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As a mom-of-4-illustrator, I kept a daily diary of drawings of these unique and strange quarantine-days. I guess many will recognize scenes from their own life with toddlers and kids... By popular demand, I translated my drawings in English.

It started all in March when our country went to lockdown. I totally freaked out by the thought that schools would be closed for a long time. For 8 weeks, I have 4 toddlers (Bob, Morris, and twins Pepa and Colette) with a full agenda of deadlines as a writer and illustrator of children’s books. But I’m still alive, my hair looks wild, I took some pounds and must admit I had more then a few goods laughs with my bunch.

From day one of this quarantine, I made a daily drawing at the breakfast table. A lot of it really happened (like the FaceTime incident with the teacher!), some of it was just thoughts that crossed my mind. I posted them on my Instagram and got like tons of messages of working moms and dads who recognized themselves in the drawings. So I kept going. I hope you enjoy it too! 

More info: thaisvanderheyden.com | Instagram

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Gardening

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Suzette Duby
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh yes, it gets very hot in the garden so you have to rest your muscles and rehydrate frequently!

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Any Gossip?

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Best Day Ever

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Hans
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think we nicely graps the spirit of parenthood. You may be exhausted at the end of the day, and the negative events seem accumulated, but the small ones actually accumulated the positive ones. If that isn't rewarding, nothing is.

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Hiding

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Names

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Liam Walsh
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mother would merge the names just using the first part until she ended up with the right child. So Anna, Susan, Liam and Eddy (for example) Eddy would be called Ansulieddy. Only Anna benefitted from the exact name experience.

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Facetime With Granny

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Holiday Budget

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Jaybird3939
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, I so get cruising through online "stores" instead of shopping at the Mall!

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Mommy Can't Handle It

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Ronel du Plessis
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In South Africa only essential items like certain toiletries and medical equipment and meds and groceries were allowed to be sold on-line. NO clothes

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