Pods of People

Well we are deep in the hot lazy days of Summer now. Childcare is coming back into the picture for some families and we're dipping a toe into that here. Rather than dive right into a cohort of 12 families randomly chosen by the outdoor education camp, we created a two family "pod" meaning we socialize within our cohort of 8 humans, and no one outside that and limit exposure by not shopping in person anywhere and generally being protective of our little pod now that we have 4 little people sharing things. It's been overwhelming to go from really quiet and days often where we don't even talk very much to all the giggles and shouts and other adults to joke with. We've combined our grocery orders, gardening pursuits, homeschooling planning and cooking and baking. It feels like an entirely different scene than the first 12 weeks of lockdown.

#blacklivesmatter Posters for the car caravan

We've been pretty absorbed in reading about the Black Lives Matter protests and got involved with the Fairfax BLM car caravan last week. It's a pivotal time for the United States civil rights and this is a good time, while everyone is captive, to focus on change. The kids are covering part of the history of slavery in our homeschool as well as getting a picture of the present day systems that mirror that past. There are some wonderful parenting and teacher's resources out there.