Saturday: dance

This morning we went to a dance recital at the library. 

Isaac loved it.  The group is having a workshop through the library on Tuesday, so I signed him up for it.  We'll see how it goes.

Joshua liked it.  It was a nice break in the day; he had a rough one.  He decided that he doesn't want to clean his room this week but it has included a lot of tears.  He is fully accepting of the consequences...apparently we need to change the consequences.

Friday: laundry

Let's talk about laundry.  Mostly, the folding of it.

Folding laundry seems like something anyone should be able to do.  But it turns out there are many nuances.  For example, the kids socks.  You need to know that any that have letters on the bottom are Joshua's.  You need to know that some have the same design and are different sizes, the larger size for Isaac and the smaller for Joshua.  You need to know that currently Isaac and Joshua are wearing the same size sock (although Joshua's have shrunk some), so you can't go on size alone.  A long time ago I decided to make Ben's socks all the same kind.  Because of the kids' sock issues, I've decided I'm not going to fold Ben's socks anymore.  I'm just going to dump them in his sock drawer and he can pull out two.  They're all the same and don't wrinkle.  Why am I folding them?

You also need to know that, during the summer, Isaac can wear some 2T shorts but most of the 2T shorts are Joshua's.  Beyond that sizing is pretty obvious, with the exception of a few T-shirts that Joshua has that are way too big for him.

I was telling Joshua that I didn't want to do laundry anymore at lunch time, and he said I didn't have to.

A: Are you going to do it?
J: No.
A: Are we going to wear dirty clothes?
J: No.
A: Who's going to do the laundry?
J: Dad.  He's the biggest.

Thursday: mostly back to normal

Today was mostly back to normal, and it felt nice.

I even had the motivation to do some house work.  (It's been a while.  There are piles of dirty laundry.  There are many piles of clean laundry.  There are piles of dirty dishes.  And of course, there are toys all over.)  Joshua decided that he was in the mood to help, and he did a great job.  So I gave him some money...a while ago he wanted to buy a fire plane, but didn't have enough money for it.  So we said he could do some extra chores to earn the money and buy it.  He remembered right away that he was saving up for a fire plane.

Needless to say, we've ordered the fire plane ahead of schedule.  The one he wants is out of print (print?) so we need to order it from a third-party seller and sometimes that can take a while.  At the rate he was going tonight, he might have most of the money tomorrow. :)

Yesterday we were talking about summer activities and Isaac was excited about science camp the most.  Ok, that's cool.  He said he wanted to do something with molecules.  Well... That would be chemistry camp about and he already did that.  Next he wanted to do something with atoms.  Well... Same thing.  Next he wanted to do something with the things smaller than atoms.  Electrons? I asked. Well... That one isn't an option.  We settled on a Lego one, but I'm glad that he remembered things from the last camp!  Maybe I should see if there are any other chemistry things going on this summer for his age.

Wednesday: life

This morning was rough.  I was feeling awful due to other non-whatever-I-had-this-weekend reasons.  After getting Isaac to school, I went home and went back to sleep.  I felt better after that and Joshua and I went about our day.

We were meeting a friend at the local play cafe.  It was a nice morning with a delicious muffin!

But went we got home I crashed.  Joshua was nice enough to help me still be engaged while still crashed on the couch.

One more nap later and things were getting better.  Ben suggested Fiesta Lime Chicken for dinner, which sounded good...when nothing had since the muffin this morning.  We both ate all of it, but didn't touch the mozzarella sticks.  I love mozzarella sticks!  All three of us are still dealing with a yucky tummy some of the time.  But we're constantly improving, so hopefully will be back to normal soon.

Tuesday: grading

I had three different Gatorade bottles on my desk today, all with different flavors in them.  Guess how often I drank the flavor I was expecting?  (Probably about 50%)

Also, I was having a hard time typing 'proof read,' which struck me as ironic.  For the first try many came out as proff read, and I'd grudgingly go back and fix it because it just didn't seem like a typo I could get away with.

Monday: the saga continues

Well, Isaac had it relatively easy.  He was up for 40 minutes and then went back to sleep.  He woke up two more times to throw up, but had a decent stretch of sleeping time in between.  He was fine this morning.  (Although we might keep him home one more day because it is so contagious.)

Ben got it at 3:30am.  He was able to handle himself, thankfully.

I didn't sleep last night.  I don't think I've ever had insomnia that bad.  I heard Isaac throw up before he called to me.  I heard Ben.  I was too hot.  The light was too bright.  My back hurt.  My legs hurt.  I got some rest, but not a ton of sleep.  I finally fell asleep around 5:30 when Ben came to bed too.

The boys were told they could have as much screens as they wanted today.  Unfortunatly, that didn't stop them from coming into the bedroom every 15 minutes and asking, "mom..."  Seriously.  At first it was ok because I wasn't asleep.  But then I was sleepy and still got it.  I did finally just give up.  I can tell the boys are older at least because it wasn't "mom, can I have a yogurt?" but instead, "Mom, can you open up this yogurt for me?"  I didn't have to get out of bed every time.

Sunday: my buddy and me

While Joshua's only symptom today was extra sleepiness, Isaac and I came down with the bug.  Luckily, Isaac is old enough to get it in a bucket himself.

Right now my muscles are so sore.  Dehydration?  Fever?  I just took some ibprofin, my miracle drug, so as long as it stays down I'm hopeful.