Lanie's Drawings

Vivian has been drawing pictures and leaving them in people's rooms. Here is an example, a drawing of me that she left.

Lanie had a daytime nap the other day and woke up and said, that she "had a dream that told her to draw ugly pictures for all of us."

Lanie's drawing for Chris.

Lanie's drawing for me.

An additional drawing that I found.

Another.

Morning Reading

I love moments like these. Especially now, because I get five minutes to think and breathe.

Sam reading to his sisters and apparently also the dog.

Cinderella and the Bee

Lanie was dressed as Cinderella and decided to go outside to show Chris and Sam. However she encountered a bee on the porch as I was trying to take her photo.

Murder Hornet

Still quarantining for the most part and there was a huge bee or hornet in our kitchen right around the time we started hearing about Murder Hornets on the news. So naturally the kids left me to fend for myself. Every once in a while they would come by to ask if I had "gotten it yet?" 

Masks

All the masks. Viv likes to make them.

Vivian's Book

Here is a book that Vivian made as I was starting to think about how the children were psychologically handling the lockdown. She had been begging to see her friends in person and wanted to go in her grandparents' house. At least she was able to write about it! And it helped me decide she should see her grandparents and stay over. 

The Days Have Passed

When the book begins.

This says "it has been a terrible year. It really has. But I wouldn't be sad but I couldn't help at all. People were sick but it was so hard to help. So I thought hard. Others are surviving. But how could I help? I wanted to be able to help."

I feel like everything is spinning so fast and the Earth is going around. But it makes me feel dizzy and like I can't do anything.

I can't help. It is so bad.

I have no idea how we can fix the people who are sick. It feels to me we can fix this.

When I go in my treehouse to think with my brother, I thought I can help. But I can't. I thought to myself, my brother is old he is 10 years.

I know, we can do this! 

It feels like the days have passed and feels like they will get better. The days I hope will be better.

The end