Friday: double lap

 

Wednesday: a slow day

I had a slow day today, and it ended up being lovely.

I ambled while getting groceries.  I usually speed walk groceries and it was a nice change of pace.  I also got the flowers I didn't get last week.  I ended up putting them in the cat backpack so that I can enjoy them without worrying about Horizon eating them.  Tornado seemed rather worried, but he'll get his backpack back.

I took a morning nap.

I waited patiently while the friend I was meeting for lunch was late.

I went to the prayer room at church.

Ben picked up dinner from Culver's.

And then I tied for second place in the game Apiary while still posting my highest score ever.

Tuesday: woosh

At bedtime I was pretending that I would throw Giraffe off the bed.  I moved my arm and said, "woosh."  It wasn't particularly tricky or anything like that, but Isaac looked towards where it would have been thrown.  And then looked for another second before realizing that Giraffe wasn't thrown.  

I wasn't even trying to trick him, but we both had a good laugh about it.

Monday: army man

I found another army man today!  I keep thinking that I've found all of them and then another appears.

Oh, the wifi has been down and so the picture isn't uploaded.  I guess you'll have to wait until tomorrow!

update:

Sunday: I didn't win?

We played Space Base this afternoon.  You need 40 points to win.  I came in third with 42 points in an exciting, yet disappointing, loss.

Saturday: Easter party and Lego pick-a-brick

This afternoon we went to Great-Grandma's for an Easter celebration.  It was geared a bit more towards young kids, but Joshua still did the Easter Egg hunt.  There were also some animals and we were able to enjoy some time outside.

 Then we had a pick-a-brick challenge.

Ben built a really cool robot.  It had elbows and knee joints.

I built a tower.  It was going to be Rapunzel's tower, but was too top-heavy for the pieces I had.  So then it was a Love Tower were you could go and gaze at the stars.  I used tires for pillows.  Then a corporation bought it and commercialized it so the tacky billboard was added too.

Isaac built a dangerous flower garden with a poison flower, a fire flower, a love flower that you wanted to hug while it ate you, and a tree that he just barely finished in time.

Joshua had a story with all sorts of mini-builds.  It was different from what he normally does and quite creative, but he wouldn't let me take a video of the story.  So here are my favorite two parts.

It looks like a shooting star, but it's actually a spaceship with a bunny!

The bunny's stolen car ran out of gas, so it found a wagon with an invisible horse to bring it to the mountain with the golden crown on the top.

vacation weekend: Fort Wayne

 On Friday we went to the Botanical Gardens.  While not a huge place, it was just right for us.  The kids could get rid of some energy and we could enjoy the plants.  It was fun walking around with Liz and Isaac as we'd all point things out that others hadn't noticed.  Isaac was in a picture happy mood and Joshua was in an anti-picture mood.

At home the kids played more, I took a nap, and we just hung out.  The weather was cold and often rainy, so there wasn't a lot of going outside.

Saturday we went to the new rock climbing gym.  While smaller than Scrapyard, it was still a really nice place...once the initial rush was over.  There weren't many kids, which I found interesting.  People were commenting on Isaac's ability though, and overhearing those conversations was fun.

In the evening we made pasta for dinner.  It was delicious and an interesting experience, but I'm not sure I need to do it more than once a year.

Sunday we went for a walk, because I wanted to move around a bit before the drive home.  It was cold.  We had all our winter stuff, but when we got to the park the wind went right through you.  The kids played on the playground and we all used the outdoor exercise equipment, but we didn't stay overly long.

Oh, throughout the weekend we also played Space Base three times and Isaac always managed to win.  

As always, it was a lovely weekend and a wonderful start to spring break.