Tulsa pictures: Friday

 All the signs:

Oylmpics - Limbo

Japanese food for opening ceremonies

Olympics - egg balance:

Olympics - sack race:

Olympics: 3-legged race

Olympics - synchronized jumping

"stay up as late as you want as long as you're happy tomorrow" night.  The movie was starting around 9.  I think everyone was asleep by midnight though. :)

Tulsa pictures: Thursday

The floor was lava!

10 miles of packing tape gives some nice tubes.

Slinky conveyor belt:

Shadows

Snack at the oldest house in Tulsa.  Some kids were rather perplexed as to why there were no doors/windows.

Dropping Seth:

Balloon animal pledge: I pledge not to care if the balloon pops while I'm making something.  I pledge not to get anyone with a sword while in the room.  I pledge to not stab Ben and Amanda with the swords ever.  I pledge not to make Ben and Amanda surrender to the swords ever.  (The other parents were on their own.)

Dominion

 

Tuesday: waiting

Today had a lot of waiting.

Waiting during Joshua's ortho eval. (No work needed yet!)

Waiting while Isaac had an appointment.

Waiting while Isaac had piano lessons.

Waiting for the boys to finish dinner and brush their teeth.

Waiting (and driving) on the way to fort Wayne.

But we're here!  Tomorrow should be fun!

Pat came over this morning so the boys wouldn't have so much waiting.  Joshua is listening to the newest press start book... again.  To be fair though, this is one of his most favorite series.  

Tulsa pictures: Wednesday

The kids were all making boxes to hold popcorn for a movie they were anticipating later that day.

Statue 1: praying hands.  It was an amazing statue.

Beautiful gardens...but hot.

Statue number 2: Disappointing after the praying hands.  We also couldn't actually get out to see it, so just did a driveby

 

Monday: this and that

We tried out a new (small) hiking trail today.  It was really nice.  There was a small interchange where three trails met and Isaac really enjoyed going around it...over and over.  There was also a medium sized loop of prairie that the boys ran around an extra time or two.  It surprised me.

After groceries I brought up the toys that have patiently waited in the basement for the last year.  They haven't been switched out for other toys yet, but the boys were enjoying playing with toys that they missed.

Joshua successfully rode his bike today!  He did it past about three or four driveways.

It was the boys' last day of karate for a while.  Case numbers are going up due to the delta variant, although Michigan has been pretty good until now.  Masks are rarely being worn.  The membership renewal is in just a few days, so we just canceled now.  I expect they'll go back once numbers go down or they get vaccinated.  Zoom was an option, but it isn't a great option and we'd be the only family.

Tulsa pictures: Tuesday

 

Isaac's first time touching a plane wing.

Sunday: treasure hunts

This morning I printed out a treasure hunt for the boys.  They enjoyed it, but it was much better for Isaac than Joshua.

So I found one that I could print out for Joshua too.(https://makeatreasurehunt.treasure-hunt-ideas.co.uk/)

It worked pretty well...it would have been a bit better if his reading skills were better, but he worked diligently at it.

Joshua and Isaac make treasure hunts for Ben and me too...and they both did a really good job.  I was afraid that Isaac's would be crazy intricate, but it was nicely done.  Isaac mentioned that it's a lot of work to set it up. :)