Thursday: exercise

Today was a day of exercise.  I did my mile for my test this morning: I came in at 12:02.  I worked through my forms.  I know them, but it is sometimes hard when I do them with other people.  Cheryl and I took a walk before lunch.  I brought the kids to rock climbing.  (I didn't climb today, but it's still exercise.)  And lastly I went to karate class.

I also got a new computer and monitor!  We're giving my old one to Joshua, because he's been using mine a lot and this way we might all be able to play some fun games together.

Wedneday: chores

I worked through the chore list today.  It was pretty boring.  I practiced my forms for a while; they're getting better.  The test is Saturday and I'm ready to be done.  They ended up not rescheduling it as I had mentioned earlier and right now I'm rather glad of that.  I can get it done with and move on.

I brought the cat grass in for the cats this morning.

Tuesday: flowers

I finally got all the flowers on the wall.  A few of them might need to be moved around a little bit more to get everything balanced, but I'm pretty happy with it.

Monday: summer's coming!

 As with every summer, I have high hopes of teaching the children household chores.  Our housekeepers recently graduated and so I moved up some of my summer plans.  For now they still have daily chores, although in the summer Isaac is going to have a weekly list instead.

As for the chores that the house cleaners used to do, they are now up for grabs.  I've offered money in the past for extra chores, but this year they can choose money or extra screen time.  It's been a huge hit with Isaac so far.  He did a great job of cleaning the bathroom tub this evening.  It looked amazing.  I think Joshua might do some, but he hasn't seemed as motivated yet...and that's ok too.

Saturday: being careful

 Joshua was playing with the nerf gun and found it very important to put up this Caution sign.

Last Sunday: Mother's Day

It took me a day to get some of the Mother's Day pictures and then it took me a while to get pictures of the papers but I'm finally getting around to posting.

The kids did a really nice job with Mother's Day.  They both had some gifts and were just so excited about them!

Notice that I'm Grey Bear's Mom too.

Isaac got me a puzzle and made a flower (not pictured).  Joshua made the funniest/cutest pieces of paper though.  I especially appreciated being as helpful as the Internet.

Thursday: field trip

 I helped out at Joshua's field trip today.  It was a perfect day for it.

Joshua wore his dangerous bear shirt on purpose.

Joshua was also willing to hold my hand a lot.  It was lovely.  

The field trip was about ecosystems and the leaders did a really amazing job of making it interactive.