Family Update

Just as I feared, I haven't posted on my blog since last year. But, here I am! It's been a busy year! I left my job this past December, started staying home with Hannah, and now I have both kiddos at home until Matty starts first grade in the fall. I've had different emotions over the entire "quarantine" situation, but I've mostly felt blessed and happy. I'm grateful to have both Matty and Hannah home with me again when I thought that time was a thing of the past. Any chance I get to watch them interact and build their friendship during the day, I feel incredibly blessed. They were really missing each other while Matty was at school and now they have all the time in the world to play together ;)

(We've been going on walks/bike rides whenever the weather permits and it has quickly become a favorite part of our days)

When I say they're the sweetest kids, I'm not kidding! Of course they "fight" like normal siblings and try their luck with me and Matt from time to time, but overall they are such joys. We love being able to witness them finding their own humor and watching them grow every day. Just as a general update: Hannah is 4 and Matty will be 6 in May (crazy!).

We've been doing a lot of different things to take up time while everything is closed down. I've been baking pretty often (and subsequently learning a lot of new things/techniques), we've taken to spending a ton of time outdoors (which I love!), and of course we have been trying our best at "homeschooling." I've found that it's best for us to get schoolwork done in the morning so we can spend the warmer hours in afternoon playing outside. Matt is still having to go into work everyday, but we've been making the most of our evenings together as a family and have been enjoying trying out new recipes for dinner! Recently, we've made spaghetti with homemade noodles, chili pie, and shrimp and grits. So good!

(My first macarons I made! I was super proud of the "feet")

We all had a wonderful Easter! We planned early on to try to make the holiday as "normal" as possible. We watched our church's Easter mass live on Facebook, the kids did their egg hunt, and we had Easter dinner. It really was a great day! 

What have you been doing to stay sane during this weird time?

There's so much more I want to update everyone on, but I've already made this post a long one - haha. I hope to stay more consistent this time around and think this downtime might be the perfect opportunity to get on a good writing schedule. Also - I just want to say thank you to everyone who took the time to read all of this! Your support means so much to me :)