On the radio this morning I heard that it was on this day one year ago the pandemic was officially declared, which means we've entered the second year of COVID-19. I would think that since the vaccine distribution is already underway that over the course of 2021 life will return closer and closer to what it was in February 2020. Recently I received an email from one of the local theatre groups. They talked about what they have decided to cancel, and what surprised me was that they said they wouldn't be offering any summer theatre camps this year. It surprised me because Nadia did attend one of theirs last summer. They followed all the rules (wore masks at all times, took the kids temps, sanitized everything like crazy, kept the kids spread apart, etc.). I had assumed that this summer more things would be open rather than more things would be closed than last summer. I have signed Nadia up for one week of girls' camp at Camp Susque the first week of August and the boys up for one week of camp at PMBC the last week of June. We're planning to spend July 4-10 at Aunt Janet's house. Other than that, I'm not really sure what the summer will be like. Will they offer Camp Good News this summer? Will churches offer VBS? WVIA held their annual ski day at Elk Mountain in January, but they cancelled the one at Ski Sawmill last month because of COVID. I saw they have scheduled a day at Knoebels in May. They haven't said if they'll have their annual event at Montage Mountain waterpark in June or not. Last year the ski dates took place before the lockdowns but all of the events for the rest of 2020 were cancelled. Our membership is expired at the moment, but if it seems like the Knoebels event really will be taking place, I'll renew. Last year I had signed the kids up for the annual PA Wilds Child event. It was cancelled, and they didn't plan an event for this June.
1. For what a talented artist my niece, Susie, is. She painted a portrait of Maurice on a cardboard box.
2. That the weather has been so nice the last three days. Today it actually got into the low 70's! On Tuesday the kids and I walked to a playground for the first time in many months. Yesterday we drove 4 miles to Montgomery because Oliver has been wanting to try a small skate park there. Nadia and I walked from the park to the library and introduced the librarian to Milo while also getting some books and a DVD. If I had checked the hourly forecast, I wouldn't have waited until Ian was done with his schoolwork at 2pm to go out for a walk. Nadia and Oliver were out for quite a bit, and Ian and I did get some time outside in between the times it was raining. It's not supposed to rain the next few days so hopefully I'll get back in gear with walking tomorrow. My goal was to walk at least 12 miles this week. I didn't make it far today, but I've walked 7 miles over the last 3 days, so I think I can still achieve my goal over the next two days. The boys loved the skate park. I'm planning to take them to a different skate park on Saturday afternoon.
3. Yesterday I asked Paul to come home from work at 7pm so that I could rehearse my flute solo with the pianist at FBC. Usually, he picks Nadia up from church on his way home from work at 8pm. I picked her up after I practiced the flute. It's been awhile since I've played the flute so I was very grateful for the invitation. We'll be attending FBC this Sunday as I'm playing an arrangement of The Old Rugged Cross in the morning service.
4. After playing my flute, I bought some groceries and got gas for the van before getting Nadia. One of the things I bought was Weis brand blueberry crisp ice cream; I tried some this evening. Oh. My. Goodness. I would put it as one of my top five favorite ice cream flavors. Yum!!!
5. Oliver has made the transition to silently reading a chapter book. The downside is that I'll miss having him read aloud to me while sitting on my lap, but he can't stay in that stage forever!
6. The kids and I are really enjoying The Frog Princess; I've already requested the next two books on CD in the trilogy from the library as we'll finish the first book tomorrow. It isn't just chapter books that we enjoy together. I read the boys three picture books this evening and enjoyed all three of them - Honey Honey Lion by Jan Brett, The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read, and Robert Cade: Gatorade Inventor. One thing I love about homeschooling is that I, as their teacher, am learning new things right along side them. I didn't know anything about the history of Gatorade, and how inspiring to think of a woman learning to read for the first time at the age of 116. Wow! I highly recommend the book The Oldest Student!
7. My cousin, his girlfriend, and my Aunt put an offer in on a house in Reno, and they are under contract. She's planning to move there in the fall of 2022. I'm happy that she'll be living close to two of her children and also her only grandson (due to be born in July). Hopefully we'll get two more weeks with her on Long Island (this summer and next summer) before she moves to Reno.
8. I absolutely LOVE listening to Ian play an arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon. I could listen to him play that song every single day. pia
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