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Unexpectedly Homeschool Week Seven

Apr 27

Apr 27 Unexpectedly Homeschool Week Seven

Crafts, Household, Kids

This week has been a really good week as far as school goes. Melody has actively participated, and we were also able to repurpose my old computer so that Melody can watch her videos on that without using mine. We accomplished a lot of crafts including some for Mother’s Day and a few “miss you” ones too. We took a break from dance on Thursday. I think Melody may be getting burned out doing it twice a week. So we may back down to the usual once a week and see if that helps her eagerness. Daddy was teacher one morning while I had a checkup at my doctor. We also had to rearrange things on Friday because we had to make an urgent trip to the local urgent care for Brad. A few stitches later and he is good. And we were able to finish the day up!

Playroom Makeover

Apr 26

Apr 26 Playroom Makeover

Crafts, Household

The playroom/bonus room/craft room has always been a difficult room for me. When we bought this house, we loved the size of this room. It offered us a space that both Melody and I could easily share between her toys and all of my crafting supplies. It even has a nice big closet with shelving installed. Well once we finally moved in and got everything up there, I realized we have a LOT of toys and we are lacking in the organization department when it comes to all of these toys. Christmas did not help this either! We did try to spread the toys between her bedroom, the living room, the kitchen, and the playroom. However, we found that doing this some rooms just were left out during playtime. So now she doesn’t have any toys in the kitchen (she has a cabinet with arts and crafts for downstairs), and we have reduced the number of toys in the living room and her bedroom. So now we have a majority of the toys upstairs in the playroom. But this has caused even more organizational issues.

Homemade Bubbles

Apr 25

Apr 25 Homemade Bubbles

Crafts, Household, Kids

Melody’s obsession during this quarantine has been bubbles. And while we found a bubble machine through grocery pickup early on, we have been having trouble finding bubble solution. I mean we can find small bottles, but every time I order bubbles through grocery pickup, they are out of stock. Well we opted to figure out a way to make our own! We tried two recipes, and both have their pros and cons.

Apr 24

Apr 24 Corn Casserole

One of the new dishes I wanted to make for Easter was a corn casserole. I love corn, but I wanted something a bit fancier for Easter. It turned out delicious and was really easy to make.

Our Freezer, Again

Apr 23

Apr 23 Our Freezer, Again

So one of this issues during the current pandemic is food access and remaining safe. We have always kept a stocked pantry and freezer, but now we don’t have the luxury to just pop in and out of the store if we think we need something. So one of the things I did was go back through our freezer and get a good count of every single thing we have. This would make grocery planning easier and keep us in the know of exactly what we have at all times.

Unexpectedly Homeschooling Week Six

Apr 22

Apr 22 Unexpectedly Homeschooling Week Six

Household, Kids

This week I am keeping it simple. We did school; we learned; we danced; we played; we crafted; we are still exhausted, ha! A few new things this week happened though. Melody did start riding her tricycle on her own for long stints. We did take a really long nap after this long, exhausting week.

Fingerprint Cross

Apr 21

Apr 21 Fingerprint Cross

So while we did this craft as an Easter craft, it can definitely be a craft you can do anytime of year. We plan to display this cross year around. Because of this, I did it on a canvas instead of regular paper. But this also can be done on regular paper too!

Dining Room Makeover

Apr 19

Apr 19 Dining Room Makeover

During this quarantine, we have decided to take the time to complete some lingering projects since we are home 24/7. Brad is still working from home, and I am trying to keep a routine with Melody and continue teaching her preschool things. But we still are constantly seeing these uncompleted projects ALL the time. So the project that we see the most, and it is the easiest to complete was our dining room. We had everything but the paint, and we already had samples picked out that we wanted to try. And since it was the first thing you practically see when you walk in our house, it just made the most sense!

Apr 17

Apr 17 Honey Bun Cake

So this is one of those recipes I have seen floating around facebook for some time. I actually bought all the ingredients with the thought I would make it for Emily and Justin during a game night. But then the Corona Virus hit, and we haven’t seen then in well over a month. So I gave up and made it for Brad and me. It is really good, but it does make a LOT. So we wasted probably half of it.

