Last week Laura’s school had its House Cross-Country festival. Because they’re homeschooling right now, if the girls wanted to participate they had to run by themselves and track it on a phone app. Laura ended up being one of the fastest girls in Year 8 and was invited to participate in a couple of meets (also done remotely) – so we went out on a training run today, since the meet distance is longer than she had to run for the house fest.
Before the isolation started, Colin’s class was visited by author Cameron Stelzer, who read an excerpt from one of his Pie Rats books. Colin ordered a set of books as well as a shirt for the Cat Fish, the villains in the series. He was very pleased when they arrived and he has been devouring the books!
Had a great Mother’s Day. Sarah got some wonderful home made presents of a pet rock from Colin and a bracelet from Laura.
We then had a great supper from Chin Chin that I heated up and put together at home followed by snuggles on the couch while watching Lego Masters.
The Royal Melbourne Show 2020 has been cancelled, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still get show bags! And what better time for a pick me up and special treat than in the middle of a pandemic when you are stuck at home.
It was “show your pet” day at school. Colin was happy to show MacDougall to his class.
Was a good day for an afternoon ice cream. Thankfully we have a great supply at home.
The playgrounds aren’t open but if you keep social distancing you are allowed to us the grass areas.
We rode to the park this weekend and played catch, soccer, and rolled in the grass.
Ok. It was wet, raining, and windy but we needed some time outside. We biked 16km with a stop at the beach 1/2 way to stretch our legs. The kids loved chasing the sea foam and digging with their hands in the sand. It was so good for them!
Ok. It was wet, raining, and windy but we needed some time outside. We biked 16km with a stop at the beach 1/2 way to stretch our legs. The kids loved chasing the sea foam and digging with their hands in the sand. It was so good for them!
Colin wrote this poem for school this past 2 weeks while learning about metaphors and similes. He had to send in a video to his teacher today.
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