Scene: it's time to go to the store
Amanda: Isaac, can you bring your shoes over here?
Isaac brings one of Amanda's black shoes over. This isn't uncommon and actually quite nice.
Amanda: Thanks. Can you bring the other shoe over?
Isaac dawdles. He finds an almost empty water bottle near the shoes and puts it in Amanda's shoe. He takes the cap off the water bottle.
Amanda: Don't get water in my shoe!
Isaac gets a few drips of water in Amanda's shoe.
Isaac goes in time out and is not happy about it. At all.
Amanda puts her brown shoes on while explaining why she isn't going to wear the black shoes. Isaac continues to be inconsolable because she is wearing the brown shoes. Isaac goes and puts Amanda's black shoe on the humidifier, his go-to drier. (He puts it sole down, so it doesn't really help anything.) He brings it back, expecting her to wear the black shoes. When she doesn't, the crying gets more insistent. Isaac tries to take off Amanda's brown shoes so the black shoes can go on. This all takes place over about ten minutes.
Amanda finally gets her coat on and then Isaac's coat and carries him out to the car, shoeless and heartbroken. She goes back in to get Isaac's shoes and gets one on him. He says he doesn't want the other one on and as she starts to back out he immediately changes his mind.
Amanda gets in the car, feeling rather satisfied that 1) she won the battle and 2) they're finally on their way. She even finds the whole thing a bit funny, although it would have been nice to understand why Isaac wanted her to wear the black shoes.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Saturday: cutting
Today's main activity was cutting. Something clicked with Isaac and Mr. Scissors and he was able to make some good cuts...and move the scissors along so that he actually made pieces, not just fringes along the outside.
This morning he made a mess in my area.
This afternoon he made a mess in Ben's area.
But considering that it kept him well occupied, we were happy to let him do it.
(Yes, it is a metal scissors but has a very blunt point and is not sharp. It works a lot better than the "kid scissors" that we got him but I still don't think he'll hurt himself.)
This morning he made a mess in my area.
This afternoon he made a mess in Ben's area.
But considering that it kept him well occupied, we were happy to let him do it.
(Yes, it is a metal scissors but has a very blunt point and is not sharp. It works a lot better than the "kid scissors" that we got him but I still don't think he'll hurt himself.)
Friday, April 25, 2014
Friday: an update
Hmm...I'm not really sure how the week got away from me without posting since Monday.
Tuesday I had some extra work to do at night.
Wednesday...I think I just skipped it. The funniest thing that happened was I was putting Isaac in his car seat and he wanted to push the circles on the roof. Needless to say, those two things don't work very well together. So I told him to push his nose. He said no. But then he said, "Big push?" "Sure" I responded. So he extends his arm as far as it will go and then slaps his nose. He didn't cry, so I think he managed to hold back a little bit. And I was laughing hysterically, and that always helps the pain.
Thursday I gave a certification exam in the evening. I don't have to do anything except be there, but it takes a while. And I had a lot of grading to do.
And that brings us to today! We joined Betsy and Ethan at the mall play place. The two boys are starting to interact more now and it's pretty fun. I rarely get to see him interact with other kids...either I'm not around or I am around so he wants to hang out with me more.
I'm 26 weeks pregnant today. Less than 100 days to go! Last week of the 2nd trimester! ...everything I tell myself makes it still seem like a long time until the baby comes.
The boys had a great time in this boat. They "rocked" it back and forth together. Later Isaac made a circuit - go in the back, over the seat, sit in the bow, climb over the edge, get a hug from me. Repeat.
P.S. I changed the background look of the blog because I discovered that if you have the page active for several minutes an audible ad would start. I was not a fan. At all. The only thing I could think of was that the people that made the design put it in, so I changed the design. I think it has stopped it, but we'll see.
P.S. update: it didn't work. Does anyone else have this problem? Have any ideas for fixing it? It might be a virus but it seems weird that it only shows up in the blogger tab...never any other tabs.
Tuesday I had some extra work to do at night.
Wednesday...I think I just skipped it. The funniest thing that happened was I was putting Isaac in his car seat and he wanted to push the circles on the roof. Needless to say, those two things don't work very well together. So I told him to push his nose. He said no. But then he said, "Big push?" "Sure" I responded. So he extends his arm as far as it will go and then slaps his nose. He didn't cry, so I think he managed to hold back a little bit. And I was laughing hysterically, and that always helps the pain.
Thursday I gave a certification exam in the evening. I don't have to do anything except be there, but it takes a while. And I had a lot of grading to do.
And that brings us to today! We joined Betsy and Ethan at the mall play place. The two boys are starting to interact more now and it's pretty fun. I rarely get to see him interact with other kids...either I'm not around or I am around so he wants to hang out with me more.
