Tuesday: back to normal

Well, everyone went back to school and work today.  Sort of.  Ben took an extra day off, but we were all back home.

For the most part it was a normal day.  However, at school pickup there were three of us wearing black pants with the exact same color (burnt orange) top.  It was a bit surprising.

Friday: mini golf

Today's main activity was mini golf, along with relaxing.

The mini golf place was really nice.  It had several interesting holes, along with multiple paths to take to get to the holes.  I won the game.  I had a few good holes, mostly normal holes, and no bad holes.  There was also one hole where if you hit it through the feature you were able to deduct one from your score.  Joshua hit it through AND got a hole in one.  Isaac and I both didn't hit it through but did get a hole in one.  This was also the first time using an electronic score card and I'm never going back.

The world's longest hole was also here.  You could either putt it all the way around (like Ben) and it would take about 5 strokes.  Or you could put it in the water feature (like everyone else) and it would take about two.

Joshua was happy to join me for several walks, and so one time we went across the marina and got a treat.  It's a bit of a secret, since Isaac didn't know there would be a treat and therefore didn't join us.

We may have purchased a bunch of extra ducks to be sent to the house for Larry.  I was looking on amazon for the original ducks, because they could really use a refresh, but they don't exist anymore.  By this time we were invested enough and so just got some new ones.  Joshua hid his inside the house and Isaac hid his outside the house and Larry found them all with record speed.

Joshua was actually in rare form all afternoon.  Between the treat and the ducks and just generally enjoying himself he was high-spirited and talkative.

Thursday: relaxing

 Today was a relaxing day.  Joshua was happy to go on a few short walks with me, we played with ducks in the hot tub, and played a few games.

Joshua's school activity was to find a duck that started with every letter and put them in a row.  He was trying not to get his clothes wet, but after one step where he forgot he completely gave up.

Astronaut, Blue, Cheese, Donald, Elephant, Fun, Giant, Hot, Icky, Jeep, Killing, Liberty, Mom, New, Octopus, Pirate, Quacking, Rudolph, Super, Tunes, Unclear, Vacation, Witch, teXting, Yummy, Zebra

Ben went on a few Vespa rides.  Joshua loved going with him.  I...tolerated it.  I'm not in control and while I trust Ben (a lot!) it is still hard.

Isaac was not excited about being thrown in the pool, but bounced back quickly when Ben wrapped him in two towels.  He's getting big.

We looked for lizards on both of our walks, but really only managed to find one.

Wednesday: travel

Today we went traveled to Florida!  We got up early to get to the airport on time, but it did relieve my anxiety a lot.  (Although really, by the time we parked and ate breakfast there wasn't a ton of extra time before boarding started.)  We recently got TSAPre check and it was nice to not have to take shoes off or stuff out of the bag.

The flight went really fast and we arrived an hour earlier than expected!  But then there wasn't a gate for us so we sat waiting for an hour, so we really arrived right on time.  It was a little annoying, but I'd rather wait in Florida than wait in Michigan.

Once we got to the house Joshua was in the pool within about ten minutes.  He knew what he wanted!

Isaac and Joshua were also working on some logic puzzles that had a Minecraft theme.  Joshua has had this game for a while, but he's really taken to it right now.

Tuesday: now nouns

The conversation in the car today, while going to school, was slightly absurd.  The question was, "what would not-nouns look like if they were a thing?"

I.e., what would 'cold' look like if it was a thing?

What would 'however' look like?

What would 'so far so good' look like?

Monday: busy day

It was a rather busy day.  I set reasonable expectations for myself though, so I'm coming out the other end having accomplished what I needed to do.

I stayed up way too late last night reading my book.  Usually I just fall asleep, even if I don't want to, but that didn't happen this time.  A cliff-hanger was coming for the last hour, and I 1) really wanted to know the outcome and 2) didn't realize it would take so long to get there.

Saturday: Lego challenge

Today's Lego challenge theme was Minecraft, but the scale was rather large.

Ben worked on a spider.  It took him a little longer than the hour, and the finished product looks more complete.

I worked on a Creeper...and only managed to get the head done.

Isaac made a redstone piston that moved.

Joshua made a Drowned, or a water zombie.  To be fair, he had about an extra half hour because we were interrupted in the middle.  But it looks amazing.