Tuesday: three things that make me happy

1. The things that come out of Isaac's mouth (or out of my mouth in response to him).
1a. Isaac, don't pet the cat with your hammer.
1b. "Mom, if I push this button the car will turn into an airplane!"  "Oh yeah, is it an airplane now?"  "Yes.  We're going to eat grapes and peanut butter and jelly."
1c.  Flurry is calmly sitting on the table.  Isaac has quickly run around the table 20 times.  "I'm trying to get the kitty cat!"  He kept running for another several minutes.

2. I have a plugged duct/mastitis again.  They're slightly different things, but people seem to use them interchangeably so it makes it a bit hard to tell you what I have.  I'm in the middle of the chills part of the fever, but Tylenol takes away almost the whole thing.  I'm also happy for hot showers.  Hot showers during a fever are second to none.

3. Joshua's smiles.  Pat wonderfully came over to babysit while I got groceries and new pants.  (Two pairs of pants wasn't cutting it.  Also, I got groceries in about half the time that I do if Isaac is with me.)  When I got back he gave Pat a whole bunch and then me a whole bunch.

Monday: eight weeks

Joshua is eight weeks old!

I can definitely tell he's getting bigger.

And he smiles rather easily...although they're still hard to catch on camera.

Isaac picked out matching socks for them today.

We also went to visit Brian and Amy over lunch...it was wonderful to see them again!  Isaac had a great time playing with the new toys and fell asleep in the car on the way home.

I think we're also about to start giving Joshua a new bedtime.  Up until now he's stayed up with us, falling asleep in our arms and then going into the fake car seat.  It's been nice.  But lately he won't sleep in it and only wants to be in my arms.  He doesn't want to be in Ben's arms.  Just mine.  While I appreciate the thought, it is also annoying to have my "me time" taken away so completely.  So tonight I gave him a bath, fed him, and put him to bed.  And we haven't heard a peep.  (This is actually pretty normal when putting him to bed.  I hope it keeps up.  The problems come later during the night.)

Joshua was up several times last night.  Isaac was up once too...he wanted to know if he could go outside at 4am.  But everyone slept in until 7:45, so there was at least some sleep.  Nap time went much better today too.

Isaac and I were having a rough time today though.  I feel like I spoke sharply to him way too much.  Sometimes it was appropriate (no, you don't throw your plastic wagon down the stairs) and sometimes it wasn't (I could have let him play while cleaning up a bit more).  Anyway, the result was that some duplos and his barn went in time out for the day.  Later he was talking to us..."I have a really big problem."  I said, "You should look in a book!"  and then Ben told him the super-dooper computer letters were "L-I-S-T-E-N and that next time you should listen to Mom."  We have obviously been watching too many kids' shows.

Saturday: duplos

Isaac loved playing with Ben today.

Friday: lazy day?

Today was kind of a lazy day...or at least as lazy as one can be with two small children, which I guess is not very lazy.  Joshua slept a lot (and they were good naps, not the dumb 20 minute ones).

Isaac helped out by putting laundry into the washer.  I think I should find more chores/games that involve the step ladder; he loves it.  Maybe throwing balls into buckets from the top?  It seems like that should keep him occupied.

Thursday

Last night was a bit rough again.  Joshua has been waking up a lot more this week and Isaac has been sick and therefore waking up once or twice.  So...yeah.  Joshua did sleep well during the day so I got two medium naps in at least.

Isaac has been interested in offices lately.  Whenever we see one on TV he'll say "office?"  So today we visited Ben's office and had lunch with him.  It was a nice time.

And Isaac and Joshua entertained each other today!  (For about five minutes.) They've done it before, but I'm usually around supervising.  This time Isaac started playing with Joshua's toys and he watched.  I tried to get a picture but came over at just the wrong time.

And Isaac helped me give Joshua a bath.  I've been meaning to do so for several days now, but just don't care anymore before Joshua's bedtime.  I asked Isaac if he wanted to help and he was so excited.  He got the tub out.  Then he ran to his bathtub and got some of his foam letters for Joshua.  Because you obviously can't have a bath without some letters.

Wednesday: no title

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Today I sang the Itsy Bitsy Spider.  Isaac asked me to sing it again, so I said, "Sure.  Will you sing with me?"  I proceeded to sing the Itsy Bitsy Spider and Isaac sang the ABCs.  I guess I should have been more specific.