Monday: baby day

Today we went to baby day at Hope College.  I think I've mentioned doing this with Isaac several times...they always were pretty low on guessing his age.

Anyway, I went, not really sure how it would go.  Isaac came with us, which always adds interest, and Joshua is always a bit more clingy than Isaac was.  Isaac would go to nursery, care at the gym, day care, whatever without a backwards glance but was always pretty shy during baby day, not really showing off his skills very well.

Joshua, who hates the separation part, was a social butterfly for almost the whole hour!  He played with me.  He played with the other parents.  He played with some of the students.  He played really well with the teacher, asking that she play peek-a-boo with him over and over.  He even let the teacher pick him up and carry him around.  The students were a bit low on his age (guessing 10-12 months), but not too far off.  It probably didn't help that I couldn't remember his length and he is just starting to walk.

Sunday: house, moon, walking

I worked really hard to get the house cleaned up over the weekend.  And I was mostly successful!  Not completely successful, but I also managed to get some other random things done.  One random thing was a art spot for Isaac.  He's been coming home with some really cool art from school, but I didn't have a great spot for it.  He didn't care too much when I was putting it in the recycle (as long as he didn't see it), but that's a bit boring.  So I put two ribbons in his room.  This gives plenty of space to hang art from, but also will help us get rid of some when the ribbon gets full.

Moon...the clouds cleared just in time!  Ben and I went out as the full eclipse started and at the mid point.  (I'm hoping to go out once near the end too.)  Very pretty in it's red color.

Joshua started walking a lot more today.  He's still not great at it, but maybe 50% of the time started walking towards something.  He often fell after a few steps and would continue scooting there.  But once in a while he made it all the way to his goal.

Saturday: the day

Isaac's new use for the scooter.  Normally he wouldn't fall off.

Friday: joke

Q: Why was the ink drop sad?
A: It's mother was in the pen and didn't know when the sentence would end.

Thursday: today

Today happened.  Nothing really of note.  I dropped off the kids, had an eye doctor's appointment, did some work, taught, picked up the kids, made dinner, ate, gave the kids baths and put them to bed, and then quilted and played warcraft.

It was a pleasant day though.  I was wearing a new outfit.  Isaac's teacher said he had no problems not saying "poop" during class.  My contacts for the next year were completely covered by insurance.  Joshua enjoyed his bath.

Wednesday: bird of prey

We were leaving the gym today and saw a bird of prey on the grass.  We watched it a while; it was having it's dinner.  We started walking towards the cars and realized it was right off the driver's side of Ben's car.

We got the kids in the car I was driving.  The bird of prey was still there, eating away.  The cars going by weren't bothering it a bit.  There was one car with people that was also watching the bird.  Ben ended up getting in the car from the passenger side.  Luckily, for the bird I guess, the car was electric and so Ben was able to pull away without disturbing it at all.  It was pretty neat.

My best guess is that it was a Cooper's Hawk, but the bird book says that there are a few that look very similar.

Tuesday: outside

Today we played outside for a bit after dinner.  Isaac and I played "go to bed", in which he is the parent and I am the child.  I holler for him to fix all my problems.  He's pretty good at fixing all of them except the one when I'm not sleepy.  (Oh, and all the monsters got turned into poop.)

At the same time Joshua and I played weeds.  Joshua would pick some weeds and give them to me.  He seemed very happy with himself.