65 Days & 65 Nights of Lockdown

March 14: Patrick's 42nd birthday. Announcement that Spain will be in full lockdown mode for at least two weeks. Go for a family walk in the mountains behind out house. (would we have ziplined into the smoky abyss if we knew it would last for months?!) Confirmed weirdest day of our lives. Only Leo is completely zen. 

March 15: Express gratitude that we have enough oat milk to last at least a week.

March 16:  Start homeschool. Discover Leo has developed an incredible Spanish accent and can write in cursive, but doesn't know how to read in Spanish and forgot how to in English. Also can't count past 10.

March 20: First circuit work out course around the cave. It goes well. 

March 20: Wheels come off of any disciplined eating with spaghetti and meatballs dinner. Start calling ourselves "Gordis". 

March 21. Celebrate Colette's birthday in style. Take showers and put on deodarant for first time in 8 days.

March 22 - Make a chicken that would rival anything coming out of Julia Child's kitchen.

 March 23  Leave the house for the first time to get groceries.

March 25: Realize I've been sitting on the ground staring into space for 13 minutes at 10 in the morning. 

March 26: Multiple conflicts between Will and Pat before 9 am. 

March 26: Pat takes a break by lying on the concrete. 

March 27 - Bake cookies without any measuring instruments. Cookies taste terrible. I continue to steal away into the kitchen and eat leftover frozen dough throughout the next 30 days. 

March 29 - Art class on the terrace. 

March 31: Zoom happy hour with our friends that live 10 and 50 feet away from us but whom we cannot see in person. 

April 2: Slowly losing minds. But making delicious curry. 

April 7: Happy Hour on the wall. Can you spot the friends? 

 

April 5 - Kids and Colette coordinate teacher appreciation day. 

 

April 6 - This man playing passionately on his terrace at sunset takes our breath away. 

April 11: Make home-made Easter baskets and turmeric lemon cake. Neither look as good as we were picturing in our minds. 

April 13 - Easter Bunny comes and leaves 12 Fantas around the caves, we continue to feast later in the day.

 

April 14 - Boys yoga is improving. 

April 15 - Boys prep hard for Pedro's birthday. Pedro makes salt encrusted dorado to prep for his birthday. 

April 16 - Go nuts for Pedro's birthday. 

 

April 16: Notice Leo's rendering of Pat is most accurate drawing of him we've ever seen. 

April 18 - First cross cousin talent show. 

 April 20 - Leo makes all of our mouths water with his picture of the frutero from before the world locked down. 

April 21 - Boys create a slumber party zone. Gas everyone out within minutes. 

 April 24 - Order 24 bottles of wine to be delivered to the house - best move of our entire lives? 

 

April 25 - Will eats a dinosaur leg. 

April 27 - Pet beetle and wounded bee

April 28 - Gambas and salmon on grill 

April 30 - Kimchi 

May 8 - Noise complaint 

May 16 - Will's birthday