Sunday: Happy Mother's Day!

We have the tulip pot (that opens up) that Joshua was excited to give me.

Isaac managed to finish him Mother's day card and gift at school even though he had been sick.

  ("Happy Momther's Day Mom.  I hope you like my tulip.  You are the best mom I have.  I hope you have a good day.")  I laughed a bit inside at being the best mom that he has, but I know what he was trying to say.

The gift was a key chain with a shrink page.  It says almost the same thing, but this time I'm the best mom that he's seen.  Score.

We had a pretty relaxing day and played in the pool.  The boys played in the pool a lot; Ben and I got in a little bit.

Saturday: Happy Birthday

Horizon and Tornado turned 1 year old today!

We gave them some wet food as a birthday present.  They sniffed it, but quickly lost interest.  (Even if it looks like they're eating it below.)

Friday: hilarity

The boys were in rare form this afternoon.

Joshua moved all our animal magnets to one side of the fridge and then had me guess which one he was choosing to move to the other side.  I usually got a clue.  He would then classify it as a good animal or a bad one.

Joshua: ok, what animal am I moving?
Amanda: uh, can I have a clue?
J: It's a bad guy
A: shark!
J: no
A: tiger!
J: no, you lose.  It's a whale
A: A whale isn't a bad guy.
J: oh, ok.  What am I moving now?  It's a bad guy.
(Amanda has two guesses.)
J: Nope, it's a wolf.
A: That's not a wolf, it's a dog!
J: Nope, it's a wolf.
A: oh
J: ok, next one.  It starts with a Rrrr
A: Rhino
J: no
Isaac: Rabbit
J: no.  you loose.  Lion.
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I did get some of them.  (Squid) But mostly I didn't get them.  Some because Joshua gave me the wrong starting sound, some because I just couldn't remember what we had, and some because he classified the animal as something else.  (A weird lizard was a frog and a tapir was a rhino.)

Then Isaac came out of the bathroom. 

I:Mom!  Look!  My body can make a "Y" and some other letters
A: Cool.  Can you make an I?
I: yes.  My head is the dot.
A: can you make a capital I?
I: yes.
J: me too!

I have no doubt in my mind that they thought they looked just like I's.

They did a few more and it got worse and worse.  Joshua was doing a Z but his legs were going in different directions.  They tried to make Os, but bodies don't really bend like that.

Wednesday: surprise

Yesterday Ben brought home some donuts.  When the boys and I went to get our morning snack, we found this...

It was an awesome surprise that we all enjoyed.

Oh, and more importantly everyone stayed fever free today!  So school tomorrow!

Tuesday: still sick

I was slightly hopeful that we were done with fevers, but alas, no.  Both boys came down with one again today.  Joshua waited until late afternoon and Isaac just waited a few hours after the medicine wore off.

So we'll all be back together again tomorrow.  Joshua was a bit bored at times today, but sick days aren't necessarily fun days.  I still needed to get work done.

The boys wanted "a surprise with eyes" for lunch.  So I made them and I with eyes.

Also, yesterday we finally did our Easter eggs.  Better late than never I guess.  I, uh, didn't get any pictures of the final products.

Monday: sick

Alright!  Two sick kids!

Isaac is a bit more sick than Joshua with a fever and lots of snot.  Joshua had a small fever and has been going to bed early.  Since Isaac is staying home tomorrow I decided Joshua may as well too.

Last month: stinky rotten cheese

So I'm not sure how it got started, but for the last month or so the boys have had a game where 'the last one to [a place] is stinky rotten cheese!'  Well, sometimes it isn't the last one, sometimes it's the first person.  Or the middle person.  Really, any person as long as Ben or I ended up being the stinky rotten cheese.

The first person gets to smell like fresh flowers.  (Or again, which ever person is Isaac or Joshua.)

The rules can change in the blink of an eye, usually when Ben or I thought of a creative way to not be the stinky cheese.

It was a good way to get the boys to move quickly, which is one of the only good things about this whole game.  Isaac might be getting sick of the game, as he doesn't want to smell like fresh flowers anymore.