The kids have gone back to school for the summer, just this one month in July, and then another program will be figured out for the regular school year starting mid-August.

I’m still a bit anxious about them being in class with other students and I know there is an increased risk with them being around others but I can’t keep them cooped up in our house for the rest of the year. Seems a bit much. They’ve missed their friends and their usual school activities. I’ve missed my quiet and break when they’re not at home with me.

The school has taken precautions with no more than 12 kids per class and everyone wears masks as much as they can, except while eating. The groups of kids don’t interact with each other. Kids and teachers in the same bubble stay within that bubble all throughout the day and careful measures are taken to not “pop” the bubble.

I am careful every day still. I wipe down their bags and wash their lunchboxes and water bottles right away. They have to wash their hands as soon as they get home. I need to work on changing them out of their school clothes, too, I think. Might be a good idea to do that.

I’m taking the approach as if I’m sure that this virus can live on any item, surface, and clothing for a few days at least, because what if it really does? The virus may not be killing as many young children as older people but do I really want my kids to suffer being sick? Do I want to suffer seeing them sick and not knowing how bad it might get? I think wiping down extra, being diligent about mask-wearing, and washing hands and everything else is totally worth not having to go through the trauma of my kids falling sick with the COVID-19 virus.