If the demands of working from home combined with your kids’ having mandatory distance learning is throwing you for a loop, I get it. I’ve got five kids at home in grades 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9, and all of them are receiving instruction via Google Classroom. This works well for my oldest three
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Day 24: Mom, Why Don’t You Wear A Bra Anymore And Other Reflections
Have you seen those pictures from space showing the changes in pollution levels around major cities after businesses have been shut down? Or did you see the article about how Los Angeles has had it’s longest stretch of clean air since 1980 and the heavy smog associated with that city has almost disappeared? Well, the
Day 23: Wafflemaker Hash Browns
My kids love hash brown patties like the ones they sell at Dunkin Donuts. But they don’t love the shredded ones. A week or so ago I saw a post on Facebook about making hash browns out of tater tots in the waffle maker. So I Googled waffle maker hash browns and a few recipes popped
Day 22: Lunch a la Little House On The Prairie (And Delicious & Easy Baked Penne )
I have been enjoying cooking for my family. And my family has also been enjoying me cooking for them. Number 4 said to me, “Mom, you have been making some really good food, and I just wanted to tell you that I really appreciate it.” That little acknowledgment meant A LOT to me. We haven’t
Day 21: Baking With Children (aka Immersion Therapy)
We have been doing a lot of baking. Apparently so have lots of other people, because when I went to the grocery store last weekend, there was no baking powder anywhere. That was something I wasn’t anticipating a shortage of. But my dad came to the rescue and found some at WalMart when he had
We Should Not Be Requiring Parents To Teach Their Children From Home (work friendly edition)
Yesterday our school district began distance learning. Our kids are receiving instruction via Google Classroom. And yesterday, as I helped my 9-year-old navigate GC for the first time ever, it became apparent that this is not how to handle our current situation. I appreciate the Herculean effort our administration and elementary school teachers made to