Online School

Their teachers have done a great job with making their school work meaningful. The technology hasn't been amazing because well, they have to type a lot and they are slow or the ISD can't handle the bandwith, etc. There are a lot of things that aren't making this super smooth, but I guess it is better then nothing. I will say with all the kids I have been talking to...kids who love, love school don't really enjoy this online school. To me, this proves how important our public schools are. Learning with your peers is way more meaningful then doing it on your own.

I love that their art, music and PE teachers have them do stuff too.

Dylan had to make a sandwich out of construction paper.

I sent their PE coach pictures of ways they get exercise...including helping me vacuum. She loved it.

My folks sent the boys 2 things for just because...they opened one today, which is Guess Who.. the game. They have been wanting this game for a long time.

We got their report cards the week before (online) and they had such a good report card. We are so proud of them!

Jackpot/500

We've heard it be called both things. They have fun doing it.

While I was out there I noticed some bunnies...they are back. We hadn't seen them in our yard since the fall. I went up to one of them to see how afraid of me they would be and it didn't move at all and I got super close, so I told Aaron to go get his gun (it is an air rifle) because they weren't moving. It is a lot easier to hit a target that isn't moving. Aaron is not the best...really bad aim, but he got all 3 bunnies. He didn't want to bag them up, so me and the boys took care of that. Aaron was super proud of himself.

Lego Minifigs

The boys made lego minifigs that look like them. Well, Dylan wanted to look just like it, so he put on an outfit so he would totally match his minifig.

Pretty close. I love how he even put on his gloves, since the minifig has black gloves on.

Swimming

March 27--They wanted me to come in the pool, so we warmed up the spa because the water was too cold for me.

They love, love swimming.

Messes

March 26-I had to go to preschool to pick up some lessons and to get our caterpillars. We get caterpillars every year and see how many will turn into butterflies. They are at our house and we post videos or pictures to the students on their status. 

When I got back, I found Dylan's room like this. They kept themselves busy. 

With all of us at home all the time, our house is harder to keep clean. The boys have always had the rule that they have to clean everything up before bedtime.

That afternoon they went swimming--too cold for me still! It was only 75 degrees.

Not Yet Swimming

March 25-Our pool takes awhile to warm up from the sun, but we were having really nice days, so they wanted to go in the pool. It lasted a little bit. They mostly played outside the pool and occasionally splashed in the water.

Park

The weather has turned here, so we have been having a lot of really nice days. We have to take advantage of it because before we know it, it will be super hot and we will only want to swim.

New Playground

They installed a new play structure at the boys' school over spring break, so we decided we needed to check it out. They thought it was pretty fun.

They always like to play with the costumes.

Dylan was a mummy...using Aaron's old Elvis costume. Don't ask questions.

Being Creative

They have been practicing their Articles of Faith.

We are sad about a lot of different things being closed, but one thing that is a huge bummer is our library. The boys read a lot of books. Luckily our library did a curbside pick up for books that were on hold for 2 days. We have all these books and DVDs still because you aren't allowed to return them yet. Part of our stash are 2 Air Fryer cookbooks and 2 instant pot cookbooks. We have tried several of these recipes and they are winners. One of our first new recipes with the air fryer were these churros. They were so good.

While the boys were helping me with yard work, they invented rake ball. They spent a lot of time over a couple of weeks playing it.

And pretending to play the guitar.

Reading Scriptures

March 21--We read together as a family every night (or whoever is home) the scriptures. We all take turns  reading. This night Dylan was obviously super excited about what we were reading and decided to go fishing off of Blake's bed. Gotta love his creativity. I'm sure what we read that night really SUNK in..haha.

Park Fun

One that I did get done over Spring Break was to paint the dining room. However, I wasn't able to get any wall decor before stores closed. Oh well....it will happen. 

This is what it looked like before.

We went to the park over by their school. We weren't on stay at home restrictions at this point, but doing the whole social distancing thing, which is so unnatural.

Games

March 18-Adam and Becki gave us this game years ago, which we love playing. The boys pulled it out and it has a little different meaning right now. Game is called Pandemic.

We also did some art at home. Their art teacher would be so proud that they love doing art.

St. Patrick's Day

During this corona virus spring (as Dylan calls it...which is everything after our scheduled spring break), we have been keeping busy. 

We do school work in the morning and then play in the afternoon. I'm working from home and so is Aaron, but I'm helping the kids with their school work. 

St. Patrick's day we went for a walk in the other direction that we always go. Crazy right? We had corned beef brisket, which we made in our Instant Pot--so yummy!!