Monday: nice day

The weather today looked like it might be the last really nice day for a while, so we went to a playground in the morning.  Playgrounds, when by ourselves, aren't always my favorite places to go.  There's so much ducking and squishing and angling around because I'm not the size of a child.  Anyway, we went to a different one from normal today.  We've been to it before but I think it is one of my favorites because most things are all on one level.

Joshua did a lot of good walking, although by the end he was tired and not doing as much.

By the end of the day though I was done.  Joshua was being clingy so I had him in the carrier and Isaac was being so loud and I was trying to make dinner while not letting the fruit flies get to it.  (side note: I think there is only one house fly left and the fruit flies are going down, but still definitely around.)  Isaac isn't a fan of the show we've been watching with dinner, and so lately has asked to sit somewhere where he doesn't have to watch.  This would be fine if he actually didn't watch, but he does.  So today he elected to sit in the corner by our bedroom where he couldn't see the TV.  This lasted about thirty seconds...but now there will be no more sitting in odd places.

Sunday

Last night I'm not sure how well Joshua slept.  I know what you're thinking, "how odd!"  However, it's because when I first heard Joshua cry the Orange Mist told me that it would take care of him.  This made perfect sense to me in my dream state so I went back to sleep.  When I woke back up, (two minutes later?  thirty minutes later?) I sadly realized that the Orange Mist hadn't kept its promise and found Joshua standing in the crib.  Usually he's just sitting, so I think it might have been a while.  As I cuddled him back to sleep he awoke with a scream a few times so I'm wondering if he's having nightmares.

Let's see...today I felt mostly better.  Isaac has enjoyed playing with some of Ben's old toys that came home with us on Wednesday; yesterday they found the micro-machines.  Joshua really, really wants to play with them and we've had several tantrums when he hasn't been able to.  He's had several tantrums lately, but today we had some of the bigger ones.  Joshua did get to play with Ben's trophies and that was pretty fun.

Isaac was an eating machine today.  Joshua did some excellent walking.

We recently got some sateen sheets and were having lots of issues with the sheets coming untucked during the night.  So I sewed a piece of elastic from one side to the other, about 15" up from the bottom.  We'll see if it helps.

Saturday: sleep 3

Well, Joshua slept a bit better last night.  My plan was to make sure to cuddle him until he was really asleep.  Maybe if he had a good night of sleep then following nights would be better.

However, I had a fever in the middle of the night so I didn't sleep well.  Sigh.  I have no idea why I had a fever and was rather surprised by it.

The day was ok, but I was a bit sick and tired.  I pretty much threw the kids at Ben as soon as he woke up and told him I needed a nap.  I didn't do much the rest of the day...some relaxing, a little bit of working.

Hmm.  I have a low grade fever again.  I took medicine.  Here's hoping.

Friday: sleep

I was exhausted today.  Joshua slept better last night, but still cried for at least an hour in the middle of the night.  Why?  He doesn't seem hungry.

And I'm still trying to get on top of the fly problem.

And there are a ton of things on the to-do list.

And I'm still awake.  I should have gone to bed by now, but I like doing my stuff too.  And I know I get a nap tomorrow.

Isaac is getting smarter every day.  Joshua is getting cuter.

Thursday: sleep

Joshua didn't sleep well last night.  He's been doing that lately.  Is something wrong?  Does he think he's hungry?  Is he just trying to win?  I don't know.  And I can't make good decisions in the middle of the night.  Even when I try to pre-make the decisions I think I end up make poor choices.

Anyway, Ben and I are both rather tired.  I think Joshua is too.  Hopefully it bodes well for tonight.

And Isaac wouldn't stop talking about the "science game" that Ben played as a kid and we brought home yesterday.  (Seriously.  Wouldn't stop talking about it.)  They finally got it out tonight but it was all corroded.  So it either needs some TLC or it would be a good Christmas present.

Wednesday: ups and downs

The day started at 1am with a weird sound, waking me from my sleep, happening about once every 20 seconds.  "Maybe Jesus has returned!" was my first excited thought, followed by a bit of fear.  (Let's face it, the unknowing is scary.)  Well, that thought was wrong.  Maybe something is buzzing on my nightstand.  After throwing my hand over there and moving things around in the dark a few times, I was guessing that wasn't the problem.  Ug, it's time to turn on the light.  Is it coming from my clock?  I thought so.  I unplugged my clock, and the noise continued.  What a weird clock!  I moved the clock to the kitchen, because obviously I had a possessed clock and I didn't want to hear it for the rest of the night.  Oh.  It wasn't the clock.  Bother, now I'll need to reset it.  It's the phone.  Why is the phone making such noises?  I closed the monitor app and it stopped.  Huh.

In the morning we went to pick up some of Ben's Very Old Stuff from growing up.  Many boxes.  Of course, Joshua didn't want to be without me.  So I put him in the carrier on my back and hauled boxes.  Not ideal, but he sure was happy.  Isaac was bored, but survived.  It surprised me a bit, because usually he loves playing at Grandma's house.  (Oh, also, he decided that Ben and I should become his age and we could all play together and Cheryl could take care of us.)  He did get some of Ben's old toys, and was rather excited about that.

It was beautiful outside, so Joshua and I went out for a bit while Isaac finished his nap.  I'm hoping to be more on top of the fall gardening, but we'll see what happens over the next month.  Joshua continued to be rather clingy.

The flies are back.  There are fruit flies too.  However, my fruit fly trap works pretty well and I have a good way of getting rid of the flies, although it isn't very fast.

Tuesday: red walls

Fall break!  I didn't have to work, but still brought the boys the boys to day care.  I went to Bible Study, did some work around the house, and took a nap.

Ben and I decided that Joshua's room might have the same color paint as our room.  I had always thought of his room as being a darker red, but when looking for paint today there was only one red.  We held up a chunk of Joshua's wall next to our wall and it is close.  I don't think it is quite the same, but the lighting isn't very good either.  However, it might be good enough.  We're going to try and see.

Oh, and we forgot Giraffe at home today.  Isaac asked where he was when we got to school, and when I said he was at home Isaac immediately said, "We need to go back and get him!"  I said I would watch him today while I worked at home.  I caught him trying to drink my mountain dew at lunch.  Isaac later told me that Giraffe doesn't like mountain dew.