Wednesday: writing a book

 Joshua is writing a book!  It's called "The Adventures of Isaac and Joshua".

Also on the cover is this very important note: "This is not a library book."  As Joshua explained it, library books are made of paper and his book is made of paper, so he wanted to be clear.

Tuesday: opinion

 I was unwillingly listening to Isaac's lesson about facts and opinions today when I heard the teacher say, "'I love to dance' is an opinion."  After thinking about it for a few seconds, I realized that no, I think that is a fact.  It's one of those weird ones that is right on the fence.  It could change into an opinion with one slightly different word ("I should love to dance."  "Everybody loves to dance.") But saying it about yourself is really a fact.  It was bothering me so much that I emailed Ben, who confirmed what I was thinking.  (Now, I get what the teacher was trying to demonstrate.  It just ended up being a poor example.)

The babysitter woke up late and called in sick 45 minutes before she was supposed to arrive.  I frantically called all the people.  Some were unable, some were able but it'd be a pain, and so Ben came home.  It was actually a good thing, because Isaac's chromebook was acting up again and it took some work arounds to get Isaac in the meeting he was supposed to be in.   There was supposed to be a second meeting, but Ben never found the link to that one.  I think there were some network issues today at the school, but a little more communication would have been nice.  (It wasn't quite as important though, so not a big deal.)

Friday: downhill

Well, COVID seems to be doing downhill in our county.  I guess I should really say uphill, since we are increasing at a crazy fast rate.  Our seven day new case average is double what it was last week at this time and we keep breaking our one day records.  So our household is pulling back a bit.  My grocery trips will go back to pick-up (after my single week of getting them at the store).  Karate is going to Zoom.  I might even do curbside pickup for the library.  Ben is working at home every other week.  It's rather annoying, but it is what it is.  (Also note that we are doing (mostly) fine being at home.  While we make these decisions mainly for our safety, we also realize that by not being "out there" we also free up space for people who are unable to stay home, whatever their reason may be.)

Joshua wanted his nails painted.  I did it in such a way that it would come off rather quickly.  About two hours later, the first one had come off and Joshua peeled the rest of right after that.  I had been hoping it might stay on a bit longer, but that was long enough for Joshua.

 

Sunday: first snow

Today was our first snow!  It snowed a surprising amount of the day, but it was just flurries.

 

Saturday: Happy Halloween

 We had mummy dogs for dinner.

For Halloween we did an in-the-dark candy hunt.  I got way too much candy, but it was fun.  Isaac found a lot more candy than Joshua, but at the same time Joshua sometimes left candy for Isaac to find.  They boys got more candy than normal, but their treat boxes have been pretty empty and needed to be refilled.

Friday: out and about

Th people at karate kindly let us come to use their obstacle course again.  The boys were so excited when we pulled up.

We got the climbing wall out because Isaac wanted to climb.  But then it was Joshua that went up it a bunch of times.

 Isaac started making a fort and it was quite the thing by the end.

After that we went to the library.  There were a slightly absurd number of holds for us, but holds work so well!

Joshua played his first thumb war today and cracked up.

Thursday: suprise!

So with "all that" extra time that we had today, we moved around furniture in our bedroom.  It was super easy to get the kids to help, which was nice.  The bed went from the right side of the picture to in front of the window.  We don't use this window for much, other then telling if we should get up because it's sunny, so we'll see how it goes.

 

Both boys decided this bed-moving surprise needed more surprises for Ben!  Joshua made a little Lego boxes with messages that he tried to sound out but were completely unreadable.  (They were cute, and once we were told what the message was we could see his thinking behind them, more or less.)  Isaac made a rocket that spun around and said "Dad" on one side and "USA" on the other.  It took him a while, but it was pretty cool.

I'm not sure I love the layout, but can always change it if needed.