Category: Tom and Jodi

We loved getting out on the boat on Friday afternoon on Percy Priest Lake. What a blessing!

Tom rescued us all on Friday afternoon and took us out to Tim’s Ford Lake for a boat ride. It’s such a beautiful lake, and there was hardly anybody there. SUCH a great way to get out of the house and still be socially distant!

We stopped off at some little islands to explore along the way. We saw several mommy geese sitting on nests (I walked up on one without even realizing it, and she hissed at me…I got out of her way as fast as I could!), several daddy geese trying to distract us from their brood by honking and flapping their wings and getting in the water, and one momma goose with five little goslings waddling after her.

The boys took turns driving the boat, found sticks shaped like guns in the woods, and dug around in the sand. I found a bunch of wild roses and discovered one of the coolest trees I’ve ever seen…a cypress. Tom skipped rocks and led the charge on land and in the water.

I’ve always loved being outside, but I love being outside even more during this time.

Today was Unschooling Day…yay!!!

The boys played with post-it notes (Roman made up a game and Jonas did origami), built a couch fort/ramp/crash pad in the play room, did some interesting computer time (Jonas played chess with a friend in a private online game room, Xander did coding on Khan Academy, and Roman watched Colossal Questions on Epic), and took a mile loop around the neighborhood (Jonas and Roman rode their bikes and Xander walked).

I did some laundry, mailed out a few packages with homemade face masks for family/friends, cleaned my closet (it was a disaster!), prepped a few things for homeschool, went for a run, and talked with all three of the boys’ teachers (I so love that they called to connect, catch up on how the boys are doing, and offer suggestions/advice…what a blessing!).

When Tom got home, we went geocaching in Triune and Franklin…we even had a little impromptu picnic dinner. This was one of my favorite finds…just for the beautiful field of purple wildflowers that we had to walk through to get to it.

We were so excited to get to go out on the boat this afternoon for the first time this spring!!! The dock and the lake were pretty much ghost towns, so it worked well for social distancing. It was Petra’s first boat ride. She was a little nervous at first but ended up taking to it really well. Her favorite part (and all of ours) was stopping to explore the “islands”. We were trying to keep her out of the water because it was so cold, but she jumped right in on our first stop, chasing ducks, and there was no turning back. She had a blast fetching sticks in the water…it is one of the cutest things in the world to me to see her swim. I’m amazed at how spritely she is for an almost 11 year old dog. It took her a while to dry out and warm up afterwards, but once she did, she was so fluffy and looked so cozy and contented, passed out for the rest of the day in her bean bag bed at home.

We took a chilly, Sunday afternoon walk on Nolensville’s trails and came back to the house to warm up with dinner and home church.

The boys ran their Fun Run today…they always have such a blast! There’s something about watching a race that gets my heart every time…I always find myself getting choked up…especially when it’s my three little guys running their hearts out. Roman was the only one I was able to get a good action shot of…he loves to pose for the camera which makes it easy. But I was still able to grab some good post-race shots of Jonas and Xander. Thanks to everyone who sponsored them and helped them raise money for NES!!!