A No School Day

Eliza and Luke enjoyed the last day of their random long weekend on the same day Jack had school-from-home, so we were able to do a few fun things together.  In the morning we spent about an hour and a half at our favorite trampoline park, which was a bit eerie, since we spent some time at the same trampoline park a year earlier just before everything closed down - I remember trying to hurry to get the kids some good play time expecting we'd be unable to get out in the near future.

We had fun with some slow-mo and time lapse video recording...

The kids did dodgeball at the very end and Jack was so confident that he and his younger siblings would conquer any opponents that even though they were outnumbered, when another kid came to play Jack insisted he join the other team.  Team JEL was unfortunately defeated rather quickly (at the end of the video above) and apparently Luke decided to adopt a new tactic for the next game.  Cat was with us, just hanging out at a table and doing schoolwork while the other kids played.  After the second game, Luke came to the table where Cat and I were sitting, slammed his hands on the table and announced, "LAST. ONE. STANDING." Then he admitted that the other team was all standing. "My stra-ge-dy was to watch for the ball and dodge, not throw."

Eliza likes the tradition of tying her wristband to the railing outside of the gym.
She noticed that there were a lot less than last year, so apparently they'd been cleared off,
and E was happy to help get it going again.

We just hung out at home for a couple of hours before heading out to piano lessons, which are right by a fun playground.  Suz and Whit met us at the playground and I shuttled kids back and forth to piano lessons while the others played and enjoyed the warmer weather.

The day before this, Eliza saw a recipe for playdough cookies that was tucked in my big baked-goods recipe binder and asked if we could make them.  She helped me make the dough in the afternoon and after it had chilled for a few hours, the kids made some fun colorful cookies.