Wednesday: a lovely day

Today was a rather nice day.

I gave an exam on zoom.  These are pretty easy to give and I do my work while they're taking it.  However, the students finished significantly earlier than the allotted time, which gave me time to get groceries without rushing.

While getting groceries I saw someone wearing the same shirt as me and so said hi.  A few minutes later we commiserated about the lack of blueberry bagels.

I had a delicious lunch and walk with Cheryl and Allison.

We did a trunk-or-treat at the church.  This might have been my first trunk-or-treat ever and Ben and I were both so impressed with the decorations!  It was also busier and bigger than I was expecting, but that made it more fun too.  The boys came home with a lot of candy!

Tuesday: long day

Our schedule has changed a bit and now we have very busy Tuesdays.  School/work, right to piano lessons.  (We do have about 30 minutes between school and piano lessons, so "we" get homework done during that time.)  We get home and Joshua has (zoom) karate before too long...which I also participate in.  There's an hour to finish making dinner and eat.  Then Isaac and I have (zoom) karate.

Phew.  There's a lot of things that make this still quite doable.  I've decreased the number of chores.  While zoom karate is a bit annoying, it also gives the boys some extra time at home and we don't need to spend time going back and forth.

Weekend: Joshua

 Joshua got all the pictures this weekend.

He started with a note about his blockade.  "Cats only.  Super Secret Passage.  Super secret hideout <--.  Cats only!  No humans allowed.  Only kids and cats allowed.  No parents allowed."  I asked if kids were humans and he didn't really answer.

Shortly after that he said it had been a long time since we've had donuts and we should get some.  He's right; Meijer hasn't had the kind that I like the most, so it's been easy to skip.  We quickly went to DeBoers, hoping they weren't sold out by 9:30.  They weren't.  Of course, we didn't end up with any donuts either.  Isaac got a black and white cookie, I got an almond thing, and Joshua had a chocolate croissant.

On Sunday he made a new Halloween costume for Grey Bear.

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.