Wednesday: naps

As I put Isaac down for rest time, I said something along the lines of, "Can you please take a nap?  Or at least be quiet?  I am sick and really need a nap."  (About an hour after the day had started I was ready for a nap.)

It worked.  Everyone slept for three hours.  Three hours!  At the same time!

After Isaac woke up he asked me, "Are you feeling better now?"

It pulled on my heartstrings.  And I was happily able to answer, "Yes.  Much better."

Tuesday: colds

A cold is running through the family.  Isaac doesn't seem to have it yet and I'm not sure if Joshua has the same cold that Ben and I do.  But Ben and I are miserable.  In that I-want-to-take-the-day-off-but-don't-think-I'm-really-sick-enough way.

But Isaac nicely played with Duplos this evening.  Joshua was willing to help me do my work.  So it worked.  My cold wasn't too bad until I got home at dinner time, so I'm hoping that the night will give me a good recharge.

And in leaving, I'll give you a poor picture of Flurry.  I had never seen her go in a crib before, but I don't think that Isaac ever had a crib by a ledge.

Monday: 25 weeks

Joshua turned 25 weeks old today!

To celebrate, he last night he slept without his swaddle for the first time.  I was only up one extra time...so he slept about like normal.  I'm still planning on sending it to daycare though, because it is so noisy there. Also, he stuck his tongue out at me a lot today.

His eyes seem to still be very blue.  I don't remember when Isaac's started to change, but it seems as though they had started to change by now.  I'm hoping they stay blue.

Sunday: the boys

Joshua was looking rather alert, although he still has a bit of a cold and is rather snugly.

Isaac got a magnetic zoo.  We spent a lot of time talking about where the animals should go.  Most of them walked ("which way?" "straight" "oh, he bumped into a fence." "turn a bit." "There's a wolf." "Jump over the wolf." "Now which way?" "Right.")  Every animal went to more or less the right spot, except the penguins.  They went to stand upside-down by the lions.

Saturday: wiggles

During dinner Isaac suddenly said, "when I move [my arms] my teeth move."  And proceeded to pump his arms back and forth really quickly while chewing.  Ben and I just laughed.

I had a video of him doing a wiggle dance too, but it isn't uploading.  Maybe you'll get to see it tomorrow.

Friday: books

Do you know what annoys me?  Books that have a meter or a rhyme for part of the book but not for another part of the book.  Just as I get into the rhythm, it stops and I stumble.

It doesn't happen too often, but in enough books to be annoying.

And for the record, again and rain don't rhyme at all, even though they both end in -ain.

Thursday: today

I dropped off the kids at school today and went to get groceries.  I didn't really want to get groceries; it was a big list.  And I had been hoping that Thursday mornings I would be able to get least get some housework done, but it hasn't happened.  While we did need groceries, they often clutter the house for a day or two because something else comes up that is more important than putting the room temperature food away.  (Today it was teaching work.)  Add to a big list a bunch of good sales and I had a very full cart.  Sigh.  A happy sigh though.  It's nice to have groceries.

Joshua also easily ate all his food at daycare and they even gave him the extra few ounces that I put in the freezer just in case.  Side note...I also bought Joshua some real food at the grocery store.  I can't believe he's getting ready for solid foods.  I was ready to give Isaac solids, but I'm not really ready with Joshua.  The time feels like it has gone so much faster.

Isaac was walking in the snow when we got home and told me, "I made a rainbow!"  That was not what I was expecting him to say, but his footprints did make rainbows.