Thursday, May 30, 2024
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Wednesday: to do list
Well, I was on-track with getting the to-do list under control before camping, but now it exploded a bit again. It isn't really surprising since camping does take a lot of time on either end, but it's still a bit annoying.
I'm also doing a really good job at growing these plants. I know some are thistles, but what are the others? Any chance they're something interesting?
Tuesday-ish
I got Ben's photos from the weekend:
Yesterday I worked more on my puzzle. It was at a really weird stage where there were only three (out of about one hundred) pieces that wouldn't fit in, but I still only had a success rate of 20% in the afternoon. I worked on it a bit more with Isaac after dinner and we had better luck, so I should be able to finish it tomorrow. (Spoiler: I did)
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
weekend: camping
Oh, it was a good weekend camping. Ben got in Saturday morning after being gone all week, so it was nice to have him back. The kids were significantly less excited to see him than I was expecting.
Joshua palled around with his friend all weekend. We saw him, but not nearly as much as last year. I don't know too much about what they did, but there was laser tag, playground, and scooters. At one point they went to the beach and talked. What did they talk about? Minecraft. Do they talk about anything besides Minecraft? Umm...sometimes?
We also picked up a friend for Isaac to spend Saturday with. She ended up leaving a little bit before supper, but it sounds like she had a great time and it was nice to see Isaac out and about with a friend. He played ball tag and laser tag with the other friends in our group throughout the weekend too.
The weather throughout the weekend was weird. Friday was hot. Saturday was cool. Sunday started out cool, warmed up nicely, and then rained. The rain left sooner than I was anticipating, so we ended up with a camp fire at night. Monday, which I thought would be dry and cool, was a very light rain and cold. People were packing up sooner than normal because it just wasn't all that nice out.
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Friday: odd things
I can't get away from the "mom mom mom" even when they're at school.
June bugs (probably) came out while we were sitting at the fire camping. First it was just An oddity. Look at this large beattle! But then within 10 minutes we are up to 9
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Thursday
Joshua decided to try this route today - it was a 5.10+ and 5.11-. (He rainbow climbed, which meant he used both routes. It tends to make climbing much easier.) However, those values are still really hard. Isaac has done a 5.10 before but that's his current max. Anyway, the nice thing about the rope is that I can actively belay. There were a few times I pulled Joshua up a few inches so that he could reach the next hand-hold...I think we both had fun with it.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Wednesday: times tables
This weekend Joshua asked me if he could play a computer math game, and we settled on multiplication 1-12. That made me wonder...why do we learn through 12 by heart? That's a weird number. Why not 10? Or 15?
My guess was clocks.
The internet was helpful! Well, mostly helpful. The first result helpfully reminded me that multiplication tables don't stop at 12 but go through infinity. It went on to say that there used to be 12 pence in a shilling in England, so to do any shopping you needed to know through your x12 well.
As I'm thinking about this, I realize I use my x12 fairly often. Sometimes converting between hours and days, sometimes between inches and feet. So I guess it's still important to have them memorized.