The month of May found us still practicing “social distancing” at home, leaving only for grocery pickups or an occasional appointment that couldn’t be done remotely. Remote classes and/or watching documentaries The girls doing some baking. Cupcakes and later, coffeecake. We regularly take family walks. Sometimes the girls ride their bikes. We are thankful for […]
Greg decided (like many people in our country) that the extra time at home would be a good time to make some homemade bread. I originally played an Animal Crossing game several Nintendo versions ago and enjoyed it, so it is fun to see the girls getting into the new rendition of the game, Animal […]
Reimer Family Facetime Bike riding with Fluttershy Art Class Online Bree made a game called “Pony Crush” based on the phone app, Candy Crush. But instead of matching candy types or colors, you match pony types or colors. Greg has decided to try his hand at making homemade bread. No bread machine, but in the […]
Frozen grass in the front yard – a beautiful picture taken by Adrianna. Another game of Settlers of Catan (with the Cities and Knights expansion.) Cate was on my team, and we won. 🙂 We finished one of the girls’ bird puzzles. Cate is working on her reading. Another virtual violin lesson. Adrianna’s glaring at […]
Our neighborhood participated in Chalk Your Walk, where everyone was encouraged to leave notes of inspiration and colorful drawings. The girls participated with enthusiasm. We enjoyed walking through our neighborhood to see everyone else’s drawings and writings on their sidewalks and driveways.
Bree and Cate watch Mo Willems Doodles while Adrianna works on her biology. Another family walk in our neighborhood. Art class via an online video. Adrianna’s been busy with other art projects, too. And homemade cupcakes! And some more art from Bree, too. The girls love their Marble Run.
Greg has been growing broccoli sprouts. Another family walk. Bree and Cate especially enjoy these walks. They like to run on some bike hills nearby (when they are not busy with other kids riding bikes.) Bree’s reading is progressing wonderfully. I’m so proud of how well she is doing. Since we aren’t going anywhere, I’ve […]
Bree and Cate have been watching some of the Mo Willems Doodles videos, where the author Mo Willems talks about his creativity process and then shares how to do some of the doodles. Their drawings of Pigeon turned out great!
Taught the little girls how to play Settlers of Catan this week. They were on a “team” together, which helped save some of the normal frustrations and jealousies. [Greg won, in case anyone is wondering.] We’ve been doing the social distancing since last Thursday and so far, it’s been going great. We’ve had lots of […]
Greg and I have come to the difficult decision to start practicing “social distancing” as a family. We have been watching the news of the coronavirus/COVID-19 and have had many discussions on preparing as a family and when we plan to withdraw from our normal activities. He has been working from home since Monday, March […]