Lincoln's Last Day of School

With schools being closed due to the coronavirus, Lincoln's preschool decided to have a drive-by celebration for the last day of school.

The parents drove their child through the school parking lot to say good bye to their teachers. Drastic times call for drastic measures. Hopefully this pandemic will subside and school will resume in the Fall.

Home Schooling

I was at Melissa's today so I stepped in and helped Violet with her home schooling. Today's assignment was to write an acrostic poem. First I had to find out what "acrostic" was! Violet's favorite things are fairies so naturally her poem was about a fairy.

Violet is very much an overachiever. So not only did she write her poem with fancy lettering, she added art work. I'm so glad I don't have to home school. I wouldn't be able to handle the stress of every day learning. And don't get me started on the new math!!!!!!!

A Little Hernia Surgery for Lincoln

Poor Lincoln had a hernia and had to have surgery.

With the coronavirus, only one parent is allowed with the child. You can imagine Melissa's stress knowing that one of her children was going to be in a hospital having surgery without her.

Needless to say, the surgery was a success and Lincoln made it through with flying colors...a little groggy but good as new.

Mother's Day

This has to have been one of the best Mother's Day I've ever had.

Michael and Jamie power washed the house....

While Violet, Lincoln and Hazel rode their bikes.

Jamie and I made a run to Home Depot for my new Mother's Day grill then Violet, Lincoln and Hazel finished the Fairy Garden.

The day before Michael sent me this beautiful bouquet of flowers. We're still debating whether it's a dog or a bear...I'm going with a dog.

Even though I have to share Mother's Day with Melissa (who is also a great Mom...she gets it from me!) I couldn't be happier.

I have the best kids!

As an added bonus, Mother's Day was the day Hazel decided to take her first steps. Lots of things to celebrate this Mother's Day!

Mosaic Driveway Chalk Art

After reviewing numbers with Lincoln, helping Violet with her home schooling and a Big Mac from McDonald's, we went outside to play.

Violet brought out the masking tape so I helped Lincoln make a small mosaic design on the driveway. Four year olds have a small attention span so our design didn't compare to Violet's.

I'm using that as an excuse since Violet doesn't want help or ideas with her artwork. She is very creative and Melissa sent a picture to Violet's teacher so this would count as her art class for school. I have sidewalk chalk. Now I guess I'll have to stock up on masking tape.

Easter

Who needs a traditional ham and potato salad Easter dinner when you can have Mom's fried chicken and mashed potatoes.

Melissa did make deviled eggs but Michael said they weren't as good as Teresa's.

Lola danced around the kitchen all afternoon waiting for a crumb to drop but she couldn't decide between the fried chicken or the left over bacon from breakfast.

We didn't have time for the craft project I put together for Violet and Lincoln but that didn't stop Violet for completing her egg carton caterpillar after we left.

Then it was off to the garage for a little bubble machine magic.

The coronavirus is putting quite a strain on everyone not being able to go anyplace but we still found time for family fun. Happy Easter!

Hazel's First Birthday

It's hard to believe that it's already been a year since Hazel was born.

Even during the Coronavirus pandemic we were able to get in a first birthday party complete with a cake and balloons.

A few days earlier, I gave Hazel her present. She was a little shy of her rocking elephant but now she rocks it like a star. She still isn't able to get on it by herself but she's close. I really thought she'd be walking by now but it's much easier for her to do her Hazel crawl in order to keep up with Violet and Lincoln. Happy Birthday, Hazel. Maybe next year the world will be back to normal, the weather will cooperate and you can have a bounce house and lots of friends over!