Keeping our Sanity!

 Never in a million years did I think my son would be home-schooling!! I am truly blessed we are in a proactive district where the teachers are handling the actual lessons and Zoom class time!  I am also blessed my son is older and I don't have to make him sit still in front of a computer to attend class!! 

Some of our challenges this first week have been meals and mindset! I thought I would share some of my shortcuts that might also help you out!  

We are all social beings, and some more than others. These kids have been out of class for MONTHS and are missing their peers! My son will be playing football this year so I have encouraged him to reach out to some of the players he doesn't know. He met a new teammate and they will be working out together this weekend! (safety precautions, of course).  With older kids, they are geniuses at finding each other on social media. Maybe the younger kids could identify someone new in their class and send an email introducing themselves.  We need happy, healthy kiddos and sometimes it's the little things that can make sure that happens.

Keeping them fed!  I don't know about anyone else but I am so tired of washing dishes!!! Holy moly!!! To cut down on some of the work, I have been doubling everything I make.  This lessens the load on mealtime.  My son doesn't do cereal, so that means I'm cooking for breakfast, too.  I reheat everything on the stovetop.  Microwaving breakfast just isn't that appetizing. We have been doing chicken and rice bowls or chicken salad for lunch.  I bought pre-sliced chicken (because it was a great deal) and grilled it with ranch seasoning.  Made 2 salads and 2 chicken and rice bowls.  I had quite a bit of chicken leftover, so I put it in a ziplock freezer bag and stuck it in the freezer for next week.

Snacks!! Cheese sticks, carrot sticks, grapes, protein shakes, and pretzels. Crystal light in water bottles.  I prefer the Crystal Light sweetened with Stevia.

Kids feed off our mood or energy.  I'm working every day to keep my mood light and the stress to a minimum.  I have felt extremely grateful to have my son home with me this extra time.  They grow up so fast, before you know it this time is gone.  We got this, mommas!