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day 35 i got some basketball time in with my boys! Both WI and IL closed schools for the rest of year; I’m expecting a similar announcement for MA this upcoming week. Day 34 Kids enjoyed weekly Science with Lala. … Continue reading →

At bedtime I told the kids, tomorrow is Friday. Remember when we used to get excited for the weekend for more family time?!? Natalie chuckled. Elliott guffawed. “Who needs that?!?” also we broke out Flash Flash. This was Elliott’s most … Continue reading →

Conquering Forest Park on our wed aft spring observation hike. Nature photos by Nat 

My boss challenged our Holyoke educators to dress up as their favorite book character and send in a video. Teachers are understandably tired right now and only one person submitted. So I got the whole fam to join me in … Continue reading →

Day 26. Conor has started monitoring his own temperature (Note: we do not do this daily!!! We only did this week 1 when 4/5 of us were sick!)   Elliott has also started a 30 day lego building challenge, which … Continue reading →

Epic hair cuts!  I’d say one looks phenomenal and the other looks eh-okay. The tip is to start with hair so long that it looks like an older lady’s perm.  We also had pizza, played Monopoly, went on a hike, … Continue reading →

Natalie did a research project on French pastries… so we made crepes this morning! Conor kept asking for more. Bon appetit!

Day 17. Nat amazingly reviewed Elliott’s time telling work (her idea – shocking) and Elliott responded great to the feedback. Day 18 stunk. We spent 2 hours cleaning off our groceries. E spilled lemonade on my laptop. It’s sitting in … Continue reading →

Elliott: Mom, is church today going to be on a zoom thingie or just a recording? Me: Recording. You can still wear your pajamas Elliott: ok, good Nat was also the Eucharistic minister and passed our Ritz crackers    

We treated ourselves to a movie night (the Goonies from 1985 won out over my suggestion of Richie Rich) and homemade ice cream sandwich cookies after a pretty good week of remote learning. Tip: make the cookies way thinner. They … Continue reading →