We have made it about a month into our time at home. No one has really left the house except Gabe to go to work. The lego projects continue to be amazing, their art and creativity are really blooming during this time. The top pictures are from a blindfolded lego challenge. They had 5 minutes to build with a blindfold on, then 30 minutes to create something from this start. This was definitely not Noah's favorite challenge, but he turned it around at the end. The kids really got into the Mona Lisa project having her: shop for groceries, be a teenager "with hair over her eyes like Violet from the Incredibles", pose as Baby Lisa, and be a real estate agent who loves her desk. This is always a fun time in the school year when we are finishing our "regular" curriculum and have more room for playing outside and exploring other interests.
Although we all miss something about "how things were" we are unbelievably fortunate to be enjoying this time and tackling things we have wanted to get to for years. After the "nail polish incident", we emptied both the front room and the mud room and sealed/re-sealed the grout and tile. This was a pretty big job, but both floors look so much better AND, when someone promptly spilled something it cleaned up easily. Don't worry though, the red nail polish is now enshrined in the grout of the front room;) The other big project was tackling the overgrown mess in our yard. Gabe has worked so hard all week in creating "Mt. Brushmore", our second burn pile of the season already!
Although we all miss something about "how things were" we are unbelievably fortunate to be enjoying this time and tackling things we have wanted to get to for years. After the "nail polish incident", we emptied both the front room and the mud room and sealed/re-sealed the grout and tile. This was a pretty big job, but both floors look so much better AND, when someone promptly spilled something it cleaned up easily. Don't worry though, the red nail polish is now enshrined in the grout of the front room;) The other big project was tackling the overgrown mess in our yard. Gabe has worked so hard all week in creating "Mt. Brushmore", our second burn pile of the season already!
James has been disgusted for years at how much trash is on the side of the road along our running route. Today we finally took a run/walk to collect garbage. It was actually way more than either of us thought so we had to leave piles on the side of the road and go back and collect it with the truck. He was pretty proud of himself, but more so, fired up to write a letter about it... we told him that he should wait a few days until he was sure he could use constructive words;) Happy Earth Day!
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