Friday: a teacher

Last night Isaac made a circuit puzzle that he was so excited for me to do.  I finally did it this morning.  Then he was going to make one for Joshua.  As they were leaving the room I called out to Isaac to make sure it was pretty simple.

Ben went out a few minutes later and found Isaac trying to teach Joshua about a very simple circuit.

It's a bit hard to see, but Joshua just has to put in one piece in the correct orientation.  Isaac was so patient with Joshua, trying to tell him how to turn in so that the contacts lined up.  I think they kept at it for at least two minutes; I'm not sure who finally put it together in the end.  

Wednesday/Thursday: spiderwebs

Two summers ago, one of the jar activities was a spider web.  Isaac loved it, but we quickly took it down when a mobile but not walking Joshua couldn't handle it.

Every once in a while he'd bring it up, and I'd usually say that Joshua wasn't old enough.  Well, he remembered again (it still surprises me) and Joshua was finally old enough.  We got some new yarn.  We made a spider web.  The kids loved it.

The parents, on the other hand, did not love it.  Yes, it was a great way for the kids to play.  But trying to get anywhere was terrible.  So it came down this evening.  Isaac was rather sad, but we'll do it again.  Possibly tomorrow, if he has any say in the matter.

Tuesday: Joshua 3

Joshua was fever free until about 4pm, when he woke up from his nap.  He was sad not to get to go to school, but he got a lot of Ipad time while I tried to get some work done and he was very excited to play the EE game with Aunt Allison.  He also wanted to play Candy Land with me and Isaac later; it was a game day for him I guess.  He was rather coughy/wheezy too though, so one more thing to watch.

In other news, both kids colored the same picture at school...

Joshua's actually is purple, but my guess is he only had one choice.

Monday: Joshua 2

Joshua came down with a fever this afternoon.  I was a bit surprised, but he was so out of it at lunch that I took his temp again.  We've been taking it, but it kept coming back ok.  Not this last time.

Of course, then came the process of trying to track someone down to watch him tomorrow for the few hours I teach.  Tuesdays are harder than Thursdays to find someone, but thankfully Allison came to the rescue.

Sunday: Joshua

Joshua has a cold.  It's stuffed up his nose, so last night was pretty rough.  I ended up taking him with me to "Big Church" today and he did amazing.  So much better than Isaac ever does.  However, he does seem to like music more and he is much more content to color and so we easily got through the service.  I might see if he wants to join me for the worship time again even.

He also gave Puppy Dog a concert.  He took the step stool from the kitchen and played his guitar on it.  I'm not sure if Isaac listened at all, but he was told to listen a lot.  (I know, it's not a great picture.  But I didn't want to interrupt.)

So far tonight seems to be going a bit worse than last night.  Maybe we'll be lucky and something will change though.

Saturday: warm

Today was warm, so after rest time everyone went outside for a bit.

Isaac got several good hits in, just not when I was snapping a picture.  There was also a lot of running.

Friday: wall

A friend of our made a Duplo wall when Trump got elected.  I thought it was a great idea, so we built a wall today to commemorate the inauguration.

It was tall enough that Isaac couldn't step over it in the end.

A time lapse video of putting up most of the wall.  There is one picture every five minutes.  My phone ran out of battery about a half hour before we finished and I didn't realize it.


Next on the list: get Flurry to pay for the wall.  I figure she owes us about $1000 in labor and parts.  Shouldn't be hard to convince her to pay.