Mena's New Bike

I used Facebook Messenger from Walmart so Mena could pick out a bike.  This is her adult sized bike.  Now to teach her to ride it.  She's refused to touch it so far and says that only Jessie (step-mom) can teach her to ride.  Whoever--just learn how so we can go on family bike rides!  There's not much for us to do with the coronavirus all over!

The Great Lincoln Hunt

After the Great Lincoln Egg Hunt, it was all about Otters and water safety.  The girls hung an otter picture in the window and Mena made a sign she held, "Thank you everyone for all that you do to keep our town running."  Such a thoughtful girl!

Maggie Can Ride a Bike!!

No more training wheels!!!

Fake Nails

Maggie spent her money on fake nails at the Dollar Tree.  I thought they came with tape to stick them on, but she needed to glue them.  Elmer's Glue didn't hold too long, but she rocked those nails for an hour or so!

Shaving

I bought Mena her first razor.  I offered a couple times to help her and she declined with a nervous look.  She decided to shave the first time with her step-sister Holly at her dad's house.  In Facebook Messenger, I received pictures of her arm pit and calf which baffled me until she typed that she'd shaved for the first time.

Moving Rooms!

The girls decided to move from sharing Maggie's room to sharing Mena's room.  Maggie's bed was a lot harder to move because I had to lift it out of her loft bed!  The girls were able on their own to move it down the hall and into the other room.

Doll Clothes

Doll house play turned into making clothes for the dolls which turned into a fashion show including Mena dressing up!

Shake and Bake!

The girls enjoy making supper with me when it's Shake and Bake pork!

Essential Oils in my House

I need my Frank! Long day working, Mena’s hands are flying as she dramatically tells me something & Maggie is being Maggie!

Uplifting Paws

Uplifting Paws posted on Facebook that they would egg people's houses because they couldn't do the egg hunt event they had previously planned to do.  I was able to get in before they closed the list.  They came to my house after the girls left for their dad's house, so I re-hid the eggs the next time they were at my house.  The girls had just as much fun with this one as the first egg hunt!

Mena on Facebook Messenger

Mena sent me these pictures with Facebook Messenger.  It's nice to be able to text or video chat with the girls when they are at their dad's house.

Beer Bread

Being home has resulted in me cooking a lot more meals and trying some new recipes.  I found a simple beer bread recipe which turned out yummy!

Mulch in our Yard

I had a few bags of mulch spread in the swingset area and the girls and I went to Walmart for me to buy more.  Then after the girls went to their dad's I went again to Walmart.  By the time I'd recovered the swingset area and around the 3 trees, I'd bought 110 bags.  98 of those I spread on one day!

Backyard Camping

We set up the camper in the backyard this week.  We ate a few meals in it and the girls played in it.  Then on Friday night, we slept in it.  It was cold so I plugged it into electricity with an extension cord and I turned on the propane so we'd have heat overnight.

Face Masks

Covid-19 is a respiratory illness that you spread before you know you have it, so we're being asked to wear masks to prevent the unintentional spread.  There is a shortage of masks for the medical workers, let alone have any left for the average person.  Norwex did a test and their window cloth catches 60% of .4 micron particles which makes it a good personal mask.  They aren't for order yet but I cut up one of my cloths to make masks.  I only have 1 store bought mask left from mowing last year.  I try to remember to wear my mask when I have to go into a store.

Food Budget

My grocery budget has gone up since we're home all day now.  On this day, I made 20 blueberry muffins in the morning.  By supper time there were only 5 left!

Social media has a bunch of memes about how everyone is eating more and their grocery budgets are way up.  There's also been a shortage of hand soap and toilet paper.  It's crazy.  It's not like we're going into a bunker due to a nuclear attack.  We can still regularly go to the store to get what we need, and yet people are hoarding toilet paper!

Egg Hunt

Due to the Coronavirus, Gene and I agreed to as little transitions as possible.  We're doing 7 & 7 and we're both keeping the girls at home.  I suggested we put my Easter time with my week rather than switching houses multiple times during one weekend.  I hid the eggs in the yard on Friday morning when it was 20-something degrees outside.  The chill didn't seem to bother them!

Dying Easter Eggs

Rosemont "Egged" Us!

We didn't see anyone come to our yard so we were surprised and the girls were excited to have an egg hunt.  Rosemont was so thoughtful to do this for us.  The girls haven't been to daycare since before Spring Break and won't go back until I'm working in the school building again which won't be until fall.  Maggie was so excited by the He has Risen! egg that she explained to me twice why that one didn't have any candy!