Noelia Salomé

You made me a pretty neat 3-D paper city scene the other day.  The day before I noticed you were very focused on some little crafty project at the little white table but I was busy doing my own thing, so I didn't look too closely at what you were doing.  And then the next day as I was helping Matías practice piano you suddenly presented me with it.  I am very impressed by your abilities and imagination.  I know it was a gift from the heart. You also like to hang up your drawings around the house.  The other day you decided that the bedroom door to my and Papi's room looked too bare, so you made a "Mami and Papi" sign as well as a floral drawing for both the front and back of the door.  There is also a sign downstairs near the bathroom reminding each family member "Lavar las manos."  I think that one was made in reaction to the pandemic.

Well, we live in a different world since the last time I wrote in here.  Way too much has been happening in our family and the world, and while it's been bad stuff, it has brought some blessings. COVID-19 became a serious threat around the end of March so all schools were closed.  While Belén and Matías have been doing school online pretty successfully, preschool for you stopped pretty abruptly.  The teachers from Puentes made a few videos that we watched, but other than that, you have had a lot of free time to play at home!  You still had your music class, online of course.  But now you are even finished with that until the fall.  Since I have had my hands pretty full helping Matías with schoolwork and the basics of keeping our home running, we've been pretty relaxed about educational stuff.  Ironically, you often ask to do math problems, or for me to ask you an equation like, "What's 4+5?"  And you initiated reading by yourself, as well.  ...