Quarantine Week 2

Quarantine is probably not the correct term to use, but it rolls off the tongue easier than social distancing, so I'm going to call it that. :)

We started off week 2 with a new video and picture from Fahima. Waking up to that email Sunday morning was such an uplift for me. We have been worried about her and her family, and praying extra hard for their health and that her dad can continue working. It was so fun to see her again, and to get updates on Instagram about what World Vision is doing in Bangladesh to teach about hygiene and social distancing. Isn't she just so cute?!

 

While Paul was at Sister Gerdy's house giving her the sacrament, I made the kids take some pictures. They looked so nice in their Sunday clothes, especially after so many days of nothing but pajamas. :) We definitely got some cute ones!

I think this one looks like it could be the album cover for a band. :)

When Paul got home, we had the sacrament and our Come Follow Me lesson. It was neat to do that at home, and have the kids up close and personal with the sacrament table.

The school week was still pretty strenuous for Rockwell, but he tried his hardest to be efficient and focused. There were a few assignments that he really enjoyed, and it was great to see him excited about learning again. He measured a lot of things around the house for math.

He made a rock classification kit for science and loved that! He wanted to make a bigger version for himself, and asked if we could go search for rocks somewhere. I took him and Tessa to Rock Canyon and hiked while looking for different kinds of rocks. It felt great to be away from the house! They each came home with quite an assortment of rocks.

Rockwell and Paul built a bigger version of his classification kit for all his new rocks. It was a great combination of the math and science that he's learning right now, since he had to figure out the measurements of the box too.

The state did a spirit week, but the only day my kids wanted to participate in was Pajama Day. :)

One day I was at the table helping Rockwell and Tessa, and Damon was listening to music on the computer. We heard him yell, "Yeah! Sing it!!" I went into the reading room, and he was dancing along to the ABC song. Apparently he was really feeling it. :) It was adorable.

The kids had fun playing outside for recess on the sunny days that week.

Along with all the school work, we tried to have some fun too. There were a few rough moments still, but that's to be expected with 5 people spending 24/7 at home together!!

We finished a 1,000-piece puzzle.

Damon and Tessa made some necklaces.

Rockwell chose to make steak tacos for his meal.

We made a fire and roasted marshmallows.

We had a few people drop things off on our porch. Al and Caitlyn came by to deliver some Dr Pepper Cream Soda and Rock Art for the kids.

Damon and Tessa had a lot of fun painting the rocks. And I enjoyed the Dr Pepper while they did that. :)

Marmie stopped by and dropped off the kids' Christmas presents since we weren't able to make it to the family party. They love their new tents, sleeping bags, and flow rings!!

We bought Onward on amazon prime, and the kids loved watching it in their new sleeping bags. It was a really cute movie.

We've all loved having Paul home so much more!

Our bishop and his wife brought around sidewalk chalk to everyone to Chalk the Block one day. Then when people go for walks around the neighborhood, we can see each other's drawings and quotes on the sidewalk. Tessa thought that was fun. She would get excited when she'd see neighbors looking at her drawings. :)

Rockwell has enjoyed playing games. He made some dice for his music class with notes and rests on them, and was supposed to use them in a board game. He has loved using them with Candyland. It makes the game last forever! But he thinks it's super fun, so we've played that a lot.