Wednesday: not much

The day was rather uneventful.  The most exciting thing was that while in the karate class I was looking where I was punching and got to so off my technique to everyone.  Ok, that is rather exciting.  But I feel like it shouldn't be.  It was a side punch and it feels completely normal to look where you're punching and it was surprising to learn that doesn't happen naturally for everyone.  (There are definite times I don't look where I'm punching when I should be.)

Isaac wrote some of this spelling words with Legos.  He said he wasn't going to be creative with the words like last time, but he still was a little bit.

I started out the semester surprisingly on top of school work and I feel like I'm quickly falling behind.  The important things are getting done, even in advance, but the things that I can put off a bit are getting pushed back more and more.

Tuesday: new word

I think that y'all'll should be a word meaning you all will.  I was writing an email and wrote you'll, but then I realized I actually wanted it to clearly apply to two people.  An English word with two apostrophes would be cool.

Update: it is spoken!  Dusty just confirmed he's heard it.

Monday: quiet

I feel like being quiet.

It'd be nicer if it was snowing.  The snow facilitates the quiet.

Sunday: RIP

The green alarm clock died.  We put new batteries in it and within about 5 seconds the numbers would disappear.  It's been a good clock to us, going on many vacations and being incredibly helpful.

Since the boys are now sleeping in the same room we moved Joshua's clock into Isaac's room.  I don't like it quite as much, but I do like that it doesn't use batteries.

Saturday: outside

The plan was to rent some cross country skis and give it a try.  We got there right when they opened.  However, you apparently have to get in line before they opened.  When we got there they were at number 91 and we would have been 16.  It was our first time trying it out, and I didn't feel like waiting more than 15 minutes.  The plan pivoted right away and we went down the sledding hill a few times instead.

It was a good choice.  When we left, 30-45 minutes later, they were on number 3.  They were making decent time since each group was more than one person, but it was still going to be a long wait.  Since the boys aren't actually at school we can try some school day instead.

When we got home the boys entertained themselves, but in a slightly different way than normal.  Joshua was working on a Lego set.  (Ok, that's not all that different.)  Isaac was devouring a Minecraft book.  It's a tutorial Minecraft book with lots of pictures, but there are still plenty of words to read.  He usually doesn't sit down with a book (sadly), so I was a bit surprised.

Thursday: today

Today was better than yesterday.  The days haven't been bad, but they've been annoying.  I feel ready for a break, but I'm not sure what I need a break from.  I also feel rather bad complaining since there are a lot of things going well and they can be easy to overlook when a few bad things happen.

The only thing the boys want to do is play Minecraft and we're giving in more and more.  It does mean that they're pro-active in getting their chores done though, so there is also some time management skills being learned.  Yeah.  That's what we're teaching. 100% legit.  (Also note that they only got the normal amount of screen time today.  We still say no a lot.)

Horizon tried to learn to read today.

Isaac wrote some of his spelling words in the snow.  He's been surprisingly willing to go outside now that there's snow, and is rather happy to work on the end of the driveway as one of his chores.

Tuesday: half fail, half win

We failed half the day.  Ben's (work) car had a dead battery.  Ben had a not fun appointment.  The babysitter was late.  (Although she did notify me and she must have scrambled to only be here 10 minutes late.)  I made it on time to class, but it took a few minutes to get everything set up.  Not really a problem, but a bit flustering. I had a student meeting and he showed up about 30 seconds before I was going to leave.

On the other hand, it was a snow day.  The boys made a barricade while I was teaching, but thankfully Carly made them take it down.  One of the chores was to shovel the end of the driveway if the plow came through, and it did.  The end of the driveway was just being finished as I came home.  Ben had a good appointment this evening.

I also figured out how to take a video of my phone screen.  (It's super easy.)  Photos is always making these nice collections of photos, but there's no way to save them anymore.  It's not quite as nice as just being able to save it, but not too bad.