Friday: buckets

This morning we saw a ton of birds on the lake.  Joshua and I were telling this to Ben when we got home, and suddenly Joshua kept saying, "Birds got fish."  All three of us thought that's what he was saying, but he kept saying no.  He finally got out "bucket" and was saying "bucket of fish".

He proceeded to spend the next fifteen minutes telling us all about the Boat ride that he took at Legoland.  How the man was going to fall off the barrel, how someone was trapped, how the fish squirted him (complete with sound effects) (note, the fish didn't squirt him, something else did), how there were boats, how we shouldn't go in the water.  It culminated with him swimming across the floor on his belly.

The next buckets were a belated Legoland gift.  It was too big to get there, so we got it on Amazon.  Isaac was super, super excited when he opened up the box; Joshua was just excited.   It is a motorized excavator and dump trunk.  I'm sure you'l see more pictures of it around as it will probably take a while to build.

Thursday: work

There are doors, with door knobs and not push bars, on the stairwells at work.  They're rather annoying, as people are constantly opening them and getting in the way of each other.  But I'm sure they're there for a reason.

Before spring break, two of the three doors opened just by pushing on them.  (I was always hitting that third one and realizing I needed to actually turn the door knob.)  It was handy as my hands are so often full of stuff.  (Pockets!  I need better pockets!  But that is for another day.)

After break there were signs posted: "Door knobs now need to be turned due to fire code."  The doors are now more annoying.  But it's given everyone something to talk about at work.  Perhaps it's actually a team building exercise as no one likes having to turn the knob.

Florida trip: more pictures

Tuesday: a relaxing day and going to the hotel.  (This was going to be a multiple day long post, but then the internet went flaky and I needed to go to bed.  So it'll be broken up.)

We went out for ice cream before lunch.  

Bear was sad, so Joshua gave him some cuddles.  Later on in the week it turned out that Bear had a temperature of 4-8-8.

Isaac had a great time with the ducks.  Joshua was just getting used to his puddle jumper and so liked to stay in the "bath tub."

 There was a life sized castle to run around in.

And pools of Legos all over the place.

We were in an adventure room.  Isaac followed some clues to open a lock on a treasure chest that had some drinks and Lego packets.

Wednesday: grocery shopping

...With Bear.  Joshua became a bit concerned around the lobsters, but told me he would keep Bear safe.

Tuesday: remembering

As I left daycare today I overheard Isaac telling his teacher about his vacation..."and they had Legos in the pool!"

Then, as we were pulling into the driveway, Joshua started going on about how he doesn't like tater tots.  The ones Ben gave him at LegoLand.  Nope, he didn't want tater tots and he didn't want them in LegoLand or at home.  He was quite sure of this for five minutes.

Monday: home

We came home today.  Both boys were quite sad at one point or another.  Joshua kept insisting that we go back to Grandma's house and almost threw a fit when he saw our car.  Isaac went into his bedroom when we got home and cried a bit.

Bear made it through all the flights well too.  He was still smiling near the end even.

The boys were also excited to realize that their stuffed animals from Grandma came home too.  Isaac's tongue is hanging out like Pluto's but you can't see it.

Friday: relaxing day

Today we had a relaxing day.  We played in the pool, had some ice cream, played some games.

Bear got fed a lot of cookies and cakes.