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<\/a><\/p>\nAnd Luke was given the first shift with Annie.<\/p>\n
It worked really, really well. Each of the “big” kids had a turn spending one-on-one time with JoJo. Luke built her houses with Lego bricks, she and Adam played with her ice cream cart, and Maggie went with Barbies. I think this will help a lot as the kids’ teachers start assigning more work.<\/p>\n Most mornings, the boys opt for changing into fresh, comfy jammies when it’s time to get dressed. Maggie prefers to go a little fancier.<\/p>\n I’ve also tried to partner the kids up when they need help if I’m in the middle of something. Here Luke is doing his speech assignment, by reading to Maggie.<\/p>\n Adam has been spending some of the mom-mandated no-screen time working on this Harry Potter puzzle.<\/p>\n We’ve also been keeping up with the zoo videos and Adam was thrilled when they featured sloths.<\/p>\n Maggie, Luke, and Annie have also been doing the Mo Willems drawing videos (Adam isn’t that interested in them so we do those while he’s recharging).<\/p>\n We video chatted with Lydia and Denny so that the kids could read to them.<\/p>\n Today Maggie put together another fabulous outfit.<\/p>\n Luke asked if he could vacuum.<\/p>\n We found out that Maggie and Connor have a few of the same books, and so they read two of them together today (Maggie was Elephant and Connor was Piggie).<\/p>\n Overall, it’s been a good week – all things considered. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was talking to my mom the other day and mentioned how challenging it was to help three different kids with three different assignments and give Annie (who isn’t used to sharing mom during the day) attention at the same … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n