Saturday: Happy Birthday

Grandma Hilldore had an open house celebrating her 90th birthday today!  There was a delicious brunch.  It was nice to see some family that we haven't seen for a (long) while.

Friday: hail

 We had more hail today than I think I've ever seen in one day.  It woke us up twice in the early morning with the largest pieces, about .25" in diamater.  Big enough to be loud, but not that big.  We then had some more shortly after the boys went to school.  And some more around 4pm.  It was a bit crazy.

I also finished the closet and little hallway in the office for O:CtH!  There's a lot more room for fabric now. :D

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Thursday: little things

Joshua usually has to wait about seven minutes between getting outside to leave after school and actually getting to leave because Isaac has a later dismissal time.  Today it was supposed to be raining so I left work 10 minutes earlier since I had forgotten to give him an umbrella.  It was also rather cold and windy.  Anyway, getting to wait in the car for those seven minutes was apparently one of the best parts of his day. :)

My phone updated and suddenly all the text was a ghostly green.  It matched the green of all the ghost stuff of the Lego sets.  Between Ben and I we figured it out, but it was a bit annoying.  It's now a blue/grey and much nice to look at.

Both cats joined me at nap time.

We had Isaac's parent teacher conference today.  (Joshua's teacher was out sick, so that one has been rescheduled.)  Anyway, things are going about as expected.  Writing is going a bit better than expected, but he needs to work on reading all the little words for reading.  (Ben and I think it's a bit odd, but at the same time you need to follow the rules I guess.)  Things are going better socially than they have in past years.  The math set-up is going well.

Wednesday: O:CtH - still in the office

Well, I'm still cleaning the office.  I was hoping to finish the closet and the little hallway by it.  But then the organizers I ordered showed up too late.  I was annoyed, but what can you do.  A bunch of things have been late lately, so there must be some shipping back-ups.

Instead I cleaned the area near Isaac's desk.  There's a shelf that we've just been putting stuff on and it looks bare now that I've cleaned it off.

Tuesday: made it

I wouldn't call today a bad day, but it also wasn't the most enjoyable of days.  Teaching was just ok.  The boys had a half day so right afterwards I went to pick them up from Cheryl's house.  Isaac proceeded to mope for the next hour because I wouldn't give him any screen time.  (I did finish my work in less time than I expected, so that was nice.  However, I expect I'll need to do some extra Friday or Monday as some new stuff rolls out.)  

After snack time Isaac proceeded to mope some more but at least got his chores done.  Then the busy evening - piano, karate, dinner, karate.  Both karate classes were good, but the juggling of classes and dinner is a bit tricky...and the classes are still on zoom, which makes it easier.  It's also an odd mix of really busy and waiting during this time that really threw me off.

Monday: rice cooker

I remembered to turn on the rice cooker today and really felt a sense of accomplishment.

Aha!  Take that rice cooker!

Sunday: vaccines and leaves

The boys got their first COVID vaccine shot today!  I was so excited.  I don't think the boys were, but whatever.

I took a picture afterwards.  Joshua wasn't in a great mood, so I just told him he had to stand there.  It worked and really, ended up being a rather funny picture.

During Bible Study the boys played in the leaves for a while and had a great time.

At the end of the day Isaac was still feeling pretty good.  Joshua was rather out of it.  I did give him some medicine because he wasn't acting right and I want him to sleep well.  It's hard to tell if it was the vaccine or if it was due to time change.