Today is the first official day of school. I am amazed at how much work Grade 7 has and how much work Grade 5 can complete (along with chores like wiping down bathroom, tidying bedroom, sweeping berries and doing all homework) so that he can get to Minecraft this morning. Let this be a record, it is also the first morning they are both up, dressed, eating breakfast together and have made their beds immediately without an argument thus far. And - trumpets sounding or maybe a vuvuzela or two - we had a quick family devotional at breakfast time!
Ok, the update in pictures 'cos they are quite self-explanatory...
We're living with daily lists which work really well. I have experimented. No list, no chores get done. So each day starts with a list. This was my list from Day 7 which I turned into my Art Lockdown challenge contribution.
Topic for the official day 13 (we're a bit ahead in our family day count) was the topic of waiting. I borrowed from Luke's cuboid egg project at school to do this.
He who shall remain unnamed went couch surfing and broke the couch. Our first Saturday in official lockdown was spent doing couch repairs. The cat inspected and helped where he could!
No Saturday is complete without home made pizza, right?
Ninja continues to be in the middle of everything. Workshop, office work, online meetings and oh, look, dirty paw prints on my fresh white duvet cover! Sigh!
The tweeny gorgeous girl spent her first two weeks at home hidden in her room colouring in. This is one of her creations. I love it!
Notice the look on his face... stealing banana bread goes a bit wrong when the bottom of the rack falls off the counter... (hee hee).
The street has put together a whatsapp group to help families who are struggling. As we are on the border of a struggling suburb, struggling starts on the other side of our neighbour. One property on the right has 3 families all locked down together, with 7 children between them. One parent is an Uber driver and now has no income. Not sure what the others are doing. Food parcels are being quietly dropped off. And the old man who lives a bit further down on the left fell two nights ago and had to get to hospital - looks like he fractured a femur.
I love our immediate neighbours. We've been trading computers through the electric fence, rusks, bits of plumbing and lots of ideas and chats. Thanks to them both kids have their own computers to go online separately which is a lifesaver this morning.
Project Treehouse Upgrade - there's now a hammock platform, a nice floor to step onto and the treehouse platform has a trapdoor. Oh, and the tween added her own bookshelf to the back of the climbing wall for snacks and books!
Clearing out old stationery to hand over to the families down the road to keep their kiddies occupied. And the parents sane!
My personal project - using our water polo goals as a template, I made some soccer goals for 4 small boys! Lots of fun! I used old conduit for the frame, connectors and a piece of Luke's second soccer goal net.
I have discovered Ninja can be a bit of a gutter cat. And his space knowledge is limited as he keeps falling asleep on the book.
HH and HD have been working on a bike stand to get some different exercise in. The small boy got a welding lesson and it's progressing nicely after the long weekend!
Easter morning started a bit blearily for parents after Family Movie Night and CampOut in the lounge on Saturday night. We all finally went to sleep after 12, then the kids slept beautifully and I woke up every 30 minutes as the first winter rains raged and splattered on the french doors and window panes. The kids hopped up like the proverbial bunnies!!
Our egg hunt this year had some non-choc additions which everyone seemed to be happy to find!
Followed by a yummy pancake breakfast on Family Day.
Most of my Family Day was spent doing the puzzle. In the workshop the bike project carried on and the kids grabbed the computer. We tuned in to hear an interview with an Astronaut and finished off the week by going to bed at a reasonable hour to be ready for the new school week.
And that brings me back to this morning. Ta da!
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