The boys got very excited when Amazon delivered the presents that the Busi‘s bought for them

During school time, Clark worked on study island and Colin worked on his math

During quiet time, Clark built his new Lego

Earlier in the day we use the Houseparty app with the Erickson family for the first time, and proposed a Lego build contest with the theme of “wearables”.

Colin presented on the subject he has been working on the last couple of days

The boys continue to do a great job studying various subjects ...

Colin played some of my favorite music for his piano practice ❤️❤️

Wyatt and Heather Brought us over some leftover birthday cake… It brightened our day 😊

The boys presented their Lego builds to Bobby and Gracie and everyone did a great job !

The boys did some science experiments with Rob and worked on their Spanish skills on Duolingo.

I picked Mexican Train dominos for our game this morning. I won the first round and Colin won the second round.

It turned out to be a nice day, so the boys played outside and we took a family walk

Rob also have the boys a good Lego challenge/science experiment

We played Ticket to Ride both in the morning and in the evening… I won in the morning, and Colin won at night. Rob will get his revenge soon ....

Rob and I also booked our Australia trip for July… Fingers crossed!

After our daily walk, the boys got some roughhousing in

Rob and I started Tiger King on Netflix 😳

I went to the grocery store and They were still completely out of toilet paper \240😳

We did take a drive to get bread at Great Harvest and fruit/veggies at Perkins. Then we stopped by the park and Rob hit some balls with the boys

We end of the night with eating pizza and watching Frozen two on Disney+ 😊

Rob finally won with Scar!

Later in the day we had a water balloon fight and went for a walk

Rob and I watched 2 episodes of Tiger King and stayed up to midnight. We are hooked!

We played Citadels and I upset Clark when I assassinated him😳 But he cheered up later in the game 😊 He came in second and Rob won the game

We went for a bike ride in the afternoon.

Clark had his piano lesson virtually at 6 o’clock at night and did great!

The boys Made my heart happy by wearing matching pajamas tonight 😊❤️❤️

I also had a Zoom call with my team!

Colin Has been doing great at practicing his piano pieces

Rob also stopped by Early Bird donuts and brought us home some yummy donuts and apple fritters 🤤

Clark has been getting better and better at the piano!

We took a walk and played Sushi Go today.

We also finished Tiger King on Netflix.

When we got home, the boys spent some time outside with the \240caterpillars 🐛

Later in the afternoon, I played Citadels with the boys and won 😊 Also, Rob rocked the push-up challenge

At night, we had dinner, popcorn and hot chocolate and watched Onward. Disney + just started streaming it today!

Before:

After:

And Abercrombie is still his handsome self

Also, Colin and Rob played Destiny

We finished our game of Citadels (Clark won!) and Rob took off after lunch to have a social distancing date with Jay 😊

This is a good example of Clark’s daily lunch

There has been a lot of rough housing...

Rob went to Target on his way back from Jay’s house to get some supplies.

After dinner, we had an “ice cream Sunday” bar (Since we haven’t been able to go to Menchie’s)

Clark made a great scavenger hunt for us to do 😊❤️🥰

Rob helped them with their school work.

Colin is doing an awesome job keeping up with his work. He goes on zoom on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.

Clark has his first Zoom session!

Clark also had a Zoom piano lesson!

The boys learned how to draw Olaf!

We took a walk and got a book from the little library

Also, we played Ticket to Ride and Rob beat me by 3 points 😩😏

We also played Telestrations 😜

We delivered rice and school supplies to 3 refugee families!

Colin FaceTimed with Cannon

Rob and the boys played Villainous

And we watched Gary’s Sabbath Fireside Chat 😊❤️

We ended the night with Family Movie Night, and watched a Robin Hood on Disney+. Clark didn’t like the kissing 😜

Clark decorated some more eggs

And we watched a little bit of Lord of the Rings, which made Colin VERY happy😊

Rob picked up our Nothing Bundt Cake for Easter and pizza for dinner. I spent the day making scalloped potatoes and chicken stock for tomorrow.

We also had a Zoom call with Rob’s family. It was nice to see and hear everyone!

We took our afternoon walk and had a relaxing evening!

We ended the night with a story 😊

Rob ignored my warning to not hide Colin’s basket in the dryer (because Colin would find it in under a minute), and that was the first place Colin looked 😜

The boys also found the games that Grandma and Grandpa sent 😊

Rob went early and got us yummy donuts from Early Bird donuts, and we also took some over to the Gladman’s and talked for a few mins (from 6 feet away) 😊

I made some yummy brunch - quiche and scalloped potatoes!

