Leading the Thursday Night Dance open bandTuesday night family dinnersBig Slide Park in ArlingtonLily tries having fiddle lessons, though she dropped after a few weeksErika tries contra dancing at BIDAAnna loves her "bear coat"Lily gets a library cardAnna shows off her monster boots to RicciDance party!Immediately after trying citric acidCleaning the house for an EA dinnerBrunch in honor of SuzieLily wanted to build a tableHelping shovelSledding at Powderhouse ParkBIDA family dance open bandBIDA family danceContra+Ceilidh with Suzie Petrov and HarrisJanet gives the kids a museum tourLily asked for curlersTwo vicious chair thieves"Fixing" a clock we found in the trashFelix has a bananaAnna "writing"Kingfisher in PeterboroughDiet Coke and MentosAnna jumped the gun; anti-climacticLast Swat dinner before covidWorcester contradance with KingfisherAnna has had a runny nosePlaying with clay at a Tuesday family dinnerAnna likes to help with construction projectsOne of the conference rooms at work is an airplaneThe kids try Killer QueenAnd pinballRuthie organized a singing partyTaking Erika skatingBarbara's 16th (leap year birthday)Lily treating coronavirus in fairiesAnna helps set up for the danceJulia takes the kids home while I stay to play in the open bandUncle Steven visitsMini cake to put the candles on, to decrease covid riskFamily birthday in MedfordAnna helps me find studs to build my standing desk (shelf), in anticipation of working from homeLast Ricci adventure for a while, and sending him off with a gallon of hand sanitizer I'd buy it for the (canceled) Beantown StompPlaying with baking soda and vinegarReviewing 2019 pictures. Covid groceries in the background.Even though school has been canceled, Julia makes sure Lily still gets a birthday pencilLily asks for a surprise partyThe kids made a pinata with ErikaSocially distanced Ricci visitWith working from home a friend decided they needed to not have their PS3 in the house. Lily and Anna were very excited. Playing Cloudy With a Chance of MeatballsI made cream puffsPlaying with artificial snowAnna can almost play DixitJulia made us all cloth masks. Initially people cross the street to avoid us. In retrospect all the outdoor masking makes me sad, but this was the best we knew at the time.Adding hooks to the package shelf for mask storageJulia got a recipe for enormous bubblesVery hard to get a decent shot of a child on a tricycle, with a combination of helmet and mask.Passover with housematesDecorating Easter eggsMidnight party, Al's game from childhoodSledding on the steep embankment along the bike pathCarrying a cold wet sad Anna homeDangling buckets off the fire escapeThe kids can refill the watering can from the rain barrelAnna continues to love picking flowersDolphiny to rappel out the third-floor windowCelebrating May DayWe need to refill the sandbox more than would be ideal, because we're not as reliable as we'd like about closing itMother's Day cards, and cuddlesI've been doing a lot of lying on the floor to stretch my back, which Anna enjoys imitatingClimbing Good Lady MapleCamouflage AnnaThe bike path has terrible drainage, which Anna lovesFilling eclairs. This is before I learned how to pipe them.Hiking in the Blue Hills with housemates.We walked to the Mystic River. Really long walk.Flying kites at Trum fieldPossibly imitating Totoro?Building a treehouseboatAnna trims my beardSocially distanced gathering in Medford, each family eating well away from the othersVacation in Salisbury, at an AirBnB.Another get together in Medford, this time with Barbara and MollyLily made pasta bakeTeaching the kids a simplified version of the Taxi GameCrewing for David, racing sailboats at community boatingSeeing the Carslile cousinsInflating Julia's toesSocially distanced notary for refinancing our mortgageLily plays Li in Go. He's normally about as good as me and Rick together, but on a small enough board, with enough handicaps, it's an even match.Lily trying to figure out what Contact Specialist doesVirtual first gradeInsulating the shedPlaying with the insulation leftoversGetting out my teddy bears from when I was littleHeading to Albion Park for a picnic dinner, with portable ice creamLily wanted me to time how long she can hold her breathPick your own is a good pandemic activityPillow fightExploring Fresh PondBringing leftover shed insulation to Declan's for car constructionThe new bike trailer increases are effective rangeListening to podcastsSocially distanced birthday party at PlaysteadLily helps me with the shedGoing trick or treating. Both kids are princess Sofia, complete with amuletsDespite the snow, Lily eschews shoesDoesn't take long before she changes her mindCandy chute for socially distanced distribution from the dinner tableThanksgiving with housematesAnd Erika's fiance, who had already had covidThanksgiving get together at Menotomy Rocks park with Medford cousinsDecorating gingerbread houses at Barb and Jon'sOur neighbors are very into seasonal decorationLily asked David to teach her to ride a skateboardHanukkah, with housemates isolating on the other side of the barrierPicking out a Christmas treeStaticy hairErika's weddingPlaying dreidelThe embankment is steep enough that you can slide without a sledAnna wanted us to bury herLily learning embroideryGoodbye party for ErikaChristmas video call with Julia's familyLily wants to try all the science experiments in her science kitBreaking a geode with a hammer and a sockHocky at Albion Park
