After school we went rock climbing, as normal. What was not as normal is that one of Isaac's team members climbed at the same time. I won't say that we went together, but at the same time he came because he knew Isaac would be there at that time. There were also a bunch of new routes and Isaac had a great time.
Joshua had a good time too, as the kids' wall had new routes and his favorite coach was there. He was ready to go at the end, but we did stay longer than normal too.
Today was a pretty productive day - although it didn't feel overly productive. So I was a bit surprised when Isaac came upstairs and mentioned that I had gotten a lot down today! Apparently there were a lot of visible things finished today.
I did find a part of a game that has been missing for a while! The game hasn't been unplayable, but with the missing part it will be a lot easier. Operation: Clean the House proves useful again. The basement bathroom is getting closer to finished - I just have a little bit to do a normal clean on, some hardware to fix, and some paint to touch up.
Today we made our equivalent of gingerbread houses. I know that's sort of a Christmas thing, but there's already so many sweets at Christmas and not enough time, so we do ours a little later. Instead of all making houses though, we made assorted things.
Joshua did make a house, but it's a cool triangle house.
Isaac made trees for Giraffe. That being said, the trees are basically storage areas for candy. He put a bunch of candy in and then covered them up.
Ben made a cave for Grey Bear. Note the sign.
And I made an explosion for Creeper. It's kind of supposed to be like this meme.
The day started out productively. I didn't put too much on my chore list for the day, so I got to Operation: Clean the House. I scrubbed some of the floor and worked on the sink cabinet. The front of sink cabinet was really dirty so that felt good to clean. I'm about half way through the room I think, but it also needs a bit of paint work.
Around 11:30 I got a call from the school saying Joshua's stomach was hurting. This didn't surprise me a bunch, as Joshua hasn't been eating well this week. He rested, ate a tiny bit, and took a nap. He naps more than Isaac but still not a ton, so coming home was probably the right choice. However, I wasn't able to get groceries and it's messed up my plans a bit.
Let's start with Joshua. Last night was rough and he was having a hard time breathing. The nebulizer didn't help much, so then he sat in the cold air for a while. It wasn't really helping so we were about to go to the hospital. I got everything ready but by then he was starting to feel a little bit better. So we sat in the car for a bit longer and then moved inside.
Today he wasn't super active, but also not really sick. Other than whispering the whole day. So maybe school tomorrow??
I took two naps today. Joshua started having problems around 4am, I was up for the next two hours, and just dozed the last hour. It reminded me of when the kids were babies.
There were still a few things I had to do today though, including cook the turkey. I did it! However, I did cook it upside-down. Not really a big deal, other than it was a bit harder to cut. We had open face turkey sandwiches for dinner, so I also made mashed potatoes. Everyone likes applesauce, so I made that. Lastly, I made some healthy oatmeal raisin cookies so that Isaac can have a different option for lunch.
Look how clean it looks too! The other side isn't as clean, but it isn't as bad as normal after cooking.
I still need to finish dealing with the turkey, but I packed it up and it's in the fridge for the night. Dealing with it took longer than expected and I had other things to do.
Joshua is still sick. He doesn't like taking medicine, which is a bit of a problem.
After lunch is usually screen time. Joshua didn't take the medicine I had given him at the beginning of lunch. His fever wasn't really high enough to require it (100.4), but high enough that it would help him feel better. Anyway, Joshua really didn't want to skip screen time, even if we told him he could do it after a nap. His eyes were closing as he refused. So we elected to all wait for screen time until after the nap and he proceeded to fall asleep a minute later right where he was sitting.
He finally took some medicine after his nap, but it still took him a while to perk up.
In other news, the theme of the weekend of Lego puzzles.
