Sunday: Ben's home

Ben's home. :D

Saturday: faster than expected

Today went faster than expected.  And healthier.  Last night I had a random fever for about three hours.  I have no idea why.  Ben had taken most of the ibuprofen, so I was glad that it didn't last longer.

Anyway, Ben is gone this weekend.  But I've prepared.  Yesterday we did several things with people.  Today we went to the gym.  (After the gym I fell asleep while the boys were finishing their lunch while watching TV.  Joshua finished all his food and I wonder if it is because I wasn't paying any attention to his "i'm done" signals.)  We had nap time.  We played a few games, read a few stories, did some random stuff.  We ate dinner and played another game.  Bath time.  And just like that, the day was done.

Well, I proceeded to go to the basement and stay up rather late.  It happens.

Thursday: birds

The birds have finally found our bird feeder.  Over the last two days we've seen several sparrows, a chickadee, some cardinals, and a mourning dove.

The male cardinal has also repeatedly flown into the sliding door.  I changed the position of the screen door hoping that it will help him realize that he really can't go that way.  Or at least cushion the impact.

Wednesday: Joshua communicating

Joshua communicates best on the changing table.  Maybe because there are no other distractions?




He can sometimes do button, but it more frequently has only one syllable instead of two, and so I didn't get a good one today.

I have also gotten several "please" motions yesterday and today (after prompting) but he seems to finally be understanding it!

Today I also met a friend at Rivertown and the boys played in the play area.  They had amazing stamina!  They kept playing and playing for about an hour, at which point we refueled with some cookies and then Isaac wanted to go back for a bit longer.

Joshua almost stayed awake the whole way home, but fell asleep with about ten minutes left.  It messed up the whole afternoon.

Monday: Isaac

"The spinning Bible turns you into soup!"

"My songs are at [Disney] World.  They're invisible.  I have 69 songs now that I'm four.  When I'm five I'll have 100!"

"My song is really loud and it is 13 years long."

"I drew a picture of a person yelling 'NO!!!!' "  (I still don't understand if that's what he actually did.  It was a bit confusing.)

We also tried out his bike in the garage.  He is still having a hard time getting the pedals around when they're vertical.  He had one good round though.

In Joshua news, he said "please" for the first time.  It was a pretty pathetic please, but I'll take it.  I'm hoping it wasn't a fluke.

Sunday: confession

I wish work started this coming week.  I'm ready to be back to our slightly busy schedule.