The Burda Diner

The boys made an impressive restaurant, and played happily together for an impressive amount of time. 

It was all inspired by adding ONE new element...the table cloth my mom passed on to us from when I was little. 

Stable Mary

We received our replacement Mary statue, and this time we just filled her with pea gravel. No quick-crete. 

Levi LOVES her. He couldn’t stop hugging her and pointing out her eyes, nose, and mouth. 





Even before we added gravel, she was too heavy for him to pick up. 



She stands up! No more falling over in the mud. 
“Mom, take my picture with Mary.”

Bible Study

A good number of us spent a lovely morning distanced in Becky’s backyard. Gosh it felt good to be together again. 

Busy At Home

Still doing our best to find things to do at home. 
Elias studied every single X-ray of the human body. He matched each one to his own. “So Mom, this bone goes here.” and he would hold the slide up on his body in the right place. 

Augustine likes to use a glue gun. He didn’t make anything specific, but he enjoyed the process. 



Elias played with the light pad sand box. Why did I buy this? It’s too messy. 

We left on a family drive one evening and ended up chasing a rainbow! This photo doesn’t do it justice. It was the biggest, brightest rainbow I’ve ever seen. 

Levi enjoyed stuffing a wipe in a hole for a loooooong time. 

We moved the work shop onto the deck and it was like I bought a new toy! Elias and Levi played for a long time. 

 New favorite pastime is making mounds of bubbles with the blower and then watching the wind blow them away. 

Levi does NOT like this dog from my childhood. He would.not.pass. It was as good as a baby gate!

Nicholas made up his own bubble experiment! It was also fun to watch. 

They hadn’t had much outdoor/large motor activity this particular day, so a pillow fight was allowed. They actually did really well with it. 





Working on chopping skills!

COVID-19 Quarantine, Week 14

We continue to slowly work our way out of quarantine, so this will be my last quarantine post. We are still following the rules and being careful about how we socialize. Still distanced or masks in most situations. Still very careful in stores. 

We are seeing Grandma Kathleen distanced and outdoors only. It’s been nice to have her around again, especially when we do water play. It works perfectly to splash and laugh with her!

We are seeing my parents again, and they boys have started taking turns having their summer visits at the G&G B&B. Everyone is happier!

I’m enjoying distanced coffee with friends on decks and driveways and patios. We still haven’t done any work play dates yet. Not quite ready for that. 

I went to Mass yesterday for the first time since March, and it didn’t feel special in any way. Just back to normal. Well, if by normal you mean I couldn’t wear my mask for more than 10 minutes and I was overwhelmed by the crowd and I ended up sitting outside the church and looking through the glass windows, into the atrium which luckily also has glass windows looking into the church where Mass was going on so I could leave my mask off. Then yeah, just normal. 

I stopped by for a quick visit to these two whom I hadn’t seen for three months. I didn’t sit or touch anything, but I did go inside for a few minutes. 

A little more normal feels so good. 

Father’s Day

We didn’t do a ton for Father’s Day, other than our usual Sunday family time because that’s what logan likes to do. :) Grandma Susan helped the big boys make nice cards and a treat for Logan. 

We also set up the security system that Logan ordered so he was feeling accomplished today as well. PLUS, the libraries open up tomorrow! Logan literally said, “I won’t be able to sleep tonight. I’m too excited!” #bookwormburda

We made my dad cards and delivered he and mom a delicious Lazlo’s lunch. I also brought him chocolate chip cookies...well, the dough anyway. I didn’t find time to bake them. It’s the effort that counts. 

Logan had a long conversation on the phone with his dad. 

Happy Father’s Day all you dads!

What Augustine Has Been Up To

Building cool robots that do more things that I can even think of. He imagines with so much detail. 

Checking out the pirate set because I think he finally needs a little break from Legos. It probably won’t be a very long break. Especially since we just rearranged his room and organized a whole table for building. 

Decorating the mantle for me! He did such a good job!