2020 week 39: Painting and building

Lisa knew that she was helping us paint during her visit. Then at the last minute we found out our IKEA order was being delivered a week earlier than expected. It ended up being the best timing, and we spent five days painting and building together. We are so thankful for her help with updating the boys' rooms! All the kids helped too, but Gabe was an especially good companion and builder. We took Zach's room from golden yellow to cyan; it turned out just as he'd imagined it. Gabe's gray room looks good with all the black and white furniture. They now have spacious desks and tall bookshelves to (hopefully) corral their things for a long time. No more doing remote schoolwork here, there, and everywhere!

2020 week 38: camping, and school continues

At the end of the first week of school, the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts went camping. It was supposed to be a farewell to the camp that was under contract to be sold, but to the happiness of generations of local scouts, the deal fell apart. So the saga with this particular property continues, and I'm sure we have more weekends there in our future. It seems everyone enjoyed themselves.

Charlotte and I spent the weekend relaxing. We tried on her dance costumes to check sizing (we hope to have the recital next summer), she came to Saturday morning Zumba with me, and then we had a movie night and slept on the couch. 

During their second week of school (still in-person one day each) we began the remote work on iPads, reading, watching videos from teachers, and submitting photos of worksheets and workbook pages. Errands took us to the mall, and the kids played in the arcade. We were happy to knock out a bunch of to-do's and cleaning tasks, because on Friday Lisa arrived to stay the week with us!

 

2020 weeks 35, 36, & 37: a quick photo recap

Pictured: our first Chili's visit since Feb/Mar, Charlotte in her watermelon mask, birthday gluten-free donuts, playing with our friends' two new kittens, many photos of animal crossing, fun trick with string and bubbles, sewing masks, flowers, some first day of school photos, and shopping for clothes for Zach.