Swim Parties

Our mandatory quarantine has lifted, and besides eating out, going to church, going to school and playing sports, we have returned to a more “normal” way of life. We got to watch soccer on tv this morning, we can shop inside of stores again, and we can hang out with people that aren’t in our family. Things are looking up for us!

It’s almost summer time! The timing of the start of summer could not be better. Three more days and all three of us will be done with school for the year. In the meantime, it feels like summer, and we are doing our best to soak up as much sun as possible. Vitamin D is supposed to help fight Covid-19 if you become infected. That’s my justification for spending a couple of hours on the deck each day with a book anyway. 

Thursday Evan went to a pool party to celebrate a birthday. His girlfriend is on the far right. 

Friday night Keagan went to a friend’s house for basketball and a quick dip in the pool to cool off. 

Six more weeks and we will host our own pool parties. Four more weeks and my kitchen will be redone. Now that I can get inside stores, I was able to find the perfect slab for my countertops. Here’s a sneak peak. 

This could be the most exciting summer yet!

Home School

Today was the first day of homeschool. Not one teacher for either boy provided any assignment, enrichment, or even suggested a book to read. The school system’s reasoning is teachers need time to put something together, so it rolls out next Monday. I can’t have the boys thinking they get three weeks of spring break; I took matters into my own hands. My boys are about to learn something at the Toole Charter School!

Keagan is working on factoring trinominals with me. He’s doing drivers ed with Wes. 

He’s training daily for soccer with sessions designed by his travel coach. 

Evan is doing online study sessions for his AP courses and daily ACT practice. He’s putting up 200 shots a day on the new basketball goal.

We are in quarantine through May 1. All non-essential businesses in Tennessee are closed as of midnight tonight. God help us!

Quarantine Day # Too Many

Today would be our day to climb Macchu Picchu. I’m still not over missing it. Instead of hiking in seventy degree weather, we are hunkered down at home preparing for another round of tornadoes. 

The struggle to shop and find necessary ingredients is real. We are still eating and eating well but sometimes we have to get creative. Yesterday I made pork chops in cream sauce, and we were missing heavy cream. Wes and Keagan went on a hunt for cream and came back with this. 

We’ve established a daily routine. The boys sleep until noon. I fix a big lunch/dinner at 2:00. The boys play basketball. I read a book. Wes works from home. The cat snoozes. The dog chases birds. 

Then we repeat it again the next day. 

Keagan’s play in a late-night FIFA tournament on the PS-4 resulted in game one ending in a win. I was cheering like it was a real game, and Evan was dishing out advice like he was the coach. Those 15 minutes were intense!

Today is Keagan’s big tournament. Evan got an invite to play in a Madden tournament on Wednesday. So even if we can’t play team sports in person with real people, my boys have found a way to still participate. 

Quarantine Day # Too Many

Today would be our day to climb Macchu Picchu. I’m still not over missing it. Instead of hiking in seventy degree weather, we are hunkered down at home preparing for another round of tornadoes. 

The struggle to shop and find necessary ingredients is real. We are still eating and eating well but sometimes we have to get creative. Yesterday I made pork chops in cream sauce, and we were missing heavy cream. Wes and Keagan went on a hunt for cream and came back with this. 

We’ve established a daily routine. The boys sleep until noon. I fix a big lunch/dinner at 2:00. The boys play basketball. I read a book. Wes works from home. The cat snoozes. The dog chases birds. 

Then we repeat it again the next day. 

Keagan’s play in a late-night FIFA tournament on the PS-4 resulted in game one ending in a win. I was cheering like it was a real game, and Evan was dishing out advice like he was the coach. Those 15 minutes were intense!

Today is Keagan’s big tournament. Evan got an invite to play in a Madden tournament on Wednesday. So even if we can’t play team sports in person with real people, my boys have found a way to still participate.