COVID19 - Week 6 at Home

The days all blur together 🤣 We seem to survive thanks to good weather, Harty's, streaming TV services, iPads, our weekday nanny Liz, good night sleeps, amazing remote teachers and cocktails.

Highlights of Last Week Include :

• Learning the deck repairs will take longer and cost more - Yay!
• Positive note, they worked today and should be done tomorrow!!
• Having the Golden Tee guy cancel for pick up for the 2nd time but 🤞Nate and Clint can pick up on Tuesday of this week 
• Tuesday Virtual Happy Hour with some great former colleagues and then some awesome weather outside
• Maci rocking 3 Ms Ronning, 1 Mrs Sheldon and 1 Full 1st Grade Class Zoom Calls
• Hot Tub with the draft on Thursday night with the Harty's
• Bengals draft class looking strong!
• Lots of good miles on the walking shoes
• Busken Bakery online order arrived!
• A fairly quiet Friday calendar load, team happy hour and getting outside in the NICE weather!

Cuties playing together at a water table

 Busken Bakery loot

Weekend Highlights : 

• Amazing weather!!!!
• Sleeping in Saturday morning!
• Clint pulling up all sorts of horrid ivy out of the right side yard
• Playing soccer with the kids and watching Maci toughen it out with the boys
• Playing yard games with the Harty's and Mondell's winning corn hold each time
• Grilling with the Harty's for dinner
• Watching more draft fun
• Fire Saturday night until a random shower ended that early
• Coffee outside both mornings
• Getting work prep done for the week on the Harty's patio
• Having to worry about a sunburn
• Watching Maci babysit Nash
• Watching Connor and Tyce play with transformers together
• Talking about opening the Harty pool in 2 weeks
• Planning out Mother's Day

Kids playing on a Sunday morning

 Maci did a messy bun like mom

 The AFC North QBs - you are welcome

We hope you also are hanging in there and remembering what day it is from time to time.  We are so excited for life to feel normal again but are also attempting to enjoy and take advantage of this rare time as well.  Stay healthy, safe and keep in touch!

Lots of Love, 

C, K, M & C

COVID19 - Week 5 at Home

Monday :

• A fairly quiet and smooth Monday for the Mondell's but cold and snowy YUCK

Tuesday : 

• Another chilly day but another smooth one as well
• Maci enjoyed connecting with her reading small group on Zoom and then her Descendants music and dance class in the afternoon

Wednesday : 

• Maci created a cute imagination story line about her dolls having birthday parties - she also got to talk to her pal Natalie for a while on a video call 

Thursday : 

• Maci kept her doll birthday parties rolling and the weather is getting significantly better again!
• I had a happy hour virtually with my pals Megan and Lisa which was a great way to be wrapping up the week 
• Later that night, we did hot tub cocktails with the Harty's and rolled right on into our Friday plans

Friday : 

• A nice day mixed with productivity but also excitement for the weekend R&R
• I realized I hadn't gotten any videos or pictures of Connor who is now full on riding a 2 wheel bike sans training wheels
• We had a super late family dinner, watched Toy Story 4 again and headed to bed at a decent time to get some rest!

Saturday : 

• Maci did a zoom soccer practice and afterward showed off some of her muscles
• We enjoyed a gorgeous day of mid 60 degrees, Clint did lots of work outside including aerating the lawn, I finished laundry and caught up on some more Schitts creek.
• The Harty's came over to enjoy a kids dip in the hot tub, a treat they have been begging for 
• Lots of outdoor play, LaRosas's pizza in the oven for dinner and a family walk with Maci on rollerblades, her Saturday obsession
• Ended the evening with a fire up on top our hill - Clint burnt a lot of brush and the Harty's and Joans' joined us with good social distancing

 Boomer enjoying the Sun :)

 Happy Kiddos!

Sunday : 

• Clint and I jumped into cleaning mode first thing this morning - Maci had to get in on the "fun" b/c she needed to clean her room, playroom and help with the guniea pig cage cleaning
• The house now looks and smells amazing and Clint is napping while the kids watch a movie downstairs.  I am once again enjoying some Schitts Creek :)
• It is another gorgeous sunny day but only in the 50s today.  I will likely take a walk later with our crew and also do some work prep after I get in a quick cat nap.

We hope you all are finding ways to enjoy your new normal and pray for the days when things are normal again in the hopefully near future.

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

COVID19 - Week 4 at Home + Easter!!

Monday : 

• 1st day of e-learning for M and she was so excited to see Mrs Sheldon on the screen!
• We had a good Monday at home and we are ready to get rocking and rolling into the week

Tuesday : 

• What a gorgeous day!!!  It hit 70 and sunny here. 
• Unfortunately I facilitated a meeting from 10a-530p my time so I watched all the fun from my window until I could get out and enjoy the weather with our crew
• I signed M up for a weekly Tuesday virtual 1 hour singing/dancing theatre class for Descendants - she loved it!

