Tuesday: mowing

I "had the day off" today due to fall break.  I had my eye appointment and found I have a slight astigmatism  (side note: I always thought it was "a stigmatism"), had lunch with Ben, and then mowed the lawn.  At least, that was my plan.

The lawn had other ideas...it was like May with plenty of water and fresh fertilizer.  I usually have to empty the bag about twice for the front lawn.  I think I emptied the bag six or seven times.  

I decided not to do the back yard.  'Cause, you know, the bin was filling up and I didn't want a partially mowed back yard.  And this way I'll be able to mow up more leaves.

And I was really sick of emptying the bag.

Monday: shenanigans

Joshua had just gone to the bathroom, so Isaac was giving him his treats.  Suddenly Isaac runs out of the bathroom, grabs the shape sorter toy, and bringing it back to the bathroom.  A few minutes later Isaac told me that Joshua had taken a test and sort of passed.  I have no clue what was going on.

Then Isaac figured out how Joshua could turn off lights by himself.  Of course, it usually takes about four times for Joshua to grab both sides of the yarn, but both were pretty excited about it.  I expected some tape to come out next and for every light switch to have some yarn taped to it, but Isaac hasn't figured that part out yet. 

As for Joshua, he's happy to do anything with Isaac.

Sunday: debate

I started to watch the debate (ten minutes after it started).  Ten minutes later I turned it off as I didn't need to hear two people talk about how bad the other was.

I did turn it back on here and there but am really interested to see the response over the next few days.

Saturday: Joshua

Joshua made this tower last night and tonight.  Sure, I helped stabilize it while he put the pieces on and put the segments together, but he put all the little pieces on.  He did not want to smile for the picture.

Ben and Joshua do this every night...


Amanda: can you give Dad a bear hug?
Joshua: grrr.
Joshua: grrr.
Ben: grrr.
Joshua, with a smile: I'm scared.

Friday: today

Today I had the morning off!  I got a hot chocolate and did some computer stuff.  I tried to give blood, but due to a cold earlier this week it was decided that I should wait.  I was bummed because donation schedules and my availability don't line up very often, but also don't want to give dangerous blood.  So I read for a while and working on some quilting.

By then it was lunch time.  I ate rather quickly and started getting dinner in the crock pot.  While I was doing this Isaac decided that Joshua needed to eat his crunchy beans and started feeding them to Joshua.  Joshua loved it.

Around this time Isaac also made a bunch of balls for Flurry.  The tape one was her favorite because her tail is closest to it.  She looks thrilled, don't you think?

And finally, Joshua was perturbed that the wall was stuck.   He kept saying "Wall.  Stuck.  Turtle."  Maybe he thought his turtle was on the other side?  He was trying to dig it away.  I showed him the closet and that you could see the other side of the wall from it, but it didn't seem to help much.

Thursday: conversations

Isaac: Mom, what number should I put in [this toy remote] for your movie?
Amanda: 34
Isaac: how about one more?
Amanda: No!  Don't change the channel!
Isaac: what's a channel?
Amanda:...

Amanda: when there's actually TV on TV.  Um, when you have to watch what's on that channel.  Um...when I was a kid I could only watch my show at 4pm and if I missed it that day then I didn't get to see it.
Isaac: oh.

In other news, Joshua had his first accident free day!!

Wednesday: playing

I'm not sure how it happened, but Isaac and Joshua played together a ton today...and it was awesome.  They played in Isaac's room (and normally Joshua gets kicked out right away if an adult isn't in there too), they ran and jumped on their chairs, and they played with soapy water outside, and they did more running and...I'm not really sure what was going on, to be honest.  But I was able to get a ton of work done for once and it was good.


Since it was a beautiful day out, we also went to the Nature Center for a while.  It was the first time Joshua walked instead of strollered, and it was nice to go on some of the smaller trails.  I also heard Joshua more or less count from five to thirteen.  Most of the time was just six to nine, but I was rather impressed.  There tended to be a "run!" after the sequence was done, so he may have been imitating Isaac.

The small trails had traps, but we managed to disarm them.