Friday: slippers

 It's getting cold out.  I wore my slippers all day today and made the kids wear more clothing for outside too.

This evening Joshua made a blockade that he was really proud of.

Thursday: ruckus

 Ben and Isaac have been working on a tower.  This past week the boys were given some additional direction: to make bad guys climbing up the tower to the good guy castle (which is still under construction).  They went at it with gusto and all sorts of things are storming the castle.

Joshua added this guy.  He's "in a safe spot watching the ruckus" while eating and drinking.  Just chillin' amid the fray.

Wednesday: Kids' food basket

 Aunt C and I went to pack lunches for Kids' Food Basket today.  They were in a new building since I did it over a year ago and it was a lovely set up!  The packing tables were so much nicer.

Tuesday: fall break

Today was fall break, so I didn't have to go in to work.  I started the day by getting groceries.  I proceeded to nap a fair chunk of the morning away.  The couch was just so soft and it was a vacation day and I didn't want to do my other work.

Eventually I got up.  I did have some school work that needed to be done, so I did that.  I had some other computer work to do too, but I did not really enjoy it and putzed around probably a little bit too much.

We also got the boys' school pictures back.  I do not love them this year.  They're ok, but I wish Joshua smiled with his teeth.  Isaac's smile is fake.

Monday: O:CtH - filing cabinet

Today I finished the filing cabinet!

I know, it really isn't that big of a deal.  But I bet I got rid of at least two feet worth of paperwork.  I sorted paperwork.  Everything is now in its correct place.

The top drawer now* looks like this.  It was so stuffed that you could barely get anything in it.

I recycled a lot of statements, bills, and other non-important items from years 1998-2012.  It was actually a little sad.  We've gone through several credit cards and banks that I had completely forgotten about.  I had forgotten that we got postcard bills from Hanbury Sanitation in NY.  

I did figure out where I got my filing system from though, as the file folders Mom made for me looked quite similar to my current ones.  She even stapled like-documents together for easy recycling.

Next I think I'll clean under my desk because there's a bit more sorting of stuff that needs to be done.  Then maybe start at the top and slowly work downwards?  Stay tuned...it won't be that exciting.

*I did add some folders to it that really belong in the top drawer but had been moved down to drawer two for space reasons.  So it doesn't look quite that empty any more.

Saturday and Sunday: normal

It was a pretty normal weekend for us.  We did a bunch of Legos.  We played a few games.  Tornado won the Olympics.  Same ol' same ol'.

Friday: no school

The boys had the day off of school today.

We started the day by watching the Wizard of Oz (while taking apart Lego sets).  We recently read the book, so I thought it would be a fun activity to see how the movie is different.  They mentioned several things during the movie, but then they mentioned things throughout the day too.  So it was interesting to see how they were thinking about it.  Isaac said he liked the book better.  Joshua wasn't really sure; I think we wanted to like the movie better, but the book had some things he liked too.

Then Joshua had made a festival out of Lego.  It's the same fishing over the banister and ring toss that we did not that long ago, although the drinks and fishing poles were made out of Lego.  I thought I was going to have to be the fish, but instead I got to fish and do the ring toss!  He even used candy from his treat box so I didn't need to supply that either.  It was pretty fun, and he seemed quite proud of himself to help me have fun instead of work.

After rest time we quickly went to the library and then to a playground.  Isaac tried to climb on top of everything!  We left just before it started raining...about two hours earlier than expected.

Lastly, Joshua finally lost his other front tooth!  He's at the extra cute tooth spot right now.