Monday, January 10, 2022
Monday: not a snow day
Sunday, January 9, 2022
Sunday: cat sill
We've had a bit of a hard time getting the suction cups to stay on the window, but the cats seem to be using the cat sill. Joshua said he saw both cats on it and after I fixed it today Tornado went right back on it.
Saturday, January 8, 2022
Saturday: sledding, house
O:CtH was supposed to have progressed greatly this week; but was instead mostly put on hold because of all the snow days. I am slowly continuing to unpack my boxes for the office though; today I got rid of all my old spools. They were fun toys when the boys were young, but have just sat in a drawer for a long time.
Friday, January 7, 2022
Friday: snow day 3
It snowed out last night more than expected, so there was another snow day!
Isaac did more origami.
Joshua made a fort.
We went outside. The boys sledded for a little bit, and then Joshua got suddenly cold and was done. (This was not all that unexpected.) Isaac and I tried out the cross-country skis Dad gave us last year since the road still wasn't plowed...they worked really well! It took Isaac a bit to get the rhythm down and we didn't do that much, but we'll go again.
Lastly, for reading time we had a comfy-cozy read-a-loud. Joshua wants to do it again, so it must have been a hit.
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Thursday: snow day 2
Once again, it wasn't snowing when we woke up, so we did some errands pretty early in the morning. The boys weren't very excited about it, but they did fine.
After we got home we had reading time. (This time on the couch, but still completely under covers.) The craft of the day was telescopes.
Isaac had gotten an origami book at the library (one of our errands) and again spent several hours doing that. Ben and I now have a zoo in our bathroom.
I was quite surprised at how much it snowed in the afternoon. Our picnic table went from just a few inches to probably close to a foot. That being said, there didn't seem to be that much on the driveway, although I did clear it off twice today. Karate was canceled tonight too as roads were quite bad. (I was going to make a last minute decision about whether we'd go, although I was leaning toward no. It was nice to have the decision taken away from me.)
Wednesday: snow day!
Joshua, on the other hand, was all over the place. He decided to make a schedule to follow what he'd normally do in school. We followed it a bit, but I'm also the first to admit that doing 12 math problems probably took significantly less time than math would have in school.
Joshua lead me through a craft to make a map and a treasure box. It turns out he doesn't have very good spatial awareness as his room is about 20 feet away from the bathroom that shares a wall with his bedroom. I expect it's normal.