Friday Favorites (Quarantine Week One Edition)

I went back and forth on publishing this post....as you can tell I decided to post it because I feel like we could all use a little joy right now...when I look back over the last week....I can't believe how much has changed...truly reminds me that we are not in charge...here are some bright spots from last weekend...before things got really scary AND during this week as we are trying to adjust...

I won't lie...I am EXHAUSTED...we all are...trying to navigate full time jobs....while helping our kids with an abundance of school work...it is ALOT... I think adrenaline is keeping us going...and our faith of course...really praying that this passes quickly....

As always, linking up with the lovely ladies HERE and sharing some sunshine.....

My Little Ninja

We didn't know that this would be the last day of school for a long time

 Happy Birthday Jess

I was able to meet some besties for a quick lunch last weekend as we celebrated our dear Jess- I may have swiped a roll of toilet paper from the bathroom just as a joke (but the waitress quickly took it back)...I guess that is when we realized it may be tough to find toilet paper for awhile?

 One last Dance Pal Sleepover

For awhile anyway....

 Date Night

It had been forever....we are never alone...and we needed to be...to reconnect...decompress...and enjoy each other....so here we are before the restaurants were all shut down....highly recommend Buckley's in Merrimack...when this is all over and if you are local, you must try...Michael Buckley is my favorite chef and also owns my favorite restaurant Surf and MT's Wine Bar

 Being Sworn In

Rob was sworn in as a School Board Member this week...he was elected for another 3 year term

 

and we spotted this family in the paper ;)

 Eva's Videos

Eva's teacher sends us one video a month of pictures of the kids learning...the pics are always set to beautiful music and never fail to make me cry...this month got me even harder (under the circumstances)...she misses her teacher and friends so much...it is breaking my heart...but we can enjoy these memories and have hope for future ones (I snapped some pics of my screen as I was watching it)

Quarantine Workouts

My last morning at the gym was Monday...later that day they shut it down for two weeks.  As part of our daily schedule, the girls have built in exercise time so I found some workouts we can do on YouTube and we have started them...never knew it could be this fun...first thing in the morning...with the whole fam...pretty interesting ;)

and also getting outside as much as possible...Wednesday morning...at the crack of dawn..we headed to the Rail Trail in our town for a Family Walk/Run

Cooking Dinner

At the end of the day, I am always tired and prefer to cook dinner myself...can just get everything done quicker...but you know what this week has taught me...to have more patience and when I let the girls help me make homemade meatballs...they were so excited...so it really convinced me to let them help more often :)

 

Virtual Dance

 

The girls were so excited that Mrs. Mullen and LDA started offering virtual classes this week too...they both enjoyed their ballet classes by live streaming and then Diana also got to enjoy her tap and jazz classes too...after all the school work was done...they got to burn off some energy...warmed my heart :)

 

 

and I will leave you with this....just this.....