Our in-house baker extraordinaire was pretty excited when I got out the stand mixer to make some cookies one day. The kids pretty much took over and handled it all by themselves, except for the oven part. They made oatmeal raisin cookies because Hadley found the recipe in the oatmeal container. They were delicious! Before we put the mixer away, she convinced me that we also needed to make some banana bread.
To stave off boredom, we've been trying to learn some new skills. Hadley took an online "Fun with Yarn" class, where the instructor tried to teach 200 kids how to knit, crochet, macrame, and do friendship bracelets via Zoom. It was a little hit or miss, since that sort of thing is better done in person, but at least we learned how to do some basic stitches we can maybe revisit and expand upon some time.
Our immediate neighbors have been so generous with their backyard pools, which has been a lifesaver on these hot summer days! They gave us free rein when they were out of town, so we took full advantage of that, even with a night swim. Our neighborhood pool is remaining shut, so we are pretty bummed about that, but so glad to have awesome neighbors!!
And we've decided to open our circle just a bit during the quarantine to include these friendly neighbors. It really does wonders for the kids to be able to socialize with other kids! It's already been 3 months with pretty much just the four of us, and the kids haven't even been in a store during that time. They've been troopers, for sure, but it definitely helps to have an outlet outside and to vary the faces you are talking to a little!
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