Apr 16

Apr 16 Bounce House

Back in February before all of shutdown of all things due to the corona virus, we visited Pensacola. While there, my mom worked during the days and into the evening. So we had to find things to do from around 11 am until 7 pm. Well we visited two different indoor play areas. Neither place was too hard to find and within about 20-30 minute drive from our hotel. You likely aren’t looking for these places when you go to the beach because you are there to enjoy the warmth and sunshine. But if you find yourself there during the colder months or while it’s raining. Both places are great to visit with little ones. Today I will share about Bounce House.

Painting with Easter Eggs

Apr 15

Apr 15 Painting with Easter Eggs

If you are like me, you now have tons of those plastic Easter eggs laying around this week. Well one thing you can do with them is have your kids paint with them! You can make this as simple or as elaborate as you want. I let Melody pick 4 paint colors. Then we took two eggs and separated them. Then she used the inside of each egg to paint.

Easter Weekend 2020

Apr 14

Apr 14 Easter Weekend 2020

Household, Randomness, Kids

As I mentioned on Easter, it is a different one this year. We made the best of the entire weekend though. We spent a lot of time outside on Saturday since it was supposed to be stormy and rainy on Sunday. We ended up cooking a nice lunch and spending the day hunting eggs, watching church, and FaceTiming family!

Unexpectedly Homeschooling Week Five

Apr 13

Apr 13 Unexpectedly Homeschooling Week Five

Crafts, Household, Kids

This week has been a fairly quiet week as far as anything new goes that impacts us. We kept our focus on Easter this week, and we also spent a lot of time outside when we could.

Easter Pictures 2020

Apr 12

Apr 12 Easter Pictures 2020

Randomness, Household, Kids

Easter is definitely not the same this year as previous years. We won’t be spending it with family outside of the three of us. We won’t be having our lunch at Texas de Brazil. And we won’t be able to make it to our church. We are very thankful for technology though. We will still be able to FaceTime our families today. We will likely order a nice lunch. And we can watch church via our computers. Happy [unique] Easter everyone!

Apr 11

Apr 11 Bunny Mask

The bunny mask is the last of my Easter specific crafts, I think. These last two weeks have been full of Easter and spring crafts. And there are definitely some more spring crafts to come, and even a fun after-Easter craft next week too! What is kind of neat about this craft is you can do this with a variety of animals too.

Apr 10

Apr 10 Button Crosses

These crosses required a lot of help from me, but they still turned out semi-cute. Melody also really enjoyed it too.

Cotton Painted Eggs

Apr 9

Apr 9 Cotton Painted Eggs

One of our projects last week was to paint an egg using cotton balls. Well our neighborhood and entire city really is asking everyone to put eggs in their window to offer people an alternative to hunt eggs. So we actually ended up cutting five more and doing six altogether. I did two myself. Its super easy and doesn’t require anything but paper and paint!

Easter Bunny Canvas Painting

Apr 8

Apr 8 Easter Bunny Canvas Painting

With all of this time at home, we are crafting like crazy! So I have lots of Easter crafts to squeeze in this week for you. This one is a lot easier if you have something like a Silhouette Cameo. Although with some adhesive vinyl and some scissors, you can likely do something similar that isn’t as precise!

Easter Egg Painting Craft

Apr 7

Apr 7 Easter Egg Painting Craft

Crafts, Household

So this is another craft we did during our homeschooling days. It didn’t go quite like I had planned, but Melody wanted to do it her way. And it wasn’t worth the battle, ha! I will explain as I go along as to what I had hoped she would do.

Unexpectedly Homeschooling Week Four

Apr 6

Apr 6 Unexpectedly Homeschooling Week Four

Crafts, Household, Kids

Every week, and nearly everyday, there is something new going on with the quarantine. This week we have found out that social distancing is going to continue at least through April 30. And we also now have a shelter in place order for Alabama. The shelter in place order doesn’t really change any of our habits. We are already only getting out for essentials or doing drive thru orders. So nothing huge for us personally. And we continue on with homeschooling and project completing!