Day 1 Friday 3/13: All schools closed. We got up and had breakfast together.The boys decorated treasure boxes! Then I ran out to the stores to grab some stuff before everything closed down. I met Mao in the parking lot to give her their grocery items and came home to the boys. We baked chocolate chip cookies and brownies! Declan and Brad left for the cabin. Wesley took a cool glow stick bath!
Day 2 Saturday 3/14: Declan and Brad went skiing one last time before the mountain closed. Wesley and I stayed home and played inside. I started itching all over and have been taking Benadryl.
Day 3 Sunday 3/15: Since churches are all closed, we watched church on a live stream from our church in Bothell. We spent the rest of the day working in the house. We cleaned Declan's bedroom and closet, searching for his watch that's been lost for several months. Then we organized a reading corner downstairs for the boys. In the evening Brad and Wesley went for a walk on the slough while I stayed home with Declan. When they returned home Wesley was so excited to tell me all about the beaver he saw. He took me back out to see if we could see it again! We saw it but it was camouflaged. We came home, made popcorn and watch the movie Stardust!
Day 4 Monday 3/16: Today is my birthday! My itching is a bit better today, so that's a plus. It's been an interesting birthday this year. Governor Inslee announced all restaurants are closed, and we should be staying home as much as possible. Parks, churches, libraries etc are all closed as well. This morning Declan did some math school work. Then we went outside for a nature scavenger hunt on the Ebey slough. Then we came up into our yard, played in the sandbox, shot arrows and started weeding the flower beds. Next we made lunch, Declan worked on his reading and Wesley napped. We had Cristiano's for dinner and birthday ice cream cake. We watched Frozen 2 while also playing charades.
Day 5 Tuesday 3/17: Today we went for a scooter ride on the trail. We played with our toys, went in the sandbox and had a silly string battle. Declan practiced his archery. On our trail walk Declan picked "corn dogs." We had to walk way down in the mud to pick them! The boys did about 2 hours of weeding for me. The flower beds in the back look great!
Day 6 Wednesday 3/18: Both boys were up during the night. Declan was running a fever and spent most of the day in bed. Mao and Pop came over to get their groceries. We had to be a safe distance from them at all times so I had the groceries in the garage for them to get. Wesley and I had been playing in the backyard in the sand box so Mao and Pop came to see the sand box and the new day bed swing the boys made for my birthday! We went for a long walk on the trail while Wesley scootered. Wesley did a great job of understanding he had to stay away from his grandparents! After they left, we had lunch together and everyone took a rest (I read in the sunshine). When Declan woke up he watched a movie. Wesley and Daddy took a walk on the trail. Then we did bubbles on the deck, cleaned up the pots on the deck and made dinner. We watched the new movie Jumanji! It was really funny and we all liked it!
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| Wesley got mail from his preschool! |
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| I got a cool new book on trails we can walk on |
Day 7 Thursday 3/ 19 First day of spring. First we made rainbows to spread the word that we believe we are in this together! We hung them around our house; in the window, the front door and out by the garage door. We watched a mystery science video about rainbows and did a rainbow experiment with a glass of water. Next we went out on the porch and used paint and shaving cream to do some Easter egg art! Now the boys are watching a quick video from the zoo about Ocelots. Declan has decided he'd like to learn about ant eaters so we are busy researching them now.
Day 7 Friday 3/20
Wesley has become a total cookie monster! We baked cookies together and he enjoyed eating them. 
Earlier in the day the boys collected rocks. Then we painted them for the fairy garden.
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Declan learned how to draw the pigeon with Mo Willems.
Day 8 Saturday 3/21
Declan did another drawing lesson with Mo Willems! He drew Gerald the elephant.
When they got back the boys had wrestle mania in the yard. Then we had a sock war ad threw socks at each other.
Day 9 Sunday 3/22 Today was an exciting day. We finally found the puppy we've been searching for! We drove to Covington and did a social distance puppy pick up. The family had two puppies for us to choose. They brought them out to the front yard, then stood on the porch while we played with the puppies. It was a tough decision as they were both so sweet. We chose the boy puppy. We brainstormed names all the way home. The boys were so excited to show the puppy our back yard and play with him. He is an 8 week old golden doodle.
I had a migraine that day about the same time we left to go pickup mr. puppy.
Day 10 Monday 3/23
Today was a busy day getting to know puppy boy. We decided on the name Griffey for the pup. He is very sweet, gently and snuggly.
The boys had an epic sword battle in the backyard. Griffey supervised. The boys were his knights and he was King Griff. Once again I got to be the loyal steed that Wesley rode.
The afternoon was filled with more puppy play!
Day 11 Tuesday 3/24 Happy 40th Birthday Brad! Today we celebrated Brad's 40th birthday in quarantine! We managed to have a fun day even though it wasn't the birthday we had planned. In the morning Brad checked out his decorations and read his cards. Then he went downstairs and worked all day. The boys and I kept busy playing with Griffey and doing activities together. In the evening Brad had so many phone calls! He was busy all night. We had steak for dinner followed by cake for dessert.
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| Grospes dropped off beer and a card! |
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| tired boys |
Day 12 Wednesday 3/25
Today the boys played in the tent. We put it up and attempted to snuggle up and read. That lasted about 5 minutes. I tried to convince them to stay in the tent, but they kept coming out and getting me.
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| Our kitties are snuggles |
Day 13 Thursday 3/26
This morning was rough! The boys were absolutely wild! They were argumentative and fighting with each other and me. Declan learned to put his laundry in the washer.
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