Sunday: Hosanna

Happy Palm Sunday!  The kids waved palm branches to the front of church during one of the songs as a reminder of Jesus' entry.

Well...Isaac waved a branch.  Joshua freaked out a bit and so was carried by the teacher and didn't wave a branch.  Grey Bear also heralded in Jesus, because no celebration would be complete without him.

(Isaac is in the middle left in a green and white striped Tee.  Joshua and Grey Bear are in the lower right.)

We also had a going away lunch for some friends.  They are moving to California in two weeks, but due to Spring Break this was the best day.  It was sad, but it's also been a bit since we've sat down with this group of friends, so that was nice.

Saturday: life

Joshua managed to clean his bedroom again today, although it was again a bit of a struggle.  I thought we had it this morning as he cleaned about half of it, but then stalled out.

We got our mail today.  There was a sad amount of junk.  We had one bill and it was almost exciting as it was actually something relevant.  But still a bill.

Isaac got a good amount of homework done today.  He's right on track for finishing tomorrow.

I got everything unpacked today.  This is quite the achievement for me, as normally it takes a week or two to get the last things unpacked.

Friday: home again

We're home again.

Isaac went to school.  He has quite a bit of work to do this weekend to 'catch up', but we knew it would happen.

Joshua went to school.  He had a hard time in the morning, as normal, but I felt a bit more sorry for him than normal because he's a bit low on sleep.  He played very well after school (and the library) making duplo and lego houses.

Ben didn't go to work.  It was nice to have a day without kids.  He made a few phone calls that I needed him to make.  Since I don't like to do it.

I worked in the morning to get caught up on grading.  Ah...grading.  I've encountered some funny things while grading this semester.

Everyone was content this early evening so we ended up having a late dinner.  It's rather nice because then we finish and it's already time for bed!

vacation

We're home.

Here's a bit about the last few days...

We went to a playground with a splash pad.  Isaac had a great time.  Joshua had an ok time, and then he slipped in the splash pad.  That was the end for him and he sat with Ben or me the rest of the time.  There was an excellent cafe near the playground and we enjoyed lunch there.

We finally got Joshua in the pool again.  It turns out that he thought the hot tub was too hot and the pool too cold.  Since we had adjusted it since the first day he was willing to try again.  He sort of pulled Ben all around the pool.  Ben helped by giving a bunch of super boosts.

We continued work on the castle.

The boys decided that they really just liked playing with the pieces and made an assortment of things.  (Also, I think that this might have been the last vacation with Duplos.  I think I can bring Legos in the future...and they'll be smaller.)

The last few bags of the set went together a bit faster than expected.

We also visited the small playground down the road.  Joshua pushed everyone, but often stepped in a bit to close.  Luckily, he also couldn't push very hard.

He put his shirt on backwards, which is rather normal for him.  But the saying on it worked so well.

This one might be the best though...He rolls with his shirt backwards, sunglasses, and Grey Bear.

We went on a boat ride to the Bubble Room, which has excellent desserts.  And Gorillas.

Isaac did a really good job steering the boat for a while on the way home.

The castle was completed!

I think this is the only one we have of the completed castle, but it was pretty cool.

And then we came home.  The trip home was rather uneventful, for the most part.  We hit some rough air and I wasn't feeling great, but managed.

Vacation

Isaac has been playing a lot in the pool.  One day we sunk all the ducks... Or tried to.  Several folks don't sink.  It turns out they are also more bouyant than three beach towels.

Joshua has also enjoyed the ducks, but seems to not want his swimsuit on.

Joshua has enjoyed playing with Legos and duplos

There's also been some ice cream.

The castle is progressing.  The boys aren't as into t as we expected, but Ben and I have enjoyed working on it in the evenings.

Traveling/day 1

After an antsy day, we finally left for vacation.  Travel went very well...a few small things, as normal, but we got into Florida only a few minutes later than scheduled.  The boys stayed awake (and happy) until we got to the taxi at midnight.  They promptly feel asleep... Deeply.  They barely stirred when we took them out of the car, which is a bit abnormal.

The first thing Isaac wanted upon waking was magnets.  I had no idea what he was talking about.  He was adement though, and told me to get down an unmarked white box.  Sure enough, magnets.

We also have them, and Cheryl, their surprise...Legos!  Of course.  But we don't have any plans while we're down here, so it seemed like a good thing to do.

Joshua fell asleep right before dinner.  However, once he woke up he was super cute and told Ben and me that he would come help us with his spinning tornado if a dragon was attacking because he's good at attacking dragons.

Wednesday: memory

The memory of toddlers is so weird.

We had to go to church for something and as we were leaving Pastor Paul was coming in.  Besides being a pastor and therefore around church a lot, Pastor Paul was also in our Bible Study for a while.

We got out to the car and what does Joshua say, "that guy worked with the owl!" 

A: "What?"
J: "the owl."
A: "oh, from VBS last summer?"
J: "Yeah.  Did you know that the owl worked on the rocket?"
J: "Do you remember the owl's blue pajamas?"