May 2020

"Stay at Home" orders continue until the end of May.  

Thank goodness the weather was AWESOME the entire month.  We did schoolwork in the morning and played outside all afternoon.  

I finished my BIG evidence-based research project at the end of April and graduated with my Masters in Nursing Education May 15th.  Of course, no graduation happened, so it was a little anticlimactic.  But yay! I graduated!!

Other happenings:

We made bird seed molds to hang on the trees.  Messiest project ever!

  

We were able to go to the library and checked out A LOT of books.  My kids were happy to finally be somewhere other than our house. 

We made crystals and lots of other science experiences thanks to my mom gifting us some goodies from Amazon. 

We played in the pool and had fancy drinks.  

I learned some new hair-dos. 

The kids played in my treadmills box for hours and hours. 

We put on make-up and learned to paint nails. 

We learned how to wear face masks.  

Kate had a piano recital in front of the family and teacher only.  The last two months of piano lessons were by Skype.  Which meant, I had to teach Kate or sit right beside her the entire lesson.  It really tested my patience. 

We went on a 3 mile hike at Colorado Bend State Park.

We tried on all our new dance costumes! 

It was unfortunate the girl's dance recital was cancelled.  We had previously ordered their outfits, which was not cheap.  Luckily, we were able to have a 3 separate recitals.  One for grandma and grandpa Ahlborn when they came to visit in May.  One for Jennifer and Ryan in Galveston in June.  And one for grandma and grandpa Koplin with our cousins whose recitals were cancelled as well.  

Jane's last day of Pre-K.  Her teacher was amazing throughout the virtual integration.  We had story time every morning on Zoom.  She sent out extra attachments with east, fun, and busy activities. And she wrote Jane a special letter in the mail.  

Kate's last day of 1st grade.  Unfortunately, her teacher dropped the ball over the last 2 months of virtual schooling.  The class had Zoom meetings about twice a week.  I did not feel like she was very involved.  Luckily, I was the awesome mom who made Kate read and write and complete all her school work.  Some days, we would be at the table for hours because Kate was easily distracted and wanted to do Jane's school work.  It was tough, but we made it! 

Hallelujah!   

Yay! 

Now lets go back to school in the fall please!