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Quarantine Day 40: Magic Kingdom

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Today we should be in Magic Kingdom. We got great fast passes. For Dwarf Mine Train, Space Mountain and we had dinner reservations at Belle's Castle for 6:20pm. Dinner tonight is going to be way less impressive than dinner in a castle.

We came downstairs to see Juliet had been up for a while making artwork! Her best learning time is 6:00 am - 7:00 am. That's not usually a good time for the rest of us though....

As it is Tuesday, I had classes all day. Naomi had her class this morning and then her and Juliet played with playdoh while I had my morning classes. They also created a bunch of felt snail ornaments that Sundie dropped of yesterday. Thanks Sundie! JP made lunch for the kids and then he and I worked out in the basement. Being down there makes me want to finish it but not sure how we'd do that with our current social distancing. I hear companies are chomping at the bit to get work, so maybe it would be cheaper?!

We learned today during lunch that schools would not be back in session this school year. The governor announced it at his press conference this afternoon. I felt a bit of relief knowing that it was settled and I can plan for my classes for the rest of the year in this space. I also am excited as it gives me more time to rest and heal from surgery before going back to the 'rat race.' I'm sad for the kids as I know they miss their friends and social interaction! But I'm also thinking that we're lucky to get to spend this much time together with the kids. I feel like we never see them during the week because we're all so busy. Life has slowed down so much and we've gotten to really spend quality time with the kids. Juliet probably won't remember but Naomi will hopefully remember this time when she is older.

After lunch I had 2 more classes. Naomi worked on her school work in the office and did many extra math and science activities that they had put up for extra work if she wanted. Juliet hung out in the basement with me while I held my two afternoon classes and Dad worked in the kitchen. So we're mixing it up a bit with our work stations!

Juliet decided to go swim in the resort pool this afternoon, they were playing Frozen 2 and she was very excited about it. Naomi wasn't really interested in going in the pool, which is odd, she loves swimming, but she had her tutoring session later in the afternoon which she was excited for.

Dad whipped up a nice one pot dinner with rice and sausage and we played Disney's I Spy card game at dinner. It was fun for the kids to see the different Disney scenes even though we couldn't be there this week. We should've been dining at the Be Our Guest (Belle's Castle) restaurant, but this meal was just as good and the company couldn't have been better!

I had to pop off to a school committee meeting after dinner about the budget - not as exciting as reading books with the kids. JP read books with the kids, they choose their felt books that we got them for our trip to Seattle a few years ago, and they watched a few songs from Phish's live show this evening (It's Tuesday - Phish's Dinner and a movie! JP was at this show this week!!)  And then they were off to bed with a few hugs to mom during her meeting!

Tomorrow we'll be traveling around the world at Epcot... or we should be....


Juliet's morning studio time.


Taking in a movie at the resort pool
Naomi's Playdoh creation

Doing some school work!!




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