1) We missed our last day of Co-op. It's the day we work towards where the kids get to finish up projects, do their last class work and celebrate with a Pizza Party. We were all disappointed for sure!
2) We missed our Presentation Night with Co-Op. This is always such a fun night where the students work is displayed and they get to do presentations. Nate had been working all semester in his Sign Language class on a song so he was sad they couldn't share that with the crowd.
3) We missed Nate's tonsil surgery! Really, he wasn't sad! It will get rescheduled eventually but I'm not rushing it at this point.
4) We missed the last week of AWANA and Awards night. The boys finished their books and are looking forward to still receiving their awards.
5) We missed the AWANA fair. I thought the boys would be more disappointed by this one but they really weren't. It's fun, but they have one more year to both participate (hopefully!)
6) Nate missed TKD belt testing. Even though he knows it will happen eventually, he was disappointed to have scheduled messed up. He has a goal to test for his black belt by a certain point and this has messed that goal up!
7) We missed a planned get away with my mom to a hotel for a few days. This was a BIG disappointment but there are plans to do this eventually.
8) We missed a family vacation to Great Wolf Lodge. Again, super sad but we will do this eventually.
9) We missed Flag Football. This was our last thing cancelled. It was supposed to start April 26th and got postponed with hopes it would start June 14th but it also finally got cancelled due to all the restrictions for sports. This was probably the biggest disappointment for the boys since they had been planning on playing since about October of 2019.
10) We missed out on field trips with both the Co-Op and our Field Trip group. Plus our Year End Party was cancelled with our on-line school. The Party was the biggest disappointment - we look forward to that every year!
Now, last week I posted about What we learned by staying home and I missed something! (My brother Kel reminded me of this!). We also learned how fun ZOOM calls are!! My brothers, mom, and I meet every week to catch up and it's just fantastic!
I think it's important to look at what we gave up to stay home/stay safe even though we haven't minded being home. I'm thankful that my kids didn't miss "big" events but rather will still get to experience many of the things they missed in the future. It was a good life lesson (I guess!) for them to understand that sometimes plans change and that's ok!
