June 2020 Happenings

I have no idea what the official last day of school was but we had final Zoom calls with teachers and turned in final work on June 1st so I called it. To say I was done with the distance learning situation by this point is an understatement. I know the teachers did the best they could with no time to prepare for the situation but working from home while teaching two different grades about drove me to insanity (and wasn't great for the boys either).

June was still filled with plenty of time at home. Making book suggestions for friends, walks around the block, lots of time with the primos, and most exciting for me - I was finally able to get my hair colored again!!!

G-Momma got to spend her Birthday with us and it was so great to get to see her in person.

The boys' music teacher arranged for a virtual piano recital - each student came and recorded their pieces separately and she is going to have them edited together and then have a video release night so if we are free we can all watch at the same time! I made the boys pose for their annual recital picture in the parking lot but for posterity, required them to do it first with the masks they were asked to wear when entering the church.

We celebrated Grandma's Birthday and Father's Day at our house and then the next day celebrated Father's Day at Nonna and Pepe's - with a water slide and lots of time in the pool.

The rest of the month was filled with taking care of the tortoise, working in the garden, the boys being so happy to be back at Sonshine (and Mom being happy to be back in the office), lots of time at the new house making decisions for the very slowly progressing remodel, and Jon's hair getting bigger by the day.

May 2020 Happenings

By May we had worked into a bit of a schedule that was working for me staying home and working while the boys stayed at home for schooling. We had to get creative a few times and do Zoom meetings or conference calls on the road, which was always entertaining. Reed's school had a drive through teacher appreciation day and we decorated our car in colorful hearts the boys cut out and then Reed wrote inspirational words on. We moved the hearts to our dining room wall which had become our office/schoolroom and it really helped cheer the room up! I hosted a Zoom book club, the boys made a kitchen band, we worked in the garden, and the boys kept up with their music practice. The boys also both got to see their teachers semi-in-person and Kieran lost his 1st and 2nd tooth on the same day! The Primos were reunited after being separated longer than ever before, we continued allergy shots and blood work with Reed, and we tried out the new ice cream shop in town - Kieran loved his milkshake and Reed loved the milkshake I made him when they had run out of the root beet I had promised him.

Lyla's Birthday is at the end of the month and Kieran spent over an hour making her an extra special card - a kitten, sitting on a couch, holding a video game controller, with Happy Birthday written in fancy writing. C and Tio had us over for homemade pizzas to celebrate with Nonna, Pepe, Grammy, Pop Pop, and Tia T. Lyla sold lemonade, the kids had swimming races, drank root beer floats, and had an epic dance battle. The next day we went to Nonna and Pepe's for more celebrating which ended in a stowaway in my car trying to hitch a ride home with us!