Maddie's Gymnastics Assignments

Maddie's gymnastics coaches have done a good job staying in touch with the little gymnasts.  They send them workouts, they chat with them online, and they send little fun things for them to do also.  Last week they had two "fun" assignments.
The first one was to put a shirt on the ground, get into a bridge and see how fast you can put the shirt on, while staying in the bridge.  It was very entertaining and made my body hurt just watching her!!

The next assignment was to draw a picture, anything gymnastics related and post it to their Facebook page.  Her his Maddie's!  She's definitely missing gymnastics and all her teammates and coaches!

Jack's Virtual Birthday Parties

Jack had two birthday "parties" for two different friends last week.  His buddy, Kyle from his baseball team turned 12.  He did a virtual basketball competition.  Every attendee had to shoot, 10 layups from the right and left side, 10 free throws, 10 jump shots from both elbows, and 10 three pointers.  They then put their scores in a google spreadsheet to see who won.  Jack did not win, but he had fun!

Jack had another baseball friend, Sam, turn 12 last week as well.  We did a drive-by parade for him.  Peyton held the sign, I rang the cowbell, and Jack threw out candy and sunflower seeds.  I was too busy driving and ringing the cowbell to get a picture of that one!!  But it was fun and Sam had a big smile on his face!!

After the drive-by party, Peyton asked, "can we please just drive through Kirkwood?  Maybe drive past school?"  So we did.....she misses school, well, she misses her friends.  When we drove past StP, she said, "I'd give my PHONE up for a month if we could just go back to school!!!!"

Social Distancing Couples Date

Well, we went to have a "night out" with the Rineys last Friday.  We chose their house because they have outdoor heaters, which is important, since we cannot congregate indoors.  We brought our own wine, cups, and hand sanitizer.  We had a lovely visit with Chewie, Jason, and Gina.

Some good old fashion backyard fun.....

When I pulled in the driveway from my "tailgate party," all the kids were in the backyard playing soccer.  Mike was working from home, so I assumed they had gotten to loud and rambunctious, so he kicked them out.  When I asked them if dad kicked them outside, they said, "No, we just came out."  These little things here are the benefits of quarantine.  The kids need each other more and want to be with each other more.
They were outside playing a game of soccer, having a good time!!!  Things like this do NOT happen when we are in full swing of non-quarantine life!!

Tailgate Party at the Community College

Last week we met and had coffee talk in the college parking lot, but this week the weather was a little more chilly.  So we had to push our time back, as it was only going to be in the 30's in the 8:00 hour.  We went ahead and pushed it back until noon, and then we just called it a tailgate party instead.  We substituted coffee for mimosas.  As you can tell from the photo, we were all definitely more than 6 ft apart, so we are totally social distancing!

This was our potluck in the middle.  Champagne, wine, orange juice, and a big pump of hand sanitizer!

Coffee Talk and Happy Hour On The porch

Well, I had the dogs join me for my coffee on the front porch and then by later that afternoon Peyton and Maddie joined in too, but by then it was no longer coffee, it was happy hour.

Mike got the power washer out last week and we were able to clean off all the front porch furniture and the rocking chairs on the top deck off our bedroom.  It's nice to be able to use it all again.....nice and clean!!  We are going to need all of these spaces.  The longer this quarantine goes on, the more we are going to need to utilize every once of our space around here!

Black Friday in April????

NO!!  Just COVID 19.....but the lines look VERY similar.  This was the line to get into Sams one day last week.  I was not going in, I was waiting curbside for them to bring me my groceries and mulch that I had ordered online.  The only difference I see is that they make people stand 6 ft apart and wear masks.  It's a crazy world we live in right now......