A lot of our "normal" day to day things have changed....Where we put our jackets now holds our masks. When we are leaving the house our list of reminders have expanded. " Do you have your shoes on? Water bottle? Mask?"
But the cuddles and love remain the same. We are so lucky these three have each other. They play. They share. They fight. They laugh, They annoy. All of the important things that kids must learn to navigate and enjoy.
Aunt Nae got me this indoor garden for Christmas and it took a pandemic for me to become a gardener but here are our herbs and I LOVE having it!! Homemade weekly pesto sauce each for the win! YUM!!
Bros.
We are so grateful to have the park next to us but especially during this time. We spend so much time hiking the trails, biking the paths, just being outside. One of the kids favorite things is to go to the pond area and catch frogs and toads. Meet "Hopper" below.
Having Harlow right around the corner is pretty perfect too!
We had fun over Memorial Day weekend grilling out!
Ms. Pas, Luke's 4th grade teacher, stopping by because she is just awesome like that. Chatting through the storm door. 💙
This was the 1st time we went to the cottage over Memorial Day weekend and let me just say...Let's move to the cottage!! It is the best.
Puzzle Masters 1 and 2.
Smore's, inside in the microwave. :)
The jumbo marshmallows are no joke!
Even though it was still a bit nippy, these brave souls all made it in!
Look how beautiful.
Lots of puzzles, Legos, reading, Harry Potter Clue, and coloring the USA tablecloth...
Ellie lost another tooth!
Kids set up a mini golf course while we relaxed!
Lake Huron, we love you.
When we got home, surprises and gifts had been delivered from Luke and Elle's small group leaders from church! Are these lucky kiddos or what?!
Elle having her last Zoom class meeting with her 2nd grade class...
She published her passion project at their writing celebration. Her passion project was telling the stories of our family trips together...
Look at all of those small moments she captured!
We were all invited to Elle's end of the year award ceremony. Her teacher asked us to get dressed up have a juice drink to toast, and over Zoom gave each of her students an award. Ellie got...
Future President!
Our kids despite everything, really had such a great school year. Their teachers stopped by visits, met one-on-one with them for Zoom sessions, sent letters, delivered gifts, had class movie nights over Netflix, hosted Bingo bashes, and made this year as special as could be. We love you Ms. Pas, Ms. McConachie, and NC3P!
School is out!!! Summer break is here! WAHOO! Culver's at the park for this fam!
Our first morning we took a family bike ride to downtown Rochester. We didn't realize we would be part of a BLM protest. We watched and we listened. When we got home, we had an important talk with our children. Black Lives Matter.
After the protest, we kept riding to the river...
And then back home to R&R. Bring on summer baby!!!
