I know Easter isn’t truly about Easter baskets or dying eggs or chocolate bunnies or any of that stuff. But we have traditionally dyed eggs and done Easter baskets. I had a pretty good system going. I don’t do the second Christmas that so many people do these days with massive baskets overflowing with gifts […]
Life at My House
Day 29: The Great Global Cleanout
If there is one thing our current situation is affording many of us, it’s time to declutter and get to some of those organizing projects we never have the time to get to. Today I was working on decluttering and reorganizing the playroom with Number 5 and Number 7. And as I was taking some […]
Day 28: Level Weird
We had some pretty significant meltdowns this morning. It was also raining, and I needed to exercise, but I just couldn’t muster up the motivation to go for a run in the rain. Around 9:45 I had to abort distance learning and put Number 4 in charge of Number 7 because she was totally off […]
Day 26: When The Cat’s Away The Mice Don’t Have Massive Meltdowns
One thing I have learned as a swim coach is that when I coach my own kids, they behave differently than when someone else coaches them. It’s that whole level of familiarity thing. This is why distance learning is so challenging for parents. Kids respond much differently to their parents than they do to teachers. […]
Day 25: Twelve Things You Can Do To Make Distance Learning More Manageable
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 […]
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 […]
