Hannah & Michael Joe Silva: May 2020

Friday, May 8, 2020

April journals

April 9, 2020
Time is actually moving faster for me. Bizarre. But maybe not really. I love being home. This is my safe, recharging space where I have energy to exist. Throw me out in the world and I get stressed. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Anyway, when it was decided last week on Thursday that the girls would not be returning to school this school year we got a little bit more serious about homeschooling. A site that we’ve looked at before for homeschool is offering everything free for the next few months!

our schedule looks different everyday because we adjust and make it work. But in general... I teach the girls about art, literature, and music everyday focusing on just one from the above mentioned site each day. Michael does the same teaching zoology, science and history from that site. Michael does math and grammar daily with both girls and Portuguese everyday with Gwinna:) I participate too in helping with worksheets after they do online work. Khan academy is awesome. We also write everyday in our journals and I am in charge of the writing prompts:) the girls read to me after (my favorite part of the day!) They have been doing cosmic kids yoga when I am doing my workout or a different youtube workout (second favorite part of the day!) and then we all go on a family walk (my third favorite part of the day!) to end “school” for the day.
Whew. Most days are really great. Some are hard. The girls really have such a desire to learn and our enthusiasm definitely affects them.
April 21, 2020
A note about quarantine: It’s funny to have celebrities reading books to your kids... favorite so far is Kate Winslet ♥️
April 22, 2020
Feeling good today. Did Core De Force, an MMA workout that makes me feel super uncoordinated and slow but I LOVE it because it also makes me feel powerful & challenged & I don’t truly notice how much it pushes my body until the next day!
Me & Sia also had fun watching the Disney sing along, all done in peoples homes :) I’m laying with her right now and she just half whispered and sang “be our guest, be our guest.”
Sweet baby.
April 29, 2020
We went on a drive today. First day girls and I have been in the car in over a month:) we just drove to Gustine and back home... it was nice. Michael was our tour guide and in his mind he saw hotels and such along the way. He also led us through the enchanted forest wherein lived demon fairies and he told the girls to be sure not to make eye contact with their red eyes

🤪 further down the road “elvins” and elvin dust. We listened to Hamilton songs and talked about our parenting skills...lack of & how we can get better

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The girls were SO excited to simply get in the car and go for a drive. Simple pleasures 🤷🏼‍♀️

A letter for my teenagers at church....
My happy list:
Gratitude daily
LIsTeNInG to truth - prophets and apostles words
Work it out!
Blog

Positives -
Starting good habits: walking daily, brushing my teeth in the morning
(I know...gross I didn’t already have this habit)
Michael makes bed every morning
More sleep for everyone
More UNO games as a family
Michael is doing ALL grocery shopping 🤪

♥️

April

APRIL FOOLS day is never exciting here. I don’t love pranks but Noelle let me know that the googly eyes weren’t good enough so she asked me if I could pull another prank later....hence the idea from Pinterest brown E’s:)

Both great and awful things come from this whole Covid shutdown...AWFUL: Rediscovering I have a sees candy gift card and then NOT being able to use it for Easter!

General Conference weekend. It just could not have come at a better time. Also a very memorable one...huh....just as sweet President Nelson said it would be;)

Our President Nelson asked that we participate in a worldwide fast on Good Friday and another on April 10th.

I take comfort in this. That is all.

The Easter bunny did a fun little scavenger hunt for the girls this year AND they had an Easter egg hunt set up in the garage by the bunny! Also cute foot prints.