barrett: 90 months old

                                

Yes, Barrett has now gone over 9 months without a haircut!  It's getting so long and yet I can't be bothered with getting it cut because (1) Barrett doesn't care and (2) he's in virtual school and a handful of people see him regularly, almost all family, and they don't care.  I'm sure, like his sister, he'll get spruced up when he goes back to school, sometime in January.  

Barrett's new interest is Minecraft - he not only wants to play it all the time, but also tell me all about it all the time!  And he's building the Minecraft characters in Legos.  We've moved on to some chapter books for reading before bed, which is a fun change up from his usual books.  

Likes:  going on bike rides with me, Minecraft, Judy Moody books

Dislikes:  pacing himself on the iPad

135 months old

 

Britton had a fun Halloween, even though it looked quite different than usual.  She had her friend Olivia over for the day, and they walked up to Starbucks all by themselves.  Britton has been craving some independence, but being home doing virtual school all day doesn't really lend itself to independent opportunities.  

The kids agreed that we wouldn't trick or treat this year, so we loaded them up with candy, making them knock on doors in the house.  Then the hubs and I pretended to be crotchety neighbors handing out candy.

Back to Miss Independence - Britton is going back to face-to-face school next week!  We've been watching the numbers, and her school has had only one case since school started.  Britton found her classes to be harder online, and I think she will enjoy having her teachers more available.  Britton has had a private clarinet lesson once per week (virtual), so she's ahead of her woodwind class!  I love hearing her play every day.  I'm really going to miss that, and getting to eat lunch together every day. 

Likes:  all the masks I'm making for her (she picked out the fabrics)

Dislikes:  practicing the clarinet