Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Keeping sanity in the house pt 1

So, as you all probably know and are experiencing the same thing, the boys' schools are closed until further notice. So, as you all probably are going through yourselves, the entertainment factor is seriously lacking. No play dates, no going out, no gym sessions, no school..... no sanity 😉 At the same time, Andreas and I are trying to figure out how to organize the rest of our semesters and keep some sort of work schedule going. By the way, the boys home in the current situation does not mix well with trying to get work done 😉 Yes, Captain Obvious 😉 Anyway, lacking ideas (and wanting some sort of empathy), I went to Facebook to get some ideas...

Today's big adventure (besides trying to get them to do some math review) was baking... and we picked banana bread. It was conveniently planned out because I had a big load of bananas that I needed to get out of my freezer 😉 and the boys like banana bread so it provided motivation 😉 Despite the rocky start (ie: the need to push each other in the kitchen and fight over who got to put which ingredient into the mixing bowl), we ended up with some pretty good banana bread... and we ended up with a project that kept our sanity going for about 40 minutes before I kicked them out of the house to play on the street... our street... not a busy one 😉 Tomorrow, we will move on to baking bread... wish me luck!

Sending virtual hugs to keep up the social distancing 😉


Andreas couldn't resist putting a banana into his banana tree 

Adding ingredients

No idea what was so interesting

Putting the batter into the pans

Voila! Finished product!



2 comments:

  1. Hang in there and keep doing the good work!
    I hope so we can laugh about it in a few months, take care XxX

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    1. Thanks, Ageeth! May we catch up in person... with a glass of wine... and laughter xox

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