The Kassel Family Project Life 365

Andy and I took separate bicycle rides today. I visited the Missouri River…

…while, Andy hit the open road. You just never know what you will see.

My ride was short; his ride was long. Both were good for the soul.

I made dinner and then got a night off! The Kassel men cleaned the kitchen for me.

Of all my anxieties relating to this whole situation, the biggest was the thought of not being able to find a picture to take every day. I have been doing this for nearly ten years and all I could think about was, “What the hell happens if I can’t find a picture to take every day?” This may seem small to a lot of people, but this is huge to me and it caused some sleepless nights. The years of memories in that daily picture gave me mountains of anxiety.

The reality is that I was feeling anxious over nothing. This time has not been any different than the previous years. Today, both my kids gave me opportunities for Picture of the Day. John should probably “win” the day because he would not let Andy give him his television remote back (too much screen time is a big struggle with him).

But, Laura took the opportunity to use a school activity for French Class to draw a quote on our sidewalk.

Both are worthy of Picture of the Day. Fortunately, this is a blog, and space is not an issue. Both win the day.

Andy and I took a fun little ride to the Mizzou Meat Market today. The MU Campus was so empty that it was almost creepy. We saw a few groups hanging out by The Columns enjoying the sunshine, but I would bet that we saw less than 40 people on campus.

And, yes, I did make Andy go to The Columns just to take the obligatory “basket full of meat on the back of his bike” picture. Got to keep the blog going during a time when finding pictures to take every day is hard!

It is happy hour with Sigma Chis from around the country this evening.

The kids are making dinner while I enjoy a beer. We shall see how long this lasts before I have to take over…

He is risen!

Happy Easter from our family to yours! It wasn’t the “normal” Easter, but it was still amazing. It was old traditions mixed with some new as John knows we are the Easter Bunny now. The kids enjoyed hunting for Easter baskets. Laura’s was in the basement…

…while John’s was in the garage.

It was fun watching the kids hunt because they looked in all the standard places, but they just could not believe that the Easter Bunny put their baskets in odd places. They were so excited to finally find them! Laura especially loved her Harry Potter Lego set.

John’s favorite were the two Xbox games.

The excitement for Easter presents is still fun to watch in the kids. They even enjoyed egg hunting though Andy only hid the eggs that had chocolate in them.

That Easter Bunny gets more tricky every year! The kids were often confused even at the obvious hiding places.

We spent the afternoon watching the first of the two “Jumanji” movies. It was really quite funny and it was such a fun time!

We followed up the first movie with a tasty dinner of lamb chops, mashed potatoes, cabbage steaks, and Angel food cake.

We ended the day with the second “Jumanji” movie. It was a great day with the family during this truly crazy time. Happy Easter!