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<\/a><\/p>\nWhen we got back to school, Alan and I sent up the donated tent and got ready for book checkout.\u00a0 After being out of school for two full months, we organized a book exchange for this week.\u00a0 On Monday and Tuesday we accepted book returns.\u00a0 The principal and secretary took turns sitting outside to accept books on Monday and Tuesday.\u00a0 All week I took email “orders” for books. Last night I went in to school and checked in all the books, then “filled” all of the book orders.\u00a0 This afternoon I sat out front and handed out books to the 20 families who had requested new books.\u00a0 It might not seem like a lot, but it was great!\u00a0 So many parents and kids were thrilled.\u00a0 One family, with three avid readers, were arguing over who got to open the bag.\u00a0 Their mom said that book checkout was the highlight of their day.\u00a0 I said, “really? We had the parade today.” She said, “yes, the liked the parade, but they kept asking when they could get their new books.” :)\u00a0 In another car I handed the kindergartner his bag of books and he tore right in to it.\u00a0 He immediately told his mom about all the great books, then handed one to his 2yr old sister in the car seat next to him. I chatted with mom for a few minutes, then said goodbye to kiddo who, nose in book, completely ignored me.\u00a0 Mom apologized.\u00a0 I told her I LOVE seeing kids with noses in books! No need to apologize!<\/p>\n
<\/a>One of my coworkers was there for another purpose (handing out Finding Our Strides t-shirts), so we took this picture and posted it to Facebook to remind families to stop by. We were both smiling, then laughed at ourselves for smiling with the masks on. :)<\/p><\/div>\n
The weather all week has been iffy, so the director of the parks department, who also has a kid at DBS, offered to let us borrow a tent for our book exchange this week.\u00a0 It was awesome! It kept the rain off the principal and books earlier in the week, and it kept the sun off of me this afternoon! The forecast still said rain, the clouds were dark, but the sun was strong and kept breaking through. I felt very fortunate to have a tent over my head as I sat at a picnic table covered in books!<\/p>\n
By the time I got home the forecast had changed from rain to hail, with a tornado warning! I showered (COVID germs all day!) and then sent the kids up for early showers.\u00a0 Then we all watched UP as the storm rolled in.\u00a0 (It has since passed and we didn’t get hail OR a tornado! We did get lots of heavy rain though!)<\/p>\n
After months of little to nothing going on outside the house, today felt like a real whirlwind of people and excitement!\u00a0 Last summer this would have been just another Saturday.\u00a0 But on a Friday. It’s a weird world.<\/p>\n
We are looking forward to a sunny, no plans Saturday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In these COVID-19 times we spent most of the days at home, socially isoalting.\u00a0 Usually a big day is a trip to the grocery store. Today we had a legit busy day! It started with a visit from the Geek … Continue reading