Wednesday: sick

This morning Isaac wasn't feeling great and he was complaining of a headache.  He never acted completely normal, but got a little bit close and chose to go to school.  We told him he could call if things got worse.

Fast forward to when I picked him up.  He said he was tired.  I think he fell asleep in the car before we left the parking lot...and this is the kid that really only naps when "forced" to or if he's sick.  Joshua managed to fall asleep in the two minutes I was picking up Isaac.  He was chattering away right before I got out of the car, so I was a bit surprised.

I let them sleep.  I should also note that I got a ton done in the hour that they were sleeping.  Anyway, they woke up and Isaac stumbled to the couch.  After a show (because when you're sick you get extra screen time) we took Isaac's temp and he had a fever.  The ibuprofen perked him up shortly though.

Anyway, Ben's been under the weather with a nasty cold and so is going to stay home with Isaac tomorrow.

Tuesday: puffy puffs

Today was a pretty normal day.  Except that Joshua talked about 'puffy-puffs' for pretty much the entire ride home.  (Including after we picked up Isaac.)  All these puffy-puffs are are a small flavored rice cake in a special shape.  They apparently made a large impression on him today.

Monday Monday

Today was a pretty normal day today.

We got groceries, went to gymnastics, and built a fire plane.

We went to karate and had dinner.

The kitties enjoyed watching some birds and hugging Ben's arm.

Saturday: relaxing

Today was a good day.

The kids played together well and a lot.  This meant that I got a bit more work done than normal. 

Tornado tried to help.

Friday: today

This morning Joshua and I went to a ...playgroup?... that included bounce houses.  It was really nice.  I got to see Amie again and there weren't many people there.  It was a lovely way to spend the morning.

This afternoon Ben was taking a nap, so I left Joshua with him while I went to get Isaac.  I told him that Ben was taking a nap, but apparently that didn't mean much to Joshua and he interrupted Ben two times in the fifteen minutes I was gone.  The second time the kitties escaped.

Now, we had been planning on starting to let the cats out this weekend.  We talked about it yesterday; how we wanted to clean up a little more and would watch over them carefully.  So imagine my surprise when I saw Tornado in the middle of the floor.  "Dad said I could pet them." says Joshua, working on a puzzle.  However, they behaved themselves quite well during this exploring stage.

Joshua has been loving the puzzles we got on a whim on Monday.  We finished the hardest one and are now working on a Monsters University one.  I was making dinner while he was doing it for a bit and thought he looked mature.

Some other pictures...

Over winter break, "Evin came to are haws and we had loos uv fun."

Isaac finished his Christmas catapult.  He has been enjoying throwing clay balls.  (He did most of it by himself with just a bit of help from us.)

Tuesday: school

School started again for Joshua and me.  My day was busy, but it didn't feel quite as crazy as some first days.  Joshua wasn't thrilled with going to school, but did ok.

Monday: Joshua

Joshua and I were on our own again for the first time in two weeks.  We started with a visit to a different day care...their pre-K room is still for four year olds instead of being more of a young 5s.  While I didn't dislike the place I'm also not sure that I loved it.  It's still in the running but I need to do some more looking.

I also got two videos out of Joshua.  Sorry about the video on the second.  We were doing them in the car and I didn't realize my mitten was in front until the end.  He wasn't willing to do it again.





We hit Meijer for a few groceries.  On the way out, he lost one of his coloring pages from gymnastics due to wind.  This ended up being a tragedy.  A big one.  Never mind the fact that he rarely uses the coloring pages or that this one had been stepped on several times and was probably gross or whatnot.  It probably took him a good fifteen minutes to recover from the loss.

I also brought Joshua to the doctor today for frequent bathroom trips.  It got a little ridiculous as we were doing our errands and he had to go to the bathroom six times in 2.5 hours.  Nothing was found in his urine though...sugar levels were normal and no sign of a UTI.  The plan is to wait a week and see if it resolves itself.