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Quarantine Day 12: Morning Art, 3 Up 3 Down, Tomato Soup

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Drawing Challenge | Day 4: Favorite Song
Today we didn't really follow our school schedule. Juliet did her morning meeting again at 9:30 and we were going to do yoga after, however, the kids rediscovered the box of coloring books by the art table and we spend the morning drawing and coloring and stickering. It was really nice to be able to sit and draw! Today's drawing challenge from the Brooklyn Art Library was to draw/illustrate your favorite song. I had trouble figuring out what to do for my favorite song as it's a waltz! I really love listening to the Potter Waltz from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. But then I explored other old favorites too. I choose to draw some scenes from Dave Matthews' lyrics. Around noon JP and Naomi went and did their lunch time Trainer X workout while Juliet and I did Cosmic Kids Sleeping Beauty yoga. Juliet enjoyed it and decided to also do a Star Wars themed cosmic kids yoga after. Once Naomi was finished she joined in the Star Wars yoga and then did the Sleeping Beauty yoga after! We got lots of movement in today!

After yoga we had lunch and Juliet and I went up to take a nap. Juliet rested for half an hour but could not fall asleep. She left and went down and worked on the puzzle we have going in the dining room while I proceeded to take an hour nap. Naomi did some reading, played dominion and worked on the puzzle while I napped. Dad held down the fort while working from home.

Juliet cooking tomato soup!
In the late afternoon we walked Pip just to get out and get some fresh air and get moving again. Then we came in and the kids helped cook dinner. Well JP and Juliet ended up taking over and cooking an amazing tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches. Naomi and I saw that they were all set and didn't need our help so we played many rounds of 3 up, 3 down. Naomi won 7 games out of the 8 we played. I need to figure out a new strategy!!

After dinner mom hopped on a video call school committee meeting and the rest of the crew finished dinner and dessert and then worked some more on the puzzle. Before bed the kids and I worked on our segment of the NHS video they are putting together. They are doing a video collage of the teachers singing "Can't Stop the Feeling." We picked a section and dressed up and rehearsed and then dad recorded. I'll post the final video once they send it out.

Reading and bed time have gotten so late these days. The kids are going to bed around 9 each night! They are sleeping in until 8 or later, which is nice, but we're going to have trouble getting back into the swing of things once the normal school day starts up again!!

JP and I are continuing our marathon of the MCU. Tonights movie is Captain America: Winter Soldier.
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