kantors in quarantine - may 31

The girls enjoyed a relaxing spa-fternoon. They were welcomed into the bathroom with candles and soothing music for a foot soak, lotion treatment, and nail colour. Clara particularly enjoyed the meditation and declared that "this was just what she needed." Quarantine has been a trying time.

kantors in quarantine - may 30

Garden day! Planted and now waiting.

kantors in quarantine - may 29

The girls and Leo and I visited at Nanny and Grandpa's this morning. All sorts of social distancing rules were broken. I cannot be held responsible.

kantors in quarantine - may 28

On top of her own school work, Annie has been busy developing a fairly intense bug curriculum for her younger sisters. She has covered ants, spiders, worms, bees, and butterflies in an expansive program that uses language worksheets, experiments, observation, and mathematics for a comprehensive look at things that creep and crawl. She is a patient (mostly) and thorough teacher, even hosting parent/teacher conferences and giving up family playtime one evening so she could "work on report cards." Fortunately, the girls have completed the program and Annie is enjoying a much deserved break.

Leo is not officially a student of Annie's, but could be considered a school mascot. Pictured here, he is busy with computer things. 

kantors in quarantine - may 27

How many people is too many people on a trampoline? Just wondering.

kantors in quarantine - may 26

Clara enjoys taking her breakfast on the front porch. It's fancy and relaxing.

kantors in quarantine - may 25

Scooter races are taking over the neighbourhood.

kantors in quarantine - may 24

It's been a hot and toasty weekend. Saturday we brought out the sprinkler... today, the pool. The hose water is frigid relief.

In unrelated news... Annie lost a tooth! She'th very pleathed.

kantors in quarantine - may 23

Today Clara learned to use a ratchet. She is making a fence (Daddy's helping a bit) around the garden. We're determined to keep the bunnies out this year.

kantors in quarantine - may 22

Annie finished up her school week tasks by 10 this morning, so the girls and Leo and I went for a super long walk to enjoy the weather and to blow on fluffy dandelions and to eat gummy snacks. We went past Clara's school and stopped at St. Dominic's Church. We peeked through the glass door and could see the altar and the girls squealed with delight. We really miss it.

kantors in quarantine - may 21

This is what Leo looks like after a two-and-a-half hour nap. In all of his days, we've never seen that before.

kantors in quarantine - may 20

We are so excited for Grammie, who got her hair cut today in Saskatchewan! Lucky Grammie. And lovely Grammie. She would not be happy if I posted the Before picture, sent by her hair dresser, so I'll just show you this After.

(Also, we miss you, Grammie, and are very jealous of your hair dresser, who gets to see you and chat with you.)

kantors in quarantine - may 19

Marble run, by Joe and Henry.

kantors in quarantine - may 18

First quarantine haircut... Henry. He just wanted the hair trimmed around his ears but has expressed interest in growing the rest out. That should look just great.

kantors in quarantine - may 17

Our luck is changing, so says Annie, who found this 4-leaf clover in our lawn. And also Clara, who found some grass in our lawn.

kantors in quarantine - may 16

Happy Birthday, Shannon! We love a good driveway party.

kantors in quarantine - may 15

Old toys are new again. The girls got really busy playing with the old Fisher Price and the boys brought out some of their planes "for Leo."

kantors in quarantine - may 14

See these cool pictures of a bird in the front yard that Henry took?

(Me neither.)

Really awesome.

kantors in quarantine - may 13

Leo loves this weather and all the cool things we keep bringing out, garden hoses and the like.

kantors in quarantine - may 12

This girl. Jeepers. For the past week, she has been waking early to write in her prayer journal. Honestly, with missing school and her friends and her teachers, she's been having a rough go and we've had some Big Emotions. But ever since her rise-and-pray routine began, she has been working so hard to be an extra good girl, a great big sister, a helper, and some sunshine in our every day. Sweet Annie... we love her a lot.

kantors in quarantine - may 11

My new wall art, courtesy of Joseph Kantor.

kantors in quarantine - may 10

Happy Mother's Day! To celebrate, we got in the car and drove to somewhere, all of us in the van, first time in two months. We didn't go too far, just a short drive to park the van, meet up with David's parents (in a socially distanced way), and watch the skies. And for two minutes, we were treated to the Snowbirds making rounds above. It's been a long time at home, and it was good to look up.

kantors in quarantine - may 9

Snow today. Boo.

kantors in quarantine - may 8

Hired a new Educational Assistant. Qualifications are sketchy. But he's super cute.

kantors in quarantine - may 7

Mario Kart tournament. I was not the winner.