Tiff's Turn

This perfect weather is saving me during this pandemic. Aria had my phone and decided to teach herself cinematography today. She discovered the slow-mo option on my iPhone and laughed and laughed as she recorded all of us playing on the swing set. First Livi, then the boys, and even some pictures of me, which hardly ever happens. After Aria mastered the filming, Livi decided to help her big sister master the rings since she already is doing flips front and back. First, show how it's done.  Then, teamwork. Voila! After "PE" outside, our science lesson arrived on our doorstep- a caterpillar kit! We are excited to watch the very hungry caterpillars grow into beautiful butterflies. One more new thing we tried out today was tumbling class on Zoom. It was a bit like herding cats to get them to pay attention to their teacher instead of trying to be silly on the camera or wander off to pet the dog, but I'm hoping the more we do cla...

One week down and we are bouncing off the walls over here.  I'm so thankful we have the internet to get us through this social distancing. Thanks to wifi, we've been doing daily kids' yoga. Friday it was Moana yoga. Of course Livi had to quickly change into her Moana outfit to fit the part. I'm thankful for wifi so we can have screen time to have a break from hearing my name yelled over and over. Hopefully the weather will be nicer this week so we can be outside more. I'm thankful for wifi so we can have group chats with our friends on Facebook Messenger using silly filters. I'm thankful for wifi so I can follow others on Instagram who love to use their bullet journal as a coping mechanism. I thought this page was a great one to copy down into my own journal and use daily while stuck at home. I'm thankful we finally found more milk. (No, we aren't hoarding. This is how much I buy every week!) I...

Hasn't the weather been superb the last couple days of social distancing? On days two and three of COVID-19 hunkering down, we got to walk with Minnie and pick flowers. Fresh air is good for the soul. I guess it's pretty good for the immune system too. Aria started complaining of a sore tummy later in the day today, but she made it outside for a bit anyway. Still in her jammies, no less. Livi doesn't quite understand social distancing yet, but she never lets me forget to help her find her hat for going outside.  Maybe she just thinks she looks more stylish in her hat than without. For "school" we started ABC Mouse online. All four kids really enjoy it. As soon as the boys woke up this morning, they were asking to play on it. Aria has figured out that reading online with a website her teacher sent out is just as fun as reading to her triplets.  This morning the weather was not so great, so we...

I decided to wipe the cobwebs off my old blog since we are living through major life changes, with it seeming like everything changing daily because of the COVID-19 virus. As of right now, our school district is closed for two weeks, with remote learning most likely coming up next week. I'd like to say I doubt this will go on much longer than those two weeks, but I think this is just the beginning, unfortunately. We had a discussion about what was going on last night at the dinner table. I explained to the kids that they won't go to school for at least two weeks because so many people are getting sick and they want people to stay home to stay healthy. They seemed to understand and there weren't any questions. But this morning, that's when reality set in for Beckett and Livi Mae. Beckett was upset he wasn't going to get to do his shown-and-tell. Livi was upset she would miss the baby chicks display from the 4H Club hatching out of their eggs. We were all so ...