Back At It
We are terrible at blogging. Here's another try to get it going. We had such a busy, fun, rewarding fall, but I'm going to work backward from now to last spring (LOL!).
2020 will be a year to remember. The kids and Brett started Spring Break on March 16 with the expectation of going back to school. By the first day of Break, we heard we weren't going back to school until March 30. By the end of break it was announced at all Alaska schools were closed until May 1. The teachers have been working hard to continue to educate children at home. By the Wednesday after Spring Break the boys had school work for two weeks and a time for a conference call with their classmates and teachers. All the teachers are working from home, including Brett, and teaching the kids via their phone conference meetings and homework packets.
There are so many frustrations and scary situations associated with the COVID-19 outbreak and the corresponding "shelter in place" mandates. We are certainly praying for the health and safety of all of our family and friends, and we are trying to be thankful for what we have and the positive around us. We are so thankful for our health and for living a lifestyle that we don't experience a huge shift of changes even with the shelter in place mandate. We are grateful for quality family time and for living in a place that it is so easy to get outside as a family and explore. We are thankful for teachers that are working so hard to make school-at-home work, as well as for the healthcare workers and essential workers continuing to take care of us and our needs. Technology is such a blessing at this time as it helps us keep in touch with our family and friends.
2020 will be a year to remember. The kids and Brett started Spring Break on March 16 with the expectation of going back to school. By the first day of Break, we heard we weren't going back to school until March 30. By the end of break it was announced at all Alaska schools were closed until May 1. The teachers have been working hard to continue to educate children at home. By the Wednesday after Spring Break the boys had school work for two weeks and a time for a conference call with their classmates and teachers. All the teachers are working from home, including Brett, and teaching the kids via their phone conference meetings and homework packets.
There are so many frustrations and scary situations associated with the COVID-19 outbreak and the corresponding "shelter in place" mandates. We are certainly praying for the health and safety of all of our family and friends, and we are trying to be thankful for what we have and the positive around us. We are so thankful for our health and for living a lifestyle that we don't experience a huge shift of changes even with the shelter in place mandate. We are grateful for quality family time and for living in a place that it is so easy to get outside as a family and explore. We are thankful for teachers that are working so hard to make school-at-home work, as well as for the healthcare workers and essential workers continuing to take care of us and our needs. Technology is such a blessing at this time as it helps us keep in touch with our family and friends.
At the beginning of the week we had all kinds of projects to keep the kids busy. Ryker and Anya read A Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats and then did some fun projects relating to it including a cotton ball snowman and a snow painting project.
Ryker practicing baking cakes and made a Savannah diorama.
Oren caught a couple blackfish this fall and has them in a fish tank. He is making a book in Book Creator about his blackfish.
Ryker practiced frosting techniques all week and then baked and decorated a cake for Brett's birthday.
By Wednesday, the boys had their schoolwork and had plenty to keep them busy.
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| Of course Anya needs homework to do when the boys do theirs |
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