Have a Cozy Weekend.

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Hi! a little late to post here, but wanted to share a neat website I thought other Cup of Jo folks might be interested in, The Social Distancing Festival, https://www.socialdistancingfestival.com/, where they’re collecting rehearsals and other snippets of art & dance performances that have been cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 so they’re at least available to stream and share with the world in some fashion (and there’s a ballet rehearsal from the ODC Theatre in SF, for fellow ballet lovers)

At first I rolled my eyes at people not knowing what to do with their kids all day. But that wasn’t fair. I’m a stay at home mom with preschoolers. I do this everyday and my kids are also used to being home. So, instead I thought I’d share some ideas that I’ve had recently:
– Make a puppet theater out of cardboard from the recycle bin and let the kids paint it. Then, have the kids go through the unmatched sock basket and use the lonely socks to make puppets by hot gluing on googly eyes and pompoms. Then, have a puppet show.
– Have the kids build habitats for their stuffed animals out of blankets, pillows and furniture. Then, feed them with play food or food made out of construction paper. Label each habitat with its inhabitants’ names and facts about them (for older kids).
– Make a giant rainbow on the biggest piece of cardboard you can find. Then, use found objects, magazine cutouts or bits of recycling of each color To fill the blanks by flying into the cardboard.
– Also, just let them play. Sometimes they need inspiration and sometimes they just need time and space to be creative.

I LOVE Yoga with Adriene! I would love to see a week of outfits or beauty routine post on this blog about Adriene :)

Haha I expected the ‘how to structure the day at home with kids’ link to give advice for people working from home with kids around… Starting tomorrow with a 4 and a 7 years old, and frankly all I can imagine is keeping them busy just like in the weekend and catching up work during the night???

Love Yoga with Adrienne! Her “Rainbow Yoga” episode is a fave with my kids! Plus, there’s Benjie!

Thank you SO MUCH for the laughs and for the day-structuring blog post you shared. I have four kids- this helps.
Good luck Joanna!
I feel like you have a kind heart.

Thank you.
I love the idea of a Cup of Jo book club or home activity we could all do together.
Additional ideas for being home with our children during this time would be so appreciated.

Ahhh…the “Calm Place” is much needed. Thank you!

Also, I hope you enjoy your yoga with Adrienne. I’m from Austin and Adrienne is a big time celebrity around here!

We are mainly staying in, too. I ordered a lot of non-perishable ingredients for meals and put together a loose schedule for our days together: https://feedingthesoil.com/2020/03/13/preparing-for-coronavirus-what-are-you-doing/

We are on Spring Break this week and next. If school gets canceled after that, we’ll switch to a schedule with academic activities, as well.

So grateful for this little corner of the internet! #communitywithoutgerms

I’m having a hard time processing the enormity of everything that’s going on. I feel especially sad for families who rely on public schools for meals and safety, and I’m wondering what I can do to help kids for whom home isn’t a place that is safe? What about homeless families? I’m in MA if anyone knows of any resources or places to send donations.

On a personal level, I’m feeling like establishing a routine for me and my family is going to be incredibly important for everyone’s mental health.

Personally, I am a homebody and the distancing will be quite okay for me. My daughter however, who was to graduate from UC Berkeley in May, and has worked like mad to connect, volunteer and graduate with honors found out today that there will be no graduation ceremony this year. Saw it coming, but the reality is super painful.
Her friends are rushing out of the Bay Area and will not be returning. Poof – their joyful final semester evaporates and they are suddenly looking at a drastically different job market. I’m sure that graduating seniors everywhere are really struggling with this. In the bay area I am especially worried for the students who must suddenly leave the dorms and who might not have the means to get home or other living arrangements.
Donating to food pantries will be very important indeed.

