Anyway, I found some pictures of her when she had a five year old and a 2 1/2 year old. Because why not.
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Sunday: 15 years
It's been 15 years since Mom died. As is often the case lately, I don't have anything all that special to say. It was a rather busy day, which was a bit annoying because I just felt disconnected more than normal. Not sad with specific memories, just a general sad feeling.
Anyway, I found some pictures of her when she had a five year old and a 2 1/2 year old. Because why not.
Anyway, I found some pictures of her when she had a five year old and a 2 1/2 year old. Because why not.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Saturday: running
The Tulip Race is coming up. Isaac wants to win...but I told him that there would be big kids there too and we probably wouldn't win. But we would do our best (and perhaps time ourselves). He runs with such small steps. I'm trying to get him to stretch his legs out a bit, but it didn't seem to go over very well. He did it once and suddenly went fast, but I'm not sure he realized how much faster it was.
Run #1 was this morning with Joshua. Isaac is so much faster than Joshua. He took a few breaks to recharge his zooming legs, but ran most of the way to and from close beach (a total of .3miles).
Run #2 was supposed to be around the lake (about a mile). I wasn't sure how far we'd get, but based on run #1 I thought we had a good chance of getting about half way. However, three driveways down he tripped and did a face plant. We walked most of the way home when he turned and ran back to close beach and then back home. It's probably good...if we had gone around the whole lake I'm not sure who would have tired out first.
Run #1 was this morning with Joshua. Isaac is so much faster than Joshua. He took a few breaks to recharge his zooming legs, but ran most of the way to and from close beach (a total of .3miles).
Run #2 was supposed to be around the lake (about a mile). I wasn't sure how far we'd get, but based on run #1 I thought we had a good chance of getting about half way. However, three driveways down he tripped and did a face plant. We walked most of the way home when he turned and ran back to close beach and then back home. It's probably good...if we had gone around the whole lake I'm not sure who would have tired out first.
Friday, April 7, 2017
Friday: another first
Apparently I sang in my sleep last night. Ben woke up to it and noted that I was singing, but not what song I was singing. I wish I knew.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Isaac: 63 months
Isaac turned 63 months a week ago.
Language: Isaac loves rhyming. The beginning of last month he just figured out how it works too...he went from asking, "Does clothes and clothes line rhyme?" to "bear care sare zare! A rhyme!" He doesn't always rhyme real words, but he has the concept down. He's also noticed that many songs have rhymes in them and is very intrigued by that.
Legos: Isaac is loving Lego sets right now. Finding time for the digger is one of his priorities first things in the day. He currently has three other ones going because they always look shiny. He does a really good job putting them together.
Jesus: His faith is growing, and it's interesting to see what he picks up on. He tells me that he loves me infinities of infinities of infinities much, and Jesus an infinity more. One afternoon at Legoland I told him to think about sleeping for his nap, and he told me he was thinking about Jesus.
surprises: Isaac loves surprises. I've been trying to not tell him the more fun things that we are going to do that day.
imagination: Isaac does not lack for imagination. The other day at school I needed to wait about five minutes while he finished a project. It was a potion, for Giraffe, that needed to be cooked so that Giraffe could gain a power. (There was a specific power, but I don't remember what it was.) He made a hanger (with a 3M hook) and made the fire.
School: speaking of school, Isaac is still enjoying school. I'm not sure there is much academic advancement going on, but I'm sure he's solidifying concepts and learning other things. I have noticed that he is suddenly coloring in the lines much better and seems to care about what color things are.
Language: Isaac loves rhyming. The beginning of last month he just figured out how it works too...he went from asking, "Does clothes and clothes line rhyme?" to "bear care sare zare! A rhyme!" He doesn't always rhyme real words, but he has the concept down. He's also noticed that many songs have rhymes in them and is very intrigued by that.
Legos: Isaac is loving Lego sets right now. Finding time for the digger is one of his priorities first things in the day. He currently has three other ones going because they always look shiny. He does a really good job putting them together.
Jesus: His faith is growing, and it's interesting to see what he picks up on. He tells me that he loves me infinities of infinities of infinities much, and Jesus an infinity more. One afternoon at Legoland I told him to think about sleeping for his nap, and he told me he was thinking about Jesus.
surprises: Isaac loves surprises. I've been trying to not tell him the more fun things that we are going to do that day.
imagination: Isaac does not lack for imagination. The other day at school I needed to wait about five minutes while he finished a project. It was a potion, for Giraffe, that needed to be cooked so that Giraffe could gain a power. (There was a specific power, but I don't remember what it was.) He made a hanger (with a 3M hook) and made the fire.
School: speaking of school, Isaac is still enjoying school. I'm not sure there is much academic advancement going on, but I'm sure he's solidifying concepts and learning other things. I have noticed that he is suddenly coloring in the lines much better and seems to care about what color things are.
Monday, April 3, 2017
Monday: I'm grumpy! Leave your bib on!
Oh Joshua. He's congested and there's just not much I can do for him. We slept in the guest bed last night because it just wasn't working for him last night.
I heard a lot of "I'm grumpy!" today, meaning he needed a nose wipe. For some reason he seems to have lost the ability to do it by himself. And since he's congested my wipe wasn't always able to help.
This evening Ben and Isaac were putting together the next step of the digger and all I heard was "Leave your bib on!!" over and over again. Apparently Ben was supposed to wear a pillow as a bib...a hard task for sure while you're putting together Legos. Eventually he was declared clean and didn't have to wear it though. We do not lack for imagination in this house.
I heard a lot of "I'm grumpy!" today, meaning he needed a nose wipe. For some reason he seems to have lost the ability to do it by himself. And since he's congested my wipe wasn't always able to help.
This evening Ben and Isaac were putting together the next step of the digger and all I heard was "Leave your bib on!!" over and over again. Apparently Ben was supposed to wear a pillow as a bib...a hard task for sure while you're putting together Legos. Eventually he was declared clean and didn't have to wear it though. We do not lack for imagination in this house.
Sunday, April 2, 2017
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