Easter Egg Hunt!

Rob suffers through another game of Villanious 😜

Our yummy desert!!!

And we ended the night watching “Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny” with RiffTrax

We played Tacos vs Burritos!

We also finished a Villanious game where Clark won with Prince John. Rob and the boys played a second game where Colin won with Stinky Pete.

Another game of Villanious ... Colin finally won with Jafar today!

Colin and his reading buddy ❤️

Playing Kids against Humanity.....

Clark has his weekly Zoom session with his class

We took a bike ride in the afternoon (it was beautiful!)

Then we took it to the NCMA. It was a beautiful day!

Clark did a great job on his comic book during the trip!

At night we played Ticket to Ride and Rob won 🙄😏 By a lot 😩

Our neighbor Cadence had an 8th birthday party parade where lots of cars full of friends came by to wish her a happy birthday from a distance 😊. We stopped by and gave her a small gift and wished her a happy birthday 🎁🎈🎉🎂

We took a walk and played ball tag. Then we set up a fort for Clark, where he ended up sleeping for the night

Rob, Colin and I played Ticket to Ride at night, and Rob smoked us again🙄😏. Another good day.

Abercrombie did not participate 😜

I won Sushi Go!

Next was Mario Cart on the Wi...

Colin starting to get disheartened...

And full meltdown ...

Next was Citadels, and Clark won!

Clark also sang to Abercrombie...

Next up was Foosball ... Colin won that!

His spirit was lifted a little by that victory ...

Next was darts ... which Colin also won!

Then the amazing Rob set up a fun obstacle course😊

Clark’s run:

Colin’s run:

My run 😳

Rob’s first run:

Rob’s second run!

Colin won the obstacle course, beating out Rob by half a second!

Then we went on to Nerf Shooting - Rob won!

Then we did the run around the house. Clark did one lap (20 seconds!) Colin and I did 2 laps (Colin did it in 37 seconds and I did it in 38 seconds) and Rob did 3 laps (42 seconds!). Clark was the winner 😊

We took a nice evening stroll around 7:00, and saw an owl

Owl!

The boys also entered a Lego build contest put on by Jackson Furnas and family. The theme was “Found in Nature”. Clark’s entry was called “Poison Ivy” and Colin’s was “Alligator”

After dinner, we played Villanious. Colin came up with a clever system for assigning characters since we wanted to be the same character. But in the end, we ended up picking our own for the most part 😊

Clark with the LEGO he built from his decathlon good sportsmanship prize.

The LEGO challenge of the day was “Something you can eat”. Clark made a blueberry

Colin made a watermelon slice and a sandwich

We finished the decathlon, and Colin ended up winning the whole thing!

We took a walk (It was such a gorgeous day! )

I took lots of pictures of Abercrombie ❤️

Clark enjoying his donut in the car 😊

Colin avoiding a good picture 😏

Then we went strawberry picking at Waller Farm! And we bumped into Jackson and his family (Figuratively, not literally)

Clark has his Zoom meeting with his class

We went for a bike ride

Clark had his piano workshop. He did great!

This was his intro:

This was his song:

This is his teacher telling him he did an awesome !

At the end, his teacher asked what their thoughts were on the quarantine so far. This was Clark‘s response:

He did great!

The boys goals for the day 😊

It was a beautiful day for a walk!

We watched Muppets Most Wanted (it was my pick and Rob and Colin were going to riot if I picked Frozen 2 😜)

Abercrombie made himself comfortable during the process 😊

Then Colin strong armed us into playing the Firefly board game 😏

We also took a walk ❤️

We did the 4:00 o’clock zoom call with Rob’s family 😊

We went to the NCMA

Afterwards, We picked up dinner at Mellow Mushroom and brought it over to the Chambers’ house! We ate outside in their new side yard, and Michael brought back eggs and bread from his trip to Tennessee and gave us some. It was a good night!

The boys did their school work. I played a game of Ticket to Ride with Colin (where he whooped on me!)

Then, later that night we told Auntie Debbie about it, so she bought the app and played a game with Colin, Rob and Clark! Rob won that one 😊

The boys also helped me tag my light splitters for DDG

Another day in quarantine... we played 2 games of Sushi Go and Rob played a game of Villanious with the boys.

The boys did the LEGO build, which was “Build anything and write a poem about it”. They both wrote amazing poems!

Abercrombie got some much needed love from Rob ❤️

Rob and I started to watch Too Hot to Handle. It is so bad, but it hooks you!

Goals for the day

The birthday card we sent to Isla for her first birthday!

