Stella lost both of her front teeth right after Christmas.
Christmas Break craft - painting rocks and pictures
Wacky Wednesday - what you want to be when you grow up - Henry - Soccer Player
Wacky Wednesday - what you want to be when you grow up - Stella - Vet
Wacky Wednesday - what you want to be when you grow up - Leila - Teacher
Henry class penguin project - actual height of his penguin
Whole 1st grade class - Wacky Wednesday - grow up
Marble track Henry got from Papa for his birthday
Stella's 3rd grade class - Wacky Wednesday - grow up
Wacky Wednesday - PJ day
Stella & Charlotte
Library event - how to make butter!
Ping Pong in the basement
Wacky Hair Day
Wacky Hair Day
Wacky Hair Day
Stella's class - Wacky Hair Day
Henry's class - Wacky Hair Day
Wacky Hair Day was also Market Day
Henry probably wore his Fryday shirt every Friday. His teacher was so awesome that she picked up the supplies to make Henry's pancakes for him in class for 100 day.
School fundraiser with kid Anna & Elsa
Lots of games to play
Holland Museum - interactive exhibit
Library tween event - make spa stuff
Stella & Charlotte at school
Valentine's day
How to books
Mom & Henry date night at Red Robin
Eating his fries with the special allergen free skewer
Dad & girls date night at Noodles & Co
Stella's class volunteering at Ditto
Leila tubing with friends
Tubing at Cannonsburg
I took Stella to Donutville before her eye appointment
She loved this puppy picture
Stella being evaluated
3rd grade movie night (plus siblings)
Leila & Eliana
Sunday hike
The beginning of the Coronavirus - school stopped in person classes on March 13. At first trading daycare with Lindsey.
Visiting with friends at a distance
Our view of them :)
Panorama of Jer & Abby initial home office
10 minutes into the day Greta and Stella are bored and can't think of anything to do.
Lots of rubber band weaving happening. It can stretch through the whole house.
Science experiment time - baking soda & vinegar volcano!
Abby turns 40! Stay at home order in effect, made pizza from scratch for supper and played games
Jer suited up to run in the cold
Last day playing at papa's while Abby gets him set up for FaceTime and Zoom calls.
Shh...we are up to no good.
Jumping on papa's bed
Set up the tent in the basement to help pass the time during the stay at home order
The kids set up their school stuff in the tent for a week or so
They even started to sleep in it (but no one made it all night)
They had fun coloring with friends via Zoom
April Fools Day! The kids totally fell for this one.
The kids continued the tradition of food dying breakfast foods on April Fools Day
The kids continued the tradition of food dying breakfast foods on April Fools Day
The kids continued the tradition of food dying breakfast foods on April Fools Day
Socially distant play dates!
Jer's employer sent us a pizza kit from Vitale's
Sunday hike!
Too much karate kid watching
Craft fail - trying to make kinetic sand, it was as hard as a rock.
This became a fun way to pass the time
Easter egg dying - foam marble effect
Jer trained for the Riley Trails 50k - he ran it on his own since the in person option was canceled due to COVID-19.
He used his truck as his aid station and ran it on his own.
We visited once and then came back for the finish.
Easter egg hunt
They got bubbles for Easter and needed to blow them on our walk.
Sunday hike
Tulip time was canceled due to coronavirus.
Leila could not believe that the statue was using the wrong hand.
Nail painting time!
Backyard fire
I was working on making masks and everyone decided to join me for breakfast.
Weekly family get together turned into weekly Zoom chat.
We also zoomed with Jer's family. The kids wanted additional devices and got mad when uncle Rod kept muting them when they got too loud. :)
Leila's class zoom
Henry's class zoom
FaceTime with papa
No one is going to see this one, right mom?
More socially distant play dates...
The kids found this basket craft in a book
And made over 20. They filled them with the rest of their Easter candy and other trinkets and we delivered them to friends and family.
This is where the cool kids sit. And mostly don't fight.
I was walking on the treadmill and the kids came down to have breakfast with me. They turned on the TV and watched a bit of this infomercial and were hooked. They really wanted me to buy whatever they were selling. It was such a great deal!
Sunday hike
Tulip time photos in our masks
Grandma Dort's birthday car parade
Celebrating her birthday with ice cream and slushies.
Henry working on his reading minutes. Reading??
More socially distant play dates...
Stella's birthday
This became another thing that the kids wanted to do - they call this game big belly.
See how much you can stack on someone and how many kids can pile on top.
Henry used some money to order this gem kit where you had to break out the gems from the rock.
We made it to the end of the school year! Remote learning while working from home is hard!
This drawing greeted any guests who stopped by
Papa's birthday - we made him this sign for his yard.
