Rainy day reading ☔️ 📚
Came downstairs to this pleasant sight.
Yes, Shecklet #3 is reading a comic (by Marvel) about Mother Teresa.
Tag: Shecklet #4
Halloween 2020 🎃
As with almost everything else 2020, Halloween is a bit different this year. The Shecklets did different activities today. (We opted to skip door to door trick-or-treating this year.)
Shecklet #2 did this with his friend:
Shecklet #1 and Shecklet #3 did this with Grandma & Grandpa:
And Shecklet #4 went trunk or treating at our church. Kids typically dress up as a saint for our parish’s annual All Saints Day party. This year, all on her own, #4 said she wanted to be St. Philomena in honor of her baby sister. I may or may not have gotten a little misty-eyed when she told me her plan.
Playing “coronavirus”
The girls were playing Barbies after their schoolwork was done this afternoon. When I peeked in the room to see what they were up to, they pointed out one particular Barbie who had an accessory that could be used as a gaiter, skirt, headband, or a mask, “if you’re playing ‘coronavirus,'” as told to me by Shecklet #4.
Surprise Bitmoji Day
Once a week (on Wednesdays) the Shecklets have an independent learning day. Today is a “surprise” one for Shecklet #4, due to a substitute teacher shortage. Her teacher does an awesome job of setting the kids up to be successful and independent. I’ve seen #4 grow in in these areas in huge ways since the beginning of the school year.
This morning, she is working on a spooky house math assignment 🦇🌔⭐️🎃👻🏠
Bunk bed girls
Room is painted, beds are swapped, and these two have way too much energy before bed 🤣
Happy purple 💜
I painted the white walls first in the girls’ room and saved the purple for last 😊. Only one coat so far, but it is looking great!
Priming
The girls requested a bed switch – they want the bunkbeds and want the boys to have the twin beds. That request set a large project in motion – purging and cleaning the room out, patching holes, and now priming the walls. I took the girls to Sherwin Williams this afternoon to pick out paint samples. The plan is to paint three walls white and one purple.
Both girls helped prime today, but I only snapped a photo of one. I’ll capture the other one next time.
School pics 2020-2021
Thanks to Covid and distance learning, I’m not sure if my kids will have “official” school pictures. So like so many other things this year, we did something different. No uniforms, outside, and fall colors.
