Yes the whole world needed to slow down. Yes, this pandemic made us all stop. Some families have been impacted more then others. Yes we all know this. We get it. People can stop arguing about who has it worse. We all get through stuff in different ways.
Before Covid I had on my list, (that never gets done) to go through the kids toys, while they were at school. I planned to toss all of all the stuff they never play with. I never had a chance to get to those toys. David was sick. Sam and KK also had a lot of doctor appointments. We were trying to get Willow in for some testing. WE also just had normal life busy. Well thanks to Covid every toy has been played with. Over the last two months my house has been covered in toys that the kids hadn't seen or hugged in a very long time. Thanks to all the the time home they have been able to get bored. To go explore all the toy buckets. It has been nice to see them have the time to get in to all these things. I am glad I was to busy to toss them. There has been time to line up dinos. Time to dress up Barbies. Time to play with dolls. KK, Willow and Amby have grown closer. I will admit I am glad that Willow and Amby are close enough in age to have a friend in the house with them. I can't imagine being an only child and stuck in the house all day. KK is still young enough that she will play with her sisters. KK and Amby never got along before quarantine. Now they are all close. There is one downfall to this though. Getting school work done is HARD. They want to play. Next year will be interesting. We will have to have some rules ,and I am sure battles in order to get them all through class next year.
Sam and KK do online school at home. The closing of schools didn't impact them. They were lucky. Poor Willow lost out on all the fun kinder things the last quarter. Yes there is some mourning of things lost. She LOVED school. I admit it seemed a little wild to start with. Lots of wild friends and one teacher who I felt bad for. She was wonderful but man, she had a lot to deal with. She was was so kind with my quiet Willow. As the year went on Willow came to talk to her teacher and her speech teacher. She was still quiet, but it was progress. She had some little friends. She learned a lot. She loves math. Her reading has come a long way. Then, AMI packets and google classroom. It wasn't hard for her to do this at home but it wasn't enough. We did more stuff with her at home. She missed school though. She cried when school was cancelled for the rest of the year. I hated it for her. No, there isn't anyone to blame for this. It has just turned in to a weird period for us all.
Amberlee missed out on time with her friends. She didn't get to have a preschool graduation. She missed out on the end of a fun year.
Dance oh dance. Their studio has worked hard from the beginning of this mess to try to keep instruction and fun going for the dancers. It has been an ever evolving process. We now have zoom classes for the girls during the week. After a few weeks the girls have had enough. KK will practice at home but she misses her friends in class. Most of her friends no longer come to zoom class. Amberlee is four. Getting her to pay attention in a zoom class has proven to be an impossible task. She loves dance and does wonderful in a real class. Online class in our lake room is NOT working. Willow on the other hand doesn't care if her classes are in studio or at home. She dances and practices all day. If zoom classes are the only way she gets class then that is OK. That said she has a hard time hearing everything said in zoom. It isn't the easiest way to learn dance. She gives it her all though. Their studio says they will have a recital at the end of July. We are waiting to see how that works. We may just have to acknowledge that even though we worked hard this year, and have a lot of money invested in costumes we may not be able to do recital. Another things we have to give up thanks to this stupid virus.
At the start of Covid we tried to get out for walks. It was way to crowded with so many people out of school and work. We have been pretty much stuck inside. I have been trying, recently to find less busy trails. That isn't a very easy task. Willow LOVES to get out. She loves to run. She always runs ahead of me. I give her a marker to run to. Willow is a child that likes to get out of the house. I will save my thoughts on how we are doing mentally with not going places in my next blog post.
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