A Smokey Start to School Covid-Style!

 Jace and Bella

We had a few fun days at Mr Kurt's pool swimming and enjoying the last few days of summer vacation. We are doing a slow start to school, only one day the first week and two the second week then all four days. I'm just glad we get to go, our cousins and other friends have to do all online school. The first day of school,I only had 3 kids in class and then only 13 when my whole class was there. We both have buddies in our class again and a couple of new friends that we are getting to know. A bunch of fires started in California and Oregon making it super smoky. Our cousins from Pennsylvania came to go hunting with papa, but they shut down all hunting due to the fires. We went to Roseburg to visit them and then they came down for pizza and we played corn hole and showed them our treehouse. School got cancelled due to smoke the second week and we spent Tuesday with Miss Audra while daddy and mama worked. A terrifying fire went through Ashland, Talent and some of Medford. Daddy was on shift and worked all night and the entire next day trying to put out the fires and save as many homes as they could. His phone died, so we didn't have any contact with him. Mama was a bit worried and wanted to do something for all the guys out there working so hard. So we went to Miss Audra's again while mama went to the fire station and helped make 300 sandwiches and packed lunches for the firefighters.  Another fire started in Medford right by the station and everyone in the area was evacuating, so it took mama a really long time to get home. She met us at gymnastics and then daddy came home super late and then had to go back for another 24 hours the next day. We were glad to know he was safe, but so sad that so many people lost their homes. We had a few play dates, with the Hill's at their gym and with the Tocher's at our house. Mama made us a new sweatshirt and fall dress with matching masks for school.