Clark had a piano lesson with Miss Le’Andra ❤️

Also, Clark lost a tooth today! (He actually pulled it out during dinner 😳)

She also brought us Locopops and coffee ... our hero!

Clark has his last piano lesson with Patrick for the semester. He is ready for his recital!

Earlier in the day, Rob made an awesome Lego clock ... he was very proud of it (as he should be!)

Rob picked Nacho Libre for his Friday night movie. Afterwards, the boys were inspired to wrestle 😊

Lastly, the goals for today

Here he is watching his fellow performers

We gave him a small recital gift ❤️

I enjoy watching Gary’s Sabbath afternoon Fireside chats

We took a walk.

The boys worked on Mother’s Day cards for their aunts and grandma

At night, we picked up Indian food from Lime and Lemon 🍋 (it was our first time there… It was really good! ). Then we took it over to the Furnace’s house and had a social distancing dinner! It was a lot of fun… It was the first time we had hung out with them and we all had a great time!

Abercrombie during his daily routine of eating and then asking to be let out to the back

It was a perfect day!

We started the festivities off by playing some Battlefront 😊

Best dad ever ...

Rob was an amazing dad as he always is and played Villanious and Taco va Burritos with the boys ❤️

We washed our bedding, but someone wasn’t very helpful ...

Rob was a saint and played 3 games of Villanious in a row with the boys

Then we drove the 2 hours to Hanging Rock State Park! It was the first day it was open since the COVID-19 lockdown.

We had a great time! It was a little chilly, but not bad, and it was a beautiful day.

On the way home we got milkshakes from Cookout.

The boys wore matching PJs for me for Mother’s Day (even though Colin was tricked into it 😜) The boys played a game of Skylanders before bed

Then we ordered lunch from Mediterranean Deli in Chapel Hill and Rob braved the public again to pick up the food. But it was delicious!

We FaceTimed with Auntie Debbie and Grandma/Grandpa and then took off to have a social distancing hang out with Jay and Deana at their house. The boys had fun with Adriana and we had a good time talking with Jay and Deana.

Then we came back home, I made chocolate chip cookies, and Rob and I watched an episode of Too Hot to Handle while he gave me THE BEST massage on the massage table. I was truly spoiled! It was a great Mother’s Day!

These were my Mother’s Day gifts from the boys 🥰❤️❤️

Our video about what will remind us of Quarantine

Meanwhile, Clark and Colin both did a great job working on their school work

After his school work was done, Clark played a game of Villanious all by himself 🥺

We played Citedels and Rob beat all of us, which caused this sad reaction ...

I took the boys over to Cannon’s house for a social distance play date. We got Locopops afterwards

It was another beautiful day, and we took our daily walk!

Rob went over to Jay’s to hang out for a bit and then went to Target. Still couldn’t find toilet paper 😞

Mick came over at 5:00 and we went for a walk around the neighborhood. It was so nice!

Meanwhile, Clark enjoyed some yummy watermelon 🍉 outside

After Jon had lunch, he wanted to get going on some tree work! Rob, Jon (and our neighbor Roy) cut a lot of wood, expecting to run it through the woodchipper that Jon had just bought in New Jersey. But .... Jon left the key 🔑 in the ignition and it fell out as he drove it down to North Carolina 😩

Saying goodbye to Jon

Boys playing Firefly by themselves in Clark’s room ❤️

It was time for a haircut!

Clark took out the recycling

Clark also started back up with his piano lessons. He’s doing great on piano!

We also picked up some cupcakes from the Kupcake Fairy on our way back from Umstead

We took a walk in the rain 🌧 (it was just sprinkling when we went out)

Colin talked us into a 4 person game of Destiny (we started it at 8:45 pm, so we only played till 9:15)

I went to the store (Harris Teeter) around 7:30 pm.

Colin did Duolingo with Abercrombie’s help❤️

Captain America working on some school work 😊

I got Bean Traders around 3:00 pm and took it over to Mick’s for a visit at her house. It was good to see her and socialize a little

Also, Rob went to Costco around 5:30 pm and brought home Indain food from Lime and Lemon ❤️

We finished the night with an episode of Westworld

Later, we went out for a walk and as Clark was looking at the books in the little library on the path, Rob saw that he was inches from a copperhead. Rob started yelling at Clark and then I saw the snake and started to yell at Clark as well. But Clark just looked at us and didn’t move. He finally moved away from the snake (after what felt like an eternity). It was a miracle that he wasn’t bitten. We took this picture as the snake moved from where we saw him to the brush on the other side of the path.

