UNO!
This morning Liam crawled into bed with me to tell me about the 8 rounds of Uno the boys had already played together. Yesterday there were no fewer than four Uno sessions - probably more that I didn't know about - each of multiple games. It can be played just the two boys or the whole family, in person or over a screen with friends and family we can't currently visit.
Nathan came up with the idea to give Liam a set of Uno cards for Christmas this past Christmas. We chose a set of cards in a tin so the box would survive lots of use. We had no idea that six months later it would be a key ingredient in surviving social distancing, traveling around the house daily.
Best Christmas Present Ever.
Day 17
Today was slower, with less screen time. We facetimed with friends during church which made the service much better for everyone - by Sunday my kids just don't want to do discussion questions with me - I can't imagine why! So having friends to discuss with made it work. And after church we broke off into two platforms so that the kids could have a play date and we could catch up as grown ups with Bill and Kristina.
Distance Learning begins this week, with assignments & activities from the boys' teachers and "specials" from the school for Liam. We pick up a chromebook from the school tomorrow morning and then Nathan is off and running! Kindergarten stuff will come later in the week. It means restructuring our whole schedule again, but it will be nice for the academic endeavors to have goals. We'll see how it all goes...