March 2020

March 29

Amy’s school has now extended its closure through May 1. Sarah’s school says it is openingApril 16, but I expect an extension of that as well. Even if her school does open, we will probably keep her home until Amy’s school is also open. Week 2 of being at home went more smoothly overall. The… Read more »

March 22

While the schools haven’t sent out official notices of continued closure, it is impossible to imagine that they will open in a week. There is just no way. Except for the essential businesses related to food and health, all of PA is closed by order of the governor. Restaurants are permitted to provide food for… Read more »

March 15

What an unusual time we are in right now, globally. While yesterday could have been any other Saturday, it felt much longer and quite different. In an attempt to slow the spread of the corona virus, all Pennsylvania k-12 schools are closed for the next two weeks. Carl is working from home for the next… Read more »

March 8

Lately Sarah loves to sit on the floor of her room and read books. Sometimes she doesn’t want to get dressed for school because she wants to keep reading! Other times she has other reasons for not wanting to get dressed for school. And then sometimes we get easy mornings and she gets dressed without… Read more »

March 1

Sarah had her first rehearsal for Peter Pan, her school’s musical. She and her classmates from the St. Anthony’s School Program are in the ensemble. Her teacher said Sarah mostly just wanted to flip through the script book and told her teacher she felt stressed. I don’t know if she actually felt stressed or if… Read more »