Thursday: the day

Dad came over in the morning to help with a home improvement project and he managed to do two fixes in about fifteen minutes.  It was one of those wonderful times when the fixes weren't nearly as involved as I had been expecting.

Errands also went pretty quickly.  Groceries were short.  Last week I had a huge list and this week I had a nice short one.  The only thing out of stock is yogurt that the boys like.  They like assorted smooth yogurts, such as creamsicle, cookies and cream, and lemon.  The yogurts were mostly out last week too, so this week I found a honey flavor in a big tub.  We'll give it a try.

The boys had a half day of school, but we didn't go to the parade.  Honestly, they seemed like they could go either way and it was going to be hot.  (I also saw a Facebook post saying that it was super busy and if you didn't have seat reserved by early morning you weren't going to find any.)  I took a long nap instead.  The boys had some screen time, then some play time.  Then they played on the beach and I read in the hammock.  They don't really need my supervision at all; it's just a nice excuse to read.

Wednesday: Happy birthday!

Horizon and Tornado turned four today!

Tornado really seemed to be gloomy about it.  I barely saw him all day and even when he did show his face he seemed lethargic.

Joshua cared the most about this birthday and made them some houses.

Tornado, after being grumpy and trying to escape his birthday celebration saw the little house and went right in.  Zoom!  Such a good cat.

Tuesday: weather

Friday Joshua wore fleece-lined jeans to school.

Today, Tuesday, Joshua wore shorts and told me he still got too hot.

What happened to spring???

Monday: Tulips

It was the first beautiful day of summer, so after school the boys and I went to the food stalls downtown and walked around the tulips.

Isaac got a carmel apple and Joshua got carmel corn.  I was disappointed in their choices because they weren't things I wanted to share, but they were both really happy with their choices.  I know I could have gotten my own thing, but no getting something for myself was probably the wiser choice.

We had a fun time looking at the tulips.  Joshua found all three orange tulips in the park and got a picture with them.

Isaac found the windmill in the tulips.  I had to put Joshua on my shoulders in order to get a picture and there was a lot of laughter.

And I found my favorite bright red tulips.

Sunday: Mother's Day

It was a lovely Mother's Day.  Pretty normal, but lovely still.  I received some presents, including a recipe card from Joshua.  Step 1: order pizza.  Step 2: remove all the toppings and put frosting on.  Step 3: Put toppings back on.  I was optimistic around step 1, but by step 2 I realized it belongs in Joshua's recipe book.

We also played some games, worked on a puzzle, planted some flowers, and spent some time outside.

Joshua gave me this on Friday.

My mom's name is Amada.
She is 39 years old.
Her hair color is brown.
Her eye color is blue brown.

(A picture of me with a frying pan.)

Her favorite color is blue.
Her favorite food is almost all
Her favorite place with me and my brother
She laughs when she hears Joshua as a joke.  ("Want to hear a silly joke?"  "Sure"  "Joshua")
She is really good at making dinner
I love when she brings us on a trip.

She says ----/\----.  (He didn't know, so just wrote a squiggly line.)

Overall he was pretty accurate.  I don't like "almost all" food, but I only make what I like.  I also don't think I'm all that great at making dinner, but I do make it consistantly.

Friday: pass

I had my last set of exams today.  I had one student who really needed to pull it together and they did!  I can tell many more stories of how I gave extra time to students in order to finish work and got bad work, if anything at all.  So to have a success story made my day!

I also went to the library to pick up books for Joshua's animal report and they had cookies for the 25th anniversary of becoming a district library.

The pizza we had for dinner was delicious.

Thursday: work

I went in this morning to grade for a bit before a department lunch.  Well, that bit ended up being shorter than I expected because people kept coming in to talk to me.  I didn't mind, it was much more fun to talk to people than to grade.  Everything is more fun than grading.  Except that I still need to grade and I didn't finish what I had been hoping to do today.

There was a short meeting after school for band for Isaac next year.  He'd like to do drums, but that is one of the instruments they can't start until sixth grade.  (It seems a bit silly to me, but I'm sure there are reasons.)  So he's chosen flute for at least a year; we'll see what happens after that.