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| Riding the lakeshore trail |
Every day, the numbers of those inflicted and those who died went up around the world and our country. However, the state of Alabama didn't receive tests and begin testing the public until much later than the rest of the country. In fact, by the end of our 2nd week quarantining (March 22), we only had 157 cases statewide. But those on the frontlines were preparing for the worst, knowing those numbers would ramp up quickly.
Week two for our family was supposed to be our spring break, so we were all super sad that we were not skiing, and instead home. However, the weather was beautiful, so the kids were outside playing with each other (in between fighting), doing sidewalk chalk, facetiming with friends, trying new recipes in the kitchen, doing puzzles, bike riding and still keeping up with the limited studies we were implementing.
The kids were getting bored biking around the neighborhood, so we decided to try the Lakeshore Trail. The big kids and I biked from our house there and home (about 10 miles total), while Steve drove Walker there so he could meet us on the flat trail. We all had a blast!
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| biking home along Greensprings |
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| Happy hour while facetiming with my girlfriends: Leah, Marianne, Lauren and Chris |
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| Stained glass chalk painting |
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| Homemade Meatball and BBQ Chicken Pizzas! |
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| killing the puzzle game! 2000 piece - boom! |
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| B cooked a COVID-19 cake |
The highlight of our week though was our "field trip" to the Alabama Safari Park. How I had never heard about this place is beyond me, but what a perfect thing to do during this quarantine. It is a unique zoo of sorts where you drive through the property in your car to view and feed the animals. They all know that we have food, so they are social and approach the car windows. Some are more aggressive than others though, which can be a little intimidating...especially for Walker.
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| The llamas were plentiful and HUNGRY! |
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| Fav pic! That zebra freaked out W, and we were loving it! |
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| The ostriches were the funniest eaters! |
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| Walker finally came around about halfway through |
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| Camels were super hungry and crazy strong - they stole the entire bowl! |
We are all growing tired of each in week two, but the kids are still excited to not be in school. For us adults....we are just wondering, what will happen next? How are we going to continue to keep the kids busy while we work from home? Are we going to catch COVID-19? Time will tell.....
