Home Sweet Home

We are officially a month into the stay at home order put in place by DeWine on March 23rd.  Other than my weekly grocery trip, some random car rides to get drive thru ice cream or the occasional birthday car parade, we have been in this house trying to stay sane.  It is not the easiest thing to do with three small kids who are loud, needy, constantly fighting and need and education from their new teacher "Mrs. Holick."  We are all still healthy, have a roof over our heads, a kitchen stocked with food and a big yard and neighborhood to stretch our legs and get some fresh air/space from one another when needed so we are doing just fine.  DeWine set May 1st as the date to slowly start reopening Ohio.  We are all anxiously waiting to hear what that will look like and what kind of summer we will have.  Life is outside of home is going to be pretty different than what we are used to but it will be nice to have some opportunities to live life as "normal" again.

Nolan taught this poor baby how to put her hands up when under arrest.

                               

Not supposed to leave the house without these now.  It is very strange to grocery shop with a mask on and to see everyone else with one on as well.  Such a weird world we are living in currently.

                     

The new norm at Costco.  I have been leaving the house at 9:00 to get in line for a 9:30 opening of the store.  Seems to be my best bet.  They only allow 150 shoppers in the store at one time so if you can get inside with the first wave, you can usually get what you need and get out pretty quickly.  Otherwise, you will stand in line waiting for people to shop and exit as they only allow 10 people in as 10 come out.  Toilet paper, paper towels and disinfecting wipes seem to be in stock on these mornings.  I even scored a huge container of Lysol one week.  Still can't find any Lysol spray though.

                   

                   

                   

 Mairin is still cute as ever and keeping us all on our toes.

We have had a couple of really fun nights with friends and family over Zoom.  Playing games and catching up in a group.  Lots of laughs even from far away.

More puzzle time.

More movie time.

More play time with the DePauls.

Trying to chase away some boredom with cake and the iPad.

 

Leave it to Ohio to be running about 15 degrees below our average temperatures during all of this.  The days when we can get outside and the sun is shining and warm are our best days.  Then it will snow and rain for several days in a row and we all want to murder one another.  As April comes to a close we are really hoping to see the weather make a turn for the better and stick!