Tuesday: bag day

Tuesday is our biggest bag day.  Isaac and Joshua have their backpacks, I have my lunch and whatever, and there's the stuff for piano (and waiting during piano).

And while it's a lot of stuff, it isn't as bad as it was in daycare!  On days that I laundered the bedding I feel like we could easily get six bags.  Six big bags.  And I was the only one to carry them.

Monday: truck parade

We went to the truck parade this morning!  My favorite is hearing the different horns.

 

Joshua mentioned that it had been a while since we worked on our donut survey, so we stopped at Tim Horton's afterwards.  The boys really enjoyed their choices, but mine was only ok.

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.)