Week 3, Day 11 of the CrononaCrazy Day Drills

It's Monday...in every sense of the word. We set up the day and logged onto Schoology only to find the error screen. Upon some research, we weren't the only ones who were experiencing some technical difficulties. I would love to say we just rolled with the punches, but if something needed punched, it was the iPad. I have the patience of Job for the most part, but my lack of sleep must be getting the best of me. I wanted to lose it. Not to mention, when it did start and I looked at Isaac's grades on his reading assessments, I went through the roof. He's not reading the passages. He's just reading the questions and guessing. I know that because I simply asked him and he confirmed that this is indeed what he's doing. Which means I can't just let him 'do it on his own' because he won't do it. Just another frustrating part of homeschooling and working full time online teaching college kiddos and trying to do it all and not feeling like I'm really doing either to the best of my ability 😰

Bible time was David and Goliath. I was excited to listen to this one because I'm reading another book about the story in my big-kid bible study. I was excited to hear what the kiddos thought of the story.  They informed they've already watched this one, but it was so good, they watched it again.

The paw prints is an Elida thing. I read it on one of my friends Facebook pages and see that several children in the district at decorating the paw prints and putting them in the windows/doors of their homes. So I just told the kids that we were going to decorate them and put them up in the garage door window.  Below is what their final products looked like.

 The last thing we tackled today was new chore charts. I use these in the summer, so they weren't new. But the kids were excited to see them return. There is something satisfying about getting something checked off your list. This is why I do things-to-do list almost every day. When I get to scribble out something, it's a great motivator.  Apparently for my kiddos, a smiley sticker 😊 is just as motivating.

The news of today from Ohio Governor Mike Dewine was that we continue this crazy new normal for at least another month, through April 30.  I have a really bad feeling that we'll be finishing out the school year this way and starting back this summer on our early schedule as they continue to build our new elementary school.

Be sure to check out the kiddos videos at the end. Another cool idea I've read online was to have the kids keep a journal (or video journal in our case) of this history in the making. I figure I'm journaling this craziness already, I'll let them talk. Although I haven't started it yet, the goal is to take these blog posts and pictures and make scrapbook (through Snapfish) and get a copy for each of the kiddos to keep forever. The hope is to look back someday and remember all the great memories instead of the sadness and loneliness in isolation in our own house. Just trying to make the best of it!

Week 2, Day 7 of CrononaCrazy Day Drills

Schoology on iPads

Well here we go.  Tuesday and Thursdays are ROUGH for the Agozzino household.  I teach 3 classes online at ONU on these days:
9:30-10:45: PR Writing
12-1:15: Principles of Social Media
1:30-2:45: Digital Branding
Thursday is worse with the addition of 
6:30-9 p.m.: Capstone

My classes were highjacked

Kids kicked off the morning with their hot chocolate and apple cider watching videos assigned for their classes. To say we operate on hot mess express on these days is an understatement. Isaac told Maw today that all I do is yell at them when I'm online to be quiet.  #truth But you see at one point, they stole my computer and took over class while I pulled up Schoology on their iPads and got them into the right programs so they could work independently while I'm online. 

Momma needs a drink!

It's a rat race.  I love how people think this is all so neat and organized.  Come spend 2 hours here in the morning and you'll determine I'm a drill Sargent that belts out orders like "I love you but figure it out" and "I love you but come on" and "I love you but for the love, quit whining."   I guess I assume if I cushion all statements with I love you, it won't sound as harsh. 

I'm not exactly sure of the time I poured myself this frozen concoction, but I do guarantee it was much needed by that point. I *think* it was at least afternoon.  It's 5 o'clock somewhere right?

Declaring their BINGO row

Isaac's Groovy Ring Entry

Music BINGO... now this looked fun, but don't think it meant to do all in one sitting.  We should have broken this one down into a few days.  Live and learn peeps.  I have a video to add of one of the squares- Star Spangled Banner.  

Learning about teepees

We moved some things around and the worked on Groovy Art Rings today.  It's some art challenge for kiddos that the school put online for students to participate.  Isaac entry is his teepee drawing and I thought it looked pretty groovy, so there you go.  Olivia is going to work on her entry tomorrow. Speaking of teepee's, they also listen to a YouTube video of Native Americans and how they built teepee.  It was pretty interesting actually and Isaac told me all about how the sticks needed to be tied to sustain weather conditions- so bonus that he learned something. 

