Happy Birthdays and Happy Easter

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This past week was our annual week of birthdays but due to the quarantine and kids being home Ryan did not take the week off entirely. I took the week off and homeschooled/played with the kids instead of trying to do that while also working so it was a break for me but not relaxing or productive.

A couple of highlights from the week…

This little beauty turned 8 years old!

She wanted a space themed birthday and got a telescope as her big gift. We had a virtual party with family which included pajamas (slumber party) and ice cream sundaes.

Ice cream and video chats!
Parties with family are still fun… this was funny because Alex could not manage to blow any candles out!
Epic Fort in the girls’ room … this thing has been up all week

The next day this little child turned 2!!

Happy Birthday Evie girl
Another virtual party but this time we had cake!

Next up was Easter and Ryan’s birthday combined.

Ready to go hunt eggs!
Happy Birthday Prime Rib Roast for Ryan

Next up on the highlights reel … back to the house progress.

The cabinet above the fridge is in progress
The archway to the livingroom is getting trimmed out to help finish out the diningroom side – please ignore the mess – kids are home FULL time now – can’t keep up!
Sanded and primed the island – this will be blue so I wanted to get it done first to see how this paint works out (supposedly will match the cabinet paint)
Crown molding in the kitchen – it isn’t complete because the beam isn’t done but all the pieces that can be done are now done

And finally – for my birthday the girls helped me make pasta for the first time – bowtie pasta. They had a blast and everyone liked it so it was a success!

Kneading the dough for pasta

And that’s our little vacation update. Now it’s back to work and homeschooling combined. Our new normal until at least May 15th.