Tuesday: reasons Joshua cries at night

1. He wants his blanket back on.  Understandable.
2. His wipe is 2" away from his hand.
3. He threw all his books out of his bed (for the second time) and wants more.
4. His pillowcase is messed up.

Monday: gymnastics and halloween

The day started out with gymnastics, and Mondays do lately.  Both classes had fewer people than normal.  Gymnastics seems to be one of the highlights of Isaac's week.

This evening we went trick or treating at a nearby church.  It was a nice night out, but I love doing it there because the amount of candy is just right.  Joshua wouldn't put a costume on until Ben told him he had to in order to get treats, so there aren't any great pictures of them together.  Isaac and I both told him he had to put it on, but I wasn't about to put it on a screaming toddler.

Isaac's costume worked pretty well, although I wish I had made a mouth hole and the eyes a bit bigger.  He ended up with a damp spot by his mouth.

Isaac had a great time; Joshua seemed a bit wary the whole time.  He especially wasn't a fan of the marshmallow man.

Sunday: a busy, but fun, weekend

Ben got home Friday night with Zach.  He stayed until Sunday.  We didn't really do anything all that special, but had fun hanging out.  Then Life Group (aka Bible Study) was at our house Sunday lunch time.  The kids played quite well and the adults enjoyed some time together too.

Saturday: parenting key

I think one key to parenting is moving toys around.  Often this is putting toys away (although that could be done by kids too).  Putting some toys away and bringing them out later is good.  Yesterday I found that moving the Duplo table from one room to another made it awesome again.  The proceeded to play with it for 45 minutes.

Thursday: Ben's still gone

Ben's still gone, so Dad and Pat invited us over to their house for dinner.  It was a lovely way to break up the evening, and the kids were so excited!

Wednesday: Ben's gone

Ben's on a road trip for the next few days.  Isaac has been asking to go to the Play Place at McDonald's for about six months.  So we went today.  We got there and he was so confused.  I think he was thinking about something else, but I'm not really sure what.  The only other play place that he's been to (that I know of) was on the way to Virginia while I was pregnant with Joshua, 2.5 years ago.

We ate, and then the kids played.  Isaac was a social butterfly, playing with many of the kids that were there.  Joshua was very disappointed because he wasn't big enough to get up the "steps" to the fun part.  I agreed with him that it was rather sad, but I also wasn't going to go in there and help him out.  He played in the toddler area for a bit and then ate some more french fries on my lap.

Monday: picture

I have a quilt over the banister right now.  It needed to finish drying and I need to check it for threads.  Isaac saw it and wanted to take pictures in front of it.  He really wanted to.  So every three seconds I took a picture.  (Only a few of the ones that look empty are actually empty.  He was adding toys one at a time.)