There are a few things that are different with kids being home during the day instead of at school
It hasn’t been difficult
We are lucky we do not have to try to find child care like many other parents
We are lucky to have acreage and we can get outside
I noticed there are a lot more boo-boos during the day with al the kids here
More tears and tantrums
More shoes at every entrance all day
More noise
More dirty dishes, we are running the dishwasher twice a day now
And going through way more food
I am used to buying ten dozen eggs a week
Plus getting four eggs a day from our hens
So we bought ten dozen last Thursday night
We ate the last of them today
That’s two dozen eggs a day
Not counting the ones from our hens
We are going to start clucking
But we are so thankful eggs are cheap
And essential, so they are not shut down
And nutritious for the bellys
So kids can grow strong
And with all the kids home, there are so many questions
I actually heard myself say today:
‘I’M NOT ANSWERING ANY MORE QUESTIONS’
Other than that its been a great week
Don’t tell me it’s only Tuesday, I don’t need to hear that
And they are taking hand washing seriously, not because I have told them 15 times a day their entire lives, but because Google will sing them the hand washing song if they ask
It’s really a good song
My six year old came to me in the kitchen today and said':
‘Mom my hands are LITERALLY clean!’
And proudly held them up to show me
They were shriveled up as prunes, practically translucent and he quite possibly about washed the nails completely off
Thanks Google for teaching our kids in 20 seconds what we have been trying to hammer into their heads for years