Quick social distance trip

The kids and I went down to San Diego for a quick vacation. We took advantage of everything the hotel (a fancy Marriott) had to offer and went kayaking and bike riding and swimming yesterday. We had the pool to ourselves, given the lack of hotel guests and the fact that it was cold and foggy. 

Calvin helped paddle, kinda. I did teach him how to turn and we did some nice tight 180 degree turns in the marina. I was able to get some good speed so he had fun. After some mild panicking Ellie caught on. She now thinks it was amazing and wants to go again. 

Vamoose

Not everything in 2020 is bad...

Zelda

Calvin loves playing the latest Zelda game. Well, I think he would love playing any Zelda game. If I let him he would play Zelda all day and night. And, well, the latest game isn’t anything like Zelda of my youth (which is a great game). It’s logic games, solving problems, and yes using a sword to dismember weird beasts. And it’s beautiful with a good soundtrack. 

He combined his latest drawing hobby and love of Zelda. He drew Link below following a tutorial. But everything else was his own design to replicate things in the game.

Negative

Last Monday (the 9th) Ellie visited her friend for the school day. We later learned (on Sunday) that the dad had a cough, fever, and sniffles but he hadn’t been tested yet. So on Monday, me and the kids went to Dodger Stadium and all got COVID testing. 

We got results in about 24 hours. All negative.

Found out later her friends dad also tested negative. 

Doodling

Today I asked Calvin to illustrate one of his sentences with his spelling words. And that spurned some creativity in him and he drew through music, through math, and through the afternoon. Pretty sure he found some tutorials online instead of attending the majority of his class. 

Too quiet for too long

The kids were in Ellie’s room and had been too quiet for too long. Like no yells, smashes, wrestling noises, or even loud laughter. I got worried. 

They were playing dolls. 

Turkeys on a fence

Just like his pumpkins, Calvin had an assignment to write a poem about five turkeys sitting on a fence. Cal decided to make one fly because the fence wasn’t quite long enough for all five. His poem referenced the flying Turkey. There is debate in the house whether the Turkey without a neck is Fred or Ted...or one of the others. Calvin won’t say. He did the assignment all on his own.