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Quarantining with Evie

Quarantining with a preschooler (soon to be kindergartner) is both wonderful and terrible.  Mostly wonderful. But sometimes I feel like I'm doing a terrible job as a mom and as a sudden teacher.  And then other times I feel like I deserve an award for working my full-time job and still teaching her things.  I oscillate between these feelings as fast as I find snacks throughout the day, because why not?  Here are some things Evie has learned during this time of quarantine: 1.  How to say I Love You.  As of August, she now says, "I love you SOOOOO much!" 2.  How to dance the Robot Cha Cha, courtesy of her music teacher sending along videos. Robot Cha Cha is a made-up dance, but she actually dances to Apache, by the Sugar Hill Gang .  Every single night.  3.  How to tell Daddy to dance the Robot Cha Cha, and make us all giggle.  Now Evie just points at her Dada and says, "Dada Dance." And then he has to dance. 4.  How to rea...