Our New Middle Schooler

And here we go ... MIDDLE SCHOOL!   

Even though we're homeschooling Christian through the district's homeschooling program, because he has an IEP (individual education plan), he gets to take two classes through the school:  1) modified math and 2) a math tutorial class.   So he's on Zoom calls three days a week with other kids from school.

Today they distributed all of his materials for the entire school year - wow!   We're in for quite a ride!

In a couple of weeks, Christian will start at his "learning pod" with a group of 4th and 6th graders.  A good friend of ours is teaching at at her home and she'll be covering science, history and PE. 

 

The COVID Haircuts

 Hair salons haven't been open in forever due to COVID, and so it was time for the Lucero Men to get home haircuts, courtesy of Miss Scarlett.  😄

 

A Weekend at the Ritz Carlton in Santa Barbara

Despite COVID restrictions, we took advantage of Chloe's week of dog training and headed to the Ritz Carlton in Santa Barbara for a long weekend.  Certainly not an adventure we could afford during "regular times," but we got a nice discount because of COVID (and also because there were no amenities - no pool access, no resort restaurants / bars, the spa was closed, etc.  There wasn't even daily housekeeping services or trash removal.  Not really a resort experience at all. But, it was a nice trip, esp. given our cool spring break plans got cancelled because COVID shut everything down).

Nevertheless, it's a beautiful property and we truly enjoyed the downtime!