I think I pretty much just hung out at home and did school this week? I can’t even remember anymore.
Our fourth grade buddies left video messages for us! I sent response videos to Ari and Evie.
I also built a balance for math class and we weighed stuff. Hugs was a little bit heavier than a lime.
And we saw a rainbow!
Last week, I read a book about roller coasters while sitting on my homemade roller coaster.
Then Hugs and Baby Rosie rode on my homemade roller coaster.
For school, I wrote a “web list” about roller coasters…
…and drew a diagram of Kingda Ka.
Then, sadly, I actually had to do a lesson about bees.
And I saw a cute cat on our walk.
That was cool because I like cats, too!
It was Teacher Appreciation Week and my school made a video to show the teachers at their virtual staff meeting. This is my picture that went in the video!
I also continued with virtual school, of course. One of my math assignments was to make several equations that equal the number 18. We were told to use objects, like rocks or marbles, to help us. My object was drawings of amusement parks!
And we did a lot of walking…
The deck garden is coming along nicely.
And I participated in my first birthday parade. Happy 9th birthday, Phoenix! We, and a bunch of other people, drove past his house, honking our horns and waving.
All of the days are really starting to feel the same now.
Chalk drawing is getting kind of boring.
But I’ve really been liking my Hot Wheels track.
I finished my third week of virtual school.
Here’s a letter I wrote to Mrs. Flagg and Mrs. Stecher explaining why I like the color pink.
We also went on our daily walks to get closer to my goal of 40 miles. I’m almost to 10 miles now.
While walking, I gathered some leaves and flowers to make nature impressions. This is the salt dough.
Then I pressed the leaves and flowers into the dough and baked it. Here are some that I colored, as well.
We also found some painted rocks on one of our walks.
I invented a dessert called Ellamix. Here’s the recipe: Get two molasses cookies, put some strawberries and blueberries between them, and microwave until warm.
We also pulled out the bread machine Grandma and Grandpa got us a while ago. I didn’t like it very much, but Mommy and Daddy did. I’m more excited about the pizza dough we’re going to make next!
The early part of the week was sunny and warm, so we took walks along the path by our house.
We came across this cool little creation someone made.
One of my favorite flowers is the dandelion!
I love taking their seeds and planting them nearby.
Actually, the whole town is in bloom right now.
By mid-week, it was cold and damp, so I played inside on my homemade roller coaster.
And did some windowsill reading.
But I eventually went out again and made some chalk drawings.
Puzzle update: We did it! We finished!
Okay…two pieces are missing. We got 99.8% of the way there, though. Not bad, huh?
Corn cob update: It’s taking over.
As you know, I am a big fan of the computer game, Planet Coaster. The guests in my amusement parks really like Zoltan the Fortune Teller. They tell me if they get a good, bad, or average fortune, but don’t usually tell me exactly what it is.
So I decided to write my own fortunes.
GOOD:
AVERAGE:
BAD:
This past week, my school started “Distance Learning For All,” which meant I actually had to do school work. All of my teachers posted lessons and assignments on Google Classroom.
We got to upload a picture of ourselves for our Google Classroom. I instead opted to make a Memoji on Mommy’s phone and used this as my avatar:
Here is my work about hibernators:
I also did some math work using my LEGO roller coaster cars…
…and read from one of the books Grandma sent me. (Thanks, Grandma!)
My PE teacher gave us several options to choose from. I decided to do the “40 Mile Challenge.” So Mommy and I went on a daily walk and logged my distance. I walked over 3 miles last week! I’ll keep counting until I reach 40 miles.
Outside of school, I watered the plants with my water gun…
…and built a new indoor amusement park ride.
Mommy also taught me how to play checkers.
Puzzle update: We’re getting close! Do you think we’ll finish it this week?
Garden update: We planted some individual corn sprouts, but we’re still keeping this cob growing as a science experiment.
For this year’s stay-at-home-Easter, I colored some eggs!
(I actually stay home and do this every Easter, because Sundays are lazy days, coronavirus or not.)
I also had an in-the-house Easter egg hunt. (Again, it was inside the house because that is just my personal preference, coronavirus or not.)
Here, I found one in the windowsill succulent garden.
Each egg had a picture of a roller coaster inside!
I found ’em all!
Here we are, another week at home, with no end in sight. So we played some music…
…and just kinda collapsed on stuff.
I also practiced skateboarding in the kitchen.
The neighbors probably got used to seeing me make the mail run in my pajamas.
Another day, another pair of pajamas.
I drew lots and lots of pictures.
Daddy and I drew amusement parks together and made tons of them in the last week. I’ll post my favorites some day.
I also liked to climb on things.
Garden update: We thought all of our snap pea babies died in the snow, but one little guy prevailed!
We also soaked this dried up corn cob we got from a friend a couple years ago. It began to sprout, so we’ll put that in the deck container garden next week.
