Friday: around the house

I continued O:CtH today.  I finished decluttering the white bookshelf and most of the piano.  Part of this involved putting all the lost game pieces back in their boxes.  There was really only one game piece that was critically missing and that was found.  (Usually what happens is we find the piece but are too lazy to deal with it so it goes in a pile.  Next time the game comes out, we just get it from the pile.  The pile is actually mostly made up of instructions.)  So all that is left with this room now is actually making the bed, dusting the piano and the shelves, quickly finishing up the piano, and the game closet.  The game closet is going to take a bit of work because I really need to add some more shelves.  But the end is in sight!

I also froze some raspberries.  I labeled them "frozen raspberries" as though my future self wouldn't realize they're frozen as I find them in the freezer. :p

Thursday: opposites

This afternoon I had a few sets of opposites.

I was giving a quiz to a person who gets extended time, but she finished much earlier than expected.  I was able to get a last minute ortho appointment to reglue my retainer.  The whole process took about three minutes, so I went back to work for 20 minutes.  It was close to work, so I was very glad that I didn't have to make the trip on Monday just for three minutes.

But then...I was on my way to pick the boys up from school and ran into two trains.  TWO.  I'm not sure I've ever had such bad luck.  The second one wasn't moving (although honestly, I couldn't really see it), but I ended up having to find an alternate route.  It was so slow.

At home, I received my new phone!  It doesn't feel like that long since I've gotten my old phone, but apparently it has been.  It does have some issues and apparently it needs to be replaced because they're going to stop the updates too.  Anyway, I transferred all the stuff from the old phone to the new phone, marveling at how wonderful it is to be able to do that.  (There have been a few phone changes where it wasn't possible, and that was so sad.)

But at the same time, there are still some passwords and accounts that need to be logged into.  That is annoying.  It seems like it should just be able to work.

Wednesday: not much done

It didn't feel like I got a lot done today.  I'm not sure that's actually true; it's just how it felt.

I mean, I cleaned the kitchen (twice!), got groceries, put the groceries away (not a given), made dinner, did some school work, and assorted miscellaneous things in between.

O:CtH didn't get a lot of love today, but between Monday and today I did go through two of the cubby drawers.  I'm putting the stuff I don't think we need in a small box and letting the kids each pick out about three things they really want to keep when the box is full.  I also have a box with things that I want to keep, but that the kids don't really play with anymore.  I'll just put those in the basement for...whenever I'm ready to get rid of them.  I'm just not at that point yet.

Tornado did a wonderful job of snuggling with me during nap time.

  

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.