How to Have a Weekend In When You’re Used to Being on the Run!

Today was weird in that it was hard to make a ‘weekend’ happen when you’ve already been home all week. We obviously were taking a break from schoolwork, since it is a weekend. But how do you make it seem different when our weekends are usually so busy?

We normally have dance class on Saturday mornings, so I attempted to recreate that for my girls. Squid absolutely LOVES dance class, so much so that she says she wants to be a dance teacher when she grows up. She was getting a little teary-eyed thinking of not having class. I asked the girls to get into their tutus, and meet me in the living room. I had Squid lead us in work on the barre (aka the back of the couch!) and Wormy led the stretches (and boy, is she bendy!!!). Then we practiced their dance class recital songs through the YouTube videos that their teachers have uploaded. I even wore a tutu, which made them laugh.

In the afternoon, we set up a FaceTime with my brother and sister-in-law. We usually do Game Nights with them, and we tried to set up a virtual game afternoon. We had two different versions of Apples to Apples and played that for almost 2 hours. It worked out really well to have different versions, as we couldn’t end up playing duplicate cards then, though I am sure that probability is pretty low with the quantity of cards in the game! It was a lot of fun, and we definitely had as many laughs as we usually do. My favorite part was when my bro & sis needed a snack, so they brought in some chips and salsa. I went to our pantry and did the same! Hahaha. I couldn’t just watch them eat chips & salsa!

After the gaming fun, we went for a short walk. It was cold and breezy out, but it was sunny, so we needed to get out anyway. It started off way colder than we wanted, but by the time we returned, we had worked up enough heat to feel a bit better.

The day actually went pretty quickly. We ended up watching some shows about Log Cabins before bed. We haven’t done much TV watching, so it was nice to cuddle and relax together. How did everyone else do today?