The first week of stay at home orders due to Covid 19 the kids had school called off as the whole country was put into quarantine. At that point, we did not know if they would go back to finish the school year. We were instructed to have groups smaller than 10 and stay six feet apart from people. So it was kind of like a mini spring break except we couldn't go anywhere or see anyone, ha! Everything had closed from restaurants to movie theaters to stores to playgrounds, etc. Pretty much everything but grocery stores were closed. We were nervous about the virus; seeing how high they were projecting the number of deaths and we were nervous about Stephen working at the hospital.
To pass the time, the kids and I did a lot of golf cart rides and beach time.
When I say a lot of golf cart rides, I mean A LOT! We have toured every nook and cranny of coastal Ocean Springs! We get to wave to people we know, and even people we don't know, so that is fun and about as much social interaction that we get these days.
This was the first week we attending online church as well. This spot is our church for the next months as Covid closed down the church building, but not THE CHURCH! We are the church, God's people, and we continued to worship God throughout the quarantine. Our church thankfully continued to do a complete order of service, so it felt normal to us- from singing the songs, to the call of worship,sermon, to the benediction. At least on Sundays our routine still felt normal. Although, we were in our family room and in "play" clothes.
We played lots more games...
During the first week of quarantine, the governor announced school buildings would be closed until April 20th. Our Ocean Springs school district immediately came up with a plan to transition our students to online learning and we began that on March 23rd. It was really amazing how quickly our district began online school.
A perk of home school...doing your work with your pet guinea pig on your lap!
Each kid has found their spot to do their schooling.
Personally I think Luke has snagged the best spot...on our screened in porch.
Luke hard at work online 8th grade.
Amelia hunkers down in her room to fulfill all her requirements for her AP classes her junior year of high school.
Addison's special area teachers, music, art, etc continue to post ideas for the kids as well.
Art by Addison
Family Rule: everyone has to be active during the day and get exercise, bike riding, running, anything, as long as they are moving. This particular workout was one they did together and it was based on the alphabet. Each letter was a different workout, jumping jacks, wall sits, sit ups, etc.
They were all bummed our last name was SO long.
These are our secret weapon in fighting off Covid. Weeks before the virus got to the United States we started buying as many of these we could find, it was the only thing we hoarded. Little did we know the country was going to buy up ALL the toilet paper. So weird.
Anyway, these little vitamins have helped keep our immunity strong!
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