Finding Beauty, Goodness, and Truth (Day 8)
Beauty
Toshi – “Pretty is my snowman that I painted at school.”
Daddy – Watching Mommy and Pnut work together to get better organized with schoolwork. I was able to see Pnut trying so hard to control her temper.
Goodness (Kindness)
Toshi – “Good that it’s raining. It’s not so sunny and hot.”
MiniLu – Toshi found one of my (toy) phones that I lost long time ago.
LittleBit – Daddy helped me with my schoolwork when I got frustrated.
Peanut – Mommy helped me with scheduling my time to work on schoolwork.
Truth
Mommy – First day is rough. It will get better.
Question of the Day (Day 9)
What challenge did you face today, and how did you overcome it?
Day 8 Activity Journal
- More lessons from Duolingo
- Home Safari Facebook Lives presented by the Cincinnati Zoo (penguins)
- MiniLu’s distance learning (online PE, Chinese song, and academics)
- Pnut’s & LittleBit’s distance learning began (LOTS of academics), Daddy set up their desk in their room
- Recess (Cosmic Kids Yoga)
- Mo Willems doodle (Cat the Cat)
- Video chat with our neighbors Josh & Mindy after kids’ bedtime
Day 9 Activity Journal
- More lessons from Duolingo
- Home Safari Facebook Lives presented by the Cincinnati Zoo (finished penguins)
- MiniLu’s distance learning (online PE, Chinese song, and academics)
- Pnut’s & LittleBit’s distance learning (went MUCH better than yesterday for both)
- Daddy took Pnut to the doctor’s office because her earring was stuck inside her earlobe
- Mommy and LittleBit practicing hand lettering
- Prepared neighborhood buddy gifts
- Family walk to deliver the buddy gifts and more jump ropes
- STEAM project for P & LB (throwing balls into basketball hoops)
- Christmas in March – candy canes and hot cocoa while watching The Grinch (2018)
- Day 8 – 0 (first time in a while that we never went outside – it was rainy)
- Day 9 – 20 minutes
Mood
Day 8 – It was a pretty rough day. Actually, it was a terrible day. I overestimated how “easy” homeschooling was going to be for the older 2. It was their first day today, and it was hard. They each had multiple blowouts (thankfully at separate times). Peanut got “stuck” feeling overwhelmed and thinking she will never get it done. Every time we tried to give her advice or help her see the positive, she would argue back that it’s too hard and too much. By evening, I was able to help her come up with a “game plan” for the homeschool days, and she was able to calm down. Whew. What a day. Tomorrow has to be better!
Day 9 – Today was a much better (calmer) day, except for Peanut’s earring incident (her earring got stuck inside her earlobe – not joking). She handled it very well. All the kids did a great job with homeschooling. It’s funny, at the beginning I couldn’t see how we would handle being “stuck” at home for so long. After 9 days, I’ve seen and experienced how we discover something new every day. Life is still interesting. Our family bond is growing stronger by the day. I truly do see so much beauty, goodness, and truth…perhaps now more than ever.
Prayer
Abba Father, please continue to pour out Your grace. And THANK YOU. Today was a good day, filled with peace, joy, and hope. Amen.