More from quarrantine

We are still enjoying the beautiful weather and doing our best to find creative ways to keep busy and entertained...
The younger ones love taking flower walks/bike rides and making bouquets

 Lunch picnics in the driveway

 Lots of exercise!

Manah very patiently played this card game with Cecilia that she made up (and the rest of us have been playing games too, especially Boggle at night).

Austin issued Gloria, Stephen, and Anastasia a challenge that they each achieved during the Easter octave. He gave them options of some different (very generous) prizes, and of course they each picked the most expensive and complex one on the list! (Have I mentioned our kids are ambitious?)
So Anastasia's prize was that he built her a rock climbing wall. He ended up building two...a novice and a more experienced/bigger kid one. (She scaled hers the first time, making it look so easy that every one else wanted to try. But it wasn't as easy as she made it look! I only got a video, no photo.)

Stephen's prize was online parkour lessons which he really wanted to do with his buddy across the street. We decided that time together outdoors would be ok, so he is sort of in our quarantine family/group now!

Dewberry picking...'tis that time of year. And we have so much free time and energy for it! Well, at least they do. I brought a book to read in the shade. ;)

And with berry picking comes pie making. They did it all themselves (including Mariana)!

We have been doing all of our own house cleaning rather than having our precious helpers come once a month for a deep clean. So on the Saturdays that we clean all morning, I offer them a little treat in the afternoon. We have previously enjoyed a little dessert treat, but this time I offered to get these water balloons for them in my grocery pickup order. So they had a fun water balloon fight with the friends across the street.

I am hoping our neighborhood pool will open up before it gets too hot, even if they have to limit the number of guests. But for now, we are so thankful for spring!