Mimi's Masterpiece Re-creatinon

For a young woman's-zoom activity, someone came up with this fun idea.  Mimi has seen a painted re-creation of Picasso's Ironing Woman every day of her life, so it came to her mind when the assignment was given. 

The drive in

Since nearly everything is closed, we decided we better hit the drive-in when there was a good movie to see !

Here are the kiddos afterwards, very sleepy and ready to go home

Last? Day

On the day that was supposed to be the last day of school I suddenly realized that we should take some photos.  Here's the link to just a few short months ago, but it feels like years. 

Mimi at the end of 8th grade.

Parker at the end of 11th grade. 

Yoda at the end of 4th grade.  

They even put on backpacks for me :)

Art at home

Yoda has been given assignments by his gym, art and music teachers to do some learning at home.  We've enjoyed the art the most, of course!  I pull out paints, cray-pas, clay and they are shocked that I have all these goodies hidden away.  We will definitely be doing much more this summer

All the bread

French bread 

 With the help of my sister-in-law, I made a sour dough starter and made sour dough. 

I used part of the starter for crumpets! 

 This was my most successful whole wheat bread ever.

Cinnamon Roll Bread.  I need to try this one again to try to get it right. 

And as I blogged about before, I made English muffins and Artisan bread.  hmmm, what's next?!

All the Avenger Movies

Just in time for the lock-down, my dad gave us an account on his Disney +, Thanks Dad! 

We've had a good time watching fun stuff, but no one more then Parker!  He has watched/re-watched all the Avenger Movies. 

Parker, "When I first watched Avenger: Civil War, I was with Captain America, now I'm more of an Iron Man Guy"

Me every time a woman is slightly objectified, "Women aren't objects!"

Greg every time a fight scene breaks out, "Violence isn't the answer!" then Parker jokes, "Violence is always the answer!"

All the Games

On our list of things to do before we're back to normal, we wanted to play all the games in our game cupboard.  We've played quite a few and we're not even close to playing them all!

 Monopoly

Istanbul (not Constantinople)

 Dragon-ball Dice game

 Stratego and Trash (with Harry Potter face cards)

 Eldritch Horror

A switch game with a friend, connected over the internet, while talking to them in a zoom meeting--Bananas!

Googly Eyes (it's like Pictionary, but you have to wear these glasses that make things look crazy)

And Sorry

Games played over Zoom or Skype: Yu-Gi-Oh!, Headbands, Pictionary, Tic-Tac-Toe, Guess Who (Star Wars and other kinds), Jackbox...

Also: Set, Karma, Hulabaloo, Ticket to Ride, Mastermind, City Square Off, Clue, Rummikub, Guesstures, Perfection, Fluxx, Blokus, B.S., The States Game, Headbands, 7 Wonders, Chess ...

School at Home

We've made adjustments here and there, trying to make it work...

We moved the kitchen table into the office for more work space, but of course they move around the house. 

 Like to the couch. 

Or the new kitchen table for 8th grade science. 

 Or the living room cause the couch is more comfortable. 

Yoda has to cook or bake occasionally for his grade. 

Fly a Kite

Found two good things about this isolation thing: time to fly a kite & empty parks to fly a kite.  

Cereal

Easter

Like most people, we kept Easter pretty calm.  Lots of video chatting, candy and like some of our neighbors, we grilled.  (We could smell it all over the neighborhood)

bouncing off the walls

video