The Morgan's Movements 2020 {Week 17}

On the first day of this particular week, I did something INSANE. I put on make-up and GOT DRESSED! 

Maddox felt good about it. 😉

The boys were confused by this craziness. 😂

I did all of that dressing up to go make a few porch drop deliveries to our friends. ❤️

When I came home, it was family night and we chose games on the front porch with popcorn. It was a GOOD idea! 

I love these two so much. 

A precious friend brought this beautiful gift by. I was so touched. 

One morning they both wanted snuggles! YEAH! 

This picture is proof of survival of a hard day of school. Some days are just like that. I am so proud of him. 

He is just the cutest. 

Hi, Mr. Woodpecker! 

Our neighbor has a bird's nest in this box and the boys were so excited to see the little ones. ❤️

  

  

Outside has been the best thing during quarantine. Thank you, Jesus. 

  

One night, Matt made ravioli for a special date night. They were amazing! 

Shortly after ravioli was consumed, tornado sirens were going off. Maddox slept through most of it, thankfully. 

Sunday morning was for pancakes! Fun fun shapes/designs were on the menu! 

  

  

  

I love him. 

Family walks! We are trying to do them more! 

Backyard picnics have been a major win for lunch time most days. 

  

We spent some time working on these little time capsules one morning. We didn't get far but it was a fun activity. 

  

I had to make a trip to the doctor one afternoon. Thankfully, I checked out just fine. 😉

  

  

  

Quarantine Things {March 14th, 2020 -May 2nd, 2020} {50 Days}

Well, what a weird, weird time we are walking through. In thinking through our quarantined time thus far, I was thinking about all of the things we did and did not do and I wanted to document them.

We DID watch nearly every season of Kid's Baking Championship.

We DID NOT participate in many virtual meet-ups.

Matt DID work his typical schedule plus some.

We DID NOT go to public parks or any other public place aside from Matt going to the grocery store when needed.

We DID order groceries and have them delivered. Never thought we'd do that because I LOVE the grocery store but we were trying to keep the boys and I out of public as much as possible and Matt was just exhausted from work each day so it was worth it!

We DID have family movie nights often.

We DID bake LOTS of things including homemade brownies, pizza dough and then pizza, Cadbury egg blondies, funnel cakes, honey oat bread, chocolate cobbler, yellow cake with chocolate ganache.

We DID take advantage of every moment we were given to be outside.

We DID exercise at least 3 times a week.

We DID move our living room TV to our bedroom and have TV time on the bed and picnic dinners all together.

We DID eat outside several times.

We DID take car rides in our pajamas a couple of times, too!

We DID plant a little garden in our front flower (now vegetable) bed.

We DID deliver groceries to Matt's grandparents and visit with them from a distance a few times.

We DID cook at home constantly and started using paper plates for a time. To our knowledge, we only ate take-out 3 times.

We DID catch up on all of our thank you notes!

We DID make some epic weekend breakfasts and make some delicious baked goods. Homemade donuts, dutch/ocean pancake, biscuits and gravy with sausage, strawberry banana muffins.

We DID deal with a great deal of anxiety around all of the unknowns but we DID NOT let it overtake us and our day-to-day lives.

We DID finish our homeschool year! Mason finished 180 days of Kindergarten doing mostly 1st grade level work!

We DID NOT break any quarantine rules. We maintained our distance. We wore masks. We didn't congregate. We went places that were essential only.

We DID celebrate Easter at home. Egg hunts in the back yard. Easter baskets on the couch. Ham, macaroni and cheese, green beans, baked beans, rolls and sweet tea!

We DID NOT get to attend Spartanburg Spring Fling...one of our favorite Spartanburg events.

We DID NOT get to play t-ball like we'd hoped.

We DID NOT get to participate in Itty Bitty Soccer in person but we DID get to participate some online!

We DID NOT get to go to Louisiana for a long-awaited wedding.

I DID go to a friend's house and sit far apart and chat for a couple of hours.

We DID tons of yard work.

Matt DID several around-the-house projects he has been wanting to do including pressure washing and some light painting.

We DID fly kites in the backyard one afternoon.

We DID start a little bit different bed time routine.

We DID take some family walks.

What a crazy 50 days it has been and we still aren't sure when it will end so we are trying our best to focus on the good in our days.

Maddox Says and Does {23}

"I bet the red pandas are adorable."

"I'm sad that the twins died. I was going to change their pee pee diapers and you and Dad could change the poop ones."

"Need me to do some brooming for you?"

I asked Maddox if he was still biting his nails. "Yeah, biting means we are cutting them ourselves with our mouths." Well, he's not wrong...

"I had an aardvark as a pet when I lived in China."

Maddox and I were having a sleepover and we were watching a show. He told me to turn the show off so we could go to bed. Two minutes later, he asked to be put into his bed because he was "already asleep." 😂

When we were outside, Maddox went into the house. When I checked on him. He said, "I need some place nice and quiet." ❤️

We've discussed with the boys that cardinals are a representation of a loved one who has passed away. The other day there was one in the yard. Mason said, "You're so cute Maxwell and Marcus!" and then Maddox said, "We hope you have fun with Jesus!" 😭😭😭

The daily journal question was "How Many kids will you have?"
"Four. Don't worry. I'll live by myself. I'll move and they will all have their own beds." ❤️😂

Maddox asked why we couldn't see our friends and I tried to explain. "Well, we can just stand seven feet apart!"

One morning, Maddox was drumming on my chest and said, "They suuuuuurrrrrrrreeeee are squishy!" 

Maddox ask to see some pictures of me as a little girl. My mom sent some and I showed them to Maddox. "Wow! I can hardly even believe it!"

April 20th "When will the virus end?" 😭

From the living room one day: I've lost my marbles!

Mason Says and Does {42}

Instead of saying "talking under your breath", Mason said "Are you talking on your breath?" ❤️

Mason had to name an animal on his worksheet. He chose the rhino and named him "Horny." 😂

When we were baking brownies for the first time, Mason told me to be careful not to scramble the eggs..."that's the hard part of baking." 😍

On a show we were watching, someone said they liked something. Mason said "Maybe you should marry it!" 😂

We've been watching lots of Kid's Baking Championship on Food Network. We all love it! We've been talking back and forth with Aunt Anne about it, too. One morning, Mason said, "Aunt Anne and Uncle Ben might be Kid's Baking Championship's biggest fans!" ❤️

We've discussed with the boys that cardinals are a representation of a loved one who has passed away. The other day there was one in the yard. Mason said, "You're so cute Maxwell and Marcus!" and then Maddox said, "We hope you have fun with Jesus!" 😭😭😭

While observing gnats one day. "If you look very closely, they are, surprisingly, black."

We were driving to drop something at a friend's house. "Sure haven't been out here in a while. Like a year." 

The boys asked for strawberries to go with their donuts. Mason: I'll eat the healthy part first!"

When he realized he'd finished his whole math curriculum, "I'm so proud of myself!!!!" 

Just some things...

I usually save noted in my phone of things that take place so I can remember them. These were in there and weren't directly from the boys so I wanted to put them somewhere.

Matt saw Dan who works at Hatcher Garden and he told him that he'd seen the boys swimming in the front yard and it had made him smile. ❤️

Matt had no clue what day it was during quarantine. He said there were only two days: Gotoworksday and Stayhomesday.