With the light at the end of this COVID tunnel comes appreciation for the changes to my life that self isolation has brought. I’ve just had a week at home homeschooling and getting around to all the little jobs working through last week prevented me from getting around to. The weather’s been mostly glorious. Cold in the mornings but glorious all the same.
It’s been a busy but also nicely paced week for the little guy and myself.
Please find below this week’s magic moments….
Getting to carry home the fairy wand after this morning’s coffee run.
A fancy Friday night takeaway.
A less fancy but just as delicious Sunday night takeaway. I’ve been just a bit too reliant on takeaway since work got a bit chaotic but these meals have been seen as such a treat by Master SSG and it’s his job to decide where dinner comes from on takeaway nights.
The first morning of my first week of homeschooling. The first rule of Zoom for users young and old? Business up top and comfort from the waist down….
The rain didn’t rain on our parade (to our favourite cafe for coffee, hot chocolate and breakfast before school)…. it provided the perfect surface for autumn leaf wet stomping
and puddle jumping.
Home learning has been less traumatic than I feared it would be. I still fail to appreciate what maths questions are actually asking. English still overwhelms me – the texts and topics seem so science-based which diverts my attention away from the key themes of spelling and grammar (neither of whose 2020 rebrand I fully understand). But it’s been a joy seeing the passion the children have for the teachers, classmates and school – even in these strange and disrupted times.
This is my favourite moment of magic of the week. This is part of a set of Uno cards Master SSG made with his carers at before and after school care. The care and attention the girls imparted were well beyond their job description. They made it possible for that first week of term to be less stressful for me and more fun for Master SSG.
As we get closer to the light at the end of the COVID tunnel, what magic have you found in your life this week?