Week 4, Happy Easter

We have now been self-distancing for 4 weeks. This week passed much like the 3 before. Although, distance learning was a little bit tougher. Luke doesn't want to do it and it is a daily struggle to make him sit down and do all his assigned work. And, yesterday I looked at Skyward, the online system to view grades, and saw a number of missed assignments for the older kids. It is really hard for us to stay on top of them, plus work a full time job from home. I know I have griped about this in previous posts, but it is not getting easier. For Luke, they have gradually added more work and thus more of a time commitment. For the older kids, seeing that they are missing assignments means we have to be more diligent in making sure everything is getting done. And, they sometimes require help. But, we both have to work every day. It is a huge challenge. Well, some days it is a huge challenge and some days is a minor inconvenience.

They closed the track at the school, so we had to modify our workout plan. This week, we rode our bikes to the park, jogged one mile, did a short sprint (about 20 seconds) and then rode home. Kara, Luke, Thomas and I went 4 days. Jack and Anna joined in on a couple of those days. The other days, we still tried to get in some form of physical activity. The girls, Luke and I made up a synchronized swimming routine. We completely lack any semblance of gracefulness, so we have joked that it is the Country Bears version of synchronized swimming. We laugh a lot and had a good time coming up with our routine. I imagine we will keep adding to it throughout the summer.

The Easter Bunny drove through the neighborhood yesterday. It was cute. Luke and I went for a short walk and there were tons of people sitting on their porches waiting. I talked to a couple more neighbors, from a socially acceptable distance, which was nice. They also encouraged people to make sidewalk bunny trails in front of their houses. We took another walk today and tried out several. They were pretty fun and some were very creative. I do appreciate living in a very walkable/rideable neighborhood.

This morning (Easter), Kara and Luke had a surprise for us--they created a scavenger hunt! Luke drew the first clue and Kara hid Lego pieces with each answer along with another clue. When we reached the end, the adults had to use their pieces to build an Easter basket and the kids had to build a bunny and his carrot. It was very creative and we had a lot of fun racing through the house figuring out the clues.

The kids' clues and finished product.

We chatted with our family, swam, and made an Easter cake. We also talked about what Easter symbolizes. It was a nice day. Although, I was sad we couldn't spend it with more family. We have a giant ham to eat all by ourselves! The whole reason we moved to Florida was to spend more time with them and here we all are--sitting separately in our houses. But, I know that this will pass soon. Well, hopefully soon!

Easter Cake

Random picture of our tree swing getting some use. I didn't feel like putting my shoes on, so I took it through the screen. :)