Day 41

Earth Day! David and Jonny drew a picture for the occasion. Lexi got into the banana bread business. Everyone got their school work done for the day. And the littles enjoyed the teacher reading them a story of the wide-mouthed frog online. Fina opened up a hair salon. Dinner from the Club tonight!

Another round of Zelda Monopoly.
Don't ever let AJ get the row of reds and yellows.

Day 40

Aren't many Biblical events 40 days long? I think we've reached Biblical proportions. Back to school work today (teacher's have a work day on Mondays and school for the kids is Tuesday-Friday). Nana made some deviled eggs! Our school district just announced we're done for the year. It'll be tele-learning through May. Got kinda physical in the family room this afternoon.

COVID-19 modeling

Another round of Challah bread

The new "classroom."

Monopoloy Zelda (bought with zoondoogles).

The old kitchen table makes a nice game table downstairs.

Day 39

Tracy had a couple online medical appointments today, one for Matteo and one with a neurologist. Another pond trip today, and this one included a third pond. The ponding folks stopped at Chick-Fil-A on the way home. There was quite a line of cars there. Jamie and Lynn closed the day with a Zoom birthday party. Loved Codename and Just One, the two games we played with hundreds of miles of social distancing.

Lexi made this for the birthday party.

Fina made Challah bread. Really good.

Trees are starting to leaf out.

Lots of spiders running around on the pond bank.

Day 38

It was a relatively quiet day today. The kids snuck in a little outdoor play, but the weather threatened rain. The rest of the week is supposed to be fairly warm, even into the 60s. Breakfast was a mixture of Wendy's and Starbucks. We attended church online as usual. Matt grilled up some chicken legs for dinner. Lots of reading. Jamie got a couple hundred database records de-duped for IndyGive. Fina's high school church buds got together via Zoom. Tonight's TV viewing: Schitt$ Creek.

You should see what AJ can do on this contraption!

Fair amount of electronics today.

Day 37

Matt's omelettes for breakfast. USAF Academy graduation day. There was a Thunderbird flyover, but we missed it. Fortunately, I knew it was only a flyover and not a full-on air show, so I prepared this slide show video to share. Jamie's big deal for the day was an online conference by the Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Jonny and Matt enjoyed it along the way, too. We did a drive-by farewell party for one of our church pastors who's moving to Florida, taco style! Matt did brisket for dinner. Jamie and Lynn did a Zoom conference with Vicki and Rob this evening. Got rowdy enough that the Reguscis had to close the door to our suite. Somehow the topic of Lynn's Dad being connected to Rob's Mic-O-Say Boy Scout organization came up. Rob managed to dig up Robob's note card from 1944.

Waiting for the Thunderbird flyover. We missed it.

Lynn finished the foster baby's forever quilt.
Flannel piecing, satin edges, soft cuddle back.

After the boys had already poop-scooped, Matt planted some sausages...

Seen on the way to the drive-by party.

This painting popped up in the one art-related session of the CPR&A conference.
Turns out the subject is the coal mine in Shamokin, PA, the town where my
grandmother lived her entire life. Visited and played there many a time.
Don't miss the Coney Island Hot Dogs downtown;
still looks exactly as I remember it. More on To Shiny Rails.

Prepping for the drive-by farewell.

Jonny watched one of the conference sessions with me.

Tracy: A year ago when we were finishing up the final house check list for our
foster care license here in CO - never in a million years did I think a year later we would
have our first CO placement, medically fragile baby, in the middle of a global pandemic.
It has be an adventure! But we remind ourselves every day God is Good!