Sunday: impromptu visit

This afternoon I was done caring for children.  So we went to Aunt C's house.  It wasn't for very long, but it was long enough to get us past the hump and into dinner time.

Joshua enjoyed putting two sunglasses on during the way home.

Saturday: phone

I got my phone back today!

I'm glad to have it back.  I'm not so glad to have to keep track of it again...when I don't have pockets it can get a bit annoying.

This past week went much better than I expected, to be honest.  I missed it as a clock and as a camera and as an alarm clock, but didn't miss it as much as I thought I would for everything else.  (Although I did use the Ipad for email...I wasn't completely device-less.)

Now I need to get all the apps and settings back.  Blah.

Oh, the repair also fixed the selfie camera!  I was hoping they might, even though it wasn't really the reason for the repair.

Friday: 100 days

Today was Isaac's 100th day of school.

They did a bunch of 100 thing activities...100 stamps, building a tower with 100 cups, a 100 piece puzzle, etc.  They had to bring in a group of 100 things and Isaac chose marbles.

They were also supposed to dress up like a 100 year old.  We did a button down shirt and khakis, and used marker for some wrinkles on his face.  It turned out ok...not great.  It aged him a bit.

Thursday: blast from the past

Today one of my students asked if the class could take a quick survey for her stats class.  Since it only took about one minute I said yes, but it reminded me of my stats project.

"Determination of Time Intervals: A Comparison of Hope College Music and Religion Majors" by Amanda DeYoung and Brian Worrel

The results? 

Religion majors are more accurate at predicting 10 and 20 seconds.  For 30 seconds there was no statistical difference.

This is not what we expected.  I remember a bunch of music students humming the same song that is 60 beats per minute, although I don't remember what song it was.  Apparently they were trying too hard. :D

Wednesday: this and that

I worked today since everyone went to Crazy Bounce on Monday.  I was hoping to get a little farther than what I did, but oh well.  I still have a bit of time tomorrow to finish up.  I've been having a hard time this week finding motivation to grade.

Some friends came over for an hour after Isaac got home.  It was nice to see them as we haven't spent much time with them lately.

My phone has arrived at the repair center and the current status is that it should be delivered within six business days.  Since the original paperwork said 12-14 days, I'm quite happy about this.

Tuesday: groceries

I ordered groceries for the first time today.  Well, I guess I ordered them last night and Ben picked them up today.  It is just a rather busy week and we were running low on the healthy things like fruit, veggies, and milk.

It was rather wonderful.  I didn't get the right size of some things...a few items ended up being of a smaller size than I really wanted, but oh well.

It is something I expect to use again in the future, but I do also like still going to the grocery store.  It will work well for a once in a while thing when we're having a busy week.

Monday: Crazy Bounce

Since there was no school today, we went to Crazy Bounce with some friends.  I didn't tell the boys where we were going, but Isaac was sure it was Crazy Bounce.  It is suddenly the boys' favorite place ever and they're always asking to go.  (I often have a good reason to say no, because toddler time (through age 7) is only Mondays and Wednesdays from 9-11am.  It tends to be less busy and there aren't big kids, so it's the only time we go.)  It was a good day for it because they were both bouncing off the walls before we left.

They had an excellent time!  Isaac got hurt several times (and I think they were all real, not just little hurts that he should have brushed off) which dampened his mood a bit.  However, a few hugs, a few drinks of water, and some giggles usually had him bouncing again.

Isaac and Ethan ran around together a good amount of the time, which was awesome to see.  Joshua stuck pretty close to me, but that was ok too.  It gave me a good reason to go down all the slides and get my exercise in for the day.

Afterwards we went to Burger King.  Betsy and I were waiting for the food and heard lots of laughter then too...it is a good sound to hear.

We also got a ceiling fan installed in our room today.  It's something we've wanted for a while, so it's nice to finally have it done.  (No pictures, because I still have no phone.  Betsy kindly sent me some of hers from Crazy Bounce.)