Week 23 at Home: The Coffin Dance

Now that we're all spending so much time together, I'm much more in-tune with what kinds of silly things that G watches on YouTube. For a while, we all saw a bunch of Lego kits being assembled, or we watched different gamers playing Minecraft. Sometimes it was funny, and sometimes it was just really annoying.

Now we've moved into the stage where I find myself humming the Coffin Dance song. If you don't know what it is, Google it. We've also become very familiar with many variations of the Coffin Dance. Sometimes it's Siren Head, sometimes it's Steve from Minecraft, and sometimes it's random animals. And no lie, as I'm typing this, G is in the next room, building something with Legos and singing the Coffin Dance tune. It never stops!

G built three versions of the Coffin Dance...a little creepy but highly creative!

A close-up of two Lego Coffin Dances

That aside, G had a decent last week at Deerwood. I can't believe we're down to the last three weeks before school starts! Both Ava and G change locations for the next two weeks of their summer programs (back to two different location drop offs, darn it) and then they're home with me for a week before school starts. At this moment in time, K-12 is still hybrid in our district, so we'll see how the next few weeks go. We're waiting to hear who G has for his 1st grade teacher. And I'm hoping that we'll get Ava's 7th grade schedule this coming week. I can't believe we're almost ready to dive back into the madness of school-from-home!

I was able to meet up with a friend this week for dinner, and Ava went to a friend's house for a sleepover on Friday night. We also hung out with the neighbors on Friday night, so we've had lots of fun time with other people. I'm super curious as to what will happen once the weather cools down and we can't all be outside as much...I think our time with friends is going to come to a screeching halt. Sounds just like the "2020" way to end a pretty rough year!

Lots of options to choose for a ride on our street!

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