A Peek at the Poulsens

Each year around Easter I am torn between wanting to celebrate in a fun way (i.e. Easter eggs, baskets, candy, etc) and being annoyed by the consumerism and gaudiness of the most important religious holiday being turned into pastels and rabbits. To compromise this year, we did "fun" Easter stuff on Saturday, and "reverent" Easter stuff on Sunday. It was perfect! Austin and I had fun hiding the eggs around the house. Growing up my parents hid jellybeans in our house and it made for a much more challenging and satisfying hunt. We will do this with our kids once Claire is old enough not to worry about choking. For now, eggs were really fun! We didn't tell the kids that we were doing Easter baskets a day early, so they were extra surprised. The boys got LEGOs, Natalie got a super soft squishy animal, and Claire got a bubble machine. All were pleased with their loot. (And Austin and I were pleased with the Reese's eggs that we rescued from their bas...

 I am amused by the coronavirus memes. It helps keep things light in such a weird/scary/unprecedented situation.  Also, this popped up in my memories the other day and it made me so happy. Giant UNO with the Stauffers. We are STARVED for friend time! We miss all of them so much. It's especially unfortunate timing since we're getting ready to move, and we can't even spend our last few months together!  bro time: walkie talkies and reading   Claire has recently become very interested in books, and it's very cute! Natalie really likes reading to her, which is very sweet. We are all desperate for some sort of VARIETY in this quarantined life, so one day we rode bikes/scooters/strollers to the church. It was a blast! The kids asked to go again the very next day, which we did, but then the weather turned cold for a spell and we haven't done it since. Trying to stay together/cross streets/not get run over it takes maybe 15 minutes to get to th...