COVID-19 Day 46

- Hogwarts owl delivers Hogwarts Acceptance Letters.  We are planning an awesome Harry Potter day this weekend!

COVID-19 Day 44

- Had a tea party with Daddy
- Decorated our window with hearts
- Simon is SUPER grumpy, but he might be getting curls in the back of his hair!
- Zoom meeting with Nolan's class
- Nail painting and playing with Grandma Ruby's vintage paper dolls

COVID-19 Day 42

- Pokemon Battle in the driveway with Isaac
- Seeds are sprouted and growing!
- Movie night - Simon thought it was hilarious to beat up Nolan

COVID-19 Day 41

-  Another beautiful sunshiny day!

- Hauled brush

- Washed cars

- Went on a walk

- Porch talk with Tom and Sara

COVID 19 Day 40

- Beautiful sunshine

- Washed the cars

- Played with Nerf guns

- Olivia had a Zoom meeting with her class

- Highest number of cases in a day so far in Wisconsin.  Over 300! This could also be partially due to more widespread testing, but we are not out of the woods yet.

COVID-19 Day Thirty Eight

- Earth Day.  We made an earth day craft and talked about things that can help our earth, like picking up litter, recycling, using less water, and turning off lights.  

- Indoor Hot Tub incentive.  The kids filled their gem jar again with their good behavior and they had SO MUCH FUN playing in the hot tub.  They played in there for close to two hours!  

Quaratine Day Thirty Seven

- Still at six cases in Oneida County
- Livi and Mom make cookies.  We made the most delicious breakfast cookies ever to use up some of the craisins from the school lunches.  Here is the recipe.  It's a keeper.

Breakfast Cookies

Ingredients:
2 sticks butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp almond extract
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
3 cups old fashioned oats
1 cup craisins
1 cup raisins
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup chopped walnuts, pecans, or almonds
1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Cream together butter and sugars
3. Add both extracts and eggs and beat well.
4. Add flour, cinnamon, and baking soda and mix
5. Stir in oats. Stir in the rest of the ingredients until mixed.
6. Use a small ice cream scoop to make cookie balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
7. Bake for 12-14 minutes

Quarantine Day Thirty Five

- Fancy Tea Party Lunch

- Planted seeds

- Received TWO porch drops! Jewelry from Cassidy and Isaac and some homemade bread from Great Grandma Ruby

- Livi rode her two-wheeled bike for the first time on our walk

- Played baseball

- Simon didn't like the grass very much

Quarantine Day Thirty Four

- Dropped off some porch goodies for the Lindners
- Livi helped me finish up the bathroom makeover.  We took out the giant mirror held up by clips, removed the wall paper, repainted and hung a new mirror and shelf.  It looks so much better than when we moved in!

COVID-19 Day Thirty Three

- Trying something new with the furniture arrangement downstairs.  Got new cube storage

- Movie night watching Up, complete with Rouman Cinema popcorn they offered curbside.

- Aunt Annalyse is quarantined and tested for a low grade fever and body aches - won't know for 2-14 days!!