Thursday: unexpected

In the morning, Isaac wanted to play legos.  So we went downstairs to do that for a bit.  We're talking, and Isaac told me that he had a scary dream last night.  But it was too scary to tell me.  (I said that to him once when we both had scary dreams one night.)  Then Joshua suddenly says, "I'm scared" and comes to sit in my lap for the next five minutes.

A few minutes later, Isaac bursts out crying.  "What happened?"  I asked, completely confused.  He was just sitting next to me playing with the pieces that look like banana pipes.  "I don't know!  My body just needs to cry!"  Ok, I can empathize with that.  I pulled him into my lap for a hug.  (I don't know if he's heard that from me or not.  It sounds like something I would say, but I'm not sure when I would have said it around him.)

In other news, the kitchen exploded.  That's what I get for needing Joshua to do something by himself for a few minutes.  However, it got mostly picked up...more so than it normally does after an explosion.

Wednesday: Isaac

I went into Isaac's room today and saw this.

I was a bit shocked...I thought he knew better than to write on the walls!  (Although the markers are easy wash off, so I didn't freak out.) Then I looked closer.  He had written on Sotch Tape that he had put up there.  He originally got the tape because he made a cross (the toothpicks) and told me that Jesus died on a cross and he had to hang it up.  But then rest time started and he got a bit creative.  I'll admit, I wasn't sure whether to be annoyed, since it isn't really a great thing to do, or impressed at his creativity.

During rest time today he took a nap.  He's been fighting a cold/cough, so it didn't surprise me too much.  When that happens he gets IPad time at bedtime, because it's rather late in the afternoon and he can never go to sleep right away anyway.  It works well.  Usually.  Today he had the biggest meltdown ever.  And it kept coming back!  He woke up at 4, calmed down at 4:15 to make a card, worked himself up at 4:35 when we were leaving for errands/gym, calmed down at 4:40 to eat 1/4 graham cracker, and on and on and on.  Usually he's pretty easy to reason with, but today he reasoned himself back into crying...

A: Be strong!  You can do it!  You don't need to cry.
I: But the cries are infinity strong! [crying]

I gave up several times.

Tuesday: Goldbug

Last night I went to bed a bit nervous; there were no activities planned for today.  It turned out that wasn't a problem as we went out to lunch with Dad and Pat and then to a friend's house after nap time.  My other plan had been to grab an activity from the jar.  We drew Goldbug.  Isaac said that hiding Goldbug would be more fun than making one, so we made one out of Duplos.

I agree...it doesn't look anything like Goldbug.  But we made it together.  We hid it around the house a few times.  Then I made his brother and tricked him with it (note the red eyes...I didn't have much time to find all the pieces though).  Then Isaac made Goldbug's sister...the other creation.

On our way home from lunch Isaac and I "talked" on the phone.  I got him to answer a lot of questions...

Q: What is your favorite food?
A: Popsicles and donuts

Q: What is your favorite thing to watch on TV?
A: Magic School Bus.  [This surprised me as he doesn't choose it very often.

Q: What is your favorite thing to do?
A: Play
Q: Play what?
A: Bucky.  But I don't choose it very often.  We play Castle more.

Q: Who is your favorite person?
A: Grandma Cheryl, Grandma Pat, and the Grandpa that goes with Grandma Pat. [I was a bit sad not to be mentioned.]

Q: What is your favorite book?
A: The pig one and dirty one and the monkey that gets trapped.  [Hogwash and Monkey with a Toolbelt]

Monday: activities

We started out the day by cleaning the car.  Isaac is always asking to go to Quality so that we can vacuum the car; he really likes to push the button to start the vacuum.  We followed it up by a visit to Hope College.  The main reason was to walk around the campus and play Pokemon Go.  We needed more Pokeballs and there are a ton of places to easily get them within a small area.

Isaac kept saying "NO!" to assorted Duplos today and putting them in time out.

Isaac's sport of the day was weightlifting.

We made some bread at the end of the day.  Joshua did a great job blending the zucchini.

I also asked Isaac if he wanted to crack the eggs and he declined.  Joshua wanted to hand me the eggs and then decided he wanted to crack them.  It surprised me on the first one, but for the second I was happy to let him do a single crack before taking it over.

Sunday: fencing

Isaac's latest favorite sport seems to be fencing.  (I.e., swords)

Joshua's seems to be falling.  He took about five spills within a hour; we finally went for a walk because he wasn't handling life well.

Also, I'm looking forward to a time when the kids can eat cleanly enough that I don't have to worry about ants so much.  Seriously.  I miss cleaning up for one meal and they find anything that was left.  Also, it would be nice to be able to put out traps without having to worry about Joshua getting into them...that's half the problem.  Although I guess behind the little couch would be safe.  Maybe I'll do that tonight.

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. :)