Giraffe joined us for church today. He seems to enjoy sitting on heads.
I was taking apart Legos and sorting them during our dinner show, as normal. I got to one that, after I took a few pieces off of it, had a piece of paper in it. Isaac had hidden a sweet note inside, and it was probably the highlight of my day.
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.
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
Before:
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.
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.
