores started delivering for free.  So I stocked up.

And Stinkerbell made me a great sign for the bar.

 Our friend group shrunk to just 2 friends each from the neighborhood.   A came over to made clay figures.

 And we had A, A, and G over to swim.

A bike ride with A and her mom to the Everglades.

 MadHatter and I got good at Jenga.

 Stinkerbell and I did a puzzle (or 3) with a little help from the cat.

 We made Mermaid cupcakes...

And Cloud bread and muffins.

 We built a fort to watch tv...

 and eat dinner in.

 The girls added some blue highlights to their hair (this is before washing)

 And we started zooming with all of the people we could no longer see.

 But one thing stayed the same (thankfully) and that was the glorious sunset each night which was soothing to the soul.