Wednesday: dirty, almost not dirty, and cleaner

We'll start today's post with the dirty.  Ants.

They found their way to the top of the kitchen counter last night.  Yuck!  I didn't sleep well because I knew they were there and had nightmares of them overtaking the kitchen.  While they didn't overtake the kitchen, it was still disgusting when I got up.  I found some ant poison that they seem to love.  Hopefully it's actually killing them too.  I took some pictures because I was so excited that it was working, but decided it was too gross.  Yuck.  *Shiver*.  The only good thing is that now they're pretty much only in one area and not wandering all around.

Moving on to cleaner...
I got rid of two boxes of the stuff going to Good Will today.  They came by to pick it up, so I happily put it on the street.  It's a small step in trying to get the basement room cleaned up.

And finally, almost not dirty...
The roomba came today!  Of course, it came at 4:30 and Isaac fell asleep on my shoulder at 4:35.  I did manage to charge the battery later though so we got a short cleaning in.  It's a little bit noisy and so might need to run it while everyone is awake, but in fifteen minutes it picked up a lot of junk.  I'm still optimistic that this will work really well.

Tuesday: visits

This morning my nieces visited us.  They did a good job sharing the chair (at least for a while).

This afternoon we went to visit Aunt C.  Isaac played with Sam, who was one of Aunt C's toys growing up.  He also got her to bring him to the light switch several times...but really, who can resist that face?  And switches are so fun to play with.

Sunday: pictures

I've forgotten to post the last few days, but I've still been taking a few pictures.

It's a little hard to see, but Isaac's hair is all messed up.  A minute prior it was fine, but while I was looking down it got restyled.  I looked up and gave a big laugh.  Isaac gave me a big laugh back.

Oops...forgot the car seat before going to church.

We took a walk to our little beach and Isaac walked in the sand.  I think he enjoyed it.

Thursday: not much

Not much of note happened today.  I thought I was winning the war on the ants only to find a whole bunch more.  (Side note: yesterday I saw one ant carrying a comrade away from the battlefield.  While I gave him props for trying, I still killed him.)  Isaac and I had a disagreement about whether or not he could close the dryer door while I was putting clothes in.  We had grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner even though the weather is warming up and the meal doesn't seem appropriate.

Wednesday: last day

Today was my last day of teaching for the semester.  I really enjoyed the class...hopefully they learned something too. :)

But that meant that it was also Isaac's last time with the babysitter.  It was interesting to watch their relationship progress over the semester.  At first I'd come in and Isaac would crawl to me and hug me with huge hugs.  Then the last few times the babysitter would leave and Isaac would go follow her, not wanting her to leave.

He looks really sad in this picture, but he really just wanted down.  We can pretend he was so sad that it was the last day though.

She gave Isaac a really nice little gift.  I wonder if we should have given her something?  Oh well.

Hmm, this part of the gift wasn't so little.

Anyway, the experience seemed to be really good for Isaac and I'm glad about that.  I felt a little teary though...how am I going to handle it when he has to leave teachers in school??

Tuesday: groceries

Getting groceries is always nice because it provides Isaac and I a reason to get out of the house.  On top of that, when we get home it provides Isaac with a bunch of new toys if I'm slow in getting some of the food put away.

Today he took several things out of the bags, opened a bag of those plastic over-diaper things, and opened a box of oatmeal.  I enjoyed sitting and reading during this time.

Monday: critter barn

Today was pleasantly warm, so Isaac and I decided to explore the Critter Barn.  I came away quite impressed.

The first thing we saw was the chicken coop.  We probably stayed there for about thirty minutes, going inside and then outside and back again.  They had a few other chicken coops around; we looked at all of them.

And goats!  Between the chickens and the goats, it almost felt like we were visiting Nathan and Liz.

There was also a turkey that followed us around, rabbits, chicks, cats, pigs, ducks, and sheep.  There was a petting area.  Isaac was exhausted from having so much fun and fell asleep on the way home.  I think we'll be back.