Thank you Irene for your beautiful comment on what the children in Italy are doing to spread joy. It brought tears to my eyes. And can I just add, please everyone, be kind. Be calm. The county in the state I live in is in sheer panic mode and I have seen such disturbing behavior from adults! We’re ALL in this, we’re ALL scared, the whole world. But being so nasty and obnoxious in the stores isn’t helping. Hoarding absolutely ALL of one product is making it difficult for those people who have to wait till payday. And please, be kind to the grocery clerks, it’s not their fault shelves are bare, it’s not their fault the person ahead of them in line bought 20 mega packs of toilet paper. I feel for these clerks and the ones I’ve dealt with have been so incredibly kind and pleasant. But the people who are being awful, it just upsets me so much, I’ve seen children get really scared witnessing this behavior. From adults. I guess I’m raw from observing this and last night my husband witnessed a fist fight break out in a store where one man was stabbed and they were breaking wine bottles on each other. My husband came home shaking. And the store was packed and children had to witness this. My husband also said all the clerks were on edge. And they’re just in there doing their job. So again, let’s be kind, patient and calm. We are truly in this together. Stay safe good COJ community.

Thank you for the link to Naimah’s studio – what a gorgeous home, brimming with love and care. It’s really nourishing to contemplate one’s home as a sanctuary from the world at present xx

I love yoga with Adriene!

you should try yoga at Glo — they have a two week free trial and thousands of classes to choose from … In this anxiety riddle times, Elena Brower’s classes come in very handy :)

I love Yoga with Adriene! I tried a couple of yoga classes at my gym and thought I hated yoga but I love her videos! She has a 45 minute total body stretch that feels sooooo good.

Request for round up post of current fave board games?!

I am really into the farmhouse wallpaper lately, thinking about adding some of that to our bathroom this spring.

Also, I did write a post this morning about the Facts when it comes to the Coronavirus. I was getting a lot of dm’s from people feeling overwhelmed by the commentary and misinformation out there.

If anyone needs some information I’ve included it all here: http://spvliving.com/lets-get-the-facts-straight-about-the-coronavirus-covid-19/

Bless you for linking to the post on how to structure a day at home with kids! What an awesome resource; ear marking that page while I’m home with my 2 and 4.5 year old next week. Sounds silly, but since I’m a working mom, I feel slightly panicked about how to fill ALL that time with them since I’ve never really had to. Thank you! Have a great weekend.

Feeling bummed out, though not surprised, that so much of the coverage on coronavirus has focused primarily on recent developments in Western countries, particularly Italy, when it has been a topic of daily conversation for many with loved ones and family in China — where it has been wreaking havoc and causing mass suffering for over two months. I also can’t help but notice all-too-infrequent conversations about the rampant xenophobia and finger-pointing that has arrived with the virus: Chinese-owned businesses, restaurants, and shops in American cities have been flailing since January, and they certainly aren’t now contemplated in the recent initiatives to shop local and support small businesses during this time. I can probably count on one hand the number of people who asked after my family even after news broke of the complete lockdown in China. The lack of interest or solidarity makes many of us feel extremely unseen.

We have a HUGE bag of unused toiletries from hotel stays. We’re planning on dividing them up into baggies and handing them out to homeless people at the stoplights in our area…in case they’re having trouble buying soap and personal hygiene products during the grocery store hysteria. Just an idea for others that might be brainstorming community outreach ideas during this time.

I love the comment / recommendation to donate to food banks. It’s heartbreaking to think that school lunch is the only meal some kids really get all day. I also heard a great recommendation for those of us that are privileged to be able to work from home. It was to buy gift cards from establishments that you frequent while you won’t be patronizing them – like coffee shops and restaurants that will be severely hit by folks staying home.

Stay well out there!

What happened to posting where article is from so we know before clicking on link??
NYtimes, New Yorker…
Please!

Singing from the windows in Siena, Italy…

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-italy-siena-song-canto-della-verbena-video-lockdown-a9399176.html?fbclid=IwAR3evGgzLJulbAD7Pw7pKSL8dzk0B_s9LFS-hKW9YuxV8TMgElcBYkRCOko