last week!

 last sun nate and i went to grab some milk and a few other essentials...we had fun goofing off in the empty store..the toilet paper aisle!  empty! ha

hand washing stations...

but i told nate that this was his last time going to the stores until this sends.  when i ran to the stores on fri was shocked my how much things changed in a week....from the masks to empty shelves...this whole virus has left me feeling "yikes!"

 we opened our yum box at the cabin. from brazil!

 yummy, yummy treats inside!

 our week looked the same....we did school, im surprised by how much we actually get done!  we take MANY walks in the woods, or trails, we "skate" on the driveway, eat, read, watch t.v, play on the xbox, paint, color, draw and more painting! 

 i found ellie like this. all set up!

 ive taken up painting again!

 joey too!

 us girls in our camo heading to the woods

 again

 nate target practices and runs most days

 we also check out the chipmunks messes!  ellie was NOT impressed with this mess. ha

 joey doing her lessons

 making flowers in the snow

 and i actually read a book!  it was AWESOME and im passing it on to you cry

 i never know what ill find when i check on the girls each night.  i love joey's set up

 sleeping angel

 angel ellie

 every morning after  my coffee i walk the woods alone and feed my critters...im amazed by many squirrels, birds and other critters who visit.  i saw about 4 sets of deer tracks too!

 joey pulling her sleds

 nate made 2 forts

 he spends most mornings out in the woods working away at his dwellings

 i made hot choc and snacks to the kids on thurs morning

 they loved it

 nate took a break with us

 ive been wanting to do this art curric with the kids for the longest time but never found time to do it....well now we have time! hahaha  its a 7 days art series on |painting creation"  nate is joining us too.  he puts on quite the show pretending to be "bob ross"

 working away

 and more painting.  i leave the pains out on the table all the time, with art supplies and the kids can pick up and paint when ever they want.  its also easy on me...no daily clean up!  and im impressed by how much painting gets done!

 reading!

 more painting

 and more

 so the coolest thing happened the other day.  i was cleaning up the porch and saw a bright red blog fly by.  then i realised it was a wood pecker!  it landed on the tree about 5' from the window.  i called the ids in and grabbed my "bird book"  we quickly identified the wood pecker, watched him peck away and learned all about wood peckers.  about 10 mins later it flew away...
then we went to the house for the day...when we came back to the cabin, i went for my walk in the woods and heard the wood pecker!  i followed and saw this!!!

 look at the wood chips!

 he blasted 5 huge holes in the tree before he flew off.  i showed chris when we visited on sat...looks like we will have to cut down this tree :(

 anyways,i thought it was super cool!

 walking in the woods...

 tracks!  more tracks and more!

 wood girls

 ellie and i morning snuggles!

 ellie wanted some "alone tie with mom" on sat, so we went for a walk to the river...not before i slipped on the ice and fell hard!  my back will be so bruised!!!

and we are living the life, the dream, all by ourselves at the cabin. ha  for the most part its just the kids and i, chris comes  on sun and he surprised me tues night showing up with ice cream, fries and pop corn. he stayed the nights and went back to the house to work...

chris is LOVING the social distancing. again, hes at the house for most of it alone. ha im at the cabin with the kids doing our life...other than not seeing our friends and missing activities, our life is the same old same!

my plan is to spend another week at the cabin with the kids and see what life brings us!  until next week! stay safe and social isolate! 

Posted by mel at 2:07 PM