Tonight we went to the Good Friday service at church.
One of the songs had the line "Come as you are." Normally I think of adjectives such as sad, happy, etc to describe my state. But today's adjective was distracted. I was distracted by a squirmy four-year-old next to me. I am distracted by the normal ins and outs of life.
But I went to church, to help remember that Jesus loves us so much. Even when we're almost too distracted to remember it.
Friday, March 25, 2016
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Thursday: sleepover and microwave
Last night we have a very short power outage. Just long enough for us to say, "woah, did the power just go out?" and for all the clocks to reset. This included the microwave.
I'm not sure if I mentioned it or not, but a year or two ago the beep on our microwave stopped working. At first I found it odd, but then I found that I loved it! No more trying to stop it from beeping to help people sleep. No more annoying beeping noises at you; it turns out that the microwave makes plenty of noise and you can quickly learn to listen for the absence of noise. I probably forget about something in the microwave every month or two, but it can usually just be reheated.
Well, the microwave also started beeping again. Turns out there is an easy way to turn off the beeping. I just had to push the settings button and then turn off the sound. Phew. I'd recommend taking a look at yours and trying it for a bit. :)
Also, I'm sure you're wondering how the sleepover last night went. Not so well. Isaac woke up at 10pm with Joshua, slept through the 4am waking, and woke up (and went to his own bed) at 6am. He wanted to sleep in Joshua's room again tonight so he enjoyed the change of pace, but I think we need to wait a bit before trying again. I didn't feel comfortable letting Joshua wimper for a few minutes to see if he would go back to sleep since I didn't want him to wake up Isaac.
Speaking of Joshua and Isaac, at daycare I usually pick up Isaac first and then we get Joshua. We went in the room and Joshua was so excited! Isaac went around the corner for some toys. Joshua started to come over to me and then stopped. He looked around a bit. "IIaac?" "He's around the corner." Joshua goes around the corner. "HI!" It seems like it should make me sad but it really doesn't. ...we just need to figure out how to get Isaac to enjoy being with Joshua a bit more. Hopefully that'll come with time.
I'm not sure if I mentioned it or not, but a year or two ago the beep on our microwave stopped working. At first I found it odd, but then I found that I loved it! No more trying to stop it from beeping to help people sleep. No more annoying beeping noises at you; it turns out that the microwave makes plenty of noise and you can quickly learn to listen for the absence of noise. I probably forget about something in the microwave every month or two, but it can usually just be reheated.
Well, the microwave also started beeping again. Turns out there is an easy way to turn off the beeping. I just had to push the settings button and then turn off the sound. Phew. I'd recommend taking a look at yours and trying it for a bit. :)
Also, I'm sure you're wondering how the sleepover last night went. Not so well. Isaac woke up at 10pm with Joshua, slept through the 4am waking, and woke up (and went to his own bed) at 6am. He wanted to sleep in Joshua's room again tonight so he enjoyed the change of pace, but I think we need to wait a bit before trying again. I didn't feel comfortable letting Joshua wimper for a few minutes to see if he would go back to sleep since I didn't want him to wake up Isaac.
Speaking of Joshua and Isaac, at daycare I usually pick up Isaac first and then we get Joshua. We went in the room and Joshua was so excited! Isaac went around the corner for some toys. Joshua started to come over to me and then stopped. He looked around a bit. "IIaac?" "He's around the corner." Joshua goes around the corner. "HI!" It seems like it should make me sad but it really doesn't. ...we just need to figure out how to get Isaac to enjoy being with Joshua a bit more. Hopefully that'll come with time.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Wednesday: this and that
I feel as though Joshua is doing so many cute things lately. (To be fair, he's also doing a lot of non-cute things. But we won't go there.)
He's rocking. And asking for more songs...and saying please.
He's setting up the self-timer on his play camera and saying "cheese".
I gave blood today. It's the first time in quite a while, but it went very well. There tend to be shortages after the winter holidays and during the summer. While it is neither of those times, I am hoping to donate more often.
I cut the boys' hair today. Isaac's only ended up ok; Joshua's turned out pretty good. The person not getting their hair cut got the squirt bottle. The floor was soaking wet by the time I was done. However, Isaac had a grand time squirting the box. He probably went through 1.5 bottles of water.
Isaac is sleeping in Joshua's bedroom tonight. We billed it as a sleepover, but really it's an effort to get Joshua to sleep a bit better. (Someone mentioned that sometimes seeing other people sleeping will trigger you to go back to sleep. Since Isaac sleeps so soundly, it seems worth a try. But also fun.) He was up three times last night, although I only had to get out of bed twice. I do have another idea as to what could help solve the problem, but don't really want to do it. At least, not for about another month.
He's rocking. And asking for more songs...and saying please.
He's setting up the self-timer on his play camera and saying "cheese".
I gave blood today. It's the first time in quite a while, but it went very well. There tend to be shortages after the winter holidays and during the summer. While it is neither of those times, I am hoping to donate more often.
