May

May 2020....COVID-19 chaos!!

Happy 41st Birthday Daddy!

The kiddos loved hiding from Daddy and surprising him in the morning!  

He thought we were all asleep when he left to get coffee! 

The kids made him cards and helped make his favorite meal (pulled pork and cucumber salad!)

Waiting....

"SURPRISE!"

Birthday donuts from our favorite neighbors and friends!

Birthday pork for the birthday boy! 

Happy 11th Birthday Hailey!

This girl falls asleep and wakes up in Hogwarts!  

Harry Potter Lego's and PJ's from Gigi. 

They watched a Harry Potter movie on each day leading up to her birthday.  

Hailey made every decoration, game and goody bag for her party this year.  She even made her own cake!

Just like Harry's 11th birthday cake from Hagrid!

Birthday breakfast donuts.  

Time to party!

One of the MANY games Hailey made.

Homemade Voldemort piñata!

We snuck Hailey's best friend over for a quarantine birthday sleepover!

Opening goody bags. 

Sweet homemade gifts from her sisters. 

We were thankful for a beautiful birthday day!

Surprise birthday visit from more friends!

Watching Order of the Phoenix for the first time!

Sweet birthday sleepover for best friends...

...and best loveys :)

We Miss Our Teachers!

We were so excited to see our favorite St. Stephen's teacher Ms. Jody working at our neighborhood florist!

Caleb Had Some Special Visitors! 

Caleb was so excited to "see" his teachers at his house!  It was so hard not to hug them!  He worked hard on a special present for each of them.  

Final Weeks of School

Lainey was excited to see some of her classmates during a surprise car parade for her teacher!

 End of the Year Student/Teacher Zoom Conferences 

Avery will miss Mrs. Kerns. 

Lainey will miss Mr. Pacyna.

Hailey will miss Miss MacPhee.

Virtual Piano Recital Practice

Hailey worked so hard all year and we were so proud of her submissions for her virtual piano recital.

Mother's Day

My gift for Gigi...Corona style.

Socially Distancing with Close Family, Friends and Neighbors

Saying hi to Kathy and Sam. 

Hanging at Uncle Poogie and Emily's house.  Caleb is so excited that Jaci and "Janana" live so close to us now!

Dodgeball with Uncle Poogie!  

We are happy that we've still been able to sneak in playdates and sleepovers with Kaitlyn!

Grateful

Now, more than ever, I'm so grateful for our sweet family and that our kids have each other during this strange time of social isolation.  They've stayed busy each day with new games and creative adventures.  They've never been closer and it truly has been a blessing to our family to have everyone home.  

Caleb's COVID cut on the back porch. 

Homeschool Graduation/Memorial Day Weekend

We celebrated the beginning of summer with an awesome cookout and pool party with family and freind and even made it official with a graduation ceremony!  I'm so proud of how these kids have handled the chaos of our "new normal."  No part of me ever wanted to homeschool and now I can say for certain that my initial feelings were 100% accuarte.  I hope this book is closed for good...

Goodbye school! Hello Summer!!!

Introducing the 2020 graduating class of Kinard Homeschool!

Taking Babu's boat out for a Memorial Day "cruise!"

Our first date out in over two months!!!

Memorial Day walk around Colonial Williamsburg.