A play

Thursday

We finally did it.  We bought our own set for fraction stacks.  It's been such a hit from the Hope library, but we can only check it out for 2 weeks at a time.  Looking ahead at some work for Isaac he might need them a bit more.  Both kids were playing with them after I had them out and I had to threaten stuff if they lost any of the pieces.  Because I know how this goes.  The 1 block turns into a bad guy and brings the 1/12 blocks all over the house and the 1/2 blocks need to look for all the 1/12 blocks and then there are only 11/12.

While I was making lunch the cats were staring at me very intently.  It was a bit creepy.

Tuesday: Joshua, again

Amanda: ok, what happened in the beginning of the story?

Joshua: I don't remember

Amanda: what happened in the middle?

Joshua: I don't know

Amanda: What happened at the end?

Joshua: I don't remember.

A: ok, watch the story again so you can answer the questions.

Amanda: ok, what happened in the beginning of the story?

Joshua: I don't remember

Amanda: what happened in the middle?

Joshua: I don't know

Amanda: What happened at the end?

Joshua: I don't remember.

Amanda: well, I need to go to work.  We'll deal with this later.

Four hours later...

Amanda: ok, why don't you watch the story again and...

Joshua: I know some of the answers!

Amanda: what happened at the beginning?

Joshua: gave an answer

Amanda: what happened in the middle?

Joshua: gave an answer

Amanda: what happened at the end?

Joshua: I don't remember that part.

So he watched the last part and was able to answer it.  

Monday: Joshua

 The boys had swimming lessons today.  They both did very well.

Joshua and I played Sleeping Queens.  While we play it on a regular basis, his is the first time he used the addition option to get rid of cards.  I was so proud of him...he worked at it really hard.

Sunday: cooking and phone

 My phone had an update yesterday and now the camera seems to be working!!  I can see the pictures without waiting three minutes and they upload without me having to open the camera app.  Woot woot!!

We did some food stuff today.  Isaac finally made Ben's parfait.  He's wanted to make chex mix for a long time and Joshua's been loving Rice Krispie bars.  We had some extra Rice Krispies, so it worked.

Friday: raspberries

 It was school material pick up day, and so the boys picked some raspberries to give to their teachers.  (Not only is it a healthy gift, we have too many.)  We saw Joshua's teacher and she did a lovely job of thanking him and even showing him the classroom.  She also said that raspberries are her favorites, but her raspberry patch stopped around July.  So I could see some more raspberries in her future.

We didn't see Isaac's teacher, but she recorded a lovely video thanking Isaac for the raspberries and the maze that he had drawn for her.  He worked quite hard on the letter and maze and insisted on picking the raspberries himself, so the video was very much appreciated.

Thursday: book

 I'm reading a book right now that has a spell book as a minor character.  I don't think I've laughed out loud from reading a book this much in a long time.  There is just something about this spell book that tickles my funny bone.  The series is Mage Errant by John Bierce.  I'm on book 4.

Spoiler ahead. (I tried making it disappear like a nice spoiler, but it didn't work easily.  So I just put it far away.)

First, the book is found eating some coals because it wants to spit them out at children.  It thinks this would make it into a dragon.

Later the book is found trying to become a parrot.  The nearby parrots tolerate it.

It doesn't know how to apologize, so it keeps dumping slimy fish on someone.