Tuesday: shelves

Our game closet has been a bit of a disaster for the last several months.  This was compounded by the closet organizer breaking (somehow) and games falling out of it.  We needed new shelves.

(Some of the games had been removed for measuring purposes, but this is sort of what it looked like.)

So I put some up!

And I put our games on them, and ended up with more room than I expected.  I had been planning on putting more shelves in all of the "empty" spaces in the closet, but for now I think I'll add some to the upper right and call it good.  It's a nice place to be able to store the chairs.

Monday: a silly day

It was a rather silly day.

Isaac has a silly smile.

On the way out of the grocery store, Joshua said, "I hear meowing from the place God lives.  I think it's Flurry."

Joshua and I went to Lowe's and I tried to make the cart go the way Joshua drove.  He liked driving into dead ends.  "It is hilarious!"  "It is not hilarious."  ...Which sent Joshua into his evil laugh.

We read "Don't push the button," which is not my favorite book.  However, the boys love it.

I also had to explain Bolt again to the boys.  They still don't understand why the green-eyed man showed up again at the end of the movie.

At karate we had to do some Superman Bananas.  First you do a superman...lay on your stomach with hand and feet up.  Not too bad.  Then you need to flip over and do a banana...hands and feet still up.  It was very difficult.

Sunday: real or fantasy? Apparently our kids can't tell.

(note from Ben: spoilers ahead)

This weekend we slowly watched the movie "Bolt".  (We're slowly working our way through a bunch of the Disney movies now that Joshua is old enough.)  Anyway, the movie is about this dog, Bolt, that thinks he has super powers, but really he is the star of a TV show and so it's all special effects.  The dog ends up away from the studio and while finding his way back realizes he doesn't actually have super powers.

We're at the end of the movie when Bolt his saving his person from a fire.  Joshua chimes in with, "he's going to use his laser eyes!"  Ben and I wonder exactly what movie he was watching the whole time.  Then after the fire it cuts to a scene in the hospital (where the person had been brought after the fire) but the bad guy is there and Bolt saves her with his laser eyes.  Isaac says, "I wonder why they brought her to the hospital with the bad guy."  Now, it was one of those odd transitions where you think you're in one place but then you need to realize you're in another...and we thought Isaac at least would have been old enough to tell.

Then at bed time Isaac pulled out one of his front teeth and was bleeding all over the place.  It took Ben and I a bit to get to him, but he did a good thing and was rinsing with water.  I put the tooth in a bag for him to put under his pillow.  He was worried the tooth fairy wouldn't find him in the fort, so put it under the pillow in his bedroom.

Saturday: cold and cats

It was Maple Sugar Days at VanRaalte Hill today.  We went last year and while it was interesting once, I didn't feel as though we needed to go again.  Well, Ben mentioned wanting some maple candy last week.  I had gone to my local supplier a few months ago and they were out, so the boys and I went.  We had ice cream with maple syrup (quite delicious, although it sounds weird) and I got the maple candy.  We were all cold after the ice cream (surprise surprise) so we just went home.

Horizon did a lot of sleeping in Ben's lap today, with a bunch of funny poses.

Friday: library

Today I went on a field trip to the library with the 1st graders.  I was hoping for a behind-the-scenes look at the library, but instead it was a story time and tour of the children's section.  Oh well.  It was nice to be there with Isaac.

laundry

The non-matching sock problem has gotten especially bad.

Tuesday: windows, parent-teacher conferences

After school we drove home with the windows open and the boys were thrilled.  Joshua was excited to finally be able to reach the buttons.  Then he was excited to stick his hand out the window.

(I had pictures of this, but blogger is being dumb and not grabbing the pictures.)

(I had more pictures but blogger is having issues and I was lucky to get even one tonight.)

We had parent-teacher conferences with Isaac's teacher this evening.  Like last time, Isaac does what he's supposed to be doing and, while quiet, participates appropriately.  (Apparently it's a loud class so she was wondering if he's overwhelmed a bit.  We don't see it, but I'll ask leading questions.)  His math testing score is still very high and he's doing well in reading too.  Writing on the other hand...he takes his time.  This seems to be a common theme with stuff he doesn't really enjoy, both at school and at home.  Sometimes it's excessive, sometimes it's just long.  We're not sure why, since at school he is working the whole time.  Is he thinking?  Is he daydreaming?  Is he distracted by the loud kids?  Is he bored?