Joshua: 62 to 77 months

Ha!  I bet you thought I wasn't taking monthly quilt pictures every month, but I still am!  It's pretty much down to a science, so while the boys don't love it they also know it'll only take about 30 seconds.  Oh wow, I just looked at his height in the first one first the last one.  He grew a lot in a year and a half.

62 months:

63 months:

64 months:

65 months:

66 months: oh, I missed this one.  I remember missing it and thinking that life was just too busy and missing one month would be ok.

67 months:

68 months: first one in quarantine

69 months:

70 months:

71 months:

72 months: 6 years old!

73 months:

 74 months:

75 months:

 76 months:

 77 months:

Friday: respect

Isaac finished his NWEA today.  I was really happy with both the reading and math scores, like normal.  He also had a spelling inventory.  I wasn't so happy with that.  Isaac wasn't either.  He knew that he had a lot of the words wrong, even some of the ones that he should have had correct.  

Thursday: off

 I had a dentist appointment this morning.  It was the first one with the new dentist, and it took way longer than I expected.  It threw my whole morning off.  Then Isaac had afternoon testing, so Joshua was bored, and he doesn't always play all that well by himself.  I love being around my kids, but I don't always love playing with them.  We made spice bars, an otter attacked me, and we made it through.

Wednesday

 Tornado was surprisingly sad that Ben wasn't around today.  He followed me around for a while and even let himself be carried in one arm for a while.  Once Ben got home Tornado got himself picked up and looked like he was in heaven.

Isaac was supposed to write his spelling words in the snow, but there isn't much snow.  So he could write them on a white board instead.  I told him he could use the large white board if he wanted.  Of course, he asked if we had an even larger white board...and we do.  We never use it as a white board because it's hard to erase, but I moved the stuff out of the way so he could do his words this one time.

Monday: happenings

The boys started school earlier than normal today.  Joshua was in a mood to get it done!  He even skipped snack time.  It works well for Joshua, but Isaac's stuff isn't always posted that quickly.  We figured it out though.  It did mean they both ended school on the early side, but then they got a bit bored later in the day.

I prepped a bunch of packages today.  I usually only one every once in a while, so it was surprising to have three.

Isaac is trying very hard to get more screen time.  He suggested a screen time day soon.  Then after rest time this showed up on the wall.  We're considering it.

Sunday: post church

Joshua fell asleep on Ben's lap during church.  They often sit together, but Joshua hasn't fallen asleep before.

Afterwards they trapped Ben.  Those boys do love to trap us. Zoom church does have a few perks...we can stay in pajamas being one of them.

We worked on a lot of Lego sets today.  The cats wanted to help.

Saturday: life

 Isaac got his writing back yesterday.  It was a lot better than the last one.  I think it helped that we had parent-teacher conferences in between the two and so I felt a bit better about helping him a little bit more.

I was sorting Legos while watching TV, as normal, and found this crazy thing.  It's probably one of my favorite parts about sorting...I get to see all the creations that the kids have come up with but not necessarily shown me.

Ben and the boys made dinner!  It was delicious!