Well, That Didn't Take Long

Well, that didn't take long. Tonight we got a pretty hearty, "I don't want to go to school tomorrow." Granted, "going" to school simply means walking 5 steps to the computer, but whatever. He says there is too much to do, and the responsibility of it all is wearing him down. I can see that. I've been back to school less than him and I'm already feeling it.

It's such a hard thing to maneuver right now -- keeping everyone safe while not burdening each with more than he can handle. All we can do is our best and take things one day at a time.

Pancakes

Jason made his own breakfast today. He was quite pleased with himself!

Don't mind the hair. It was early!

Friday Five

Well, we are now solidly into the school year. The transition from summer back to school for us has been a little tougher this year because everything is online. That has translated to me having to work much more than typical. While the learning online thing means less time "in class" for the students, it has translated to twice as much time for the teachers "in class." Hopefully, things can change on this front soon, because it is hard on the entire family when I am putting in 55+ work weeks.

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Jack has a project to work on for geography. He gets to create a map of California that depicts the different regions. It's supposed to be accurate with geographical features and what not. It should be interesting to create (in all of our free time). lol

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Our caterpillars are back! For a while there, wasps were pillaging our poor caterpillars. We tried everything to get rid of the wasps, to no avail. Then, all of a sudden the wasps were gone and the caterpillars are back. Yay!

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This week, instead of "an adventure" we had a special delivery box come. I ordered one special thing for each of them to open on Friday as their special treat. The box came on Monday and sat there until the earned the opening on Friday. They were SO excited to open it by the time Friday came, and they enjoyed their goodies (a book for Jack, surprise toys for Shawn, and some cards for Jay). Fun! May have to have another surprise box in the near future.

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We had to drain the pool, and we are all sad. All the gunk in the air just made the pool too nasty to clean. Hopefully the weather will warm up a bit more so we can fill it back up and enjoy.

Throwback Thursday

This week in 2013 - back when they weren't driving each other crazy simply because they could. lol

Mostly Wordless Wednesday

This kid is getting so grown up lately!

 

More Art

A tennis match...a joint effort by both Jason and Jack (much to Jason's dismay, but that's how little brother roll.)

Another Tooth!

Jack brought me a tooth today!