including everyone testing negative for COVID 3 times and installing apps on our phones that track our positions.

Now we are required to stay at home for 2 weeks before resuming normal life here in Japan.

What is it?! Should Mommy open it?!

We'll see what it is, it might be my groceries.

Might not be.

Yes, we're back home here in Japan! And now have 2 weeks of quarantine.

Look at this hair, I need to cut this!

Our food has been delivered, right to our door.

And Momma-chan, are you making lunch?!

Yes, at 9 AM, but we are hungry!

Yummy, yummy, yummy! Lunchtime at 9 in the morning!

Before we left for America we put together a Lego Mario

And now that we're back we're putting together the biggest Lego Mario that there is at the moment

And Joshua paid for it!

That's right! Joshua paid for it. How much was it?

¥10,000

Joshua paid for it with the money he... I got ¥10,000!

Number 1! Whoa, look at it! We have 11—

11, was it 11 different packages? Yeah, 11.

This thing is huge, huh?!

OK, and so it begins.

There it is - tap it. Yeah!

And 3, 2, 1 [snap]

The kids all received money from their grandparents when they were back in the States,

so Joshua decided he wanted to buy the Lego set of his dreams: Bowser's Castle.

It was the perfect project for quarantine, but we miscalculated how long it would take to finish.

Yeah, there's all the pieces that we finished... Number 4!

OK Joshua, we got this one together, let's see what does Mario do?

Yeah! There you go!

Look at this! Turn it! Show how it works, Becca! Isn't that awesome?

OK, I think we're building King Boo now.

We are because King Boo is really white.

And then he's going to go on top of this...

Yeah, he's going to go right here and hang off.

OK, King Boo is up on his stand, and Joshua, you're the Mario guy.

Got like a drawbridge that we're building on

Meanwhile, Momma chan was busy downstairs with another huge task: unpacking.

She was working, but now... I'm all unpacked.

You're all unpacked?! All the suitcases are put away.

What?!! Wow! You were productive!

Well, back to Mario!

We have two more after we open number 9. Everything is really coming together!

With some really cool—like this is going to spin and hit those things. Yeah

We are getting close to the finish!

Look at that, number 10! Do the honors

He's looking mean! This Bowser machine is looking mean!

We're getting close to the end! Becca is putting together what we assume is the shell.

There! Did you get it?

Got it!

Our massive construction project was nearly complete, and it was only day 1 of quarantine!

And now it's time— this hair is just crazy, out-of-control big

I've been looking forward to this: time to cut the hair.

I've got a home cutting kit like this and I love it.

There it is! All cut, shaved, nice and clean.

It sure does look nice outside. It sure does look nice.

It's popcorn time with the new Stir Crazy — we've been needing one!

It's the Bowser Lego Mario set, you've been wanting this for a long time,

And now Mario is going to take to the level — here we go!

First, he gets rid of the fireball at the entrance!

Yes! Oh!

Then he jumps over. Oh good, he's getting rid of all the enemies and the fireballs

Whoops! That one got away!

It takes a little extra work to get that one.

But Joshua makes quick work of it.

Oh- then we go here

There's an extra time meter

Oh, he goes over there

He got coins? He got a star! Oh that's perfect, he can take on King Boo.

Here he goes, taking out King Boo!

Alright- oh yes!

Oh, we're at the last level. We got Bowser Jr out of the way

Now, there comes Bowser! Oh!

Come on Mario, work it, work it!

Oh boy, ten hits!

Oh good, and he finishes the level!

Mario number one! Whoa Dude, awesome!

One day down, thirteen to go.

Last night Joshua and I got to bed about 7:30 PM, we really did well.

But the girls went to bed at like 5:00PM, 5:30PM, 6:00 PM, so they've been up for a while.

Let's see just how long.

Well hello ladies!

Good morning! How long have you been up? From 1 AM

From 1?! 1-ish

1-ish AM!

