Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Tuesday: ninja camp
Monday, August 2, 2021
Monday: the day got better
The day started off with Joshua not knowing what he wanted for breakfast. It turns out that I don't have a new breakfast for everyday and breakfast often gets boring. That isn't to say that there aren't plenty of options; Joshua just didn't want any of them.
Then I made him put on shorts with pockets. He was out of soft shorts with pockets so I made him put on - horror of horrors - slightly hard shorts. It broke him and we had 20 minutes of sobbing.
During that 20 minutes Ben left for work and then he cried because he didn't get to give Ben a good-bye hug. It's not that he missed Ben leaving and Ben had even poked at him a little bit. He just didn't get to give him a hug.
Good news though, he continued working on his Lego dragon and had calmed down by the time it was time to go to Ninja Camp. Both boys seemed to have a great time at it, although pick-up and drop off was a bit crazy.
I did laundry today so that he can have soft shorts tomorrow. I had also ordered a few more pairs late last week; they should be here tomorrow. One the other hand, he took a quick shower after ninja camp and put the same slightly hard shorts back on, even though I told him he could wear soft shorts. So I don't really know what to think.
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Saturday: quiet
The kids are with the grandparents this weekend and so we had a quiet day. It was lovely. We went to a new, and delicious, restaurant for dinner
Friday
We had a belated yummy breakfast for Joshua's birthday. I was about to open the roll of cinnamon rolls when Isaac asked if I wanted him to do it. Yes! Absolutely! He was so thoughtful...and he jumped when it popped, so I felt justified in my fear of opening them.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Wednesday: here and there
While Joshua was at science camp Isaac and I biked to the donut store. It's the first "far away" place we've biked to. (Although to be fair, we biked to a nearby playground when he was still using training wheels). We only had to cross one minor intersection and one major intersection, so I figured it would be a good starting outing. It went well.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Tuesday: birthday party
It was another day of running around...and an appointment had even been canceled! It's nice having the boys at home one at a time, but I haven't been in and out of the car this much in a year. We got to Hope a bit early so watched the construction for many minutes until it was time to drop of Joshua.
Isaac made a solar oven. It wasn't very sunny though, so it didn't seem to work well today. (He then made another one at science camp. The parent info sheet gave an option to make one at home, so I was rather surprised by this. Isaac said he knew it was going to happen though, so then who really cares I guess?)
Joshua's possibly-scary dentist appointment went better than I expected. There is one big cavity, but the others the dentist mentioned don't need work at this point. I gave Joshua the option of some laughing gas (although I called it sleepy medicine) or laughing gas plus some additional sleepy medicine and he chose the latter. Probably a good choice.
Then Dad came over and helped Joshua with his streamers. It was cute.
Joshua chose taco salad for his dinner. Not what I was expecting, but happy to oblige! It did end up delicious. Some presents, some cheesecake, and ta-da! Another successful birthday party. (You can't tell from the pictures, but we had left the light-up sticker on his shirt from the bounce house birthday party. So he put the shirt back on for the sticker.)