April Faves

So hard to believe we are in the month of April.

And very hard to wrap my brain around the fact that we just ended Week 2 here in eastern NY of the Pandemic Quarantine. It's been a LONG 2 weeks.

There's always blessings to look for though....and today I'm sharing FIVE of my FAVES from this past week.  I do this with other people who like to be intentional about being thankful and we link up Susanne's site.  How about joining in?

FIVE FAVES

Purple Crocus

Blue "Star" flower

• SPRING BLOOMS!  This week a couple of my spring blooms popped up.  A bunny ate most of the crocus bulbs I had planted a couple years ago and never replaced.  I was actually surprised to see the purple one open up under one of the cherry trees in our front yard.  It was a nice surprise as was the appearance of the light blue flower that my daughters called "Star" flowers years ago.  They come up every spring and although they don't last long, they are so pretty and delicate.  This one above is in the front flower bed under our living room windows.  I'm thankful for the spots of spring color!

Social Emotional Booklets

• PLANS! Our agency had a meeting (all 4 sites!) over the phone on Monday when we were told that the State Ed Dept has deemed us essential and that all Assistant Teachers are required to work 5 hours a day and head teachers must put in 6.  Yes, this is a pay cut but I'm thankful we are allowed to go into the classroom (maintaining social distancing guidelines) and set up videos for the preschoolers to watch at home of us doing our language and science lessons, etc.  I made a video of the weather routine we do each morning and I'm in the midst of getting learning kits together for every student.  Please keep me in prayer as I will be delivering those kits to the families next week which involves driving all over 2 different counties. Pictured above is the booklet I made for each student to go with the main theme book that the head teacher read this week via Google Classroom.  It's a book that deals with social emotional development and I'm sure the children are dealing with all kinds of emotions about not going to  our beloved school.  I'm so thankful for a good team and I'm super grateful not to be the head teacher during this pandemic because the added documentation and required paperwork is just ridiculous.  I myself have to keep some documentation but not on the scale that  the heads do.  I'm just so thankful for a great team that communicates well and works together well.

Pizza and Drinks night

 

• COOKING TOGETHER:  Dave and I rarely cook together but last weekend we made homemade pizza (Veggie) for a late evening dinner.  We really enjoyed it and the addition of an iced cold Rum and Coke was the perfect way to end the crazy work from home week. I'm thankful for fresh veggies and frozen pizza dough!

• SAFE!  Dave left very early Sunday morning for NH and helped Claire move out all the big stuff from her dorm room.   Her car was already loaded as she woke up early that day, said good-bye to her apartment mates and got right over to campus.  One of her friends did help her move some stuff to the dorm elevator so Dave just had to be by the entrance and maintain the social distancing guidelines.  They both arrived back here in NY later that day and it was wonderful to give her a huge hug.  She's mostly unpacked and I'm so thankful we were able to create a space for her online Pointe class.  I'm also thankful they had a safe trip.

• EASTER DECOR:  I've been diligent about reading through the devotional and commenting on an online Bible study group I'm a part of for Lent, but I was neglecting the home decor until this past week.  Thursday afternoon I had some time so I began to get out my Easter and Resurrection decor.  It's important to maintain an order of normalcy during this weird isolation time and just getting out my ceramic bunny, and a couple little nests with eggs in them made me smile.  I'm thankful for Spring and Easter. (I didn't get any pics of my decorating though)

That wraps up my fave blessings from the week.

I hope you all have a chance to get outside in the fresh Spring air and move your bodies.

I also hope wherever your church is located, that you can hop online and participate in the Palm Sunday service.  Hard to believe it's Palm Sunday this weekend!  It came up fast!!

HAPPY WEEKEND and STAY WELL!!