Sarah and I slept earlier than Anna

Yeah- And Daddy and Anna?

And Daddy and Joshua.

So Ruth and Becca went back to bed and look who came up then...

Right? When they went to bed, Joshua got up.

Oh! You're a pro now, Dude.

Yeah, and then you can do this.

I'm going to do it like that.

It's day 2 of being back, and the kids are back busy doing homework now, getting ready to go back to school in a little less than 2 weeks.

Back to school work, good job, guys!

OK, at 9 in the morning you leave your house...

At one in the afternoon (speaks Japanese) you came back.

So from the time you left, to the time you came home, how long was that?

Well the kids have 2 weeks before they can go back to school,

But because of Corona, the start of school has been pushed back and they only have half days

So fortunately our kids are not missing much school because of our trip.

Yeah, homework! No! Homework!

Even Bowser had to do homework, I'm sure.

No. No?

His homework is to play.

No, no, I think Bowser doesn't do his homework because he's a bad boy.

That's right, he's bad so he didn't do his homework.

I bet Mario did his homework though.

He helps Peach! That's right!

Ah, thank you Mario!

And I think Bowser Jr did it a little bit because he's a little better than his dad.

So have you got your call yet today?

Hmm, not yet.

But they call me everyday with a FaceTime call

So I have to show them all four kids and show them that I'm in my house

But they change the time of the call, so I never know quite when it's going to be...

But it's everyday.

Not only do we receive video calls, but we have to report our health condition each day,

filling out a survey and reporting our location at random times throughout the day.

They want to make sure you are COVID free and staying home!

Day 3 quarantine — we're starting to get a little more bored now.

Right Joshua? Even Joshua came up with a song

I don't know / I don't know / I don't know what to do, oh no

Oh no no / Oh no no / Yeah ha!

Are you guys watching Paz Kids? Yes

We keep busy by exploring all the different ways there are to have fun while stuck at home.

Did you reset Animal Crossing? Yes

Anna, I think that other hair is best. Oh, how cute!

This is Joshua

Soon we received some news that was very good for us, even if the girls weren't so excited…

We're going to do online — but it's only one class.

It's only one class online.

OK, so they have the option of doing just online class until the 10th! That's awesome!

It's only one class...

It's only one hour, but you have homework.

Yeah, I already know what my homework is, the teacher told me.

Ok, it might be different, because they weren't planning on doing just online, everything has changed.

So don't assume you know everything, ok?

I think I do!

I think you don't yet!

Mother knows best!

No- it's "Mother knows best!"

On Rapunzel! Remember that song! But let me tell you what!

I have the best friends...

Seki Yoshiko san is helping me so much!

And I'm helping Mommy... Thank you Yoshiko san!

And I'm helping Mommy translate, oh!

What's going on here?

Getting online, but there's only 5 people, no, 4 kids waiting,

Nobody's showing their face, so I'm just playing the piano.

Oh, you're waiting for class to start? Oh, sure enough.

Over here, Anna's getting her class going...

It does not work... Her camera doesn't work.

Oh! Do you need some daddy help?

Momma's the go-between-everybody

Make sure everyone's on online school.

And Sarah too, right? Everyone's on.

Sarah's in there? Yes, Sarah's in there.

When you've been quarantined as long as we have, you have to come up with games that keep you entertained — like this one!

3, 2, 1

After nearly two weeks in quarantine, we had our routine down pat but were more than ready to be done

So I put all my stuff down here that I don't use right now

Anna's in school over here too. Oh my goodness!

We're nearing the end of our quarantine, but we are looking forward

And we have some meetings online.

At least we've been able to do most of it online.

But we are looking forward to getting out again — oh boy!

Joshua's the only one who can't go to school yet

Everyone else can go online

Yep, but not me. But not you.

But in two days you get to go back to school!

Who are you so excited to see?!

Aiden. Aiden — your teacher — your friends

Next week we get out of quarantine — freedom!

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