The Keever Family
Our family has adjusted pretty well to all of the changes in the last 2 months. The first couple of weeks of quarantine we were on “Spring Break” from school and those were our glory days of sleeping in, no carpool lines, and later bed times.
Currently we are on week 7 of virtual Kindergarten for our oldest son, Crew. He starts his day at 8:00am on a Zoom computer call, and my job is to keep his younger brothers quiet enough to not interfere then guide him through his assignments. It’s been a gift to get to see inside Crew’s classroom and to better understand his strengths and weaknesses and how I can help with his learning path. He’s become a wonderful reader and we are so proud of him! He loves being able to take pool and Lego breaks in between his school work.
Fields is in preschool and so most of his school is still optional so we are opting to not make him sit in front of a screen if he’s not interested. He’s learned to ride his bike without training wheels, swim the pool without taking any breaths, and enjoyed tons of tree climbing and cooking.
Sands is reaping the benefits of his older brothers being home full time with him and is loving all of the undivided attention. We started swim lessons since we have so much downtime and he’s already swimming and finding the wall at 19 months.
The days are long, but the years are short- so we are trying to see the silver lining in the extra family time. When they are all climbing the walls and I’m missing alone time and date nights, I try and remind myself of this. Our pool construction and service business is considered essential, so Carl has been lucky to still be working. We are looking forward to life starting to normalize again and seeing our church family and friends.
