The Beginning of the QuarantEND

Just a Hodge Podge of pics during this isolating time...we are not even close to the end, but things are starting to move in that direction finally.  The boys and girls got thank you cards and pictures from nurses that were able to use their 3d printed mask holders.  Ivey Raine came for newborn pictures with a masked photographer.  Pictures below of the kids new school areas...PE time with dad..."Going on a Bear Hunt" bear hidings in the windows...slip and slides...home school treasure box...a visit to Mrs. Williams...downstairs "fort" building...The girls get all of Magan's old barbies, then select who gets which ones...All of the old people decide to share their high school photos thinking that will make the millennials feel better about their ruined 2020 graduation, while really just giving the old people on facebook an opportunity to reconnect to who they once were (yes, I avoid the realism so that Magan can enjoy the wonderful joys of facebook...but I am sure that the 2020 graduates are probably all now getting facebook logins so they can view their parents, and reflect on the grand futures they all have)...while looking for high school pics, magan found many others, so I threw them in here to share that we do get a chance to stop and enjoy some old pics during this quarantine...Magan made cornbread and dressing for the first time...Wyatt played the Oculus and nearly beat a hole in my cabinet and almost in me as he crazily punched at the virtual characters, with amazing punch noises at the same time...One of Belle's vocabulary words was Contamination, and her picture to go with it was a little person screaming "Wash Your Hands or you will contaminate us", that was funny...and a 4 day long Phase 10 game, where Ruby and Belle ended up winning, while I was left by all in phase 7, where I stayed for 2 days, where I lost all joy of Phase 10, and where we have turned towards a new game...Goat Lords...More on that card game...probably next month.  

 

 

 

"Safer at Home" gathering at Granny's

Well, I don't think this was within Kay Ivey's rules for Safer at Home, but regardless, it was really nice to see all the family after being apart for a long time.  We all met Nanny with plans to stay outside, but that didn't last long.  We missed our hugs, but we did get some boiled cookies and some time hearing her laugh and chat with us. 

 

Over at Granny's (and Granddaddy's as I know he would say), we had some great tacos.  The boys played some KanJam, some cornhole, some basketball, and then some Goat Lords.  Which is a new card game that has already become a daily game we play.  Ruby loves it.  Magan and Belle tried to monopolize any time with Ivey, and I loved loved loved my time with Ellie and Bella...those gals are so cute and I will be a monkey any day for those little laughs.  MawMaw was the only one missing from this get together and we miss her much and hope to see her soon as well. 

 

Oh, and one last story is that Anabelle and Ruby took showers at Granny's house, and each got a special souvenir shirt from Granny.  It was like treasure to those girls, and Ruby was still wearing her "Granny" shirt two days later underneath her other dress.  In my college days, I had many coats I wore, but my favorite was one that I inherited from PawPaw.  I wish I still had that coat, but lost is sometime during the Dothan days, but I think there is just a little bit of magic in clothes you get from a grandparent.  If you look close at the last picture below...you just might see a twinkle of the magic in Ruby's eyes...or is that granny's eyes...