For the Life of us

Hi family and friends. As promised, here is my plan for what we will probably do each day.  I find that one of my coping mechanisms is to plan. It doesn't mean that we will meticulously follow each plan and mostly they're loose plans. What it does mean, is the headspace needed for thinking up at least one fun activity, is spared because I sat down and thought it out beforehand. Let's me honest mums, a month (at least), is a long time to not be able to drive the kids out, play with friends and change the scenery. I hope and pray that as we all share resources (as I myself have copied and adapted other clever mums ideas), that we will have exactly what we need day to day, to ride this thing out. Daily routine for school holidays (this will look different in 2 weeks time when we switch to online school) 7 - 8am (Bible, breakfast, get dressed, brush teeth, make beds)  (I find if I allow the kids to wake up and watch TV in PJ's they wake up at the crack of dawn and...

Wow, can anyone actually believe this is happening? A few weeks ago, self isolation wasn't even a concept I was familiar with. Now it's a buzzword meaning so many different things for different people. For us, it means working from home while simultaneously keeping 3 kids healthy, educated and not killing each other in confinement. I absolutely LOVE school holidays so naturally, the idea of having 4 weeks to hang out with the kids excites me! However the reality of our situation changes our normal school holiday adventures and means we will have to be more thoughtful and creative in how we approach this time at home. Firstly, I am so reminded (by my 5 year old's sudden outburst of tears at the fact that Burger King is closed for a few weeks), that the kids sense something is going on. They don't have any context for the scale of this pandemic, the fact that it's worldwide and that for many people, this means loss of income or worse, loss of a loved one. They d...