Waiting for schools to reopen again (only two weeks left!) we treated our car to the wildest action it has seen in weeks and had the tooth fairy visit Jakob for the very first time!
When it all ends
There was sadness and there were tears. And loads of conversations about death, why, when and how. This is how we handled the topic of mortality with our 6 and 8 year-olds.
4th – 10th May
As the confinement measures begin to slowly ease, much becomes more effortless However, it was the reopening of the park(s) that marked the highlight of our week!
27th April – 3rd May
As April turns into May, marking Labour Day becomes tricky but except a few days of rain, the sun insists on keeping us company. Strange times, indeed!
Egg Hunt, canceled
And here we are, reminiscing again. Because what else is there left to do! 😜 My children are running low on their sweets stash and a new collection of chocolate eggs would have replenished their goodie boxes (more on that in the future). However, we all know that is not happening, so instead, we’re looking Read More
Homeschooling – quarantine edition
˝This is not home schooling, this is crisis schooling˝, I’ve heard log-time homeschoolers say. ˝It does not even resemble what normal home schooling looks like˝. So be gentle to yourself and those around you while discovering how we are trying to navigate this crisis schooling thingy.
20th – 26th April
Another week, another set of pictures. FB https://www.facebook.com/LaraMarkoKids/?eid=ARAzF69DeKEMhhrHHipYtFAN0REdBsausRq2pJtvY7Jckd3p_AqNRmQHwFbH7O9N6wfT9B3P9TQ985FYInstagram https://www.instagram.com/laramarkokids/
13th – 19th April
Easter brought chocolate galore. And as spring continues showering us with summer weather, technology offers some relief during the quarantine with video calls to friends and virtual visits to Versaille. And this is the end of our Easter holidays. School, albeit from home, is back on from tomorrow morning!
Easter holidays 2020 vs 2019
What a difference a year can make! Our Easter got moved from the sunny canals of Amsterdam to a sunny backyard in Luxembourg.
6th – 12th April
Easter holidays have started over here and with much less school work to be done, we moved our lives to the outside. With more time on our hands, Mia ventured into destroying one of her books (as directed, but still) and me into nail art.Keep up with our quarantine on FB https://www.facebook.com/LaraMarkoKids/ and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/laramarkokids/.