Navigating Unruley Watters: Day 25-28/ April 12, 2020

Happy Easter! What a weekend! We've been so busy that I haven't had time to write. 😋

We have kept busy during Holy Week with activities for the kids. On Thursday we did a traditional Seder (pronounced say-der) meal which is a telling of the Passover. It is traditionally celebrated in one night and has 15 steps. It is done on the Thursday before Easter as part of Holy Week. This Sedar incorporated Jewish traditions with a Christian prospective. It was fun and the kids were taken out of their comfort zone with some of the food. We made Charoset (which is a mixture of apples, honey, and cinnamon), ate bitter herbs (horseradish) and hid the matzah. For the actual meal, we make lamb and potatoes with rosemary. Definitely an experience for all! And a lot of grape juice! You have to fill the cup four times for the ceremony! Mia accidentally filled the cup full at the beginning of the dinner so.... she had a lot of grape juice!

Table is set!

On Friday, we cleared brush and dead trees. A lot of trees. We had a lot of storm damage last summer and in the fall and Grandma needs it cleared to mow. Aunt Megan dropped off the Easter baskets while we were gone. The kids were excited to have more candy and TP. LOL! I was pumped for the disinfectant wipes and coffee! The kids also love the M4M bracelets!

There was a surprise in the van!

The weekend was pretty low key. I spent time getting the video and music ready for church. I was very pleased at the opening for church that I put together. They had taken some great pictures of the stained glass windows in the church and wanted them in the video. I did a little recording of one of my favorite contemporary christian songs. Not perfect, but I like the way it all came together. It's sideways on here because I screen-recorded it, so you might have to flip your phone!

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The kids have been building a bridge behind the house. It was still standing after the rain today, so that is a plus. They are pretty creative with the build. This is the second attempt and they have a new plan to make this better. My little engineer CEO Brad tells everyone what to do and how he wants things done. Pretty clever design for an 8 year old.

Brad inspecting the bottom of the bridge

Buddy the cat supervising work!

Brad has also been keeping busy with his ducks. O-M-GEE! He loves his baby ducks so much. Here's a video of him talking about his baby ducks.

Mia and I made homemade cinnamon rolls for the weekend. She has never done this before, so it was a lot of teenage sass as she doesn't like to be wrong or be told what to do. Sometimes......she did learn that you can't put a half cup of milk and frosting with only a 1/4 cup powered sugar. I tell ya, sometimes I wonder about this girl! I mean, just look at her socks! She has also been watching youtube videos on sketching. Her most recent work is pretty amazing. A lot of improvement in quarantine!

Saturday Grandma Cindy and Jody dropped off their Easter stuff for the kids. It was nice for the kids to see them from a distance. Adam started the new walkway between our house and Mom's as well. That will take a few days to complete, especially with the rain! And Grandma Karen did her first mowing for the year. Yes, my Mom LOVES to mow.

Saturday night we did a little family lip-sync fun. The kids got a huge kick out of Adam's skillzzzz. I did too! 😂😂 Probably the most fun we have had so far staying home all the time. I keep telling him this is why he was lucky enough I married him. LOL. The kids were laughing so hard having pillows stuck in their pants!

The greenhouse has some plants in it now. Even with the weather, we needed to transplant some of the seedlings because they are too big for their first containers. Hopeful everything goes well this week! I doubled the plastic over them for the night! And I hate wind advisories!

Easter was fun. We had our egg hunt this morning while it was nice out. Grandma made a giant lunch. Very thankful she lives next door. It looks like Mia is creeping up on Grandma in height.......The kids scored big (thanks weeks ago Amazon shopping and LTD catalog!) and Grandma has worked on her online ordering skills. Brad is pumped to see his dinosaur egg hatch in the giant bucket of water in the next 48 hours. He asked to take it to his room, I replied with a solid, "no."