Jim likes to assign songs to the times in our lives. Sometimes he just remembers that a certain song was popular, or sometimes he picks them out himself. He likes a lot of obscure singers, and we often tease him about loving a good sappy song! He plays a ton of music by Radney Foster in our living room. He sometimes draws groans from us, and we give him a ton of grief over it. One thing I have noticed about this whole pandemic is that Radney actually wrote a song that pairs nicely with it. "Making it up as I go along." Jim probably will be pleased if he reads this, but I feel like that is what we are all doing. Even the experts change things from day to day. The rules keep changing, the ideas and dates keep changing. The school work keeps changing, and the zoom and email never seems to stop. It is a frustrating time. I keep telling the kids we are trying hard but have no idea what will happen. We are trying to keep them safe. Trying to keep our patience, and be thankful for the many blessings we have been given. It is hard though. This week, the kids have started to realize what they are missing out on. Some grief has set in, and as a result, we have some grumpy kids and a little bit of fighting. Our kids honestly don't fight that much. Jim and I are not "fighty" type people, and we have tried really hard to teach our kids better ways of communicating. But sometimes, it happens. I tried to diffuse the situations with a trip over to the river to fish and do some scavenger hunting. The kids did enjoy this, but there were quite a few people there, so we had to be mindful of social distancing and that made the kids feel less comfortable. We decided to drive around a little bit and look at some stuff instead. We took a few roads near our house that we have never gone down before. We all needed the time away, and we all came back with a little better attitudes.
We are enjoying these strange little critters, and have had fun looking up information about them, and giving them little bits of fruit and veggies to see if they will be gone in the mornings. Saige was really afraid of them to begin with, but she loves them now!
When we were near the river, we found several snail and mollusk shells. The girls asked if they could paint them. They had a lot of fun! We need to find a little glass dish to display them in! The kids were all disappointed that Andrew was laid off of his job, and so we haven't been watching Evie. We are praying that he finds something else soon. Having Evie is a bright spot in all our lives. We need our baby time to make our days happier! Times are rough for everyone. I keep wondering how long this will go on. I feel it is necessary, and I am trying hard to do our part and stay away from others, but how long will people be ok? It is scary and awful. I really wish our president had taken the warnings seriously, and had acted sooner. I really wish this was going to have a nicer end for a lot of people. But we are making it up as we go along....
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