I'm 26 weeks pregnant today. Less than 100 days to go! Last week of the 2nd trimester! ...everything I tell myself makes it still seem like a long time until the baby comes.
The boys had a great time in this boat. They "rocked" it back and forth together. Later Isaac made a circuit - go in the back, over the seat, sit in the bow, climb over the edge, get a hug from me. Repeat.
P.S. I changed the background look of the blog because I discovered that if you have the page active for several minutes an audible ad would start. I was not a fan. At all. The only thing I could think of was that the people that made the design put it in, so I changed the design. I think it has stopped it, but we'll see.
P.S. update: it didn't work. Does anyone else have this problem? Have any ideas for fixing it? It might be a virus but it seems weird that it only shows up in the blogger tab...never any other tabs.
Monday, April 21, 2014
Monday: bother
Today was going rather well...until I realized that I had listed an exam done for today in one place and Wednesday in another place. Of course, instead no one emailed me for clarification in time for me to do anything about it, but at least I had some warning.
After banging my head against the wall for my stupidity, I got down to solving this. Although I was expecting to give it today, if anyone wasn't ready I also wanted to give them the extra two days; it was my fault after all. The worst case scenario was if half the class was ready and half the class wasn't. I found room for that many people to take the exam if needed, but really hoped that wasn't the case.
Well, it turned out that only two people wanted to take the exam, so that was very doable. They went in the good room for test taking and I gave Wednesday's lecture to the rest of the class.
I feel rather silly about it, but my guess is the students barely cared. After all, they all get to take the exam when they're ready.
After banging my head against the wall for my stupidity, I got down to solving this. Although I was expecting to give it today, if anyone wasn't ready I also wanted to give them the extra two days; it was my fault after all. The worst case scenario was if half the class was ready and half the class wasn't. I found room for that many people to take the exam if needed, but really hoped that wasn't the case.
Well, it turned out that only two people wanted to take the exam, so that was very doable. They went in the good room for test taking and I gave Wednesday's lecture to the rest of the class.
I feel rather silly about it, but my guess is the students barely cared. After all, they all get to take the exam when they're ready.
Sunday: Happy!
Happy Easter!
Today, around dinner time, Isaac came up to me and said, "Are you happy?" I said, "Yes, I'm happy. Are you happy?" He said, "I'm haPPY!" (Yeah, this is a word that really should have had a sound track to go with it.). Then he said, "Is Dad happy?" I told Isaac to go ask him.
"Dad, are you happy?" "Yes, are you?" "Yes, I'm haPPY!!"
It seems appropriate that he should figure out this word and be so excited about it on Easter, a very happy day!
Today, around dinner time, Isaac came up to me and said, "Are you happy?" I said, "Yes, I'm happy. Are you happy?" He said, "I'm haPPY!" (Yeah, this is a word that really should have had a sound track to go with it.). Then he said, "Is Dad happy?" I told Isaac to go ask him.
"Dad, are you happy?" "Yes, are you?" "Yes, I'm haPPY!!"
It seems appropriate that he should figure out this word and be so excited about it on Easter, a very happy day!
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Saturday: Isaac
Isaac had a rather cute morning, and we even got some pictures this time!
To start with, he found the keys that lock my desk drawers. That kept him occupied for about two hours.
To start with, he found the keys that lock my desk drawers. That kept him occupied for about two hours.
Isaac then decided to (literally) try and climb a wall. In his words, "hard." (This was rather hilarious. Although he did have the good sense to try and climb a wall that was jutting out, so he was able to clamp his arms around it.)
Then we had a small Easter egg hunt.
He's figured out to say cheese for the camera, but closes his eyes when doing it.
Ben did his back exercises, and when Isaac noticed the roller was put away he was rather upset. So Ben got it back out for him. He has the right motions, he's just not big or coordinated enough to quite pull it off.
Friday, April 18, 2014
Friday: Good Friday
Good Friday.
It always seems like a weird day to me. Either you do your normal things or you have the day off and you do relaxing things. There are no family get togethers, no expectations of assorted activities. Sometimes we go to church (we did today), but not always.
But yet it is one of the most important days of my faith. Jesus died for me. For me! It was, as always, a day of remembrance, no matter what I end up doing.
It always seems like a weird day to me. Either you do your normal things or you have the day off and you do relaxing things. There are no family get togethers, no expectations of assorted activities. Sometimes we go to church (we did today), but not always.
But yet it is one of the most important days of my faith. Jesus died for me. For me! It was, as always, a day of remembrance, no matter what I end up doing.
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