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Quarantine Day 63: Theme Thursday - Mary Poppins & Beautiful weather

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Today was Mary Poppins Theme Thursday. The kids and I were singing a bunch of songs from it last week and they had asked to do a whole day of activities related to it on our next Theme day. So today we did just that. Until the day turned out to be so nice we abandoned our theme and played outside on bikes with all the other neighborhood kids!

First thing Naomi had her google meet with her class and JP, Juliet and I walked Pip. Actually she rode her bike in circles around us while we walked! She's getting really good at it. When we got back I made breakfast for Naomi and Juliet and I went down the basement to exercise while JP got set up on the front porch to work.

After we were thoroughly exercised and tired. We went up and began our Mary Poppins day with the bath. Juliet filled up the tub in our bathroom and played in it while at first listening to Harry Potter Chapter 4, but then the Mary Poppins Returns song when the kids are in the bath. I showered and after getting all cleaned up we both got dressed into a Mary Poppins outfit and hat and went downstairs to go out for a walk in the park. We walked around the neighborhood (with the dog) marching around speaking to each other as if we were in the movie. Naomi was Jane from the first Mary Poppins, Juliet was Annabelle from Mary Poppins Returns and I was Mary Poppins. I walked around with my umbrella and they marched behind me. We exited the house and said goodbye to Mr. Banks - aka JP. We then visited the park where we ran into Burt and his wonderful chalk drawings. He even let us do some drawing! We listened to the music to this scene as we drew on the driveway. The weather was so nice out! And as it was so nice, the neighborhood kids started appearing and that's when the Mary Poppins day ended. They both wanted to get on their bikes and bike around with the other kids! Which was fine. I had planned on feeding the birds -filling up the bird feeders and making kites with them but we can do that tomorrow!

It actually worked out well that the kids were occupied all day as JP was on and off calls and his office today was outside so he could enjoy the weather. I had a school committee meeting and then a Special Ed class that will count towards the renewal of my teaching license. So we were both busy in the late afternoon. JP sat in the front yard and I sat on the back deck. It worked out that we could both see the kids playing in the circle and also not interfere with each other's calls.

After my class and JP's day at work we made quesadillas for dinner. Fresh homemade tortillas which take a bit to make, so we walked Pip while the dough rested and Juliet tried a larger bike, Naomi's old bike. She did awesome, but it was too big for her to reach the ground and stop. So we had to catch her when she wanted to get off. We then went in and as a team made the quesadillas. I made the tortillas, while the girls made the guacamole and JP made the filling. We ate dinner and watched Mary Poppins Returns and the kids went to bed late!! But they had a great day. We all got a bit sunburnt and are tired from the wonderful fresh air, exercise and fun!


Lunch al fresco!

My handsome husband working from his home office today!

Working and keeping an eye on the kids!


School committee contract negotiation pre-meeting. 

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