Saturday: with Joshua

We stayed pretty busy today.  We gave Joshua a little creative Lego set and he did two of the four animals, mostly by himself. 

Later in the day the angler fish and red fish were down in the basement and pretending to be bad guys.  Joshua had told me I was the boss, so I decided I was the bad guy boss.  I was ordering them to do assorted things.  So then I ordered them to go find another bad guy.  A red dragon stuffed animal came down, and I interrogated him:

Amanda: what is your name?
Joshua: Dragon dragon
Amanda: what is the worst thing you've ever done? 
Joshua: Been a good guy

Ben and I cracked up.

Friday: Spring Break, day 1

It was a good day.  The boys played with the marble arena for quite a while in the morning.  The suddenly it was time to get dressed and go to the church bounce house!

We came back for lunch and rest time.  Isaac also packed for a short weekend with my dad.  (He did a pretty good job of getting all the clothes he needed together all by himself!)

I got in an extra karate class due to a snafu yesterday.  Honestly, it was great because there were only two students there and we did a lot of the things I feel least comfortable with.

With Isaac gone, Joshua got to choose the restaurant for the evening.  Surprisingly, he chose Brann's (due to the candy machine).  While you can't tell it in this picture, he's trying really hard to move my arm.

And what would a special weekend without your brother look like without a sleepover with your parents?

Thursday: arena

Well, due to the beginning of spring break I brought out a new idea.

We made an arena for marbles and bouncy balls.  There has been a firm "no marbles" in the main area rule for quite some time.  This way we can keep them contained.  The boys had a great time with them...they took out several toys and played well for quite a while doing...I'm not really sure what they were doing.

Wednesday: not working

I didn't have to work this morning, which was lovely.  I got quite a bit of house work done, but also relaxed.  Tornado has finally realized that I have a nice lap too and has sat on it more often.  Not as much as Horizon sits with Ben, but we're working on it.

Joshua: 50-55 months

50 months

51 months:
He was only willing to do puppy faces this month.

52 months:

53 months:

54 months:

55 months:

The things of note (which are harder to remember when I do five months at a time) are:
*Grey Bear is no longer the preferred lovie, but it is the Pokeball from Great Wolf Lodge.
*He still has his band on from Great Wolf Lodge, over a month later.
*He always tells me that he had hamburgers for lunch at school.

Tuesday: bathroom conversations

I was in the restroom at Hope today and a non-college person started talking to me.  It was as though she knew me, but I really didn't know who she was.  We started talking a bit and I finally found out that she is one of the accounting professors.  (Keep in mind that most of my students are accounting majors.) 

She had great things to say!  How the students that came through my class knew so much more about excel than those that didn't.  How the four that are currently in the class have made such leaps and bounds forward as they've progressed through my class. 

Anyway, the conversation came at a good time as there are going to be many changes next semester due to a new book.  I think we're going to meet sometime in May so that hopefully we can better understand what the other teaches and how the classes could better interact.

Nights: fort

Isaac and Joshua are still in their fort.  They often talk too much but I figure it's good bonding.

(They're in there...they're just hard to see.)

Sunday:snow

Do you know what really bothers me?  TV shows or movies that have snow but actors that are not properly clothed.  Who does anything snow related without gloves or mittens?  Snow is cold and they should at least be cold when making snowballs or cleaning off the car.

Friday: puppy, cat, eyes

Last night before bedtime Joshua wanted a drink...sure, no problem.  I was reading with Isaac, and when I looked up a moment later he was putting a towel on the floor.  Huh...he must have spilled.  Well, at least he was taking care of it.  I look up a few moments later, only to watch him drink from a wide brimmed bowl and have half the water fall out.  Luckily, he had put down a towel so it all got caught. :D

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Isaac had an eye appointment today.  Everything is fine.  His least favorite part was the bright light that was shown in his eyes.  He didn't like the air puff, but it was really the light that got him.  (Oh, and it was pajama day at school.)

Thursday: vacation

Today Ben took a vacation day and I was on spring break.  I brought the kids to school and then we slept in.  We then went out to lunch and saw Captain Marvel.  The movie started late, but it was just in time to get Joshua and Isaac.  The boys were excited to have Ben come to pick them up. 

Wednesday: Isaac

Well, mostly Isaac.  These two brothers both stuck their heads out at the same time and it was cute.

Isaac has really wanted to play a game called Trash.  This game is because it has simple rules.  However, there is zero strategy at all.  It reminds me a little bit about Red Black.  (Side note: I looked up Red Black on the blog and couldn't find it.  It was a game when Isaac was about two and involved turning over a card and saying its color.)

Pinewood Derby was today.  Isaac had 'Silver Arrow.'

He got 3rd place from among the 1st graders!  He was quite excited.

Tuesday: shelves

Our game closet has been a bit of a disaster for the last several months.  This was compounded by the closet organizer breaking (somehow) and games falling out of it.  We needed new shelves.

(Some of the games had been removed for measuring purposes, but this is sort of what it looked like.)

So I put some up!

And I put our games on them, and ended up with more room than I expected.  I had been planning on putting more shelves in all of the "empty" spaces in the closet, but for now I think I'll add some to the upper right and call it good.  It's a nice place to be able to store the chairs.

Monday: a silly day

It was a rather silly day.

Isaac has a silly smile.

On the way out of the grocery store, Joshua said, "I hear meowing from the place God lives.  I think it's Flurry."

Joshua and I went to Lowe's and I tried to make the cart go the way Joshua drove.  He liked driving into dead ends.  "It is hilarious!"  "It is not hilarious."  ...Which sent Joshua into his evil laugh.

We read "Don't push the button," which is not my favorite book.  However, the boys love it.

I also had to explain Bolt again to the boys.  They still don't understand why the green-eyed man showed up again at the end of the movie.

At karate we had to do some Superman Bananas.  First you do a superman...lay on your stomach with hand and feet up.  Not too bad.  Then you need to flip over and do a banana...hands and feet still up.  It was very difficult.