More Covid-19 Activities

As I've been going through these pictures, I've realized how busy we have been in the few weeks that we have been home. The kids have been playing together really well. Lucy is cruising through her BrainQuest workbook and I'm already needing to order more things for her to do.

Gram and Bop have generously been sending presents for the kids in the mail, which they have opened eagerly and play with right away. I also have been trying to make sure that the kids play with all of their toys that we own (especially the ones that have been neglected in recent months), and I'm trying to find ways for them to use up our supply of crafts. I relocated our craft supplies down to our new breakfast nook table, and the kids have been pulling out a lot of things on their own.

Mad Matter

Cosmic Kids Yoga in the morning

Sam had to complete a science experiment, creating two batches of bread but with a variable between both batches. We learned that bread will still rise with an expired packet of yeast, but the dough will not rise as high as fresh packet of yeast.

Pearler beads! I would love it if we used these up!

The kids had a lot of fun staging a puppet show for us one evening. Violet ended up loving the porcupine puppet, and kept trying to grab it, which was helpful in furthering the plot because the kids wanted Violet to be a monster.

I learned that you can use a whole stick of sidewalk chalk to create a jumbo hopscotch game. Now we just need to make thirty more hopscotch games and we'll finally use up the jumbo set that I bought when Sam was a toddler!

We have had several Lego building sessions.

Gram sent a fruit truck for Lucy to create and play with. The truck comes with fruit pieces and a blender, and Lucy kept driving around to different members of the family to ask them what kind of smoothie they would like.

Bocce ball! Violet wanted to play until she realized that the balls are too heavy for her to move or pick up.

I'm trying to make the kids play all of the sports that I liked growing up, in hopes that something might rub off on them! I think both kids need to work on eye-hand coordination more too, so I hope this helps. It is really fun for me to play catch with them.

Sam used our mega bubble wand to make some impressive bubbles! I'm glad that the sun has come out several times.

Chinese jump rope! This is a toy that has been neglected, but I'm glad to see that it has gotten more use!

Gram and Bop helped to refill Lucy's Playdoh surprise. This is Playdoh Plus, and it is much more malleable than our old Playdoh set.

Aunt Susie and Uncle Dave mailed the kids an envelope full of different papers and die-cut cutouts to play with. Lucy immediately set to work to build a zoo, and then she created a puppet show to accompany it.

In the evenings we have been watching the reality show "Lego Masters" as a family, which has been a lot of fun. Jeremy and I are trying to give each other time to work, but I think the real test will begin next week when the school quarter starts up for me. Hopefully I can teach three college classes, as well as sixth grade and kindergarten, each day! I'm teaching a new class ("Gender, Sexuality and Identity in Renaissance and Baroque Art"), which I think will be a lot of fun but also a lot of work, since I've never taught it before.