Around the House in 8 Photos

Since we're all home and trying to do school and work, we've had to make a few modifications to our living space. At first, we had Scotty's "office" set up in the kitchen. We took the leaf out of our table and turned the table the opposite direction so Scotty could set up a small table in the bay window for his computer. 

When the kids started using laptops for their schoolwork, we needed to put the leaf back in the table so they would have more space. Today, Scotty moved to the (still unfinished) basement because it was too hard for us to maneuver around the table and his "office." But the basement is where my kids do piano lessons via FaceTime on Mondays. So Scotty's office was taken over during his shift. 

We're just being very adaptable and figuring it out as we go. 

Today I was looking around my house at all the signs that we have been trapped here for a while. Here are some of them:

We have some Forkies on the shelf and some leftover shamrocks from when we celebrated St. Patrick's Day.

The sidewalk and driveway are covered in chalk. We are on our third box of sidewalk chalk since school was dismissed. 

One night, Zoe invited us all to a pajama party in her room. She decorated in snowflakes and letters that spelled "Parte."

All of the rooms in our house now have numbers, thanks to Eva and Zoe. They are pretending we are staying in a hotel (I'm still waiting for the housekeeper to make my bed). 

There is artwork. Everywhere. 

EVERYWHERE!!!

We have a pandemic board. It's main purpose it to keep the kids from asking me "what are we doing today" and "what's for breakfast/lunch/dinner?" 

The thing that makes me laugh the most, though, is this:

The collection of empty toilet paper rolls (for art projects) being stored under the sign that says, "It is so good to be home" (interestingly, the only thing that fell off the wall during the earthquake).