Friday: car

Well, after two busy weeks of car shopping we finally picked up our new car.

It is a Honda CR-V in dark blue.

It's a nice car, and I'm glad to have it.  I expect it'll be especially fun over the next few weeks.  But I'm really glad to be done car shopping.

Thursday: kids

I came into Isaac's classroom at the end of the day to pick him up and he runs and gives me a huge hug.  This was pretty normal.  But then he declared that I was the best mom ever.  Aww.  He got an extra big hug for that.

Then we were in Joshua's room before dinner and he decided to walk half way across it!  Ok, maybe only three feet.  But compared to his earlier three inches it was a huge achievement.  He did it a bit later in the night too.  It seems as though he wants to do more, but the muscles get tired a bit too quickly.

Wednesday: playground, flies, sore

*This morning we went to the playground.  It was an absolutely beautiful day for it.  And we had lunch ahead of time, so Isaac wasn't constantly asking for food.  The boys played well together and the almost-toddlers were pretty good too.

*Fly status: most of the flies from upstairs have been caught, although I think there might be one or two left.  It was interesting how they seemed to get caught in pairs.  There are a bunch of flies downstairs too, so I set out another trap for them.

*Soreness: My legs have gotten more and more sore as the day goes on from yesterday's workout.  It's odd, because the workout was geared more towards arms.

Tuesday: flies

Over the weekend we got two flies in the house.  Normally we only get one at a time, and it dies within a few days.  Not this time!  Now we have a bunch of dumb flies...so we also have some fly paper.  It isn't working as quickly as I was hoping though.

In other news, I worked today (so the kids were at daycare) and then we went to the gym.  Normally I try to stay away from this, but with car shopping it just didn't happen this week.  And Joshua didn't really handle it all that well, as I had been expecting.  Ah well, now I know for sure.  (When I was picking him up from the gym he saw me and started crying and the worker felt so slow in getting him to me.)

Monday: getting a hold of the camera

We got the tripod out today and Isaac decided to be a photographer...

Some are surprisingly artistic.

Note Joshua in the background...he seemed to use the walker with purpose today and kept at it for quite a while.

This was the one attempt at holding both boys upside down.  It didn't go all that well.

"I want to take a picture of Joshua walking but he keeps moving."

Sunday: and back down

I took a walk with Larry and Isaac.  Isaac enjoyed it because I let him go in the stroller and he loves the stroller.  And the weather was perfect...cool but not too cool once you started moving.

We came back home today.  It was a nice vacation...rather relaxing.  Joshua slept almost the whole time in the car and I woke Isaac up with an hour left so that he would sleep tonight.

Saturday: up north

We were in charlevioux today. We started out by stopping at the fabric store. They let Isaac pick out a piece of fabric. He went off with Cheryl and was looking for something black. Cheryl found several options, and Isaac choose the blackest. So then I suggested just getting a solid black and he was super excited about that. The kid does like black.

Joshua had a medium day. I think he enjoyed the new surroundings, but only as long as Ben or I was close by. And he didn't take a very long nap.