Quarantine: Week 25

 We had a lazy week! It was a beautiful, cool week so we got outside as much as we could. 

We got a new Slinky.

On Friday we headed up to the Gunflint Trail for our annual BWCA weekend! 

We of course stopped at Poplar Haus for Happy Hour before getting to our cabin.

We stayed at a new place this year that allowed all families to have their own cabin for Covid purposes. It ended up being almost better than our setup last year! We had all the cabins in a cul-de-sac with a firepit in the middle that we used as our outdoor living room. The kids ran wild and had an absolute blast. They played at the beach, ran around the trails, banged around the rec cabin that was next door and learned quickly they could charge candy to their cabins in the gift shop. We had basically no cell service so I didn't keep track of my phone most of the time. It was great but the downside is I didn't get many photos.

Our n'hood. Our cabin is the one on the left. We had 5 cabins total.

This is the rec cabin. It had a ping pong table and lots of room for gymnastics. 

On Saturday we went into the Boundary Waters! It was a shorter trip than last year and was an out and back with only one portage. It was super windy and there were some good sized whitecaps. We went out in 2 groups staggered by 45 minutes for social distancing, and planned to meet up along the route if possible.  In fact the other group had to turn around after the first lake because they couldn't conquer the wind! 

 

We stopped at an empty campsite for lunch and to play around and wait for the second group (who never came.)

 

This is Marlo's new friend Nutmeg. Marlo wanted to keep Nutmeg.

 

Marlo ended up falling in the lake in her clothes. Her shirts were dry enough to put back on but her pants were soaked. So this was her look most of the day.

At the turn around point, we beached our canoes and hiked to a waterfall!

Thankfully the lakes were a little calmer on the way back.

In the evening, we would sit around the fire for hours and talk and laugh and play songs. The cabins were strung with lights and it was like being in a fairy village. 

We initially decided to come home to prepare for the first day of school tomorrow. But on Thursday, the district postponed the start of school 2 days. We called to see if we could stay an extra night but they were booked up so we headed home yesterday after breakfast! We were all exhausted by the time we got home. Marlo even slept in the car which hasn't happened since she was a small baby. 

Kappy found the World's Largest Walleye, caught by Paul Bunyan!

Today Kasper had his friend Viggo over all day to play video games and sit in the hot tub as we celebrated a quiet and rainy Labor Day. Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

Quarantine: Week 24

Wow. We had such an uneventful week I didn't take any pictures and Rob took 3. 

This week we had no activities. It was pretty much our last week of summer and we certianly relaxed and enjoyed it! 

 The only notable thing about our week is Marlo makes us play Ticket To Ride as often as she can.

I honestly don't know if Marlo got out of her pjs any day this week. Kasper spent most of his time in boxer briefs. We're just surviving at this point. 

We head up North next week for the final hurrah of summer then it's back to school for these two! They are SO excited. I'm glad they are because I still feel like there is so much up in the air with school starting in about a week. They don't even have their teacher assignments yet! We'll make it. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

Quarantine: Week 23

 When should I stop numbering the quarantine weeks? I guess when we all go back to our "normal" lives, huh? 

This week wasn't normal! We had our first visit to Children's Hospital for surgery. We've been very lucky to have healthy kids. Marlo had a belly button hernia that was bothering her so she got it fixed!  

They had so many crafts for Marlo to do.

There she goes!

Rob and I weren't allowed to be with her while she was put to sleep under the new COVID rules which was sad but apparently she did great by herself! The surgery took about a half hour then she woke up for a bit before coming back to her room. She was very confused.

She got to eat a couple popsicles to help her get discharged. She had the best time after the surgery waking up, eating popsicles, getting her bearings, watching tv and lying in "the very coziest" bed.

She'd sit up, do some art then lay back down and recollect herself. It took about 2 hours to come back to normal.

Home by lunch!

The recovery was pretty smooth. We kept her loaded with tylenol and ibuprofen for 3 days. She laid mostly low for about an afternoon then resumed normal activities. The Dr. said to not limit her in any way so as long as she was feeling good we let her do it! You could tell when it was time for a med refresh but all in all I was impressed with her recovery. She couldn't put on her own shoes and socks for a couple days and couldn't bend over until today. She got to sit in a bath today so I think she's feeling pretty good. Her belly button is all kinds of shades of green and purple which is gross.

Her aunt gave her some activities to do in recovery which she absolutley ate up.

Back at it!

This weekend Rob and Kasper went to a cabin with friends! Sounds like they had a fantastic time.

Marlo and I spent the day doing whatever popped into her mind. We went to Michaels for crafts, played tennis, cooked dinner, played Skip Bo.

The boys came back today and we went over to celebrate Steph and Clare's birthdays! It was the first time my whole family has gotten together since my birthday back in March! The cousins missed each other. The party ended up being a kids water fight which I'm sure felt good in this heat. My favorite was when Kasper helped Harriet get her shoes on. He loves little kids.

Whew! Busy week we had! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

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