Hey all! Taking a break from the birth blog posts to talk about how our life is looking since COVID-19 hit our little corner of the world. Oddly (and perhaps frighteningly) enough, I still hear the same amount of traffic flying down the highway behind our house. When I dash into the grocery store to buy that one essential we forgot on Monday, I still see packed parking lots and long checkout lines. We’ve decided to take the 14 day self-quarantine seriously, and have holed up at our home with our two boys to [hopefully] ride out the wave. Being passionate about photography doesn’t suddenly end upon entering social isolation, so I’ve taken to photographing my boys and some of the activities we’ve been doing during these past few days.

One of the things I found super helpful for my normally-ultra-unorganized-lover-of-spontaneity self was to come up with a rough routine for our day. My boys are still young, so simple routines and having structure have been very helpful in curbing boredom and bad moods! Of course, we’ve had a lot more TV time than normal (especially with all this rain!! Not a great combo right now…), but I think that’s ok. Cheers, everyone, to messy houses and family bonding!

Let me know what you guys are doing! I need ideas, recipes, games, tv shows (i’m bored too!!!), and creative outlets! What are you guys up to?!

Here are a few links that we’ve been using for our morning exercise!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26guG6wr5so - Animal Exercises (6min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlg052EKMtk - Frozen Narrated Kids Yoga (30min)

YOUR TURN! Give me all your tips!