They’ve also dealt with a broken oven, busted furnace recently
Rachel Ettlinger and Seth Harrison – Middletown Times Herald-Record USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 2/17/21 on page A4
Note: This story is part of the third installment of Learning Curve, a yearlong series of stories following six families whose children are attending public schools across New York state during the pandemic.
MIDDLETOWN — What happens when your oven breaks, your furnace fails, and you discover there are problems in your newly finished basement — all during the holidays?
Just ask the Jansen family.
Oh, and throw in two adults, five kiddos, two cats and a dog living under one roof. Plus remote schooling for the four oldest kids. And a pandemic.
Antoinette and Louis held it all together for the first couple of days in December amid the chaos. But once London’s 8th birthday came around just days before Christmas, Antoinette had officially had her fill of 2020.