Thursday: carrying water

Tonight, for entertainment, Isaac carried water to Ben and me.  He did so by sticking his hands in a play shopping cart that was full of rain water.  He then ran over to us so we could wipe the water off of his hands.

This kept him busy for quite a while.  Probably because he didn't want to move the cart closer to us.

Tuesday: napping

Isaac fell asleep while eating lunch again today.  We were even having an early (11:00) lunch to try and avoid it, but it didn't work.

Next time we're in this situation I think I'll put him in his highchair and see if he wants to color.  Falling asleep while coloring would be a lot easier to clean up than falling asleep while eating.  OR...he should start going to sleep in his crib.  That would really be ideal, but it isn't working well lately.

Monday: Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day!  Today Isaac and I went to the parade.  We almost didn't go, but I was feeling a little bad about not bringing him to a tulip time parade.  Turns out that the Memorial Day parade was probably a much better idea and we had fun.  It was shorter and easier to get home when it was done, and both of those were good things for us.  He enjoyed the bands.  He also waved to some people in the cars, but usually after they had passed.

I was feeling oddly...patriotic.  Maybe that's the wrong word.  But after seeing Band of Brothers what some of these men had probably seen really hit home and I was happy to be standing there honoring their service.

Isaac really didn't want to take a nap.  We're still struggling a little bit with nap times.  So, of course, he fell asleep while eating lunch.  I usually try to catch it and keep him awake but it happened really quickly this time.

Sunday: beach

Scarlet and Autumn spent a few hours with us this afternoon so we took a walk down to the beach.  I was expecting them to play in the sand, but it quickly became playing in the water too.  Oh well.  Hopefully their parents didn't mind too much. :)

Isaac on the other hand really wanted nothing to do with the sand or water.  But he nicely sat next to me on the beach towel.  He did get up after a while, but was mostly interested in drinking water from the water bottle.

Friday: yesterday

Well, today went ok but Isaac woke up in the middle of the night and then didn't want to nap even though he was tired... I was tired and wanted a nap, so that wasn't really helping anything.

So I leave you with a picture from yesterday after swimming lessons.



He doesn't move when bundled up, so it is easier for me to get dressed without chasing him.

Thursday: pointless

In between racquetball games, Ben tossed me the racquetball.  However, I was busy getting my racquet back around my wrist and it ended up back with Ben.

Amanda: "That was pointless."
Amanda: "Haha, it is pointless because it's a ball."

We start getting ready to play.

Ben: "Ovids.  Rounded cubes."
Amanda: "[The score is] zero zero."
Amanda: "That's pointless too!"

Wednesday: rocks

Isaac loves rocks.  It's nice, because they keep him entertained if I'm outside gardening/weeding.  He especially loves to carry as many as possible in his hands...usually around four.  And he gets very upset when it is time to leave his rocks.