Saturday: orchard and corn maze

Today we picked up Aunt C and went to the apple orchard and the corn maze.  I was trying not to get too many apples but absolutely did.

Joshua has one lost tooth, one front wiggly tooth, and a missing side tooth.  Apples were tricky.

Then we went to the corn maze.  It was a little longer than Joshua wanted it to be, but I think everyone enjoyed it.  It was the perfect day to be outside, so that helped.

Friday: mop

 Ben and Isaac were horsing around, and Isaac decided it would be a good idea to open Ben's water bottle to get things wet.  So Ben used Isaac as a mop; Isaac was laughing so hard.

Thursday: behavior report

We received a behavior report for Isaac today.  This is the first one he's ever gotten, so I don't know if it's a new system or if it's just that he's never gotten one before.

"Behavior: Respectful Behavior

Recognized By: K. GRUPPEN

Notes: I am so pleased that Isaac is in my class this year. He is such a respectful kid. Today he was working in a small group that required some extra patience. He remained calm and gentle throughout the work time. I'm so proud of him :)"

Tuesday: morning surprise

When I woke up this morning, I found that the boys had cleaned off the table.  It was a part I told them they didn't have to clean up because they were still working on a project, but apparently they decided that they were done with the project and just cleaned it up.

I reciprocated their kindness by not making them clean as long for their evening chores.

Monday: photos of nothing

Over the summer Isaac colored water, froze it, and then froze it in bigger chunks.  It was getting in the way in the freezer, so I melted it today.

The tooth fairy keeps forgetting to give Joshua money for his tooth, so he finally left a note to remind me to tell the tooth fairy.

It poured around noon!  We've really needed the rain, so that was good.  It was a lovely sound.

I found Tornado camouflaged as laundry.

I was looking through my old blog pictures for my new digital picture frame, and there are a lot of Flurry.  It's a good thing the kids aren't around as much so that I get more pictures of Tornado and Horizon.

Sunday: imagination

 The boys played their imagination game...most of the day today.  Here is Isaac telling a little bit about the different things in it.

Saturday: happy

At naptime I was startled awake because in my dream I was too happy.  I've been often scared awake, and periodically sad/mad awake, but never awakened because of happiness.

In my dream I was having a dream and I was talking to an angel (who looked a lot like a normal business man).  He was talking about the amazing party that happens when you get to heaven and how happy God is to see you and I couldn't stay asleep I was so happy.

In other news, Joshua finally lost the tooth that's been bothering him.  That was happy too.  He's pretty cute.

In sad news, Isaac got completely squished by pillows.