Sam and Charlie also got their first COVID tests in early December because they woke up with coughs. Both were negative so we only had to isolate for 2.5 days. With all of our schedules to juggle those 2 days brought on more "what if"s and "how are we going to do this?" situations than I would have anticipated.
It didn't help that for that particular week, I had made regular lesson plans, replaced by distance learning plans when our school switched to DL, replaced by hybrid plans when we switched again, then replaced by sub plans due to our covid test, only to switch right back to the hybrid plans.
The school was kept in limbo those couple of days, too. Their Christmas Concert was to be performed Wednesday afternoon (for students only, unfortunately). They videotaped the concert and then broadcast it over zoom that evening for families to enjoy. With 4 children in the concert, the music teacher was just as anxious to know whether the kids would come back to school in time or not.
We were told the test results would be back by Tuesday. Come Wednesday morning, we still had heard nothing so understudies were frantically getting ready to stand in for Sam and Elena who had speaking parts. I finally called medical records 2 hours before showtime, and they were able to send me the results. So we quickly packed the kids off and sent them to school just in time.
I was one of the fortunate few parents who got to see the actual performance because I helped direct, and I assure all of those who missed it that the kids did great!
(I was dependent upon another mom for pictures so I only have elena's class:)
Elena's class also did a Living Nativity last week outside with a sheep and donkey. It was a new tradition brought on by the pandemic, which I suspect will continue into future years.
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