Wednesday : 

• Not much to note on Wednesday but we are rolling through another week just fine together!

Thursday : 

• Another good day, we are rocking through e-learning in the mornings, Liz (sitter) helps in the late morning and then the kids play outside after lunch - good lil routine we have here.
• After my nightly walk with Tena we decided to do a few cocktails and hot tub with the guys

Friday : 

• A nice fairly quiet but productive Friday for both Clint and I 
• I wrapped my work day with a team happy hour and color session 
• After work, we each took our walks and then had movie night with the kids - Trolls World Tour
• Such a cute movie and a fun night with my lil crew

So sweaty after a bike ride on the Peloton

Saturday : 

• Gorgeous day outside!!
• We started our morning with the Harty boys coming over to watch the Trolls movie again - so cute!
• We got things done around the house in the morning, took a quick cat nap and then hid 128 eggs between the Harty's and Mondell's
• The kids had a blast hunting for eggs and then rode bikes until dinner time
• We had a yummy taco pizza, did some more clean up around the house, Clint took a walk with Nate while I put kids to bed and then worked on my new hobby (Gemify gem mark by numbers)
• We wrapped the night up with a few drinks around the Harty's firepit

Finishing the last bit of homework for this week's learning

Rock sorting

 Trolls Movie Fun!

 My new Gemify Hobby 

 Eggs are hidden

bunny is having a cocktail 

Sunday : 

• Happy Easter! 🐇 🐰 🐣 
• The kids got up around 7a and we found eggs, looked through baskets and then all went back to bed for a bit 
• We joined the Gohs family Easter zoom call which it was great to see everyone!!!
• We then finished getting errands done around the house.
• I am going to get some work prep done in a bit and then we head to the Harty's for our Easter dinner around 4p

Kids Easter Pics

Connor was having none of it but they were going to wear the outfits and give me a pic!

 

We hope you all had a blessed Easter and are finding ways to remotely connect with family, friends and loved ones during these interesting times!!

Lots of Love,

C, K, M & C

COVID19 - Week 3 at Home

Monday :

• I nice little Monday at home - good weather, stayed on top of work, kids behaved, had a walk with Tena and then a relaxing evening - great start to the week!!

Tuesday : 

• Happy 42nd Birthday Clint!!!
• Unfortunately today was a little more hectic with work so dinner was a little more stressful than intended but we had a nice time, enjoyed a yummy chocolate/peanut butter cake thanks to the Harty's and just enjoyed our birthday boy!

Wednesday : 

• Maci got to have a trial zoom call with her class and bless that 1st grade teacher Mrs Sheldon - I only heard about 5 mins of it and it was chaos HA
• Clint and I got to FaceTime with the Brubachers at the end of our day so we could catch up and give Clint a belated happy birthday shout out!

Thursday : 

• Busy evening for us sheltered at home peeps!
• Clint hung with Nate for some pool
• I had a coloring happy hour with my team, so nice!  Then I joined my high school pal Emily's virtual baby shower with my Cincy 6 girlfriends!  Thank goodness for technology and helping us all to stay connected at all times but especially right now!

Friday :

• Nice close to the week!
• After hanging with the kids and enjoying some pork chops and potatoes off the grill we took a family walk 
• We put the kiddos to bed and then had a hot tub night with the Hartys
• I drank of bottle of wine and regretted it a good part of Saturday but we all had a fun time Friday night

She loves my blue light glasses

Living her best life dozing off in our bed 

Saturday : 

• Clint and Nate installed a new air exchanger for us - thank you Nate for all your handy work and teaching skills!
• I got Easter fun ordered, finished laundry and put away some delivery groceries 
• It was a nice sunny day so after watching Onward (so cute!) Maci and I went on a mom/daughter bike ride before coming home to join the Harty's for an afternoon fire/smores
• We then made pizzas at the Harty's and enjoyed dinner before heading home to kiddo bedtimes
• I crashed on the bed after getting home but Clint went and joined them for an evening fire

Sunday :

• I started my day with a shower and then Mommy/Me friends video chat
• We have been doing some random to dos around the house but M is outside, another nice sunny day, Connor is playing a game quietly in the basement and Clint is on the Peloton sweating out all the booze from the last few days
• I am hoping to get some coloring/reading in during this afternoon before taking a walk + getting a little work prep complete 

We are having fun with so many random and new apps

We hope you all are finding ways to keep yourself busy, entertained and enjoying this additional time with your closest loved ones.  We are constantly attempting to find ways to count our blessings because things could be so much worse for our crew.  We are thankful this weekend for our health, some sunshine and our comfy home.  

Lots of Love, 

C, K, M & C