Monday: day 1

Today was the first day of summer school.  It was actually kind of a normal summer day.

We started with current events.  Yesterday there was a Black Lives Matter rally at the park where messages were written in chalk.  We walked around the park reading them and then wrote our own.  Are we a bit late?  Yes.  Better late than never though.

Hope's virtual science camp started today with making a marble run.  Joshua got into it a bit more than I was expecting, and overall it worked better than I was expecting.

By the time they were done with that it was lunch time.  The afternoon went by quickly.  We finally were able to grill tonight for dinner because we had cleaned out the garage and gotten the grill out.

Sunday: bed throne

The boys decided to put every soft thing in the house on our bed.  Joshua thought we should nap on the throne.  He tried it out and declared it comfy.

The boys have been paying more attention to the cats lately.  I'm not sure if it's because they're bored or they've just become more interested.

Friday: last day of school

This past Sunday I looked over and Isaac was crying because he missed Saurav.  It turns out that they had changed schools, but we were still able to meet up at the playground today.  After playing a rousing game of Gorilla Monster they played a game of chess.  Apparently they're both into it right now.

We stopped at Captain Sundae.  Getting drive through ice cream was not the best of ideas. 

Last day!

Joshua finished his before I got his picture.

Last day!  (And back in pajamas.)

Good news!  Third grade and kindergarten start on Monday!

(We played Kodenames again tonight and I was kodemaster.  The last clue was a girl clue again...scurvy.  I needed them to get Hook and contract.  They didn't get it this time, but I wanted to note that not all girl clues actually work.)

Thursday: pictures

Our library is opening for curbside pickup on Monday!!  I ordered way too many books today, but I've really missed getting books.  I'm also not completely sure how many we'll actually get, since a lot of books were checked out or on inter-library loan, which might take a while longer.

This is a normal view in the house.  One boy has grabbed the other and the other is trying to escape.  They go back and forth on who does what.

Isaac's last on-line class was today.  I thought his teacher did a really nice job having an interesting topic for them to all talk about or a game to play for their bi-weekly meeting.

For today's meeting they were talking about summer, so Isaac made an ice cream hat.

Joshua gave himself his own Lego challenge after not liking either of mine and made some gigantisized snakes.

Wednesday: school, promotions

This afternoon, as part of school, we had a current events time.  I started with a history lesson with how black people were slaves and how terribly they were treated by white owners...and what it meant to be owned.  We hit segregation, and finally got into some of the current events surrounding the death of George Floyd and the protests.  Finally, we read a book suggested by the library.  The boys listened well...much better than I was expecting.  They had good questions.  Obviously, we couldn't get very in-depth in forty minutes, but it is a start.

Today was also promotion day at karate.  They had drive through promotions.  Joshua was pretty excited to get a new belt!

Tuesday: Spark

Well, Spark was lost.  And found.  Joshua is at least old enough that losing him isn't a huge deal and there are fewer messes where he can be lost.

Anyway, his Lego challenge was to make Spark today.  I thought he did a really nice job.

Monday: this and that

Lego challenges...

...for Joshua: a silly mech

...for Isaac: his corn dog meal from Crazy Horse.  He made multi-colored corn dogs, an orange banana (not part of the meal), and flaming milk (not part of the meal).

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I got an email from the dentist.  They're taking many precautions as expected.  I was reading through their long email when I came upon this:

 "*Here is the controversial part…Since there is MORE research AGAINST the general public wearing facial coverings, we respect your choice to wear or not wear a facial covering. We ask that you please do the same."

Um...I don't know where they're getting the research from, but the CDC currently says to wear face masks.  While the CDC isn't the only authority, I do expect them to be looking closely at all the research.  I'm not sure I want to go to a dentist who says this, even if she does acknowledge that it's controversial.  She's also rather "far" away, so I've been thinking about getting a new dentist for a while.  I think about it every six months, and then don't do anything about it.  This was just the straw that broke the camel's back and I think it's actually time to find a new dentist.  It might not be this round because I'm sure all dentists are packed having to have been shut down for several weeks, but it's time.