Monday: Isaac's birthday party

Isaac had his birthday party today!  He was rather excited, especially by the time the party came around.  Luckily, getting ready for the party went much better than I expected.  Usually I feel like I'm prepping and cleaning all day, but this time the boys played well for a bit in the morning and I got everything done pretty quickly.  So Isaac's room and the sink even got cleaned. :D


Flurry's been escaping into the garage lately.  She likes the tops of cars.

Isaac decorated his cake with sprinkles.  There are a lot of sprinkles.

We had a sandwich bar.  I thought it worked rather well, as everything could be set out at once.

We had a sandwich bar because Isaac wanted peanut butter and nutella for his birthday dinner.  Then he barely touched his sandwich.

The kids' table.  Joshua was a bit clingy today, but was ok for the first half while he could still see me.

Presents!

Pinwheel!

Opening marbles.

Opening a craft that you paint.

The cake!

And ice cream in a cone, as requested.  But then he barely ate either of them.

Ben showing Isaac how to use his new flashlight.  It doesn't have batteries, because I'm sick of changing batteries.  And I thought he might like the winding feature.

Duplos!

After all of that, he was still so excited.  He really wants to play with his new play-doh things.  I went up around 10 because it had gotten dark in his room and he was still wide awake.  He had barely had any sugar, so it must have just been excitement.  I was feeling kind of bad for him, so we gave him his new duplos to play with for a bit.  I figured it was a compromise - he still got to play with his new toys but still had to stay in bed.  And he often falls asleep while playing with Duplos, so it isn't out of the question that he'll fall asleep.  However, with the amount of noise that is coming through the monitor right now, it might not be soon.

Saturday: Michigan's Adventure

The company gave Ben (and family) passes to Michigan's Adventure, an amusement park, as the company picnic this year.  Ben and I decided to capitalize on it and also got a babysitter for both boys.

We had an excellent time.  I've decided I don't love roller coasters with the things that come down over your head; I feel like my head get pounded back and forth!  But they're still fun and I did like the wooden roller coasters.  Although I was scared a bit; I'm pretty sure I wore a face that looks just like the one Isaac makes when he's really scared.

We also spent some time at the water park; this was my favorite part.  I really like intertubing through dark tunnels.  It's scary but not too scary.  The big funnel ride that had a big drop and then sent you through a tunnel was fun...and Ben had to go backwards in the ride, so it was extra scary for him.

I'll admit, we didn't have a bunch to talk about this trip.  But I enjoyed not talking and not listening.  I don't get to do that very much any more.

Friday: running

I found Joshua standing up for the first time in his crib.  (Ben found him once, but this is the first time I've found him.)

Today's activity was to move the furniture and run around.

We got the balloons out right before Ben came home.  It was surprisingly fun.

Today Isaac also kindly gave me a two minute warning.  I told him I'd watch the second episode of Super Why with him.  Near the end of the first episode he called out, "Mom, it's almost done!"  It felt a bit weird to get the warning from my kid, but I do it to him all the time.  And it worked well; I had just enough time to change Joshua's diaper before it started.

Thursday: life

Life was up and down today.  The boys played well in the morning.  Isaac has to get dressed, feed Flurry, and squirt the flowers.  He played with his train track while getting dressed and squirted everything on the deck during watering time...the flowers (hopefully), every deck rail, most deck boards.

I wasn't feeling great around lunch.  Joshua was a bit grumpy all day.  We took longer naps and Isaac just got some extra Ipad time.  We weren't able to do our fun activity due to someone tuning up the A/C in the morning, but our work activity was a car wash (and clean out the car).  Since we all love car washes, it was a fun thing.  And I had recently cleaned out the car, so there were only a few extra things to take out of it.

Wednesday: through the day

The day started with bagel toast.  It's really just toast, but Isaac has been enjoying bagels for breakfast and we were out of bagels.

We went to meet the dinosaur at the Fire Station.  It was fine.  Significantly less busy than last year with Curious George, but there also weren't any extra crafts to do.

Our fun thing to do today was take a scooter ride.

That's right.  We were going to take a scooter ride to the close beach.  Isaac got about two inches, not even out of the garage, and said he wanted to walk.  It surprised me because he's been enjoying riding the scooter across the driveway.  I was disappointed, but decided not to push it.

The close beach.  I brought our new umbrella and it was awesome.  It made the beach enjoyable.

Joshua slept through most of it, but it was good since he wasn't feeling like feeling the sand today.

He's also been working on keeping his bowls in the correct position.  Plates aren't working so well though, as we found out at dinner.

And I cleaned the inside of the Subaru, which is finally back in our possession.

Something funny happened in racquetball, but I don't remember what it was.

Isaac might be going through a growth spurt based on how much he's eating.  He was on his second helping of peanut chicken (which I think he has barely touched in the past) when he decided he was done.  Ben took the bowl and got about two steps away when Isaac cried, "I'm hungry again!"  It sounded like it was close to tears.  So he got his food back to finish.

Tuesday: 47 weeks, spider webs

Joshua is 47 weeks!  Moving all over the place, pulling up all the time (but then getting stuck there), and babbling a lot.

I told him it was time for pictures, so he moved over to the quilt and sat on it.

During swimming lessons today the instructor was really impressed that all four limbs seemed to be moving independently.   Score.

This morning we made spider webs.  We started with a baby one for Joshua, but he really was too big for it.

Then we made a big one.  I have some cute pictures and Isaac had a great time with it.  However, Joshua had a really hard time with it so we took it down sooner than I had been planning on.

Monday: up up

Making a gliding robot was today's fun activity.  Isaac thought it was cool, although it went a little faster than I was hoping.

And Joshua has been pulling up on all sorts of things.  Today it was under the table...he barely fits.  He was crying until I came to find him, so he might have bonked his head a bit.