One day often morphs into the next around here, and that is really okay right now. It has to be. We've established a routine, and I am grateful for that. Not that anyone cares, but for posterity, I am going to record our general routine for "school days".
We get up about 9. Andrew is often up before that, but I see no need to rush. He takes the dog out when he first gets up, eats breakfast, and heads directly to the computer to begin his school day. Once the kids have done their morning chores (which is only taking care of the animals), they eat breakfast and are allowed to have phones/screen times until 10AM. At 10, they begin their school work. At Noon, they take a break, and are allowed phones/screen time for an hour. At 1, they might get back to their school work, or we might play a game. Andrew is usually on meetings on doing food distribution about this time. At 2:00, I am generally in front of my screen watching our governor's daily update. About 3, most of the school work is done for the day. This is usually a time for outdoor activities, or another game, or another task we are hoping to accomplish. If it is yucky outside and work is completed, we might allow some TV time. No phones are given back until 5 at the earliest, and if everyone is contributing to dinner, it might even be later. We usually eat dinner around 6 or 6:30, and then there is definitely more family time. It might be a walk or a game. Sometimes we have something else we are trying to accomplish, and that usually means it is a family movie night. Kids are not allowed to be staring at their phone while we are having family time, and phones get put away at 10PM. I am trying very hard to keep them from becoming couch potatoes whose minds are sucked into their phones and various social media.
Of course there are many variations to this day. Andrew and I occasionally have meetings, and Catherine has a work schedule. I appreciate that we have a bit of a routine, and I'm grateful for all this extra time together!
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