Weekend: unexpected but good

This past weekend ended up being a bit different than expected, but it was still an excellent weekend.

First of all, we had snow.  We didn't get dumped on like a lot of West Michigan, but we had enough to cancel the Saturday night plans.  Joshua's Saturday morning plans almost got canceled too.

Saturday morning Joshua and a friend from school went rock climbing.  They climbed for about an hour and Joshua was an excellent host.

Saturday night Joshua went for a sleepover at Larry and Cheryl's.  (It was a sleepover at Grandma's house, but Grandpa spoiled him more.  I think all it took was Larry telling him he could have as much candy as he wanted.)  The rest of us were supposed to have people over for a game night but, as mentioned, it was canceled.  We still played some games and introduced Isaac to MiB.  (He likes watching movies that aren't appropriate for Joshua yet.)  This one had some gross parts in it and was probably right on the edge of appropriate even for Isaac.

Friday: snow day

The first snow that didn't disappear turned into a snow storm, which in turn provided a snow day today.  It was only going to be a half day, but it did mess up my day a little bit.  In some ways things worked better and in some ways worse.

In the late morning another kid (named Isaac too) came over to play Dominion with Isaac.  I wasn't sure how it'd go after the first five minutes, but by the middle of the first game there was quite a bit of giggling.  They played two games and seemed to have fun.

However, I didn't get my errands done.  I got groceries quickly yesterday after work, but there were several other errands I wanted to do Wednesday that didn't happen.  They still didn't get done and now I've run out of a specific color of thread.  (I know, a serious problem.)

Wednesday: snow and sleepy

We've managed to keep the snow since our first snow fall on Sunday, which is rather odd.  Usually it all melts the same day, but it's stuck around.  It almost disappeared today as we had a sunny afternoon, but enough stayed around that there was still snow.  It was snowing again this evening and I expect there's a decent chance of school being canceled.

I also had to wake Joshua up this morning.  It's odd but happens about once a year.  It usually takes him a bit to get going, but he manages.  Today he did not manage.  For quite a while he was crawling around on the floor because his legs weren't working.  (This is a "chronic condition" that he has, although it hasn't flared up in quite a while.)  Anyway, he seemed to be doing fine by the time he left for school and so I put it out of my mind.

I got a call from the school an hour later.  He didn't have a temperature, but was feeling tired enough that the teacher sent him to the office.  I was in Meijer and had made it through two aisles.  I grabbed some cheese and headed out to pick him up.  Although it disrupted my plans for the day it was still a relatively good day for this to happen.  He rested for a while and then seemed back to his normal self.  I made him rest again after lunch.  He claims he didn't fall asleep, but I'm not sure he would have just laid on the couch for 1.5hours without getting so bored that he'd do something about it.  The goal was to make it rather boring since he wasn't that sick.  (I do think something was a bit off so picking him up from school was the right choice, but staying at home isn't a reward.)

Sunday: first snow

 We had our first snow last night!  It snowed through mid-morning and I was rather surprised at how much stayed.

Saturday: school pictures

I haven't shared school pictures yet because I made Joshua get a retake.  His first one is cute, but not great.  The second one is better, but I do wish he had shown his teeth.  (I think part of the problem is the flash.  The kids hate the flash so I always have it turned off, but then it's hard to deal with for things like this.)

Friday: cats again

The cats were very friendly again today.  Maybe because it's getting cold.

Tornado sat on my lap in the morning.  Then he went into his cat backpack so I took him for a walk.  We went significantly farther than normal...usually we only go to the end of the cul-du-sac (about .1 mi away) but he seemed content so we ended up going .3mi before I turned around.  It was about perfect because his first meow to get out was when we were at the neighbor's house.

Horizon sat on my lap later and then he took a nap with me too.  

Wednesday: falling asleep

Joshua fell asleep on my lap again tonight.  Apparently there was a scary drawing of a witch in the Minecraft book he's reading.

He's currently sleeping in my spot on the bed, unless he's woken up enough to climb the stairs into his bed.  Not being able to put him in his bed was an unexpected problem with a loft.