Ferrara's in Florida

Meal swaps are in full swing. With all the mammas homeschooling, it makes for shared PE, recess and lunches. Photos of Day 18 of the BB quarantine.

Week 2 Quarantine with mandatory stay-at-home orders: Candan feeding breakfast, Page teaching the pre-K and K, and 4th-8th grade at Casa Ferrara

James at the door M:'I cant play right now' J: 'oh are you doing school?' M: 'no, Im watching boss baby' J: 'oh yeah!!! Let me see if I can watch it!!!!!' M: 'no you cant, you wont be quiet. We're resting.' J: 'I can be quiet- starts whispering- see I can be quiet' M: 'not right now, J. Do I need to lock the door?' J: 'isnt there a key under your mat?' I could keep going—Page Anna

When one’s habitat includes multiple homes on the tiniest lots around a cul-de-sac, quarantining gets tricky. We made a pack of sorts to separate from others by staying in the cul de sac. Every day, about one mom gets groceries for whomever needs them (unless it’s commodities, then the husbands pick up the maximum rationed allowance which seems to be a quantity of 2 per item).  The mamas planned multiple activities from daily breakfast at Candan’s, Bible class to art, the sport of wrestling to dodge ball, science experiment, water safety practice to a day at the lake, and even an Irish cooking class for St. Patrick’s Day. Of course, there was ample amounts of reading, movies and playtime. 16 kids is a lot to handle at once so some of us watched the U-9s while others led instructional classes for the 9-14 year olds. Oh, and I ended up at the polls with 4 future voters (see James’ photo).  What’s better than being homeschooled? Doing homeschool with your neighbors! Wow,...