Photo Every Hour: June 21st

You know it's been a summer when you go to do your July 21st blog post and realize you haven't even done your June one yet. Whoops!

Like those outfits? We bought them for our friend's formal wedding in Boston on June 18th. That we had to miss. Because we had COVID. Like I said, it's been a summer

7:00 Trying to do our due diligence to minimize COVID spread since Garrett is still testing positive, which means solo grocery shopping trips right when the store opens at 7:00

8:00 And unfortunately, Garrett still being positive means he misses the first few days of summer camp. Fortunately these two are far enough past their onset of symptoms for us to feel comfortable sending them to a fully-outdoor summer camp

9:00 Making the best out of being stuck at home instead of camp by helping Mommy make Daddy's birthday "cake"

10:00 Also decided this was the perfect opportunity to break out our water beads, which was a very well received decision

11:00 Sneaking in some cuddles (and a picture!) while Matthew is down for an uncharacteristic morning nap (but man oh man did he need it with the attitude he was throwing down) 

12:00 Pickup time for Connor since he only goes to camp for half days

1:00 Water beads. Allowing Moms to eat in peace since, well, whenever they were invented

2:00 I can't convince them to clean up their toys inside, but sure, they'll go outside and sweep the patio. Sounds about right

3:00 Unfortunately, the morning nap was not enough to sufficient make it through the rest of the day. A little bit of forced quiet time with Mommy was necessary this afternoon

4:00 Waiting on the playground for William to get dropped off after camp

5:00 Dinner prep... And more water beads

6:00 Seriously. These things are magic

7:00 Happy Birthday Daddy! Garrett was super proud of our homemade strawberry ice cream cake/pie (with strawberries from my mom's garden, no less)

8:00 Off to bed (and, as the pictures from today have shown, clearly past the point of being symptomatic, but unfortunately still testing positive) 

9:00 (and, let's be honest, 10:00 as well) Our grown up version of recovering from COVID (not that we needed that much recovery, but let's be honest, it was a week plus of super long days--right after vacation--and we did have some mild symptoms ourselves, so lazy evenings were just what the doctor ordered)

Of course, the doctor probably would have also ordered earlier bedtimes, but you can't win them all