The Russo's

Easter was so different this year being home alone. We are usually with our families doing all the fun activities. I had eggs for the kids on Saturday evening because it was supposed to rain a lot on Sunday.  Camo grabbed a plastic egg, it popped open and had a chocolate fall out. We ran after him and the chocolate went down a crawfish hole!   Nana B aka "Easter Bonnie" came by early Sunday morning with an Easter surprise. She hid eggs in the yard for the kids to find.                                                  She gave them their Easter baskets and even had lunch cooked for us! She was so upset that we couldn't all come to her house, so she brought everything to us. It was so sweet!  Grace's birthday was on Easter Sunday. Our friends had the idea to do birthday parades for all the kids who had April birthdays. ...

I wanted to document about the corona virus pandemic. We started hearing and seeing news in early March. They announced on March 13th that all Louisiana schools were closing on March 16th. It seemed more serious at that point. People didn't know if the stores would be open, so we stocked up on groceries. The shelves of paper products, cleaning supplies, and hand sanitizer went fast and were hard to find for weeks. Groceries were gone like bread and shelf stable items and all cold medicines. Not knowing how long it would last and if people had to stay home, everyone was stocking up on groceries.   3/9/20- Louisiana's first positive case announced 3/11/20 -The World Health Organization declares it a pandemic  3/13/20- All Louisiana public school are closed until April 13th, prohibits gatherings of more than 250 people  3/16/20- Governor Edwards bans gatherings of more than 50 people. Restaurants, bars, gyms and movie theaters close. Pick up, drive thru and ...