Saturday: Isaac and Joshua

Isaac participated in his first rock climbing competition today!  It was a bit of a last minute thing, but I was really excited that he decided to do it.  I was only able to be there for about 40 minutes (out of 120), but I found it super fun to watch.  Isaac didn't place in the top three for the youth category, but we weren't that surprised about it.  I think he still did well, had fun, and said he'd be willing to do it again.

This evening Joshua was having a hard time getting to sleep so he came down to fall asleep on my lap.  This has been happening often lately, but I'm not going to complain.  He's getting large though, so I might need to move to a different location next time.  Anyway, it was time for him to go back to bed so I tried putting his arms around my neck so I could carry him up.  His arms immediately curled back into his chest.  So then we talked..."Can you put your arms around my neck?"  "Yes."  "...now?"  "Yes."  I moved his arms to the right spot...and they immediately curled back into his chest.  I gave up and carried him that way, although carrying him wakes him up pretty well too.

Thursday: pretty normal

Today was pretty normal.  Classes went well.  I had lunch with a friend.  Karate was good.

I didn't have any pockets today.  It was rather rough.  My door code at work was also changed recently and I'm having a hard time remembering it.

Tuesday: snow day

 It was a snow day!  Really more like an ice day.  I don't think it ended up being icy out, but it was right on the edge in town and was probably a good call.  Surprisingly, I didn't get a phone call...just a text.  

We left the kids home for the day.  There was a plan.  It involved too much screen time, extra chores, and some play time.  Isaac had his math class virtually.  Really, they did a great job  - stuff got done and they stayed safe.  I can't ask for much more than that sometimes.

Ben and I went out for a dinner date too.  It was nice.

Monday: rather uninteresting

Today was rather uninteresting.  I did a lot of dishwasher loading/running/unloading.  We had friends over Saturday and it was taking a while to get through the dishes.  Then it was a the day to make curry, so that was several more pots and dishes.  They aren't all in the dishwasher yet, but good progress was made.

I paid bills and just worked through the to-do list.  I'm hoping to take a fair part of Wednesday and just work on O:CtH - bathroom basement edition.  I do need to do laundry and get groceries too, but I should still have several hours.

Sunday: Great Grandma

 At bedtime, Joshua described his day as busy.  I thought about it a bit.  It was busier than normal, but I wouldn't have really called it busy.  After all, there was time for screen time and a nap in the middle.  At the same time, that's good.  We don't need to be going all the time.

One of the things we did today was visit Great Grandma.  She recently got a digital picture frame and I couldn't figure out how to link to it before, so I did it today.  And I took a lot of pictures to figure out how it worked.

The kids playing with the linking blocks.

While Ben and Grandma were at the piano I gave the kids my phone and told them to take some fun pictures of each other.  They didn't disappoint. 

Friday: alone

Today was my first day home alone since before Christmas break.  It was nice.  (Although I will admit that one of the days only Ben was home and he mostly hid in the basement.)

Ben also found our first Lego paper bag in the set that he's working on.

Thursday: a sweet conversation

 I was bringing Joshua to piano tonight and we were talking about Minecraft adjacent things: is platinum or diamond more expensive? (I have no idea).  Are diamonds or emeralds more expensive? I also have no idea because I don't know anything about emeralds, but I know a little bit about diamonds.

J: I have another question you won't know.

A: Ok.

J: How do you ask your wife to marry you?

A: (oh, that turned differently than expected, but we were talking about wedding rings with diamonds) What part?

J: The ring.  How do you know what to get?

A: Well, you'll probably talk with your girlfriend at some point and find out what she likes.  She might like diamonds, so might not.  Either way is ok.

A: You also need to figure out if she likes gold or silver for the actual ring part.  You can often look at her other jewelry to figure this out.

J: Who gets the guys ring?

A: Well, usually you get the wedding rings together.  Grandpa Paul and Grandma Julie got a set and they had similar designs on them, but Mom and Dad just got plain bands.

J: hmm.  ok.

A: any other questions?

J:  No.  This was just one of those things you have to know!  I need to learn it somewhere.

A: Absolutely. I'm happy to answer any questions.

J: Although it was a little early.  They'll probably teach it to me in high school.

A: Mmm, they don't teach this kind of thing in school.

J: oh, I'll probably have to ask again then.

A: Sounds good.