Blankets, Bread and More

What am I up to?  Well, my hope was to do some online activities for the kids at school but I was told by my principal not to.  I can only imagine the amount of work that goes in to organizing online schooling for all of them, so I'm happy to back off.  What to do with all my free time? 

• I am still making blankets to donate to Project Linus.  
• I dusted off my old bread machine and have been making bread for us.  It's gone in about 5 minutes!  After waiting three hours for it to mix and bake, it doesn't last long!
• I sent in an encouraging email to our staff on Friday spirit day!
• Reading, playing cards and working on puzzles!  

  

Date Night - Quarantine Style

Derrik and I have kept up with date night even though we are "locked down" until further notice.  We've been eating take out in our car and picking up groceries.  Not perfect but it works!

Surgical Masks I found from home

Ethan's 21st Birthday!

Yep, it's true, he's 21.  We did our best to celebrate him with gifts and food and lots of love!

Cameron made Ethan a little video - very sweet!  I'll attach it at the bottom.

12 String Guitar!  Video concert at the bottom.

Band Assignments in Quarantine

Cameron and Ashton have had band assignments due each week.  Cameron plays assigned scales and Ashton plays different drum rudiments, all on video to turn in.  Cameron then gets very fancy and edits the videos to make them extra special.  Here are the highlights:

Comment from his drum instructor

Homeschooling

Schools here are shut down until April 13th.  The boys started their online assignments (through Google classroom) today and have things to turn in before Friday.  We're working on a schedule but so far, it's going well!  Derrik spends his days on the phone supporting clients. 

Classroom Work

I went in to my classroom on Monday to do some cleaning.  I thought it might be fun to put together a teaching video for some of my students.  I ended up taking it down but it was fun to make some music! 

The fruit shakers have gotten a lot of attention over
the last few weeks.

Sterilized the keyboards

Virtual Church

Normal church is on hold due to the Corona virus so we will be streaming services until Easter Sunday (or longer).  We had church at home with Sadie on my lap and coffee nearby.  It was nice!

New Job for Cameron

Cameron has taken on a second job.  He will continue his camera work at church but is adding in being a soccer coach at the Santa Clarita Soccer Center.  He isn't working currently due to the virus shut down but is excited to continue his training!

Voting with Cameron

Believe it or not, Cameron can legally vote!  We're all mail-in voters, so Derrik and I sat down with him this week and walked him through the process.  Happy voting!

McTeacher Night

I helped serve at McTeacher night for school this last week.  It was so fun to see the kids out side of the classroom and actually meet parents.  Our favorite Bulldog showed up as well!

10 Days of Senior Pictures

I was nominated for the 10 day "Class of 2020 Senior parents" challenge. Over 10 days, I selected an image from a day in the life of my senior and then nominated somebody else to take the challenge. While I did enjoy going back and hunting up fun pictures of Cam, it was crazy to think how fast it has all gone!  Here's the layout in case you missed one:

Project Linus Blanket Day

I volunteered at Project Linus yesterday and made two blankets to donate to their organization.  My friend, Silvia, joined me.  Project Linus donated blankets to the 2,000+ students at Saugus High School after the November shooting.

Piece of fleece before

Blanket #1

Blanket #2

Project Linus' Mission: Provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer “blanketeers.”

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a nice, quiet morning and had surprises for all!  The boys each got a gift card, a small gift and of course, chocolate!  I woke up to red roses and a coffee gift card! 

My text to my big boys

Mom Hubbard sent over sugar cookies

Derrik and Ashton went to see Sonic later in the day

Surprise Teacher Gift

The staff at school surprised me with a belated holiday gift!  Wow!