Life.Planted.

Easter Da y 2020 Despite not being able to be with family on Easter which was my sister's birthday this year too, Easter was a really good day! We colored eggs Saturday night and planted our jelly beans so they could "bloom" into lollipops. We woke up Easter morning and had a Easter egg hunt. We had breakfast of bacon, colored boiled eggs and cinnamon buns! We went for a walk in the woods at one of our new favorite spots. We drove by my sister's house singing Happy Birthday. We hung out at home and made Easter dinner with all the trimmings. We went for a walk after dinner down near the ocean and the kids ended up getting in and getting their feet wet. Then we had pie! The kids seem so much happier and childlike through this all and I'm loving every moment. The sun is shining after a day of constant rain, but you know what they say-“April shower’s, bring May flowers.  So we will be getting outside and soaking up the sunshine on this be...

Easter this year will be different. No gatherings outside of immediate family that live in our home. No church in progress. This year we are still celebrating our savior's empty tomb, but we celebrate a little more quieter. With full tummies and longing hearts. This year things like eggs, are scarce and we are learning to make do with everything we already have or what we can find-because a trip to the grocery store is just a nightmare. We picked wild daffodils from a meadow and made our own bouquet since we couldn’t go anywhere to buy beautiful Easter flowers. We love the smell of hyacinths, but daffodils have been a great substitute. To our surprise we found a hyacinth growing in the front yard this morning!! We woke up to the excitement of beach pails left on the kitchen table full of candy and little mouths begging to eat some chocolate. Dad and I hid eggs and watched as the kids found, and needed help finding them all. The smell of bacon and cinnamon...

Home school week 1 was a big success, now we are diving right into week 2. Yesterday was rough. I was exhausted, freezing, not well prepared for the day and the kids were getting to me, but we all survived. Today instead of snow (we had flurries yesterday), the sun is shining and we got our daily walk in then tackled math, spelling words and some science experiments. Then we had creative time, now it's time for chores then playtime until dinner. We got this! I'm enjoying my kids at home, I'm enjoying spending all this time with them I wouldn't normally get. This virus is a terrible thing, but we are taking the positive out of it and will hold onto it for a lifetime. This is a time to slow way down and spend time as families and hold each other close. It's a time to figure out what you really need in life now that you can't run out and get what you thought you needed. It's a time to enjoy nature and fresh air and explore. A time to create. A time to do all th...