Joshua is still scared of bears on a regular basis. (Yes, sometimes he makes the noise and then gets scared of it. Sometimes he doesn't get scared.) Anyway, Isaac and I were playing Legos and Joshua got scared of bears. Since my rule of "no mean bears in the house" doesn't seem to be working very well lately, we prayed.
And then Joshua wanted to pray again.
And then bears again.
Then he wanted to pray for Isaac.
Then he wanted to pray for Mom.
Then he wanted to pray about bears.
Bears again.
Bears again.
Bears again.
Dad.
Bears.
Bears.
I sort of felt like I was doing something right, but it also seemed like a game. I went with it...there are worse games to play. :D
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Friday, August 19, 2016
Friday: Happy Birthday
It's my birthday today! It was actually a very good day. We went to the pool with Betsy this morning. It was a cloudy morning and so no one else was there right away. We asked them to turn off the water features...the older boys don't use them and the younger kids are rather scared of them. And they're so loud!
Afterwards we went to Wendy's...it was a wonderful birthday treat. Besides that, things went normal with the boys, Ben brought presents and donuts and flowers, and I had a nice nap.
The boys played with all the stuffed animals...mainly throwing them down the stairs.
Creeper Joshua.
Afterwards we went to Wendy's...it was a wonderful birthday treat. Besides that, things went normal with the boys, Ben brought presents and donuts and flowers, and I had a nice nap.
The boys played with all the stuffed animals...mainly throwing them down the stairs.
Creeper Joshua.
Thursday, August 18, 2016
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.
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, August 17, 2016
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.
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, August 16, 2016
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]
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, August 15, 2016
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.
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.
Sunday, August 14, 2016
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.
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.
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