Saturday, 30 January 2021

30th January

Day 6. Jessica and Maisie disappeared to the beach for a few hours today with Mummy. Our first escape from the house all week. It was much needed!



Friday, 29 January 2021

29th January

Day 5. Schoolwork, cooking, baths and head first downstairs are today’s activities!


Thursday, 28 January 2021

28th January

Day 4. There have been several more positive test results in Oliver’s class. We’ve had to tweak the homeschooling arrangements today, as the girls weren’t able to participate properly in their online lessons downstairs. Trying to educate a year 4 child, a year 2 child, and another year 2 child with SEN, while keeping all away from an overworked Daddy is not ideal. Hot chocolate and chai lattes helped.



27th January

Day 3. Tricky day today but we still managed schoolwork, but there was a lot of wishful thinking and looking out of windows. 



Tuesday, 26 January 2021

26th January

Day 2! Beautiful sunrise followed by lots of schoolwork and baking brownies!



25th January

Oliver is now self isolating (positive case in his class) so that has made today very tricky. Homeschooling three children, all at different abilities, is very tricky. We survived.



Monday, 25 January 2021

24th January

An icy walk where we discovered very thick ice like glass. Bedtime sillies too with funny hair, and hide and seek!



Saturday, 23 January 2021

23rd January

We visited the family horses today and gave them some treats!



22nd January

A very early wake up call this morning meant that we were all very tired today (20 standing up hours out of a possible 24 shows how early). The mood lifted significantly when we received two emails from school to say that each girl had received the Remote Learner of the week award (one per class). We were so thrilled! They’ve worked so hard, so these were thoroughly well deserved. 



Friday, 22 January 2021

21st January

Completely normal behaviour to walk around with a washing basket on your head in our home!



20th January

We don’t often watch television during the day, but we’ve all watched the inauguration today!



19th January

Zoom gymnastics tonight!



Tuesday, 19 January 2021

18th January

Two very excited girls today after homeschooling. They took our friend’s two dogs for a long walk! Now they want to do it every day and they want dogs.



Sunday, 17 January 2021

17th January

Another quiet at home day today. These three have played together beautifully! 



16th January

Maisie lost her first top tooth. It’s been wobbly for a while! Lots of playing at home and giggling together today.



Saturday, 16 January 2021

15th January

Blood donation number 21 this morning for Mummy. It was nice to get out of the house and see other people (legally!)! Maisie won star of the week at school and then she made chocolate chip cookies with Rainbows!



14th January

Lovely long freezing (-2) walk today. Jessica enjoying walking on ice and breaking the thinner ice! Finished off watching a slightly different view of the Metro.



Thursday, 14 January 2021

13th January

Winning at life today. Two girls on their live lessons and Mummy had a hot coffee!



12th January

Oliver sees everyone else wearing masks so wants to do the same!



Tuesday, 12 January 2021

11th January

We are so very proud of Jessica and Maisie. They have full days with school work and online lessons. They have found it difficult to adapt, and miss seeing anyone, including their friends, but they have been absolutely amazing. They do get a lunch break and make the most of it with roller skates and other random activities! Oliver came home from school and helped make dinner.



10th January

Cake baking today followed by a cookie delivery from a lovely friend!



9th January

Lots of playing at home today before a zoom quiz donning Christmas party hats!



Friday, 8 January 2021

8th January

We enjoyed making footprints in the (light covering!) snow today, Oliver arrived home ‘Star of the Week’ and Maisie made herself out of jelly beans for Rainbows!



Thursday, 7 January 2021

7th January

Back to gymnastics by Zoom tonight!



6th January

Schools are now closed, but Oliver is able to return today as it’s a specialist school. He was very excited! Meanwhile, the girls enjoyed using their new umbrellas on a legal walk to school to collect their reading supplies!



5th January

Another day off school. Christmas decorations removed and lots of play!



4th January

What a day! Schools are unexpectedly closed while they prepare for reopening. This didn’t go down well with Oliver, he’d been counting down the days! Only way forward was a Metro trip and then getting off a stop early to walk home via the park. Smiles all round!



Sunday, 3 January 2021

3rd January

Happy Birthday Daddy! Breakfast made by the girls (was meant to be breakfast in bed but Daddy came downstairs too soon!), cakes made by Oliver and talking to visitors at the front door!



2nd January

A long cold walk today while Daddy watched football! We did pop to our local bakery on the way home so that provided some motivation! 



1st January 2021!

Happy New Year!

Writing up our 2021 calendars followed by ‘Games Night by Zoom’ with friends tonight to celebrate the start of 2021. It was too late for Oliver to stay up but the girls loved it! 



31st December

New Year’s Eve family quiz night! A first for all of us!




30th December

A brief moment of cleaning and rearranging furniture while children enjoyed sand play and iPads!