Saturday: Joshua

Joshua had his two year well child check up this past week.  He is 24.25 lb, about the 21st percentile, and 33.25", about the 18th percentile.  He's right on track with his growth curves and it was really a rather boring appointment.  (Although the doctor did say that children at two years old don't understand consequences.  I'm not sure I agree, at least not completely.  He completely understands that if he uses the toilet correctly he gets a treat.)

Joshua also did some cute things today.  He put together the circut below, pressed the button, and then said, "oh no!"  The fan didn't start!  The thought process is there, but he neglected to put the elements together (or have batteries.)

He also did some gymnastics while eating.  He was watching the women's floor routine and really got into it.

Friday: lunch

I met up with some old friends for lunch today.  It was a very nice time and went by way too quickly.

Afterwards I went to B&N to have a hot chocolate and read and just enjoy a bit more time without the kids. :)

Thursday: tired

Today I was rather tired.  I'm not really sure why; besides not taking a nap (and some extra walking) yesterday I didn't do anything differently.  But I could not wake up and put the boys in front of the TV for a while...it works well with Isaac, but only for a short while with Joshua.

Swimming lessons were the same; I feel as though the instructors should push Isaac more.  He says he doesn't want to do something and they don't push really hard.  I know they're trying to make them comfortable in the water, but it isn't what I was hoping for.  (I think these are better than the ones he took last year, but next year might be looking for a different place.  Although I expect when he's ready he'll do it, regardless of where he is.)

The rest of the day went fine.  Joshua seemed extra tired.  Isaac is still enjoying gymnastics and diving in the Olympics, but especially the rings.  It's a bit too bad as the rings are not one of the more popular events in the gymnastics and aren't shown a ton.  We has a huge mess in the living room as assorted toys are brought out during viewing.

Wednesday: quilt show

This afternoon I went to the big quilt show in Grand Rapids.  I went last year and didn't have enough time before I had to leave; this time I had plenty of time.  I was trying to figure out why...and I think there are two main reasons.  I didn't have as many things that I was looking to buy, so I didn't really spend much time in the vendor area.  I felt as though there were a lot of art/applique quilts, and while they are amazing they just don't interest me that much.

I did feel as though some of the quilts I've made were of similar quality to the ones shown...I always think that I should enter, but never have a quilt ready at the right time that isn't waiting to go somewhere else.  One of these years I probably will though, just to see if I even get in.

There was a lot of matchstick/straight line quilting in the modern quilts, and that surprised me a bit.  It actually made it a little boring.  There was some amazing quilting in the quilts as a whole...my ability is quite a ways away from many of those quilts.  I did notice that many quilts had microquilting (very dense) quilting so that other areas seemed to puff up in comparison.  I really liked it, and always have, but haven't done it much.  That's something I would like to do more.

I also enjoyed looking at the challenge pieces - challenge pieces are where quilters in a group all make a small quilt based on a theme.  They are (usually) not judged, but I find it so interesting how many people can take one or two sentences and come up with such different quilts.  I am actually working on a challenge piece at the moment, and since this post has no other pictures I'll show you were I was at the beginning of the month.  It has since then doubled in size and quilting just started this evening.

Tuesday: one of those days

It was just one of those days.  Not bad, but not great either.  I have a ton of things I should be doing, but I am not doing them.  I am doing other things that are good to be doing, but I also just don't want to do any of the things on my list.  So when I do have some time I don't necessarily work on getting caught up.

And several of the things of the list involve making decisions or talking to people and those items are harder for me...they aren't hard things to do, but I just don't like them as much.

update: maybe part of my problem is that I put foolish items like this on the list.  When do I expect this to be done...realistically?

Monday: misc

Today I learned that Isaac's favorite olympic event is gymnastics, specifically the rings.

Also, here is Joshua trying to pop some packaging with a wooden spoon.  Isaac was barely successful with an ice cream scoop, so I think Joshua thought anything from that drawer might work.

Sunday: puddles and cleaning

There was one lone puddle in the church parking lot today.  (It's been a while since we've had any rain, and I think it was from the sprinklers.)  The boys are good about not stepping in it on the way into church, so I let them splash on the way out.

This afternoon Isaac was told to clean his room.  He procrastinated, knowing the consequence of not doing it would be to not be able to watch TV with the family while eating.  He decided to keep cleaning instead of eating when the time came...and it still took him a while to finish.  He was able to watch the last of the synchronized diving with us though.