Quarantine: Wed. 6/9 - Sun. 6/14
The days got away from me in PA and I didn't manage to blog. But it was a great week. Molly and Luca ended up coming to Connellsville on Wednesday, expanding our quarantine bubble a bit further, and the three kids had lots of fun together. The highlight was making their first movie--a murder mystery with an evil baker and lots of dress-up clothes. Even more thrilling was the very professional trailer Molly's fiance made with the movie footage, including dramatic music. The kids were so excited. Molly and I also took the kids to East Park, where they explored the creek and an old cemetery.
Throughout the week both girls loved practicing piano with my mom, and Greta made countless cat bookmarks from paint chips with my dad. Piano playing and paper crafting = a great week.
Andrew and I went into Pittsburgh again on Friday and Molly took the kids on a bike ride and played their favorite outside game, Hello Neighbor. Andrew's birthday was Friday too, and we celebrated quarantine-style, with dinner and cake at home.
The week ended much too quickly, and now we're back in New Jersey, unpacking and resettling. It felt much less locked down in PA, and now we have to readjust to a more closed up lifestyle. But things are reopening here, too, so maybe we'll feel a little freer soon. But we even went to WALMART in PA--that's how free we felt. I mean, we were low-level panicking the whole time with the non-mask-wearing crowds, but we did it, and stocked up on lots of stuff. I hadn't been to a store like Walmart or Target since the beginning of March, until yesterday.
One more week of homeschool and then summer can begin. We'll set up our inflatable pool in the next day or two, so there's that excitement awaitng.
What We're Reading
Margo: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Andrew: The Whiskey Rebellion and the Rebirth of Rye: A Pittsburgh Story
Lucia: School for Good and Evil #6
Greta: School for Good and Evil #4, and also The Dead Man in Indian Creek by Mary Downing Hahn
Throughout the week both girls loved practicing piano with my mom, and Greta made countless cat bookmarks from paint chips with my dad. Piano playing and paper crafting = a great week.
Andrew and I went into Pittsburgh again on Friday and Molly took the kids on a bike ride and played their favorite outside game, Hello Neighbor. Andrew's birthday was Friday too, and we celebrated quarantine-style, with dinner and cake at home.
The week ended much too quickly, and now we're back in New Jersey, unpacking and resettling. It felt much less locked down in PA, and now we have to readjust to a more closed up lifestyle. But things are reopening here, too, so maybe we'll feel a little freer soon. But we even went to WALMART in PA--that's how free we felt. I mean, we were low-level panicking the whole time with the non-mask-wearing crowds, but we did it, and stocked up on lots of stuff. I hadn't been to a store like Walmart or Target since the beginning of March, until yesterday.
One more week of homeschool and then summer can begin. We'll set up our inflatable pool in the next day or two, so there's that excitement awaitng.
What We're Reading
Margo: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Andrew: The Whiskey Rebellion and the Rebirth of Rye: A Pittsburgh Story
Lucia: School for Good and Evil #6
Greta: School for Good and Evil #4, and also The Dead Man in Indian Creek by Mary Downing Hahn
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