Of all the consequences of a global pandemic and stay home order, Liesl growing closer to her cousin Roxy in California is the most wonderful, sweet, and unexpected. But with hours at home, they have turned to each other for entertainment and play. They have 4-hour long Zoom calls on some days, where they talk, play games, pretend play, make up stories, eat lunch, and just hang out. It's amazing to see how comfortable they are, how they navigate the technology, and how much genuine connection there is despite the limitations. I love hearing their voices chattering away upstairs.
In the past week, they have played with playdough and slime - had a tea party - made potions together - got dressed up and pretended to be vampires - made up a whole storyline and acted it out - ate lunch together - did math homework together - showed off cat's cradle - and probably a hundred other things. (Edited to add: this week, they drew pictures together, and filled whole sketchbooks with various drawings - they watched YouTube videos for some of the subjects, but other things they just free-hand drew.)
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