Showing posts with label happy new year. Show all posts
Showing posts with label happy new year. Show all posts

Monday, January 04, 2021

Back to school - virtual school

 2021! Today it's back to school! Mama is on her second coffee!




DH also works from home so one of us always runs out first thing in the morning to grab a coffee. 

We are continuing this new year with all 4 of us home. It's been all 4 of us home since March 2020. We are so grateful to have the options that we do.  The kids really enjoy virtual learning and we have a great schedule that works for our family. 


I wrote this other post in 2020 click here


Some tips on what works for us. . 




1. Keep breakfast simple. Cereal and milk, Oatmeal, Fruit and yogurt, Toast with butter or straight up simple waffle. Keeping it simple allows for breakfast to be quick and less clean up for mom and dad. 

2. Sit in a bright space. Lots of lighting is important! We work in our kitchen because it’s the best lighting with all the windows. 

3. Print out each childs schedule and have it visible. Even though everyday is the same, it’s just easy for mama to glance and get reminded, or hold it up to the kids when they ask haha!

4. Use a phone timer or if you have google home we just yell out the timers as we need. Hey google put a timer for back to class at 11:30!

5. Keep the house quiet. No background noise. No TV or Radios on. School day is the school day. (No iPads or video games allowed on break times either)

6. Provide earphones if you they have them or if they can work independently. My kids have them off and on throughout the day. 

7. I make easy lunches too. I usually make lunch on their first nutrition break which is around 11am. That way their second break is playtime where they head outside or to the basement to release some energy. That's usually my time to tidy up a bit. 

8. I work when they work. I work for myself so this I know is much harder for working parents and their scheduled meetings. When DH is on his meetings I usually play referee making sure there's no noise around him haa.

9. Try not to stress it. They are kids and had to adapt soo much in 2020! Give them a break too. I have a sticker reward system and they get stars for all the great things they did. Even as simple as getting to class on time, listening to instruction, sitting through the lesson. All of this deserves praise. 

10. Close the computers at the end of each day! Our teachers give us independent work blocks to finish homework. So by 3pm they are done. We close their laptop and school is over. The evening is their time to do what they want!  (My kids are SK and grade 4, so this may look different depending their age)

Every family has their own challenges, these are some tips that works best for us as we navigated virtual learning in September 2020. The main thing is to be gentle with the process. It does not need to be perfect. It's new for everyone, our kids, parents and teachers, so let’s be kind to everyone including ourselves. 

- Tania 

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Wednesday, January 04, 2017

A NEW YEAR!

Happy new year friends! 

I always write out my goals the beginning of the year, every year! I'll blog about that next time! House things, family things, money things, health things!  Pretty sure we have the same goals in mind. It's time to restart these goals!

This year we hosted New Year's Eve at our place. 

Great family, great food, great night! 





The ladies! 
 My little family
 Cousin love! 


 
 


 

As you can see, we had a lot of fun haha! 
 

Of course when there's drinking, no one drives! Unless there's a DD! 

So the littles were super excited for a sleep over! They were up early running through the house giggling and playing. 



 The next few days into the new year we had a lot of quality family time. The perfect start to the new year.

Lots of movie time! 

 
Some outdoor fun! 
 


 

Some indoor fun! 

Happy New Year friends! And hey! Kim K just posted for the first time after being offline for 3 months. So it's going to be a great year haha! (Some light humor :)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sunday, January 04, 2015

2015! New Years Eve fun

Sooo another year has come and gone. Thank you 2014 for all the new and overcome challenges, making me into a stronger and better person today than I ever have been. I'm clearer on my path. Clearer on love and acceptance and clearer on my beliefs and values. 
I have big plans for 2015 and I'm excited as I work daily towards them. My blog is growing towards a dream and really that's the motto for my life. I've been through so many adversities in my life and I've only used that all to grow into a better person. So my life isn't just growing toward " A" dream. It's a life long growing towards our dreams as a family. My little family. 
We may not always have it together, but together WE have EVERYTHING! 

That's not our usual attire though ha! 

That was New Year's Eve fun! 

New Year's Eve we spent at my brothers new home with family and friends. It was great because the kids had eachother to have fun. We always need to think of what will give them a good time too! :)


The kids had such a fun time.



As did us adults! 

Ha! Us being silly with our niece sharing her apple juice. 

New Year's Eve selfies! 


We played fun games and had a great night! 

Happy 2015 to you all!