May was another interesting month of social distancing and spending a lot of time at home. The kids finished up the school year online, and Mike is still working from home.
Oliver is Mike's work buddy - he hangs out with him in the office
Oliver fell asleep sitting up under Mike's desk, haha
Max loves having us home so much and getting so much attention - Oliver is not so sure...
One of the big highlights of the month was Nora was finally able to get her braces off!
I wish I could say that Oliver didn't bring in any more snakes after the first one...but he brought two more.
Second snake - Oliver dropped it off on the first step on the stairs down to the basement
Nora gently put it into a box and we took it to the field
Nora holding the snake before she put it down and it slithered away
Third snake - One day I was having a bad migraine, so I was lying down in the guest room in the basement. Mike came in to check on me, then he told me Oliver had brought a snake down and it was in the room with me. I thought he was joking at first, but I looked over and sure enough, Oliver had brought me a snake. I'm just glad he didn't put it in the bed. This poor snake didn't fare as well as the other two, and was dead by the time we discovered it.
Max had to check it out too
Sam went around the perimeter of the backyard, and blocked up any little gaps under the fence that Oliver might be using to escape and search the field. Since then we have not had him bring us any more snakes or mice (knock on wood)
Naps are the best
Hanging out with Dorie and Max (he is on the back of the chair). My cats flying in space shirt has been getting a lot more wear lately, haha
A big part of the month was making masks for Project Protect. I enlisted Nora, Evie, and Mike to help turn masks right-side-out, and clip threads for me, which made things go much faster!
Finished masks for week 2
The cats are not allowed into the excercise room, where we are making the masks, since they cannot have any pet fur on them. Poor Max and Oliver were so curious about what we were doing in there, and this is what I usually saw when I opened the door.
Finished masks for week 3
For week 4, the kits had ear loop elastics for the masks instead of ties, and they were much faster to complete!
Finished masks for week 4
For fun in week 5, they said to use thread in the color of the school you support. I did half of mine in U of U red, and half in BYU blue
Finished masks for week 5
For mask drop off at the DI, they had Cosmo the cougar, Waldo the Wildcat, and someone dressed as Captain Marvel along with the volunteers, which was fun.
They also handed out these cards and stickers
There was a break-week for Project Protect during Memorial Day week, so during that week I decided to make some more cloth masks for the family. Max was very excited that he could watch me cut them out.
I finished my Chuck marathon while sewing them
Can you guess which fabrics the kids picked out?
Max was able to continue one of his favorite activities - sitting/lying on papers
Sam decided to take it up a notch by making him a little tent of papers
Getting some good laughs from Jackbox games
The kids playing some Monopoly
We visited the Taco Bell drive-through for Cinco de Mayo 😬
Max sitting majestically on the laptop
The kids love to tease each other by changing the pictures and names on the Netflix profiles. (also - why did they do mine, but not Mike's?!)
Evie playing a game with her class during online school
Nora has been making sure Dorie is getting good use out of her new bandanas
When I was Facetiming with Kate, we thought it would be interesting to see what our cats did if we tried to get them to "chat" with each other. They were pretty funny!
We've done several puzzles
I still laugh at Dorie whenever I play the piano
Nora and Oliver - so cute!
Max is the funniest TV watching buddy
This month we learned about the existence of these cute little bugs - Japanese Bee Flies
Getting a special delivery of Crumbl Cookies
I was very excited the weekend they announced "Cats" the musical would be available to watch on "The Shows Must Go On"
Oliver was not too interested in it
Max was though
Nora and Mike watched it with me - they were not prepared for the weirdness. Haha!
Oliver being adorable while hoping for treats
Some family hangout time
Sam made an "ABC Utah Book" for one of his final projects for the school year, since they have been studying Utah History.
The school dropped off a special treat and a yard sign to all the 6th graders, since they weren't able to do the usual 6th grade graduation festivities. We are proud of Ev for finishing elementary school!
The elementary school also had an end-of-the-year drive by parade, where the teachers and staff drove on a route through the school boundaries so the kids could see, and wave to their teachers
Waiting for the parade
Max is so long!
Sam found a new Youtube channel that he thinks is so funny and is always asking me to watch with him. It is called Dope or Nope and they order weird products from the internet, try them out, and then rate them either dope or nope.
Dorie photobombing Max
Sam had fun designing some of his own Perler bead designs
Oliver was so sleepy one day and cuddled with Mike for a long time
Karin let us know about this fun zoom class that we signed up for. It is done by a tour company in Greece, and since tourism has been on hold, they are holding online classes through zoom. The one we did was about the connections to Greek Mythology in the Harry Potter books. It was really interesting and fun!
Max's grumpy face
Cozy Sam
Carrie is fostering another mama cat with kittens. We did a zoom so she could show us how cute they are and the funny things they do.
A curious little friend, and a wrestling match going on in the litter box, haha
Mike made a blueberry-cherry pie
The kids had the idea to do another King's Quest marathon, since it had been quite a while since we did it before. (The King's Quest series are computer games that were released in the 80s and 90s. There are 8 games in the original series). We took turns playing and watching on my laptop.
There is a part in the 3rd game where you have to make some spells, and if you mess up, there are bad, but hilarious consequences
We finally plugged the laptop into the TV so it was easier for everyone to see!
This was a fun vintage candy puzzle my mom sent to us
Kate had been practicing making sourdough loaves, and she brought us one, along with a container of herb butter. It was soooo delicious!
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