Wednesday: legos

Isaac is making a laughing snake

Joshua is working on a helicopter.  He keeps calling it an airplane and I have no idea what he's talking about.  It's slow going, but he's doing a really good job putting the pieces together.

Tuesday: Joshua

I picked up Joshua from his classroom and he bounced over when he saw me.  There was such a look of delight...it was nice.

One of the caretakers noticed that he now brings Bear instead of Elephant.  I mentioned that Joshua has started asking for Bear instead.  Joshua said, "Elephant sad.  Elephant sad because Bear happy."

We got to the car.  Joshua was very worried about the wind blowing his hat off, so he took it off half way to the car and put it in the trunk.  It wasn't that windy.  But apparently the thing to do.  As I was buckling him in, he said, "Bear not important."  I said, "No?"  Joshua responded, "Jesus important."  I thought about getting into a discussion about Bear could still be important but decided not to.

We got home and I was telling this to Ben.  "Why is Elephant sad?" I asked.  "Elephant poor."  he responded.  Hmm...where did he get that from?  Later he said, "Bear happy.  Poor elephant."  so I'm wondering if he just got his words backwards.

He's also been making new things out of Duplos instead of just birthday cakes.  Yesterday Ben got a maze and today he made a caterpillar.

Also, happy Pi day.

Monday

Sunday: Joshua

Joshua: "Don't think about it!"

He's said this several times.  I usually can't tell what I'm not supposed to think about, so I guess it works.

Saturday: paw patrol

I rented a Paw Patrol video from the library this week.  The boys have had limited exposure to them, mainly due to the fact the show isn't on Amazon or Netflix.

Isaac is now obsessed.

We went to Target this afternoon and Isaac was looking for Paw Patrol things all over the place.  I'm not really surprised at this reaction since even kids that don't think they're dogs love the show.  Since we have two dogs in the house it is just that much closer to their hearts.

On another note, it seems as though I should take the boys out more.  (Or they will make perfect Target shoppers.)  In just about every aisle that we went down there was a loud gasp of excitement and an exclamation of what they saw.  "Paint!!"  "Popcorn popper!!"  "Robot coloring book!"  "Potato!"  (That was actually a large Easter Egg, but it did look like a very large potato.)  It was a little ridiculous.

Friday: a first and a movie

We made some banana bread today.  We almost made mint banana bread, as I told Isaac to get the vanilla and he got the mint instead.  The bottles look alike.  I just happened to watch him pour it and noticed it was the wrong color.  And the wrong smell.  And I freaked out a bit.  Luckily he didn't pour it in and the batter tasted fine after everything was mixed together.

Anyway, for the first.  Isaac cracked his first egg by himself, and got the egg out of the shell.  He's almost been ready to do it a few times, but this time when I asked he actually decided to do it.  I was quite proud of him.

Ben and I went to see Lego Batman tonight.  It was funny.  I'd highly recommend it.

Wednesday: wind and food basket

We started out the day with a trip to an indoor playground.  It's been a while since we had been there, and it was perfect...not all that big, but it was new and not many other people were there.

Then we went to Kids' Food Basket to help pack bag lunches.  Aunt C wasn't able to watch Joshua at the last minute, so he joined us.  He held up pretty well; he spent most of the 40 minutes putting his thing (celery or pudding) in a bag.  He was not so good at moving the bag to the next person, but I think we caught all the double puddings.  Isaac did well too.

Then Ben came home early because we had large waves at the beach.  Both boys loved it and it was the parents who were ready to go first.  I think the boys thought it was a bit more dangerous than we did, which is why they didn't want to leave.  (Also, it's hard to get the waves at their maximum.  The video does a pretty good job, but they weren't the highest.  Some went well over the walkway behind us.)