Friday: critter barn

This week Joshua told me that he wanted to go to the Critter barn, just Mom and Joshua.  Well, that was an easy enough request to grant so we went today.

We got out of the car and the first thing he wanted to see were the chickens.  He knew exactly where he wanted to go.

Then we got a bucket of hay to feed the animals.  He held it for about a minute, during which time a goat got its head stuck in the bucket.  After that I fed the animals that Joshua directed me to, and if they were too crazy we went somewhere else.  (Two or three goats with all their heads in the bucket didn't qualify as crazy though.)

We also watched the duck pond get cleaned for quite a while.  We hit a few of the other animals, but not all of them.  Joshua was ready to leave and so we did.  It was nice to get outside for a while even if it wasn't super long.

Thursday: Joshua conversations

Last night by our room, about 12:30am...
Joshua: What can I do? 
Amanda: Go to a bed and go to sleep.
Joshua: I need someone to help me.
Amanda: Well, you can come to the bed in our room.
Joshua: Ok!

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In the car, going to pick up Isaac...
Amanda: Did you play with your friends [at school today]?
Joshua: No.  I don't like to play with them.  I like to play with my brother.

Wednesday: Isaac and WoW gear

I kept Isaac home from school today.  He seemed mostly fine all day today, but...it was still the correct decision at the time.  It was going to be a busy (and fun) day and changed into more of a relaxing day, but it was still probably good.

In other news, I have gear levels in WoW with a delta of 100.  (This is rather crazy...usually everything is within 10 levels near the end of an expansion and really even no more than 40 levels at the beginning of the expansion.)  I have nice guild mates.

Tuesday: D dinner and sleep

Today we had a D dinner...Deconstituted salad (for the kids, normal for the adults) and donuts with dip.  I also was in Duplo dungeon for a bit tonight.

Ben went to sleep at 6:30 and Isaac at 7:15.  I was trying to figure out how to get Joshua down early too, but since he took a nap at school today it was futile.

Isaac's tummy is not doing well and seemed to be especially bad tonight.  The doctor said if it's not gone by Friday we can go back.  He's been doing fine at school, but not as well at home.  (Which is nice, but also annoying.)  He's also been waking up once at night complaining, which is so odd for my good sleeper.

Monday: in the car

Joshua and I went in and out of the car significantly more often than normal today.  We dropped Isaac off and came home.  We got groceries and came home.  We went to gymnastics and came home.  We picked up Isaac, went to a doctor appt, and came home.  We went out to eat (although Joshua rode with Ben because I went to an exercise class afterwards) and came home.

Sunday: sandals

Joshua can put his own sandals on.  Great!  However, he pretty much always gets them on the wrong foot.  And it isn't 50% right and 50% backwards, it's more like 10% right and 90% backwards.

It doesn't seem to bother him, so I only tell him to fix his shoes if we're going to be outside for a significant amount of time - like a playground or a hike or something.

This week: historical documents

A month or so ago a letter was found written by Ben's Grandfather in the war.  It was very interesting, and reminded me of the letters that my grandmother wrote that had been made into a 'book' for all her kids.

Well, Dad couldn't find the book (but my aunts have their copies) but he did find other 'historical' documents that I found extremely interesting.

He sent me the genealogy of my paternal Grandmother, and it goes back to 1655 when a Derk Cornelis was born.  He was an elder at his church in the Netherlands.

While the family tree was interesting, more interesting were the stories of the first documents that I've scanned.  I relearned about my paternal great grandparents and grandparents.  (I wrote the original report, so I knew it at some point.)  I learned more about how my parents met.  I learned about some of the things my brother found important in eighth grade.

I find it odd to think of my parents...or grand parents, or great grand parents...as people before I was born.  I know, it's an odd thing to say.  They all played with friends, went to school, fell in love and had many of the same emotions and happenings that I have had.   Some things don't change regardless of the era in which you live.  I just didn't see them during those times and so while I know it is true, it is also weird to think about.