Thankful November

 COVID numbers were increasing throughout November, even among many of our friends, so things were getting shut down again, including all in person church gatherings.  So, back to entertaining ourselves!

Performances by the girls...

Chalk Drawings...

Plenty of time for schoolwork...

Some Thanksgiving Crafts thanks to primary teachers who dropped off cute crafting materials...

Backyard Lemonade Stand-kept the girls busy all day!

Eating raw beets for breakfast...

Well, I guess we did some gathering.  The neighborhood kids get together once a week to go for a mile run.  The kids don't want it to end as its a rare opportunity to see a group of friends once a week!

We also gathered at Chelsea's for Thanksgiving Dinner.  She did a great job decorating and it was a wonderful day.  I didn't get any pictures though!

Thankful for all of our blessings even amidst this challenging year!

A 2020 MCO Story

 Due to COVID, MCO could not practice or perform.  But, they figured a way to make this semester happen.  Each week, the kids got video that they would practice either on their own, or some weeks we got together with other MCO friends to practice together.  Then after 8 weeks of "rehearsals" we got together on the beach to lip sync to the songs that thankfully were already recorded in February for the Christmas CD.  It was definitely not the same MCO experience, but it worked out.  The kids had a great time seeing all their friends on the beach and enjoying this relaxed MCO experience (MCO is usually not relaxed!).  And I had so much fun catching up with moms I hadn't seen since last March.  MCO is going to combine all the videos they took from each locale and turn it into a performance video.  I'm sure it will turn out great!

**Update:  The video was fantastic!  Here is a link to full show.  

Halloween Happenings

We managed a decent Halloween this year even amongst COVID.  Our church still did trunk or treat.  I brought a "Scary Pumpkin" and a Prisoner Zombie.

We've been able to meet in person for Activity Days outside, so we had a Halloween-y themed activity...

Ladd's office did trick or treating and donuts. A police officer and white cat came with me (we also visited Grandpa)...

Our neighborhood *mostly did trick or treating.  A gray cat and Zombie came from our house. The D Family still had their neighborhood pre-trick or treating potluck, and that's always fun!    

*There was a lot of "don't knock, just take one piece of candy from the bowl" and not nearly as many houses "open".  But my girls still had fun!  And my boys got to go to Halloween parties with friends so it all worked out!

Happy 2020 Halloween!