Our Bible read today

Moving on to Bible time. We read this book about Hannah today.  My mom got this series of books for Olivia to read about powerful women of the bible.  I think she is suppose to be reading them.  Since I haven't asked her to sit down with them, and they weren't as attractive as Junie B. Jones, I read it to both of them today.  What great books.  I'd HIGHLY recommend.  I don't think I'll have to ask Olivia to read the rest.  They're written for today and super relatable for children.  

Pringle Challenge Take 1

What is this Pringle Challenge?

And then we finished up the academic side of today with the Pringles Challenge. My beautiful fourth grade teaching friend Stacey sent me this idea. Here is what we learned.  I'm VERY cheap and don't buy brand names. Not all Pringles are made the same. The generic version are much flatter than name brand, thus our full can of Pringles generic version didn't work.  Our 10 chips of real Pringles weren't enough.  Thus I say, challenge take 1.  We'll get a full can and try again tomorrow.  

A little social "distance"

So we finished off today by the kiddos getting out for a bike ride while I ran. We headed to Jerm's mom's house which is 2.8 miles from our house so I had to run around the block to hit my 3 mile run today. Jeremy got home from work and just met us there with his truck to throw the bikes in the back and head back home.  We stopped by the car wash and Kewpee for my Strawberry Mt. Dew that I crave on the daily before pulling back in our driveway for the day.  

Week 2, Day 6 of CrononaCrazy Day Drills

Well I have been posting all the updates on Facebook for the last week, but think people (besides my family) could not really care less on what we are doing on the daily.  So I've decided that if I move it over to my blog that has sat dormant for the last two years, I can archive it all and just put a link of Facebook for anyone who wants to tag along for the ride. 

So as you see here, we are nailing the breakfast thing.  Cupcake with whip cream and strawberries.  She made it herself, so I say, heck yeah. Who am I to judge. I prefer ice cream, but this looks good too. 

Breakfast of Champions

Working online 

Yep, we do chores too!

Math and Coloring

Completed his math

There is so very little time to do our own thing with this schedule, but sometimes as I'm helping one, the other has some downtime.  During this time I made Olivia make her bed and put away her clothes that have been sitting on her dresser for over a week. Ugh.  I know, she tells me I'm the worst. 

working on worksheets

My mom sent me some worksheets that you complete and then color in the answer. Isaac chose to do the 3 digit addition.  He's working on other things on his online schooling, but he did this project with NO whining, which was a win.  

Olivia the perfectionist. 

Poking the holes to hang

Rolling

Working on their Art

Next was our Art project. I see some others had posted this on FB.  Olivia got colored moldable clay from Santa, so this was the perfect time to bust it out. We got out our cookie cutters and made eggs and carrots for our little Easter tree on our dinning room table.  They look adorable and the kiddos liked doing it.  It also didn't make a mess, nor take too long.  #win

What she did during 'free time'

During "free time" I let them doing anything they want, as long as it is quiet. Since I need to be online teaching my college peeps, I need them to go do something quietly while I switch gears to teach the "big kids" at ONU. Isaac and Olivia only interrupted once today, which is fine, but nonetheless annoying.  I only need 50 minutes people. 5-0 minutes of no questions or complaining about your sibling.  During today's session Olivia said she was going make a picture of a fisherman.  Someone is needing summer as much as I do! 

At the end of today, we prepared to take our dance pictures (Olivia is in 6 different comp teams this year and momma isn't buying those pictures when I know I have a studio at home!). While we prepped and took pictures, Isaac worked on his letter writing skills. First he wrote his letter on a piece of paper.  I heard him using his iPad to ask Siri how to spell things.  I LOVE THAT. Once I checked it, I let him pick out a postcard to write it on. He picked Toy Story Woody and Bullseye and sent it off to his BFF. 

Isaac writing out his letter for the postcard

Isaac mailed his postcard

Now Olivia's pictures scheduled for that 45 minutes...what a joke.  Three hours later, LOL, we finished up.  Here are three I took on my phone to post on here. The rest are on my DSLR and won't be up for at least a week.  I have too many other pressing things that MUST be completed instead of playing with the camera.  

Her production outfit

Just one of the 200+ photos of dance

Lyrical outfit

We try to hit everything on the schedule everyday, but sometimes it doesn't work out like planned.  Today there was no science.  And I'm totally pumped for the science lesson that my dead friend Stacey sent to me. There is always tomorrow right? 

We ended the evening with setting up the Teepee and putting in a mattress and set up camp in the living room. They're so excited to 'camp out' tonight and probably for the next few days until the novelty wears off.  

We are Camping for the next few days and learning about teepee's

Ready to Camp