如果你现在和我们一样在家和你的孩子们在一起，那么你可以算一个幸运的人。A huge round of applause from all of us to the essential workers – the doctors and nurses, the people keeping hospitals clean and running, the grocery store workers, the delivery and truck drivers, the gas station attendants and all the other public service workers who put themselves at risk every day for the rest of us. Thanks.
对于我们这些在家的人来说——不是为了减少压力，因为这对很多人来说真的很艰难，但现在我们的工作是最容易的——只要呆在家里，保持清醒，和我们的孩子出去玩。这就是我们帮助保护一线工作人员以及高危朋友、邻居和家庭成员健康的方式。It's a small price to pay.
So.... here is a stay at home ‘life school’ project that we just did - 'how to refinish a coffee table'. Or perhaps more aptly entitled, 'how tokindarefinish a coffee table and kill an afternoon'.
After 8 years of my son Finn sitting at the table playing with Lego, drawing, eating or creating dented patterns in it by bashing it with a fork, it needed a little love. Finn suggested we get a new one, a nice 'easy-to-clean' one with a glass top he thought. Well if THAT didn’t inspire an idea for a little ‘father - son’ time... so we decided to tune it up a little. The fork dents will still be there but that’s called ‘stressed wood’ or ‘patina’ and only adds value I figure when antique markets open again.
If there is anything you neglected to teach your kids over the years that you may feel a little guilt about, now’s the time to do it. Folding laundry, doing dishes, cooking, baking, cleaning, repairing, building… take advantage of the time and show them how to do stuff. Might as well get a little help out of the deal :) And, talking of coffee,discover here why to never put coffee grounds on the plants in the garden.
And if I may quote Principal Skinner, "Just make a game of it. See how many envelopes you can lick in an hour; then try to break that record."
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