Weekending it

So Kip is enjoying a four day weekend right now. On Thursday night the water main broke in the school building and flooded the basement and part of the first floor. So school was closed on Friday. It's closed today as well and we are hoping to hear by this afternoon about the rest of the week. It's a bummer. Us adults all adjusted real quick having Kip in school for some portion of the day. And Kip did too. It's hard for a kid to bounce back and forth. I'm trying to be flexible and recognize this type of extended leave could happen multiple times throughout the year with covid still being a real issue, but it just sucks that this happened only 8 days into the year. 

You may be wondering why they didn't just move to virtual school for this situation? I guess because of the governor's mandate to require in-person school, the ability for the districts to move an entire school to virtual learning can only be approved IF a state of emergency is declared (public health or weather related). Since this was a local issue affecting only one school in the district, the BOE would not approve virtual. So, we are burning through snow days and if the closure extends past those flex days worked into the calendar OR we get actual snow days later in the year, the kids will have to extend longer into summer. 

I guess I'm just grateful it's only his Pre-k year and school is just pure fun at this point. 

This weekend we tried to spend as much time outside as possible. Both Kip and Ivy do really well when we spend a lot of time outdoors. We are so grateful for our big driveway, playroom type garage and large side yard with friendly neighbors. Plus a huge park across the street.

On Saturday, Dan took Kip on the commuter train. He'd been asking to go for some time and it was a perfect little quick adventure with Dad.

They just went two stops away and turned around and came back. Kip loved it. 

This week is the official beginning of fall and I'm praying Kip gets to go back to school by Wednesday! Back to School night was supposed to be this week as well as picture day so I'm hoping for those to stay on track.