Day 5

 Another early release day. This time to celebrate the long Labor Day weekend.

The boy is so funny. He reads these and proudly proclaims, "I get it!" I'm so glad he still appreciates my terrible puns.

Day 4

Somehow, even though I was home at the time, I don't remember the boy's reaction to today's joke. He claims he loved it. I choose to believe him since my memory clearly can't be trusted.

 

Day 3

 Every Wednesday is a half day to give teachers extra time for planning due to the brand new approach to learning. The boy, of course, fully approves of any afternoon of freedom.

He's currently naked, wrapped in a soft blanket, watching Dan TDM. What a time to be nine years old.

He didn't get this one at first. I made him read it a second time and it clicked. Then he told me, I should have just left off the river bit. I accepted the criticism with a graceful eye roll.

Day 2

 Look at me, posting two days in a row. I feel so accomplished.

Oskar had a virtual lunch date today with a classmate. Facetime while they both ate and lamented that they couldn't play video games. Good times.

First Day of the New Normal

 Happy first day of digital school! With everything so different this year, I wanted to give the boy one things that was familiar. 

So, I'm dusting off the Mama Doodles blog. I'm packing a lunch for the boy every day, even though he's going to be eating it at the kitchen counter instead of in the cafeteria.

A big bonus to this is that I get to hear him laugh when he reads them now. This one was a hit. 

Heartbroken

Mo announced today that tomorrow's lunch doodle will be the last. So sad to see them end so soon, but I understand that 15 daily videos is a lot, and would be impossible to keep up forever.

April 2:

We made our last Superbounce board and played a final game. 

While we won't be playing Superbounce with Mo anymore, I'm sure this isn't the end of this game at our house. Oskar loves making up these game boards. He purposefully made his impossible to win today, but making the final square reachable only if you roll a 7.

So long, March!

Like so many, I'm glad to put the month of March behind me. Hoping April will see a smooth transition into distance learning and more comfort in this new rhythm of social distancing.

Mo's video today was super fun (as usual) and taught us to create some quick paper puppets.

April 1: Our number doodles. Oskar's made me chuckle.

Then, Mo taught us to draw one of his Unlimited squirrels.

Last, we took our new squirrel friends and turned them into puppets using an index card.

Oskar has already put his puppet to work, picking up things like dice when we play board games and helping cleaning up our art supplies when Mo's video was over. I foresee many unlimited squirrel puppets in my future.