Easter 2020

Easter was a bit different this year with the Pandemic. It may very well be the first time in my life I wasn't in church on Easter Sunday. We did watch at home on Facebook Live, which is definitely not the same, and certainly not easy for little ones to pay attention! We tried to keep the traditions we could-- we dyed eggs, we did a little egg hunt in the backyard, and got dressed up to take family photos together. These kids are troopers and one day will look back and talk about how they survived quarantine.

Quarantine: A New Normal

On March 18th, we started to get word that everything was shutting down. A pandemic was sweeping across the country. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) had hit our state and out of an abundance of caution, everything was being cancelled. The older kids were supposed to be in a play that weekend-- cancelled. Church and Bible Study would be online. Even taekwando and dance were switched to ZOOM, an app I had never really even imagined I would need to use before this month! We could go to the grocery store, but many precautions had to be taken. The one thing that could not be cancelled was family time, and time outdoors! 

My resolution at the beginning was to try something new every day of quarantine. It didn't last more than a few weeks, but I still made a point to do something fun as much as we could-- even if it was just trying a new recipe or making a scavenger hunt in the basement. We have been on quite a few hikes. We have played games together. We have baked. We have played outside. We have carried on with our school work. We are thankful for homeschool because our "new normal" isn't a whole lot different than our old normal-- just a lot less outings! 

So here are a few snapshots of our new normal.