March 2020

Funny reading positions I found the boys in:

For Jon's birthday, we took flowers to float on the water again. Matthew wanted to bring his unicycle to the park there too. He likes practicing his new skills anywhere he can! Later that day we also had a few friends over for a fire and to roast marshmallows. It was a good day.

In early March, we found out that school would be closing down for a while so our state could "Flatten the Curve" of Covid-19 cases. Sean had a big field trip cancelled. Matthew's Outdoor School trip was cancelled. A cousin's play was cancelled. It was all a big bummer having so much shut down without much information about if or when things would get back to "normal." There were definitely some tears shed all around. 

Sean was able to have one final performance with Orchestra. The sky that day was beautiful, but ominous.

I decided to take the boys to Vancouver to spend some time with Matt since we weren't quite sure what else to do. Because we had so much free time during the day, Matthew practiced on his unicycle a lot. 

I found places to take the boys outside almost every day. Battle Ground Lake State Park was really pretty. We liked it so much, we brought Matt back later in the week.

We thought this tree looked like a reindeer.

Another place we went is Frenchman's Bar Regional Park. There is a long stretch of beach on the Columbia River to play on. There is also a long paved trail on the other side of the parking lot, so Matthew brought his unicycle on that outing too. Seriously, it was unicycling every day for that kid!

Watch for upside down horses!

The last park I took the boys to was Salmon Creek Park. We walked under I-5 and found several places we could get right to the water. It was really pretty.

Once we returned home, I still wanted to get outside with the kids as often as possible. I started having Forced Family Fun and Forced Family Walks. 

Pinecone fights definitely help the "fun" aspect of our outings.

And umbrella fights help too.