Vivi Girl turned 17 months old right after we celebrated our Quarantine Easter and our Five Year Wedding Anniversary. Mike and I are loving the fact that we get to spend so much more time with both of our little ones during this bizarre and scary time. We have more leisurely mornings, we can pop in around lunchtime to see what they are up to, and if I hear a little one fussing at naptime, I can sneak into the…
On April 18, Mike and I celebrated our five year wedding anniversary. Actually, scratch that…on our 5 year wedding anniversary, which happened to fall on a Saturday, Mike taught his online class for Georgetown from about 8:30 to 3:30 and I was on my own, outnumbered, with the wild ones–Caroline, Vivi, and Finnegan. (Finny gets a shout out in this category because he has been just so bad lately.) I am not complaining…it’s just a timing thing! Mike loves teaching…
Our family has had an emotionally exhausting quarantine period, with lots of challenges, but even more silver linings and moments of gratitude. My sweet mother-in-law entered the hospital in late March and shortly thereafter, Mike went to stay with his dad up in Lowell. He ended up bringing his dad down to our house for a week. We were all nervous about the trip but Mike’s mom was pretty adamant that he come for a visit while she was being…