Then we came home and finished Harry Potter with all the animals

Colin spent a good 2 hours working with Jon and Edrian to get connected on Fortnite. Colin was very patient and good at troubleshooting. ❤️

The beach was busier than we were expecting, especially since NO ONE was wearing masks or social distancing. But we walked a ways and found a spot where there weren’t too many people. Unfortunately, we were so worried about not catching COVID-19 that Rob and I forgot to apply sunscreen and got burned 😩

Colin was not loving the weather ...

But it didn’t stop this man from being sexy!

We went back to our room around 11:00 and got cleaned up and checked out. We walked along the boardwalk We stopped to get coffee (at a great place called Crush and Grind) and got the boys McFlurys and drove home!

We wrapped up the day with a game of Citadels which Clark won!

Abercrombie likes to be out on the deck with us ❤️

Out on our daily walk. Trisha called me and we had a “walking and talking” date.

The boys wanted to do something nice for their dad, so they bought him a new Citedels game .... Although, I think it was enjoyed more by them than their dad 😏

We took a walk when it cleared up. The boys did their school work.

It was movie night and Rob picked Our Neighbor Totoro. We watched it on HBO Max that we are “borrowing” from the Gladman’s, and we watched it with this guy

Yummy morning buns!

And choc chip cookies! 🍪

Colin was sad that I got after him ...

We have seen this face a lot during lockdown ...

But Colin got his revenge when he did this to his dad!

Then We came back home and played Citadels. Colin wasn’t happy with me for assassinating him a couple of times in a row ...

At night, we listened to the Colorado Benefit Concert outside on our deck. It benefited people in the music industry in Colorado, and had some of our favorite performers like the Avett Brothers, Dave Matthews, Gabriella Y Rodrigo.

We also saw our first firefly of the summer!

We did hit the beach around 11:30. It was a warm day but the water was COLD! But we still had a great time 😊

We came back to the room, made lunch and took some quiet time. We got pizza for dinner at Village Pizza of Nags Head. It was good!

Colin had his Zoom call at 7:00 and got the award for “Most Likely to be a Reading a GOOD Book” 😊 Yay Colin!

We went back out at 8:30. It was SO NICE OUT! My favorite time of day at the beach ❤️

Then we drove further south to check out the beaches. We found an empty one! But it was VERY windy. But the water was warm and the boys had fun 😊

During the drive we got both Dairy Queen and Duck Donuts, so we all had our share of sugar 😊

Rob wanted to stop at the bird sanctuary on the drive back, and we are glad we did ... we saw a turtle!

We went back to the room and had dinner and then went back out to the beach to enjoy my favorite part of the day at the beach - dusk. The boys tried their hardest to damage our calm by being loud, rough housing, and farting, but we still managed to enjoy ourselves 😊

Abercrombie was happy to see us but sad that he didn’t get fresh water while we were gone ... For some reason our Cat Sitter’s are not good about that 🥺

Video of the boys having a water fight 😊

Then we went to Zen Fish and Jamba Juice. So good!!

Then Rob stopped at the record store to pick up the 2 Weezer records he bought me. He’s so thoughtful!! I’m a very lucky lady ❤️❤️

Then we all got a Loco Pop 😋 \240So good!

Clark REALLY enjoyed his 😊

Then we tried to return our library books, but they were closed on the weekend. We tried!

It was a great day hitting all of the Durham gems.

On the way home we stopped at Dairy Queen 🥰 Yum!

I went to my waxing appt!

Boys got great report cards, so we got them a small gift each

Video of the boys blueberry picking

Also, Alex came to our house and gave Rob and I a massage!

We also decided to go to Asheville the next day ❤️

Video of the first part of the trip

Video of Colin narrowly escaping a goose attack 😏

The goose!

We went back to our room for the rest of the day after our float. This is Clark enjoying the view after his shower

Video of boys in beautiful scenery!

Then we drove a little further to a hike where we saw the remains of the Rattlesnake Lodge

Unfortunately Clark was running on the trail and tripped and fell towards the end. Here is his sad face and injuries once we got back to the car 🥺

After we got back, I worked and \240Rob and the boys played Horrified. Then we ordered pizza and I played Horrified with them (we lost that time 😳)

Then it was movie night! It was Colin’s pick and he chose Teen Titans Go to the Movies movie 😊 Rob bought it at Target earlier that day. We even had the traditional popcorn and hot chocolate \240❤️

Then we drove to the Sierra Nevada Brewery, but it was only open for pick-up orders 😩

So we went to a nearby park and played Horrified. We won!

Then we went back to the room to make lunch. At around 2:00, we headed to the Biltmore! It was a gorgeous day out!