Weekend

Zach and Jenny left this morning.  We had a very nice time with them...some frisbee golf, some games, and lots of talking.  I don't have any pictures.  Some of the things we did to entertain the boys while we did something else, like going to Ben's parents' house to play a game while the boys played with the toys.  We also went to close beach because Isaac's been asking to go for a while, but that kept them entertained while other conversations could go on.

But don't be fooled; Isaac talked to them plenty too.  He got a secret ingredient from Jenny for his dirty water and brought Zach down to the basement to play golf.

Friday: boys

We started out the day slowly.  Well, by slowly I mean it took us a while to get dressed.  I had moved the duplo table into Joshua's room, and it was a hit.  There isn't a ton of room in his bedroom, but I'm thinking about how it can stay in there for a bit longer.

Isaac made a porcupine with toothpicks.  He included a head, which I wasn't expecting.  I'm not sure I would have included a head.

Then we went to the playground.  I thought it was going to be a bit cold, but with sun and no wind it was actually rather hot.

Some friends came over for the weekend.  I got a puzzle out (because I like to talk over puzzles) and we proceeded to stay up until 1am working on it.

Thursday: jumps

Joshua had some swimming lessons again today.  It took him a while to warm up.  Last time he was doing the things right away; this time he was a bit clingy.

Until we got to the jumping part.  He loved the jumps.  It was interesting to watch his face.  Big smiles as I was about to jump him in and then as his feet hit the water a look of worry.  But then his face didn't go under and he was all smiles again.  We did some extra jumps at the end of the lesson just because he was enjoying them so much.

Wednesday: misguided priorities?

I read black book three times yesterday and Ben read it once.  It has no words, but I'm sure they'd be memorized by now.  I usually try to read a book only once a day, but Puppy Dog was just so excited about the book.

I, however, am not.

Tuesday: priorities

I didn't go grocery shopping yesterday, so we still don't have a lot of food in the house.  I worked today, so one option was to stop by the store after work to at least pick up some milk.

Instead we went to the library.  I had finished my latest book and the book I had on hold had just come in, and Isaac started talking about the "black book" today and wanted to read it again.  So between those two things I decided that the library was more important (and more fun) than the grocery store.

Lights out by Arthur Getsert

And the squirt bottles came out again when we got home.  I do love those things.

Monday: home

We're home!  We had a super early flight today.  It was nice to get it done with early, but it did mess up the day for us a bit.  (And Ben and I didn't sleep well last night, as normal with early flights.)  Joshua was rather wiggly on the plane.  Both boys fell asleep on the ride home at about 11am.  So we had an early nap time.  Joshua woke up after a normal length nap and Isaac didn't want to wake up...I think we talked to him twice before going in a third time and actually making him wake up at 2:30.

It meant that Joshua was cranky earlier than normal - he went to bed right after a late dinner.  Isaac was doing ok, but he also fell right to sleep tonight too.

It was nice to have most of the day to laze around though.  I started unpacking and doing the laundry.

Friday: relaxing

Today was a relaxing day.  We played in the pool, took naps, etc.  Isaac and Joshua played with some boxes of styrofoam peanuts for a bit too.