Yes I am almost 7 months pregnant in the middle of the Pandemic. When it all hit, my immediate concern was not for myself or unborn child. Call it denial or my maternal nurturing instinct, my mind went to the older generations of my family and to my husband who works in the medical field.…
Changes and Nos-with Z
The type of changes, grief, and loss-the fear and the uncertainty that I as an adult feel right now is too complicated, too abstract, for me to explain to Z or for him to understand. If you are a parent, aunt/uncle, grandparent etc. you are probably also feeling the grief and sadness of the younger…
Changes and Nos
All of our lives have changed. In less then two weeks we went from "life as we know it" to restrictions and a whole lots of "nos" with uncertainty to the question of "for how long?" What these "nos" have meant for each of us is different. How it has impacted our lives is uniquely…
Preschool: Space
This month we focused on space: planets, stars, and space exploration etc. The first week we focused on stars. We started with sensory bins filled with black beans and glow in the dark stars as well as astronauts and "moon sand". We made different flashlight toppers using paper with holes to represent constellations or as…
How?
How? It is the question we are all asking right now. How do I make this social distancing thing work for me? For my family? How do I educate and care for my kids full time? How do I work from home or stay safe working outside of the house in this? How do I…
Preschool: St Patrick’s Day
We had decided to not do a field trip this month. Instead we were going to take a break from our month's theme and focus on St. Patrick's Day. Then everything changed. Our joint preschool activities were canceled for social distancing. So I stayed up late one night and put together preschool by myself. Like…
On a Fence
I feel like I am on a fence; tenuously caught in the pull of the now and not yet. On one side I am anxiously looking forward to our new baby and ready to move on with all that entails. On the other side I feel the need to be present and soak up this…
Slowing Down
Our once very busy spring has all of a sudden come to a halt. We had plans to go to conferences and weddings and had to cancel. The schools have closed; so have the libraries and museums. We will not meet for MOPS for March or April. Churches are doing online services. Then just yesterday…
Snapshot: St. Helens Camping
Last June we went on our second camping trip of the summer. We drove down towards Cougar and stayed at a nice private campground right on a lake. Z loved the campground because he could play in the sand, drift wood, and rocks right at the water's edge. We loved it too because it was,…
Calm Down Time
Toddlers require patience. A lot of it. There are tantrums, there is potty training, and of course pushing boundaries (like repeating themselves over and over in hope you may change you answer). I will admit I am not a patient person. Z has made me realize this. He has been stretching and growing me in…
