April 2020

April during Coronavirus means we were still not in school.  Schools are closed "until further notice."  This means I will be teacher/mom for the foreseeable future.

We did get a break in April when we had our 2 week Easter break.  We were supposed to go to a favorite local hotel, Millennium in Mussanah, for a few days, but it was obviously not an option.  We were also supposed to join Stephen in Bahrain where he was supposed to have a conference.  That also obviously did not happen.  Instead, I pulled out my summer schedule to give us something (a teeny, tiny, little bit) of a schedule.  Basically, every day the boys would have the morning to read/watch TV/play video games/ride bikes.  The afternoons would be filled with a small amount of school time (in the summer this is to keep them engaged), a fun activity, and a movie.  Let's be honest, the movie is a daily activity around here now.  It's too hot to do anything else in the afternoon when they are done with their school work.
One of the fun activities:  board games 

July 2020

July took a number of turns on us, some that we expected and some that we didn't. It started with flights home being cancelled.  This wa...