Wednesday: how the day flew by

The day flew by today.  I kind of wish it had been slower as there were several things I wanted to do that I didn't get done.  Oh well.  Some days go like that.

In the morning we went to the pool.  Isaac had a great time.  Joshua took about 20 minutes to warm up to the idea and then I think he had a good time too.

We came home, had lunch, made some -nators (thanks to Phineas and Ferb), and had rest time.  I had been meaning to get work done, but by the time rest time came around I decided it would be a better use of my time to take a nap.  Besides, there was so much that I was supposed to do that it wouldn't all get done whether I took a nap or not.

Everyone slept very well, and so Joshua and I took longer naps than normal.  So long that my dinner plans suddenly didn't work as I didn't have time to prep it before going to the gym.  After thinking about it and realizing I should have also gone to the grocery store, we ended up with pigs in the blanket.

We went to the gym.  I did the spin class.  I liked it more than last time, but still not all that much.  The seats were rather uncomfortable.  I also felt like I worked too hard at the very beginning so by the end I wasn't working as hard as I should have been.

Home - dinner - put the boys to bed - did the work I should have done during nap time - quilted - bed.

Tuesday: snow

We received quite a bit of snow today.  (Luckily, day care didn't close today.)  It seemed as though the plows couldn't keep up at all today...it didn't seem like there was that much snow, but I guess I was mistaken.

I had to brush off the car for the first time this season.  I've been rather lucky so far, but couldn't not do it today.

Monday: made it

Joshua had a rough day today.  I'm not really sure what was going on, but it seemed as though anything that I did was wrong.

However, there was one time where he wouldn't stop giving Isaac hugs and kisses.  Isaac wasn't so excited, especially about the "baby spit", but was a good sport.

They even wrestled a little bit and there was only laughter.

Weekend pictures

Playing with the monitor.

Discovering fun things.

Jumping.  Isaac had a great time at a trampoline place.

More jumping.

Joshua running.  He never seemed to quite trust the trampoline, even after the 30 minutes he spent just watching.  So he walked the blue part and then did a quick circle on the trampoline, only to hurry back to the safety of the blue part.

With Jameson, the real reason we went down for a visit.

Joshua going down a slide at a cafe/play place.

Being an alien.  Joshua really missed Ben while we were gone and wanted to be with him any time he saw Ben.

Thursday: snow day

So...the big storm didn't hit us.  We got maybe for inched if snow.  But I thought I'd double check the school closings this morning, only to find out that daycare was closed.  Really??  I had been planning on getting a lot fine today.  (Turns out that the south side of town got about 10", but I'm still not convinced it should have been closed.)

However, the boys were really good.  I still didn't get as much done as I was hoping, but did make progress.

It helped that Joshua played with the monitor for close to two hours.  Then Isaac played with it for about a half hour.  They both played with sand.

Isaac packed his suitcase because the boys, aunt c, and I were going to see Nathan and family...it had about seven cups (some for Joshua), a game, a hand full of Duplos, My Friend (a toy), and some rings.  (Clothes went in a different suitcase.)

Wednesday: kids

Hmm.  I feel like my blog posts are pretty much all about the kids lately.  To be fair, I am with them a lot.  I'm just going to go with it, I guess.


Joshua ran into a wall corner today.  I was a bit surprised that there was no blood when I picked him up.  I was especially surprised five minutes later when I got a good look at the thing...it looks like it should have bled but must have just missed puncturing the skin.  I do find it rather funny that the bruise is a line.  We know exactly where he hit the wall.

Isaac is getting better in the kitchen.  Yesterday was his first time pouring by himself.  (There wasn't a lot of extra in the bottle so I knew that even if he spilled it wouldn't be a disaster.)  Today he did a pretty good job of scooping some spices from their jars.  For some reason he doesn't completely seem to understand that you need to fill up the spoon with the spice before it's enough, but we're working on it.

Monday: no head injuries here!

The day started out...poorly.  I missed a text to cancel a get together so we were already out with our winter stuff on but hadn't really done anything.  So I thought we should deliver the association dues and that Isaac could ride his bike.  It was a good idea.  I calmed down.  Isaac did an awesome job pedaling.  He needed some help on our street but once we got to a smoother street he was able to do several rotations in a row.

Joshua saw Isaac put his helmet on and wanted his helmet too.  So Joshua walked with his helmet.

Then Joshua ate his morning snack on with his helmet.  (The video isn't really that interesting.  Joshua had been stirring something in the bowl but then stopped.  He did get his eating area all ready though!)


Joshua was required to take off his helmet for nap time and grocery time, but once we got home he wanted it right back on again.

For playing Ipad (with his quilt!)

and for playing with sand.

Ben was then able to take it off right before dinner.  Of course, the TV didn't turn on quite correctly and so instead of asking for help right away Isaac turned up the volume from 50 to 99.  After Ben got the sound going it blared right at Joshua, scaring him to pieces.  It would have been a good time to have his helmet on.