Saturday: StarWars

We started watching StarWars, Episode 4 with the boys.  Ben is working on a StarWars Lego set and so it was appropriate for multiple reasons.

It was surprising how much the boys already know about the movie.  It's just so pervasive within our culture that they know half the story already.  At the same time, they were asking so many questions.

Then Joshua started working on a different Star Wars set and finding all the Lego Minifigs that are StarWars related.  It was cute.

Friday: no school

We made zucchini cake this morning; Isaac grated the whole zucchini for it!

 

This afternoon was apparently closet time.  I yelled that it was snack time with no response.  I yelled a few minutes later and there was still no response, nor was there a response to knocking on the door.  I finally went in to discover they had the marker/crayon/pencil box all over Joshua's floor and were playing "Keep Joshua in the small closet."  There was a lot of laughter though, so it seemed pretty easy to keep him in.

After snack they moved to Isaac's slightly bigger closet and played some board games.

Thursday: work

 Work went well today...but I got home and crashed.  It happens at the beginning of every year and unsurprisingly this year was no exception.  I had been planning on going to karate tonight, but gave myself a pass.

Wednesday: bed

Today's Operation: Clean the House (OCtH) was to get the bed put back together.  Check.  It took longer than I was hoping, but about as long as I was expecting.  (It doesn't have sheets yet; the blanket it to protect the mattress from cat hair.)

I also had lunch with Betsy!  It's been a while since I've seen her, so it was nice to get caught up.

Tuesday: start 2

 I started classes today.  They went well.  The classes need to change slightly because I need to add 20 minutes to each class.  (It's a four credit class that in the past has only met for three hours.  It's always felt a bit weird to me but I wasn't going to complain!)  Most of that extra 20 minutes will be practice, but there are also a few things that have been skipped that I want to add.

Anyway, the extra material that I added was just about the right amount.  We finished a bit early, but it was also the first day.

We were also back in the "normal" classroom and it was wonderful!  I can see most of the student's screens, so I have a better idea if they're keeping up or not.  It's easier to walk around and see if there are any questions.  The students actually talked to each other.  In my second class they were even introducing themselves to each other before class; that doesn't happen a ton anymore.  (People that know each other will talk, but people that don't know each other tend to be on their phones.)

Monday: food

Ah ha!  Since it was the first day of school it seems like today's title should be "first day of school".  But the details are all about food.

We'll start with the first day of school pictures.

They got off to school perfectly fine.  I was a bit nervous for them throughout the day, but it was a normal nervous, not a freaking-out nervous.

I headed off to the grocery store.  The aisle that I needed the most from was completely empty.

I know in this weird COVID time there are random runs on things, but I really think they must be fixing/updating the cooler.  The rest of the store was normal.  It was just a bit annoying though.

I did get all the things on my "must do" list finished today: groceries, exercising, Hope-work, emails, cleaning the kitchen.  The other thing was to work on Operation: Clean the house, starting with the guest room.  The goal for today was to clean it enough to get an initial vacuum.  I not only did that, but did some additional cleaning in it and moved some of the furniture back to its original place.

I'm really surprised at how many pieces of crayon I keep finding.  I have a much better appreciation for why teachers ask for two boxes of crayons now...we were having a hard time at the end finding the colors we needed.

The cats at least joined me for a little bit.

Overall, the house wasn't as quiet as I was afraid of.  There was plenty to do and they quiet was nice.  However...expect a lot more cat pictures.

Both boys reported fine days.  Joshua said the best part was tech and the worst part was a leaking water bottle.  Isaac was excited because he got a cookie.  They didn't really have a good day because they didn't do anything...first days are a bit annoying like that.  Joshua did say that he had to write a lot.  Joshua also got home and ate two oreos and two small bowls of Rice Krispies.  I'm not sure I've seen him that hungry before.

Sunday: carnival

Isaac wanted to have a carnival today.  It wasn't high on my list of things I wanted to do, so I made the boys do most of the leg work and then it turned out a lot more fun. :)

There was fishing for treats.

And drink ring toss.  It was harder than expected, but that was rather nice.  It took them a while to finish it.