The exhausting part for me has just been making decisions. How much to limit contact with others; letting the kids play outside, but then suddenly having 5-10 neighborhood kids show up to join them (all boys, of course. Poor Elena!); whether Seth should go out to meetings at all; whether Frankie should still go to daycare, etc.
I think I finally have a plan figured out for teaching Spanish online. I am so grateful that I just have the one class to plan for this year. I am learning that I really dislike recording myself, but I guess it's something I will have to get used to.
Frankie just doesn't understand how everything can suddenly be closed because of this illness that he can't see. He keeps asking to go to the Thrift Store. I told him it might be closed for a few months, and he asked about 30 minutes later, "Has it been a few months? Is the Thrift Store open now?"
It's looking like we will likely finish out the school year at home with "Distance Learning." We have survived the first 2 days. The older kids are pretty independent, although I am learning that I need to double check on them.
Me: "Did you do everything?"
Sam: "Yep."
Me: "Even this?"
Sam: "Well, I couldn't figure it out."
Me: "That doesn't count as done, bub."
Quote of the day comes from Charlie when I told him we had to get started doing his school work:
"But I did it all yesterday."
Apparently we neglected to explain this sufficiently to Charlie.
On the bright side, we found a way to turn reviewing math facts from his most dreaded task to his favorite:
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