Staycation Island Diaries: week 1

This post is mainly photos and diary entries to look back upon later... no deep thinking here...

Day 1 - Friday, 13th March

I'm only just starting my diary and everyone else is still out and about as normal. Wondering if I'm overreacting, I still cancel the planned get-together with the kids' grandparents for tomorrow because I don't want to potentially expose them to the virus if my kids are carrying it. Because we're now not going to see the grandparents, D(3) gets to try on his new pirate swimsuit in our house only.

Day 2

We're spending Saturday at home and at the nearby nature reserve, feeding some bread to the ducks.

Day 3

It's Sunday and I decide to leave the kids at home, away from vulnerable people at church. Because I sing on the worship team I don't feel I can stay away myself without letting the team down. At church, the message hasn't got through at all yet - I get a distinct vibe that people think I'm overreacting or worse, lacking in faith. I blogged my response here. In the afternoon we went on a nice family outing in the forest.

Day 4

A nice day at home, spending time in the garden and going out for a scoot on the path behind the house... ending up with a very mucky dog!

Day 5

Today's outing was to the local farm, which was just in time as it closed for the foreseeable future the next day.

Day 6

Mr's last day at work for the foreseeable - from now on he'll be working from home, as are all his co-workers: the office will be closed. Before we knew this, we went to the forest by ourselves because Forest School is, of course, also off for the foreseeable.

Day 7

Back to the nature reserve, we're getting as much outside time as we can - despite the pretty dank weather and oodles of mud! But it's a good way to tire the kids out and avoid meeting people. Meanwhile, N(5) draws picture after picture of our family going out to friends houses...

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