Wednesday: friends and naps

This morning we had no plans.  No plans tends to be a problem for me, so I checked in with a friend to see if they were available.  They were!  Joshua and I spent a happy morning at a different location playing and taking a walk.

On the way home Joshua fell asleep.  I was a bit annoyed, but then decided to work with it.  I unbuckled him, opened the car door and the garage door, made him a lunch, and took a nap myself.  It really worked out very well.  He woke up and came in.  I called to him to come find me, but he found his lunch instead.  By the time he finished his lunch it was screen time.  Ta-da!  It almost never works out that well.

Ice skating went pretty well today.  Joshua just did his own thing on the ice.  I decided I'm fine with that.  The teacher checked in with him a few times and tried to get him to participate, but he didn't want to.  He's skating and half of learning at this point is just practicing.  Isaac again doubled his speed and it only took him two minutes to get across the short dimension of the rink.  I saw his form getting better...a few more bent knees and a few times with one foot off the ice.

Tuesday: made it through

Today was actually pretty good.  Except for a few parts.

The first was the morning.  Joshua wanted banana bread for breakfast.  We don't have any more.  That set him off.  So he wanted a special granola bar.  I don't really know what that means, but the answer was no...he could have a normal granola bar.  He proceeded to throw his slipper at me.  Since we're working on not throwing things when he's mad, he went in time out...and proceeded to try and throw the rug.  Then he didn't want to get dressed before breakfast, but I use that time to make breakfast, so I made him get dressed anyway.  He finally calmed down, got dressed, and told me the normal granola bar was the kind he wanted.

After that my sinuses wouldn't stop filling up.  Seriously, every ten or so minutes they were completely full, which makes it hard to do anything.  I quickly gave up and worked from home, where the tissues are plenty.  I also got some different medicine this afternoon and it might be helping.  I still need to blow my nose and I feel a bit of sinus pressure, but I don't feel quite so miserable.  (Ask me again tomorrow though. :D)

During snack time Isaac was making dinosaur noises and Joshua was correctly identifying them.  Isaac would let out a squawk and Joshua said, "pterodactyl" and Isaac said, "yes!"  Then he did some other sound and Joshua said, "t-rex" and Isaac said, "yes!"  I have no idea how my sons have the same sound for an animal that no longer exists and isn't in animal noise books.

Monday: rainy day naps

Today was a beautiful rainy day.

I still have this cold/allergy thing.  I feel really good for about thirty minutes after waking up, but then get all stuffed up and tired again.  Anyway, I was making some progress on house work and laid down for a bit because Joshua didn't want to do our errands.  I was clear...he could play by himself, then he should get dressed and we would do our errands. 

He didn't want to get dressed.  I think he wanted to do errands in his pajamas, but I'm not really sure.  He was crying for a bit.  Then he said, "I'm going to take a nap!"  And so we napped.  The rain started.  It was lovely.  We napped until noon, at which point we ate lunch and then did our errands.

Sunday: out of the house

We were out of the house for most of the day.  It's been a long time since this has happened.

We had church.  We went out to eat with family for birthdays, but the restaurant took a while.  We went to Cheryl's house for desserts.  I took a nap there because I'm still sick.

We had small group after that.  We had some good discussions.

But I was also really glad to get home.

Saturday: sick

I'm still sick.  Sure, it's just a runny nose, but it's making me tired.  I thought I was getting better, but today was not so good again.

Friday: school and bike

This morning I went to Isaac's school for a family day activity.  We made a picture frame, Isaac read a book to me, and I saw this journal entry for the day: why I love my family.  It was a nice time.  Isaac was so excited for me to come, and it was nice to see him in his classroom.

Afterwards I got home, and Joshua told me to leave because he wasn't finished playing with CC. I didn't leave the house, but was happy to let them play a bit more.  Then Joshua and I went on a bike ride.  It was the first real time Joshua was on a pedal bike, so I took a pushing stick along too.  It was a good idea...I didn't feel as though I always had to say, "keep pedaling" and he could work on steering by itself.

Isaac played with a tape measure for quite a while after school.

Wednesday: healthy...almost

After having set up an appointment with the doctor for Joshua's ongoing fever, he woke up today without one.  I expect it was the phone call that did it. :)

We went for a bike ride.  This was the slowest bike ride I've ever walked with.  By the end he was a bit faster, so there is a chance he can do the balance bike again...we'll have to see.

We wore the same shirt today...Puppy and me.

Grey Bear's new tracker is still being figured out.  I think I might have figured out that last part that really needed to happen in order for it to work for us.  Anyway, it also has a feature that you can use to take pictures...I forget what the name is...but you push the button and it takes a picture.  The boys were excited about this.

I made Puppy a peanut butter and marshmallow sandwich.  He proceeded to put his applesauce on the top of the bun and then wouldn't eat it because it was too messy.  I made him eat a few bites anyway.  After getting his pjs on he ate the bottom part.

Isaac had ice skating lessons again.  (Joshua was home, since he had a fever in the last 24 hours.)  I think Isaac doubled his speed, although I'm not sure that's saying much.  He made it across the short dimension of the rink in about four minutes.  He's also rather good at going backwards with the hip twist.  I was much happier with the instruction this time.

I got home to find Ben with a fever.  :(  Hopefully it's not the same thing.