Bay Watch: Life on Quarantine

I wasn't as adamant about taking pictures the last couple of days as I have been, but we have tried to keep busy this week! Here's a little breakdown of all we've had going on recently. We have stayed inside most of the time. The only time I've left the entire week was to get groceries. We are trying our hardest to stay healthy during this trying time! It has been difficult and last night I could feel myself kind of crumbling. It feels tough to not have anything to "look forward to" so to speak. It was a Friday night and there was no thought as to "Where are we all going to eat as a family?" Or "Want to call anyone to hang out?" It has been exhausting feeling confined and trying to keep the kids busy. How are you handling the isolation? I am grateful for the somewhat safety I feel keeping the kids home. However, my husband still has to go to work so it is overwhelming- I am so scared he will bring something home to us. Such an unknown tim...

It was Day 2 of our "Homeschool" due to being quarantined. We are keeping up with our routine. It's hard for me to just live the day to day without having some kind of purpose and as frightening and scary as the world is right now, I have to say I'm grateful for this, no matter how crazy it feels, because I feel like I have something to look forward to and work towards. I love researching new, fun ideas for the kids to do and organizing CLA bags and learning together. We have learned so much the past couple of days- Did you know snails have the most teeth out of any animal? T-rex had 50 sharp teeth.. Giraffes don't have any top teeth on the front! The kids are loving these random facts! So, just like any day, from 7:00AM-9:00AM, we had breakfast and got dressed. But of course, today was St. Patty's Day, so we did all things lucky and green! We enjoyed our LUCKY breakfast and we all got ready in our new GREEN clothes! We bought thes...

One way I've been coping with all that is going on in the world is by creating a schedule for the kids and myself. I've seen so many mixed reviews on establishing a schedule and still encouraging school work, etc.; however, for myself, as someone who thrives on routine and zero change (hilarious considering what's going on in the world right now, right?), a routine is necessary for my mental survival right now. I crave that stability. I saw a schedule online that I thought would fit our family pretty well and we tried it out yesterday with a great deal of success! The day actually felt like it didn't drag on and I felt like I had a purpose. It was actually a little overwhelming how good I felt. Surprising. So, I thought I would share a little bit of our schedule and our day in case anyone else needed that structure as well. It has been healthy for me. I'm still struggling, please do not get me wrong. BUT, I loved that we weren't just sitting around the hou...