Personal photos by Beauties And Babies photography Los Angeles Photographer

This week was pretty much the same as the others though a couple things were a little different but made a big difference. For the first time EVER, my husband offered to clean the house. I didn’t think it would actually happen. But he did it and it gave me the day off from cleaning. Don’t get me wrong, I still did laundry, helped with the kids school work, tidied the kitchen as I do over and over every day. But I didn’t have to scrub the toilets or vacuum the floors and it was REALLY nice. My list was long and he did it all. He hasn’t had a lot of work since we have been home and I am so grateful for all of his help with the kids and sharing responsibilities.

We also had a bit of a heat wave in LA this week so Friday we quit school early to do outside water play and it was perfect. For one afternoon it didn’t feel like quarantine and home school, it felt like a relaxing day at home. The kids had the best time and it was wonderful. The weekend was nice too, though Friday took the cake with outdoor play, baking, Shabbat with friends and a game night. Now I have a bit of the Sunday night blues but hopefully it will be a good week. The sun will be shining so that is a start.

Class zoom session- Superhero Day

So this is a photo of toilet paper I ordered in March just as the quarantine began. I ordered from what I thought was a legitimate site but went back to check my order two weeks later and the site was gone. I thought I was taken. Then today this came. This is what $72 worth of toilet paper looks like! Dollar bill for size reference LOL.

Class science project zoom presentation & Go Noodle exercise break.

My list and my hero this week!

I taught PE this week. The kids hated it. At least they will appreciate having their dad do it!

Lunchtime Zoom with class

Epic online read-a-loud books

All day cleaning. I’ve never been more attracted to him 😊

Car parade for a friend’s birthday

Sums up most days around here.

Zoom with my family

Learning

Morning walk.

Decided to do school work mostly outdoors today.

Challah attempt #2. Chocolate chip challah with a new recipe. One for us and one for my parents.

Ready to bake!

Afternoon water balloons & water play.

Good old fashioned fun and genuine smiles all afternoon.

Slip n’ slide

Left is our Shabbat setup and right was an unhappy brother. Sibling arguments are daily around here.

Zoom Shabbat with friends.

Followed by an online game night.

Saturday chores- washing scooters & bikes and cleaning out the garage.

And loads of lounging. Bored kids.

In the last month I have taken a handful of personal photos that I wanted to share. First, I brought my camera to the Mother’s Day celebration with my family. It has been 6 months since the birth of my niece and we had not yet captured a photo of the six grandkids/cousins together so I thought it would be great to try. We did a photo with just the kids and one with my mom. The next photo session I did was for my husband’s birthday. I do not capture photos of him nearly as often as I should and thought I should try to capture this special time in his life. The last day I had my camera was Father’s Day. I brought it with both sides of our family to capture and document these times in our lives.