Playing Guess Who with Ellyza
Playing a game on Facebook Messenger for Kids with kindergarten classmate, Otis.
Talking about Pokémon with preschool friends, Ezra and Gus.
Makai + Ezra
Virtual family yoga through Wildlight Yoga.
Chatting and playing games with Konrad!
So much going on, so much to worry about, everything changing from hour to hour, day to day. Tried to keep this in mind. It didn’t always work.
There was a lot of social media pressure with people.. no MOMs.. making these elaborate schedules and somehow sticking to them WHILE WORKING! It was making me insane. I made a schedule and the first day we tried to use it we only could stick to it for one hour. Which then makes you feel like even more of a failure.
This is a schedule that worked better for us. No times. Only goals for the day. If we didn’t do everything, whatever. We will try again the next day.
Makai added “hugs” and “go crasey” to the list.
Again, with the social media pressure. If you have an elaborate schedule and are teaching your kids new things and using “all the extra time to improve yourself” and your kid isnt on the screen all day, good for you. But all the rest of us are just trying to get through each day. I started NOT looking at social media until at least the afternoon each day.
Makai is always asking us what day number it is. At school they mark off days in the calendar. We set up his calendar at home and he is marking off days with stickers. He also noted his important dates like the day we got Baby Luigi.
Makai’s music neighborhood school, UpBeat Music and Arts started doing free lessons today through Facebook Live.
Facetiming with Grandma B.
I decided to take up cross stitch as a relaxing hobby. I used to do it in my 20s with my mom and aunts. I was excited when my supplies arrived!
Shortly after I took this photo, I tossed a pillow onto the couch and missed. It broke off both leaves.
My favorite neighborhood coffee shop, Perkolator, is closed. I ordered these beans from them, bought a gift certificate and also signed up for a coffee subscription.My favorite neighborhood coffee shop, Perkolator, is closed. I ordered these beans from them, bought a gift certificate and also signed up for a coffee subscription.
Playgrounds are officially closed across the city. It is hard when people don’t follow the rules and then I have to have conversations with Makai about why “those people” can play on the playground but we can’t.
When you thought you ordered 5 sandwich rolls but what you actually get is 5 full loaves of bread. The perils of buying groceries online.
Starting my cross stitch work.
Makai eating breakfast.
The teacher is ready for class today.
Everyone was panicked about buying toilet paper. I saw a tip online about a local Aldi having a ton of toilet paper so I dropped everything and went there.
The grocery store was crazy. No one really knew what to do. I wore winter gloves because I didn’t have plastic gloves. People didn’t wear masks because they were advised not to.
On the way home, I drove past The Florsheim Shoe Co. building on Belmont. I learned that the building has Landmark status and is now a condo building.
Makai doing art on the whiteboard.
When I was doing my mad toilet paper dash through Aldi, I randomly picked up a kringle from Racine, WI.
Sara drew a bunch of pictures for Makai to color!
Beans were just roasted 3 days before and left on my porch!
Dad and Mom are not allowed in the “Idea Cave.”
Makai’s cousin, Noe, in Washington State.
What do you do when you have a ton of bread? Learn to make bread pudding.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is serious about staying in the house. She literally drove around the city telling people to go home.
Almost had a heart attack when this blared through my Bluetooth speaker. Also thank you idiots for ruining the park for everyone.
Science experiments!
We made it to Friday. Day 13 quarantine. We didn’t finish these drinks. We realized in quarantine that we really are only social drinkers. We really rarely drink at home without other people. We already knew this, but not being able to socialize really emphasized it.
Chocolate chip banana muffins.
Kindergarten Math and 1st Grade Reading. Makai likes these books. From what I’ve been hearing, I’d be surprised if kids go back to school this school year. (Note from the future: they never went back.)
Another virtual piano lesson with Ms. Katie at UpBeat Music and Arts.
This boy has been tracking Chocolate Oreo Volcano day at Culver’s since the beginning of the month, before all this craziness began. Seems like eons ago. Made his week by going through the drive thru and getting his flavor!!
Took advantage of a break in the rain. It’s almost 60 degrees outside and so so quiet. Almost all we could hear were birds chirping.
Being home makes me want to buy things for my home. I need to stop. Need to save money. Who knew if our jobs were secure?
Lori is not playing!
Makai was ecstatic about getting to connect with his friends on Messenger for Kids at first. But he grew tired of it fast.