People honked at him all day.
Sunday hike in South Haven
Rocky beach is the best.
Saturday bike ride - the girls made it to Wolters Woods, Henry and dad went all the way to Sanctuary Woods and climbed the stairs.
Lots of together time and reading during the stay at home order.
Sunday hike - Paw Paw Park
Sunday hike - Outdoor Discovery Center
Starting to ease restrictions - ok to be together without masks and play if outside now.
Leila and Dani cowrote a few songs and put on a performance
This was the magic carpet ride from Aladdin
They signed autographs!
Cran Hill camping - we were there at season open and almost the only campers for the first day or two
Henry made a big deal about how he likes blackened hot dogs.
He made it a little too black, but ate it anyway.
He had a loose tooth and Aunt Lindsey wanted to pull it.
The moment he realized he lost it and it hurt.
Eating breakfast in the sun - it was COLD!
Pony rides
The kids enjoyed rock climbing. Leila did all of the walls and made it to the top of both sides of the hard wall, but my camera battery died.
The confidence she gained at rock climbing propelled Leila to go on the trail ride with Stella, Paige, Norah, and mom.
The kids played on the inflatables even though it was FREEZING!
The kitties! Henry didn't have allergy eyes this year - the allergy shots are working!!
Stella's favorite
She made a COVID-19 joke about a stick up
Jeremy's birthday!
Waiting for Jer to count at church, Leila sat in the driver's seat for a picture. Slow down!!
Selfies at grandpa's.
Jenna had a garage sale and invited the kids to do a lemonade stand. We decided it would be better to do packaged snacks due to coronavirus.
I made the kids put together all of the puzzles before we put them in the garage sale.
The kids bought all of the beanie babies at the sale along with this bag of cotton stuffing. We had to make pillows with it, so we took old t-shirts and made pillows. It was (past) time for this tank top to be retired.
We made slime the next day. Then I was crafted out for a bit.
We went out for breakfast at deBoer Bakkerij on July 4 weekend and then mini golfing.
It was HOT.
There were many critters roaming around that we kept scaring out of their burrows.
We got a big ice cream that was immediately spilled on the floor of the van.
Sunday hike - Saugatuck Dunes
We saw a deer!
Stella doing Eye Therapy
Camping at Dunes Harbor in Silver Lake
They fit in the kids' chairs!
We climbed the dune
We went shopping while it rained.
Then Misti broke out her bingo game and candy
The kids had a ton of fun in the pool and splash pad.
Can you see my mask lines?
Sparklers!
Stella took her chair back and did not tell Jer before he sat back down.
Leila lost a tooth!
Mac Woods Dune Rides!
Camping at PJ Hoffmaster State Park in Muskegon with our church group
Digging a hole
The tree fell down the dune while we were sitting here.
More digging.
Getting deeper
Whoa.
We went for ice cream after supper to celebrate, but one of the families accidentally locked their keys in their car.
Fire at Jim & Sue's
Craft time! Michelle from church was kind enough to send craft projects for all of the kids.
Flaming s'more
Hammocking with Megan
More crafts
The kids hid the rocks all over the campground for other kids to find
Red flag, fun waves.
More playing on the dune.
Then another tree fell. We were done on the dune.
Rocky beach in South Haven with Jen
The kids found 3 frogs and played with them (a little too much)
We also had rock stacking contests
And rock skipping
And frogs.
Leila had a few friends over for a play date
I went to my dad's to hang out with friends from high school. I put the umbrella in the table up and went inside. I turned around and saw this.
It took me two hours in 90*+ heat to vacuum it all up.
Then the bag ripped 3 feet from the dumpster and I had to vacuum his lawn too.
Watching Jer's softball game
Visiting Aunt Judy, Leslie, and Grandma Dort - Leslie offered cash to the first fish caught
Henry was first
Stella was a close second.
Staycation! We went to Papa's to play instead of Conference Grounds this year because of the virus.
This was not a fun puzzle.
Then we went to Kari's overnight.
Outdoor church from Stella's perspective
The kids have been watching too many contortionist videos on You-tube.
Uncle Rod took the kids for a jeep ride
Henry was wearing about 6 pairs of sunglasses.
Sunday hike - Mt. Pisgah
Then visiting with Uncle Ken & Aunt Sue
One of the moms in Stella's class organized a girl play date - their class is almost all boys.
Last hurrah before school starts again - the kids decided on kayaking and fishing
Henry & Leslie
I pulled each of the kids in the kayaks
Papa came out too
Sunday exercise - volleyball practice
BACK TO SCHOOL!! Hopefully they can keep going in person.
They are so excited to be with friends and teachers at school again.
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