Thursday: tired

I'm tired.  Thursdays tend to be my most tired days.

I might be too tired to go to bed.

Wednesday: progress

Isaac and I were doing some subtracting tonight.  "If I have 10 treats and eat 3, how many do I have?"  says Isaac.  "Seven," I reply.  Basic stuff.  Then comes the loop.  "I have five apples and eat three-quarters of them.  How many are left?" asks Isaac.  Uhh.  Math.  I'm not really prepared to do math tonight.  It's been one of those days.  Why did he have to pick five apples?  Doesn't he know that this would be an easier problem with four apples???  "Go ask your dad."  He did.  Ben broke down the math for him ("You have 20 quarter apples and take away 15 quarter apples so you have 5 quarter apples left.")  But I'm not sure if it sank in or not.


Joshua now pushes his belly button after he poops.








(I know!  Isn't it hilarious!?  He's been doing it all week.  It's a nice way to know if he needs a diaper change and good that he is starting to realize what is going on.)

Tuesday: well, I thought we were healthy

I got called to daycare early today because Joshua has pink eye.  I'm not 100% sure since by the time I got to him his eyes didn't seem very red, but I do agree that they're goopier than normal.  It was earlier than I was hoping to leave work but I had gotten all the important stuff done at least.  Now I'm just hoping that no one else gets it; we were all in each other's bed this weekend.  The internet is being unsurprisingly unhelpful with the incubation time and whether or not it is contagious during that time.

Isaac keeps complaining of headaches.  I don't know if they're real or not.  They don't seem to affect his attitude much, but still...

Ben's back flared up over the weekend, but it is slowly getting better.

I have a black and blue lip from where Joshua hit me with a book.  (I know, not all that noteworthy.  But I wanted to be included in the list too.)

Monday: toy change

Today we brought up a bunch of the toys that had been in the basement for a while and put some new toys down there.  It was a good decision, but throughout the day I was reminded of why some of the toys went down there in the first place.  :)  However, one or two might disappear back down there before too long.

EE-OO the RC robot has made a popular reappearance.  Isaac has mastered driving him, and even Joshua is pretty good.  (I don't mind EE-OO, but he does run through batteries faster than I like.)

Sunday: a few minutes

Do you need a few minutes without worrying (too much) about the kids?

Put them both in a crib (probably the same crib), start the Roomba, and close the door.

I got about 20 minutes from it today.

Saturday: Jesusland

It's been 14 years since Mom died.  And while it was a sad day, it was also not too sad.  She's been on my mind lately for an assortment of reasons, and I don't feel as though not being very sad is forgetting.

But she's in heaven and what a great place that is.  Isaac is trying to wrap his head around it.  He calls it Jesusland - at one point he thought we were going there after after Disneyland and I'm pretty sure he thinks it'll be fun like Disney.  Since I don't know what it is like, I see no reason to interfere with this idea.

We tend to talk about it in the car.  One day he realized that he might go there by himself and without me.  He was almost in tears.  But I was able to tell him that Jesus and Grandma Julie would be there and that I'd come after him.  He calmed down.

And he asked why we got some flowers at the store.
A: To remember Grandma Julie
I: Did she die?
A: Yes.  She's in Jesusland.
I: Do you miss her?
A: Yes.
I: Are you sad?

The last question was hard to answer.  I think I said something like yes, but it usually isn't too bad.  It's hard to explain emotions associated with death to a four year old, let alone to explain how those emotions change over time.

But I do miss her a lot; that question was an easy one.

Thursday: an often held conversation

Isaac: if I finish my food do I get a treat?
Amanda: no, we don't have treats after breakfast.
Isaac: what can I have?
Amanda: Froot Loops.

I know...Froot loops are a treat! Aunt C got them for our trip to see Nathan; they aren't something I would normally get. But I have a long standing rule of no treats after breakfast, and I'm sticking to it.