Tuesday: boxes

Monday: hobbies

One of the things I like about quilting is that it is semi-difficult for the kids to hurt my supplies.  Today we got a backing.  Isaac loved it because it was black.  It ended up in the basement...


We also had a bunch of circles in bowls for dinner in celebration of Pi day.

The bad part of the day was there seemed to be extra "Joshua's touching me!" and "Joshua hit me, but it doesn't hurt!" and "I want to play with you" [in a whiney voice] and "I'm hungry".  I finally yelled and them and told them to stay apart or deal with each other because I didn't want to deal with it.  I was apologizing to Isaac later and he said, "It didn't hurt my ears."  "Did it hurt your feelings?"  "Yeah, my headache is almost gone."  So...it doesn't seem as though it phased him.  Phew.  Except that I still don't know what to do about it.

Sunday: life group

We had our Bible Study today.  It was nice to get together.  It was nice to discuss the book we're reading, Overrated.  The book makes me think and it's interesting to see how it makes others think too.

Saturday: family activities

This afternoon we went to Life Sized Candyland at the library.  We went on the later side, so it wasn't busy and it went a lot faster that I was expecting.  But it was kind of like trick-or-treating, so that was fun.  Team Blue (Ben and Isaac) were ahead the whole game until Team Red (Mom and Joshua) took a last spin lead.  I'm not sure where Team Blue and Team Red came from today, but we did a lot of competing.  Mostly on who could get their buckles on or off fastest in the car.

Then after dinner tonight Ben and Joshua were playing on the couch as they always do.  Joshua started falling backwards at the slightest tap from Ben.

Friday: a story from Wednesday

Wednesday while we were outside I was trying to show Joshua that he couldn't go in the road but had to stay in the driveway unless he was holding my hand.  (This didn't go all that well.)

At one point he went a few steps up the driveway, got down on all fours, and started crawling backwards.  That's what he has to do for the stairs.

Roads and stairs.  Both dangerous.  But unfortunately they require different mitigation procedures.

Thursday: madlibs

Today I did some madlibs in class as a fun activity.  We used VLookUp( ), so it was educational too.

When I got to Isaac's school, I found out that he did a MadLibs too.  His was a lot more funny and he was pretty excited about it.

How fun is that?!?

Wednesday: an excellent day

Today just worked.  It was wonderful.

The plan had been to do some errands this morning.  However, we were pretty slow in getting ready.  Then, just a few minutes before leaving there was a squirrel by the bird feeder.  Isaac and Joshua went outside and chased it away.  But that began the great morning.

First Isaac declared that "it's a nice day for a party" and brought out all the kids' place setting stuff - spoons, plates, glasses.  I thought about telling him no, but then I realized that I don't really care.  What's the worst that happens...I have to put it through the dishwasher?

That didn't last as long as I was hoping, so I gave them each a cookie for their party.  While they were munching, I started my school work.

They proceeded to play inside and play outside, to play with balls, and to sort of play with each other for the rest of the morning.  I interacted with them and helped dry some tears, but mostly they entertained themselves.

We went for a short walk to visit some neighbors, had lunch outside, and naps.  Isaac wanted to play outside a bit more, so we did that.

Then off to the gym for racquetball.  I played much better than normal, and we had some awesome volleys.  I even won a game!

The rest of the night has been pretty normal, but I do like our routine.