Sunday: visiting

Isaac has really wanted to go to Dad and Pat's house for a while.  (To be fair, I think he really wanted to play with the toys.  But he also wanted to eat peanut butter and jelly and a granola bar.  I'm not sure why he wanted those foods, but he did.)

Isaac had an excellent time playing and eating his PB&J.  Joshua enjoyed demanding that Pat lay down on a pillow and go to sleep.  He was surprisingly persistent, and every time she sat up he quickly told her to lay back down.  As Pat said, "It probably means he'll be a good parent."

Friday: bowling

We went bowling as part of a birthday party tonight.  Isaac and Joshua both loved it.  Joshua also enjoyed being with Ben.  He went over to other people a few times, but was back to Ben quickly.  And he wanted Ben to sit next to him while watching the bowling.

Wednesday: shopping

The boys and I went shopping with Cheryl today for some new clothes.  I told Isaac that he needed to help choose his own clothes.  He's getting old enough to know what he likes and doesn't like, and I'd like him to at least weigh in on the decision making process.

It was so cute.  Isaac had so many opinions in such a short time.  And he was so concerned about getting the right size.  He'd often find the right size and only then would he figure out what he was looking at.  For the most part we stuck to the list that I made, but he did get an extra shirt.  He went by it twice and really loved it a lot both times...and the second time Grandma was around. :)

He also ended up with sandals that light up.  He is over the moon about them.  Had I realized they were light up I probably would have put them back because I don't love light up shoes.  But we were already checking out and he was SO happy that they light up that I decided it really didn't matter.  I suppose that's why I made him help choose his own clothes, right?

Tuesday: lovie hiding

Joshua did this several times tonight.  He'd hide his lovies under his legs and then say "Where?"



I don't talk about his lovies much, but they are so often close to Joshua.  We have two - elephant and bear - and he loves them both but is fine with one.  It's nice because that doubles my chances of finding at least one when he goes to sleep.

Monday: almost a smile

Joshua does smile a lot; it just isn't capture in pictures much.  Of course, he was a bit grumpy today...he took a really long nap so I think he was tired.  (and maybe his mouth still hurt?  It looked a ton better but such things can be hard to know.)

I asked him to smile for this picture.  He really is understanding a lot of what we say now.

Sunday: bloody lips

Joshua took a tumble over something today.  He managed to cut his bottom lip and top lip.  Of course, he didn't want anything to touch his lips, even to clean off the blood.

We finally decided that it was only barely bleeding, so Ben took him out on the deck.  Ben started squirting his mouth with a squirt gun, which worked much better than the paper towel.  Then Ben gave him the squirt gun and he finished cleaning out his mouth.  It worked nicely.

Saturday: quiet

Today I had a bridal shower to go to in the morning.  It was very nice.  Ben had suggested that I just stay out the whole afternoon...I just needed a break from everything.  From the normal responsibilities.

I went to Cheryl's house.  She was there, but I never saw her.  I took a nap, read my book outside, and just enjoyed the quiet.  I enjoyed not feeling like there were a zillion things that I should be doing.  It was a lovely afternoon.