Today is Dada’s actual birthday so the kids gave him the cards they made for him.
After lunch, we had birthday ice cream cake!
First Flight
Today, the kids and Dada took their first flight since February. It’s a different experience now with having to wear masks and and empty plane.
With middle seats blocked, Peanut has plenty of room to spread out for a quick nap.
Our family of 4 had a row all to ourselves.
We made it to Long Beach and we are ready to celebrate Dada’s birthday this weekend!
Buddies Reunited
Five months ago, these two boys were the last ones left in their preschool before it finally had to close because of shelter-in-place ordinances. Today, they got to see each other again and it was so fun! Turns out they both learned how to ride two-wheeled bikes during their time in isolation and were so excited to ride together.
They are climbed the tree by the playground together and played like they had just seen each other yesterday at school.
Schedule
The kids came up with a schedule for today complete with illustrations.
Laundry Crew
It’s like the family leveled up once the kids were able to fold their own clothes. They even kept track of the orphan socks and reunited 2 out of 3 by the end.
Gup Garage
The kids built a garage for all the Gups and put them in alphabetical order starting from the bottom left for the Gup A.
First Day of Distance Learning
We may be starting with Distance Learning but we still have to take a first-day-of-school photo!!
I remember what a milestone it was for Janie to start Kindergarten. Take a look at a comparison to her first day of K photo!! Both have the same cheesy excited smile. So cute.
After the photos, we all went back inside and hopped on their first Zoom class. Ms. Wells looks so nice and Peanut seemed to follow along just fine.
He made a First Day of Kindergarten crown and name tag just like Janie did!
Here he is wearing his gearn with the rest of the class.
This was Ms. Wells reading the class a story about Chester, their class mascot.
Here is Janie in her first class with Ms. Suzuki. She is an older and more experienced teacher with lots of rules and instructions. 3rd grade is a big jump from 2nd grade! What’s nice is that Janie’s old classmates from Ms. Bliss’ class are all back together again!
Kindergarten Packet Pick-up
Today was Peanut’s packet pick-up day. It was another drive-by event.
When it was time to receive his materials, we asked if this teacher was Ms. Wells and it was!! It was a great coincidence that his assigned teacher was the one that gave him his packet!!! She looks really nice!
Peanut got all his school supplies, a Chrome book, and materials for the first 4 weeks of school.
This is what was in his first week packet. So exciting!
Back to Aquatech
After the inital shutdown due to shelter-in-place orders, Aquatech opened back up in mid-June. Now that the kids are back from their “summer camp”, we got them started again. They have limited capacity, less number of lanes used, no showers or changing stalls available, and the instructors wear a face shield. It’s also limited to one caregiver at a time with a one-way enter/exit protocol. Glad they can continue their lessons safely. Also thankful they were able to swim a bunch this summer at Uncle Jason’s community pool.
Chores?
Peanut made up his own list of “chores”:
- Wake up
- Clean room
- Play with plus-pluses
- Eat
- Clear table
- Play “Lions”
