Tag Archives: April 2020

Who are those masked kids?

1. It’s going to be a lovely day! Take a walk in the neighborhood and collect materials to do some nature inspired crafts. Pinterest is full of ideas for things to make (and items to look for while you’re walking), but if you’re not on it, find some good ideas here.

2. If you’ve never been to Colonial Williamsburg (or even if you have), you can explore the living history museum from home. They’ve put together an online hub with virtual tours, educational resources, activity pages, video demonstrations, recipes, and more — lots of inspo for planning a getaway there when you can travel again. We loved visiting, which you can read all about here.

3. Watson Adventures has created a virtual version of their awesome Wizard School Scavenger Hunt. It’ll run every Saturday in May at 2pm & 4pm, and every Sunday at 5pm — cost is $60 for a team up to 4. Their Family Trivia Slam will continue through May as well. We’ve done the Wizard School IRL (read about it here) and Trivia online a few weeks ago (read a bit about it here), and both were a blast!

4. My kummerspeck is due to shemomedjamo.

5. I’m not sure anyone will really care about this article, but sharing because the title made me laugh. (It’s the little things these days.)

Scene from yesterday evening’s walk – is that Venus over the Capitol?

1. Something to help explain to children all the recent changes in their lives: Coronavirus: A Book for Children was recently published, and it’s available for free (you can download it or read online through the link). It’s illustrated by Axel Scheffler, who is best known for illustrating The Gruffalo. A free audio version is also available.

2. Today at 4pm, join the Smithsonian Channel for an Aerial America Facebook Watch Party. They’ll be airing an episode of the show that offers glimpses of some of our nation’s most treasured landmarks from breathtaking heights. And today you can watch “communally” with others at home.

3. It may only be Tuesday, but here’s something fun to look forward to this weekend: The Lane Social Club is hosting a Shut the %#@$ up and Dance Party. What is it exactly? It’s a way to give parents an outlet for fun that takes care of the whole “gotta watch the kids” thing without the added guilt of more screen time. They are organizing two simultaneous dance parties, one to be played out loud for kids and the other a silent disco for parents (or both out loud in different rooms if kids are old enough). Parents will get their own racier-than-kidz-bop playlist led by 305 fitness instructor Owoade Kadara, while the kids have a party of their own with an engaging song leader, Corinne Zmoos from Crescendo Communications, who is amazing enough to effectively “babysit” from a distance. It will begin at 5pm on Saturday, and tickets are donation-based to help raise money for DC Diaper Bank.

4. Look for Venus in tonight’s sky — it’s supposed to be at its brightest ever!

5. This weekend we binged Win the Wilderness, a new show about six couples competing for a homestead in the remote Alaskan wilderness, where they will begin a new life. Besides the contestant challenges and spectacular scenery, it’s a compelling watch because of its relevance to right now — seeing how the couples work together and how they’d potentially get along living, essentially, in isolation.

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