I cut the boys' hair today. Isaac's only ended up ok; Joshua's turned out pretty good. The person not getting their hair cut got the squirt bottle. The floor was soaking wet by the time I was done. However, Isaac had a grand time squirting the box. He probably went through 1.5 bottles of water.
Isaac is sleeping in Joshua's bedroom tonight. We billed it as a sleepover, but really it's an effort to get Joshua to sleep a bit better. (Someone mentioned that sometimes seeing other people sleeping will trigger you to go back to sleep. Since Isaac sleeps so soundly, it seems worth a try. But also fun.) He was up three times last night, although I only had to get out of bed twice. I do have another idea as to what could help solve the problem, but don't really want to do it. At least, not for about another month.
Tuesday: finished dream
This morning my dream finished right before I woke up. We (my group of adventurers and I) were getting on our flying carpets after our mission when Joshua cried that he was awake.
It was so odd to wake up and feel a sense of completion. Usually I'm happy to get out of a bad dream or sad to get out of a happy one.
It was so odd to wake up and feel a sense of completion. Usually I'm happy to get out of a bad dream or sad to get out of a happy one.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Monday: when we're home...
Today we stayed home for most of the day. (We went to the gym, but that was in the early evening.) I couldn't think of any errands that really needed to be done and it was rather cold out.
Isaac worked on a kite for the kitchen. He made it yesterday during quiet time, but it still needed tape. Green tape (scotch) and yellow tape (double sided). Then it needed strong tape (masking). Then it needed really strong tape (packing). He also told me I could add some stickers if I wanted to.
It also took him forever to get dressed. I'm not always sure what he does, but it can be nice. He was asking for quiet time all morning...we just put some new toys in his quiet time drawer and apparently they're a hit. (The quiet times for Friday-Sunday all lasted about twice as long as normal.)
Joshua was acting a bit weird today. He wanted to read on the floor of his bedroom with his quilt over him and the cedar chest runner over me. That would have been fine. But then after a page or two something would be wrong so he'd get up and deal with it. But then he'd need the quilt back on... It was funny at first and then got annoying.
Lastly, this week is V week for Isaac. There aren't a lot of things to bring that start with V. We have a website that we look at that is pretty good and he really wanted to bring a Venn Diagram. Not having any handy, we made one. I'm pretty sure it is a glimpse of things to come, as it felt oddly like a school assignment. It was a pretty cool thing to do with stickers though...I'd recommend it as an activity.
Isaac worked on a kite for the kitchen. He made it yesterday during quiet time, but it still needed tape. Green tape (scotch) and yellow tape (double sided). Then it needed strong tape (masking). Then it needed really strong tape (packing). He also told me I could add some stickers if I wanted to.
It also took him forever to get dressed. I'm not always sure what he does, but it can be nice. He was asking for quiet time all morning...we just put some new toys in his quiet time drawer and apparently they're a hit. (The quiet times for Friday-Sunday all lasted about twice as long as normal.)
Joshua was acting a bit weird today. He wanted to read on the floor of his bedroom with his quilt over him and the cedar chest runner over me. That would have been fine. But then after a page or two something would be wrong so he'd get up and deal with it. But then he'd need the quilt back on... It was funny at first and then got annoying.
Lastly, this week is V week for Isaac. There aren't a lot of things to bring that start with V. We have a website that we look at that is pretty good and he really wanted to bring a Venn Diagram. Not having any handy, we made one. I'm pretty sure it is a glimpse of things to come, as it felt oddly like a school assignment. It was a pretty cool thing to do with stickers though...I'd recommend it as an activity.
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Sunday: a busy day
Today was fun, but busy. We had Life Group at our house and then after nap time meet up with Ben's family for bowling.
Life group: the discussion was interesting. The chapters we read were about being passionate (about doing justice) and being deeply committed to a ...cause, for better lack of a word. We all realized that while we want to be passionate about God's work, we're doing a pretty bad job at it.
Bowling: It was Joshua's first time. He did really well for eight frames and then he was done.
Isaac got to do more all by himself, although an adult was usually nearby. He loved it.
Life group: the discussion was interesting. The chapters we read were about being passionate (about doing justice) and being deeply committed to a ...cause, for better lack of a word. We all realized that while we want to be passionate about God's work, we're doing a pretty bad job at it.
Bowling: It was Joshua's first time. He did really well for eight frames and then he was done.
Isaac got to do more all by himself, although an adult was usually nearby. He loved it.
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Saturday: kids
We were driving home from the gym today and Isaac exclaimed, "I just saw a giant bobbin! It was huge!" We were a little confused at first until we realized he probably saw a spool of wire; they're about to do a bunch of construction and materials are all over. I was rather proud that he called it a bobbin.
Joshua enjoys dancing. So much more than Isaac ever did. He'll turn on music from some toy, dance (usually spin in circles) until the music is done, turn the music back on...
Joshua enjoys dancing. So much more than Isaac ever did. He'll turn on music from some toy, dance (usually spin in circles) until the music is done, turn the music back on...
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