week 6....

April can be a long month in its own right.  A shoulder season with schizophrenic weather patterns that change between seasons in a single day.  The quarantine is not helping with this.  Many of the state and national outdoor areas are closed.  Everyone is advised to stay home.  Schools have been shut down for the remainder of the year.  We are doing our best to 'shelter in place'  We did spend some time on the snowless cross country ski trails to out north and made a good 6ish mile loop.  The dogs did about 24 miles.  Even then we came across some people doing the same thing.  In normal times these trails are isolated.  But people are trying to do something while avoiding contact with others and using proper "social distancing."  We are eating well and have plenty of time to DF with things like camping doughnuts for breakfast, just because we need something to do.  Kids are antsy too and the online schooling is working but is not a great substitute for everything else that comes with the school package.

Birthdays cometh....

Easter and Birthdays mark this April.  The birthdays were a little quieter and contained far fewer people than normal but still the smiles and the mark of another year.  Grace entered her last tweener year and Merrick hit the Teenage mark.  Grace made all the birthday cakes, as ordering them wasn't really an option with the stay at home orders in place.  Shipping times were slowed way down on the presents but we did plan ahead for that so there were still gifts to open for the kids.  The online schooling is becoming more routine.  The kids are pretty good at getting themselves up and logged on to see what projects their teachers have left for them to complete.  The extra time has meant that everyone is willing to do family time together.  We have been hunting a killer, a mail order version of clue, and have had a some popcorn and family movie nights.  Short of that we are doing our best to flatten the curve on CoVid.