Week One of Social Distancing is now nearly complete and we survived.
So yesterday Eva and I got all dressed up and had a tea party. Three kinds of tea, cucumber sandwiches, scones, lemon curd, the works. It was just what we homebound girls needed. You may think you have no reason to get out of your sweat pants, but just do it. It doesn't matter if you don't leave your driveway, don't see another soul but your family, just make an occasion and celebrate family and fellowship and togetherness. We may be stuck at home, but by golly, we can still party with one another.
We had a lovely time. And, whew, looking at that photo, I sure do need a hair cut. I have no idea if my hairdresser is operating these days, but I am keeping my fingers crossed that this shelter in place rule is over before my hair is down to my knees.
On another topic, what are you all cooking these days? No excuse not to make a bit of effort since we are home all the livelong day. I have been trying to make meals that I can get some leftovers from. On Wednesday my husband roasted a chicken with potatoes, carrots, and onion. It was a tiny little fellow, and we ate half of it between us. On Thursday I took all the meat off the bones and made chicken enchiladas. My favorite simple chicken enchilada recipe is from Dinner at the Zoo, a fun blog site.
This is my dish of enchiladas before I popped it into the oven. I cut the recipe in half because I only had two cups of leftover chicken. I used 10 enchiladas instead of 14. It makes great leftovers too, in case you can't eat it in one sitting.
The superintendent of schools in our county gave his talk yesterday afternoon, and of course, no one has a clue how long school will be closed. What he did make clear, however, was that the teachers will be providing all the learning materials either online or in physical packets. The expectation is that every household with a child will homeschool their children with these materials for as long as we have to stay home and schools are closed. He does not want any child to be unprepared to pass on to the next grade.
At this point, I am pretty much in awe of what these teachers have to do on a daily basis to educate our children. Since Eva's parents are still working each day, homeschooling has fallen to me. For the most part, I am really enjoying it, but when Eva gets tired and her attention wanders, it is more frustrating. I am good at presenting the materials and working with her, but maybe not so good at scheduling breaks and snack times to shift gears now and then. It isn't like I can say "Recess!" and send her out to run around in the driveway for twenty minutes. And my goodness, is she ever missing social interaction with other children.
Are any of you homeschooling right now? How do you meet these challenges?