I don’t get to see some of my family anymore like my sister, Princess and her family. She is pregnant and worried about her baby, so she stays
home. During COVID we got a volleyball net so we could play volleyball games in
our backyard since we can’t play at the church anymore. I miss playing ball at
the church.
Also, when my dad goes on work calls we have to be super quiet.
That is hard for a family who is loud all the time. Our family is doing this
really cool thing called Summering in SoJo and it has been really fun. Each
week you watch a movie and then you do the activities and there are points. Out
of more than 100 families, we are in 5th place.
Our whole family gained a bunch of weight during the first
part of COVID because we were all scared and sad and we ate lots of treats to
help us feel better. My sister, Crafty, took charge and made up a sugar diet
for two weeks to help us get off sugar. As a treat for those who do it the
whole time, she is taking us to lunch at Chick-fil-A. Speaking of Crafty, she
had to come back early from her fun mission in the Philippines that she loved. She
couldn’t even bring her suitcases, just one little carry-on. She got in a van
and she rode with other missionaries toward Manilla. She had to wear her mask
the whole time. Then they all got on planes and came home. She has this whole
story written up if you want to read it yourself After that, she started making Filipino food for us. Our
favorite is adobo. It is this chicken and sauce served over rice.
At the beginning
of COVID-19, I did dance with ZOOM. It was a little weird at first and annoying
because I couldn’t see my friends and I had to dance in a small space so I
could stay on the camera. Finally, we got to go back to the studio for a few
weeks before our recital which we had in the parking lot on a big stage. My
parents were the only ones who could come from my family and they could only
stay while I was dancing. I had 6 dances, so we had to go home in between each
one. It was annoying.
I’m not sure how I feel about having church at home all the
time. My dad doesn’t want us to come to the church on Sundays because my mom
and my grandpa are high risk. I miss my teachers and all the cool talks that
people give. I miss primary and the leaders and the fun singing time. I miss my
friends.
We never get to play with friends. I went over to a friend's house once, but other than that, I only hang out with family. We can’t even have girl
scouts. Every time we are supposed to have a troop meeting, my mom and I help
put together a cute little bag for each of the girls. That’s the same way we have
Activity Days. It’s fun, but I still miss being with my friends.
Also, I hate online school. Because I don’t get to see my
friends or my teacher and at home I can’t focus well because I just want to
play on my trampoline with my brother, Curly. My mom made us sit at a school table
covered with paper in the living room. Sometimes we put cute pictures in the spots
where we put our chromebooks. My sister used her spot for notes and math
problems, so she got mad if we wrote in her area.
Another fun thing we have been doing as a family is going to
Lagoon once a week. We got season passes for Christmas and it has been
interesting. You have to wear a mask most of the time except on the rides. I have
been on almost all of the rides in Lagoon. It is super fun that all my family at
home except Grandpa and Crafty (because she works or hangs out with her boyfriend) go together.
Even Dad can arrange his schedule so he can come.
It has been so fun to hang
out as a family doing all kinds of things. We have watched movies, had
cookouts, played volleyball, and done some projects we had been planning for a
long time. But I still want to do pottery and a few other things. Right now I
don’t have any extra activities like dance. I just stay home so we have chores
and Dog Walker has been reading the Harry Potter books to us. We are in Book 7. Dog Walker’s
graduation from UVU was cancelled and he was very sad, but now they are doing a
crazy drive-through graduation in August. He is just excited to get his cap and
gown.
We have also been getting free lunches from the school for the
kids. It is always something fun to look forward to.
My sister, Teach, is gone now. She and her family moved to New
Jersey the first part of July. I cried for a long time and so did Scout. It is
so sad to have part of our family be far away. Our family has been using an app
called Marco Polo to keep in touch and we have been video-calling. My family is
really important for me. At first, Beauty and The Beast kept their family away from all of us, but
now they come around. The hardest part has been not being able to get together
with everyone like we always have.
Hopefully things will get back to normal soon. I just want life to be normal again.
1 comment:
Thanks Baby Doll for your guest post. I really enjoyed reading about what you have been up too. I know that this is a hard time but I can see you are making the best of it.
It awesome that you have family to be around and do things with even if it's not as much as you would like. You have an awesome family that are doing some great things. I do know this will all pass and we will be back to a more normal time soon.
Sending you lots of hugs for sharing your thoughts today!
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