PE Time

School has been closed for two weeks now and it was just announced the will remain closed until at least April 20th now. There is going to be a shift in curriculum since the school closure is much longer than the standard AMI packets. Part of the new shift is going to include a required PE report daily to the teacher. The good news is that dad already had the girls doing some physical activity in the afternoons, probably to help his sanity too. Some days they do "real" excercise on mom's bike or with her weights, other days wii works! The girls have also been riding their bikes a lot when weather permits. It's good for them to get out into the sunshine, but we can tell the seclusion from their friends is starting to weigh heavy. It is not as bad for Abigail who can facetime her pals, but Allison's friends don't have access to electronics like the older kids do. We have spent a lot of time facetiming family to help fill in the gaps. 

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Tortilla Making with Dad

The kids are through the first full week of quarantine and Dad survived at home with them! He even took the time to show them how to make one of their favorite foods: Tortillas! He said they were terrific sous chefs and we had great fajita tacos for dinner!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Quarantine Week 1

The world has drastically changed in just the last few days. We had been anticipating a change, both personally and professionally just based on what is going on in China and Italy. However, the change came much quicker than we expected and has completely changed our plans. Spring break is just around the corner and Dad had planned a trip to San Antonio with the girls and the Velas. They were also going to pop in to see Aunt Bibi. 

COVID-19 and the mass shelter in place orders have changed all that. The governor just closed all the schools and daycares until the end of this month. Thankfully, all the schools provide laptops to the students so Abigail will continue her lessons through remote zoom meetings and alternative method of instruction plans. We took a trip to the grocery store, which will likely be the last for some time and found that there was no meat, dairy, spaghetti, dry goods, paper goods or water. It was an eye opening experience and we wanted the girls to experience it first hand so they and we will remember how lucky we are to live in the US where food and supplies are normally plentiful. It was a sobering and emotional experience and Jennifer's father has equated it to our generation's WWII. Although the blunt force of this pandemic does not seem as soul crushing as war, it definitely brings a completely different set of challenges that no one could have ever predicted.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Dr. Seuss Week

Allison's school celebrated Dr. Seuss read across America this week. There was a theme for each day of the week, Monday was crazy sock day and today was "Oh the places you'll go" where each child chooses to dress in whatever costume represents what they want to grow up to be. Allison really wanted to be a police officer, but unfortunately we didn't have a police costume. So she went with her second choice of doctor. She looked like an awfully cute doctor!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer