26 March 2020

Isolation Day 4: ⁣
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There are things that I know I’ll want to take with us into our post-Covid19 lives, like under-scheduling and knowing our neighbors. ⁣
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Another thing I want to take with me? These leopard print leggings I bought for my 2019 Mel B Spice Girls Halloween costume! Why have I been ashamed of them? Why wouldn’t I let the world see how much we are in love? Anyway, here’s me and my leggings trying to take a selfie. We’re so crazy. ⁣
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So yeah, isolation is going remarkably well. I learned that if I want Thora to get up and not sleep the day away, all I have to do is go lay down with her. Like on top of her. She gets a case of the giggles and then gets up. ⁣
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I also learned that if I want her to run, all I have to do is chase her down the road. We ran a half a km just literally me chasing her. ⁣
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We did some yoga (for risk takers!), went for a walk/bike ride/bike jump/chase.

We also marked the hours admiring Lucy’s many squishy face expressions (and there are a lot). ⁣
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But in addition to the mundane and absurd things that we do to pass the time, like you know, becoming best friends with some leggings, a remarkable thing happened. It was mid-afternoon and I had just wrapped up a screen time session for Auric. This is always followed by 18 seconds of silence, and then unsurprisingly, followed by the “I’m bored,” whining session. ⁣
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Today I said, “Why don’t you think of something to cook?” ⁣
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Long story short, we made from scratch, ⁣ • Nadia Lim’s “Fennel and Lemon Zest Encrusted Burgers with Pickled Red Onions” with what we had on hand which meant we made breaded haloumi and eggplant burgers with jarred pickles⁣ • potato and kumara tater tots ⁣ • a chocolate cake⁣
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