Week Three of Social Distancing

Elsie has begun working on her 4-H scale model project, while Alstan drew Star Wars characters. Alstan has been using this time to get through all the Star Wars movies.

They have gotten a number of Legos sets from their grandparents and us.







Elsie loves making slime, and Alstan loves to join her for the playing with it phase. 

The weather has been a bit better lately which means our family walks have changed a little. Alstan and Elsie now choose to ride their bikes or scooters at the church parking lot across the street, while mom and dad walk laps around the blocks close by. 

First Day of Virtual School

Today the kids had to sign in for their first day back at school. Although this was new to all of us and had some glitches, we got through the day!

Hanging out at Home

What are we doing while we can’t be out and about? 

Baking

Reading

Making a fort and then reading to each other in it

We’ve also been going for walks as a family each day and a few family game nights. Honestly, we have been enjoying our time together as a family! Maybe we should have a planned week of social distancing every year?

5th Grade Musical

The 5th grade choir put on a musical at the Opera House this year. The musical was called Joust and was a comedy related to the story of King Arthur. Alstan played the part of one of the Mighty Midieval Men. He did an excellent job!

11th Birthday Party

Alstan said he had a great birthday. He had a few friends over Saturday into Sunday. The extra nice weather on Sunday felt like one more birthday present!

Cake Making

Alstan also designed and helped make his birthday cake this year. 

4-H Demonstration

Alstan and Elsie did their first 4-H demonstration. They need to do a demonstration, so they taught their club about proper fish care. They did a great job!

Surprise Day Off

We had started our day off knowing we had a dentist appointment in Madison in the afternoon. What we didn’t know is that we would get school dismissed at 11:00am! We decided to head to Madison early to enjoy some time together. We got another surprise at the dentist office. Aunt Nette was waiting in the lounge when the kids walked out after their cleanings. We just couldn’t believe our luck!

Elsie’s Basketball Game

Elsie’s basketball season is almost wrapping up. She has one more game against her friend Leah’s team. I think she might be looking forward to that game the most and maybe not so much because of the basketball. 

Elsie’s 9th Birthday Party

Here are a few photos from Elsie’s birthday party. She had everything planned out with a Frozen 2 theme including ice skating. However, mom didn’t check the dates for open skating close enough so when we got there we were surprised to see there was a hockey tournament going on. Luckily mom has keys to the school, so playing in the gym became our backup plan.

Cake Decorating

After designing her own cake, Elsie is helping mom make it too!

A Little One-on-One Time

Alstan and mom spent their time drawing together in the morning with a stop over at the Artist Reception at the gallery in Platteville. After that they were on there way to Madison for rock climbing and then Starbucks! The evening finished pretty late with shopping for Elsie’s birthday present.

Elsie and dad started their day off right away by heading to Madison to get a few books and light shopping. They were then off to catch the Badge game! They finished off their day with a meal at Elsie’s favorite restaurant, Noodles & Company.

Watching the “Trolls” Movie

Basketball Tournament

Elsie had her basketball tournament last weekend. This year, as a third grader, she has the opportunity to play a few more weekend games, but against kids from another school. We are looking forward to seeing how that goes.

Happy New Year’s

Since we only had a two-day school week back after break, we decided to stay up and bring in the new year. We all made it!