Monday: as things change, they stay the same

Last night I continued reading letters that my grandma wrote to her children in 1969-70.  Have many things changed since then?  Yes.  But at the same time, so many things have stayed the same...

...women were still dealing with morning sickness
...vacation days were much appreciated
...house projects always took a while
...weather is interesting
...people stay up too late reading

Sunday: normal day

Today was a pretty normal Sunday, as Sundays go.  We went to church in the morning, had screen time, rest time, Lego time, and eating time.  I made chocolate blueberry pancakes for dinner and they were delicious.

Saturday: marble painting

As part of his homework due on Monday, Isaac needs to come up with ideas to write about.  (They're calling it a 'Heart Map.')  Anyway, we've been putting it off because no one has really wanted to do it.  We finally got all the ideas on it today.

The most surprising one that he came up with was Marble Painting.  I guess having an idea and seeing it come to fruition really made an impression on him. 

After we filled up about half the spaces we started using the blog to look for ideas.  Isaac seemed rather surprised at all the content and probably would have spent a long time looking.  I made him go quickly and only look at the pictures because I wanted to be done with this homework assignment.

Friday: a new style of shorts

This morning I updated the closets.  For Isaac this didn't mean much, but for Joshua he got all of the 4t clothing put in his closet and a reorganization since there are a lot of long sleeve shirts right now.  (I think he's almost out of a lot of the 3t stuff, but I like to see it too short and take it out after the next wash.)

Anyway, I explained the new system to him and let him get dressed.  A few minutes later he comes into my bedroom and says, "Mom, these shorts don't fit."

After a very fast inspection the reason was obvious - he was wearing a sweater.  One leg through an arm hole and one leg through the torso hole.

Thursday: greenhouse, cars, raspberries

We went to the Hope College Greenhouse today since we couldn't go with Lego League last week.  From the bit that we heard yesterday, the GVSU one was probably bigger (and cooler).  It also was quite an adventure to get to the Hope Greenhouse.  While it's open to the public, you need to go down small hallways and through closed doors.  There are no signs marking it's location.  We didn't stay long, but our objective was fulfilled; we saw a greenhouse.

On the way home, out of nowhere, Joshua says, "Mom, sometimes I get confused because toilet paper is white and cars are white and sometimes I think white cars are made of toilet paper."  Well, that hit Isaac's funny bone and he proceeded to ask Joshua what the other color cars are made of...
red = apples
yellow = broken stop lights and honey
blue = water
brown = crayons
tan = tan Legos
green = leaves

We got home and I picked the raspberries.  It's been a bit longer than usual since I last picked, but I think I also got the largest amount of the summer.

Wednesday: kids

Joshua is coming into our room earlier and earlier.  Last night he came in, smiled at me, and went right to sleep.  I don't think that we said a word, but he seemed surprisingly awake.

Isaac went to a special cadet thing today.  Ben's back is acting up, so Dad went with him.  Since grandparents are allowed to spoil their grand kids, Isaac might have had a better time than going with a parent.  He got three cookies, two bags of chips, and hot dog.  There was also a strong man show that Isaac really seemed to enjoy.

Tuesday: on Hope

"Hope is not believing that God will give us a certain outcome because we believe. Hope is believing that the infinitely wise, infinitely loving, infinitely perfect, infinitely satisfying God will be enough for me, whether I get the thing that I want in my life or not."  Rich Nathan