Friday Five

Well, the boys' official last day of school is next week, but they have now completed all of their assignments and submitted them. What a relief! We are all glad to put homework/school work behind us for a bit. :)

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Schooling itself for our crew has looked nothing like what you would traditionally expect, but I think that the boys did REALLY well overall during this time. Yes, they missed seeing their friends, but I do think they liked being able to create their own learning schedules. Usually, that meant we worked in the afternoon, rather than the morning. I also think that Shawn and Jack did really well with a more one on one approach at home. Jason learned some good self-management strategies, which is nice. While I hate that it took a pandemic for us to get a chance to explore learning at home/homeschooling, I am thankful for the chance to try it out. We all learned some valuable things.

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Our yearly end of the school year tradition has been for the boys to pick out a toy from Toys R Us Target ... well, this year it will be online. This is going to be their first foray in the whole online shopping thing. I hope they don't like it too much. I'm not sure we can afford them AND me shopping online!

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This week has been unseasonably warm. We've also had Santa Ana winds. This combination has made horrible conditions for fires (we've had two near us this week), but it's also made wonderful conditions for spending the afternoon in the pool. The boys have been in heaven. "Can we go in the pool?" is Jack's daily first request. lol

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Jason's favorite thing about this time of social distancing: "More time to play video games, especially Roblox."

Jack's favorite thing about this time of social distancing: "I liked going outside into the pool."

Shawn's favorite thing about this time of social distancing: "I don't know," was his first response. He settled on Disney+ being his favorite thing about this time.