I had a dentist appointment this morning. It was the first one with the new dentist, and it took way longer than I expected. It threw my whole morning off. Then Isaac had afternoon testing, so Joshua was bored, and he doesn't always play all that well by himself. I love being around my kids, but I don't always love playing with them. We made spice bars, an otter attacked me, and we made it through.
Tornado was surprisingly sad that Ben wasn't around today. He followed me around for a while and even let himself be carried in one arm for a while. Once Ben got home Tornado got himself picked up and looked like he was in heaven.
Isaac was supposed to write his spelling words in the snow, but there isn't much snow. So he could write them on a white board instead. I told him he could use the large white board if he wanted. Of course, he asked if we had an even larger white board...and we do. We never use it as a white board because it's hard to erase, but I moved the stuff out of the way so he could do his words this one time.
Isaac is trying very hard to get more screen time. He suggested a screen time day soon. Then after rest time this showed up on the wall. We're considering it.
Joshua fell asleep on Ben's lap during church. They often sit together, but Joshua hasn't fallen asleep before.
Afterwards they trapped Ben. Those boys do love to trap us. Zoom church does have a few perks...we can stay in pajamas being one of them.
Isaac got his writing back yesterday. It was a lot better than the last one. I think it helped that we had parent-teacher conferences in between the two and so I felt a bit better about helping him a little bit more.
I did errands today. Errands have changed in these pandemic times, and it pretty much looks like driving around in the car and barely getting out. Ben was working from home today, so I didn't have to bring the kids. I had six places to stop and did it all in just over an hour. Google estimated 45 minutes of driving, and all the stops had my stuff out promptly!
The thoughts while driving included the blog as a time capsule. It would be a great primary resource! I know there are a lot of blogs and digital information out there though, so I don't know if it would actually be useful. It's updated very regularly, but it's only about an upper middle class white family...I'm not sure any future people would be interested unless they're family. I'll probably never know and that's ok. I mainly write so that I remember what's happened.
Usually I don't post about current events, unless it directly impacts us (i.e., the pandemic), and even then you might not see all the impacts. How we're still doing karate from home, how Ben is working from home every other week, how the kids barely get out of the house anymore, and how we've barely seen any friends lately.
The blog doesn't show I watched the election results roll in Wednesday morning every half hour and was so relieved when Michigan went for Biden. It doesn't show my disgust with how President Trump has been handling most things, but especially the post election. While I also fully believe that he thinks he won the election, I don't understand how he can brain-wash so many other people. The blog doesn't show how I watched with horror last night when I finally realized what was going on at the capital as it was invaded by a mob, and how I was saddened at the Facebook posts that said, "If these were people of color, they would be dead" and how true that was. The blog doesn't show how I hope they remove Trump from office because he can do some serious damage on his way out, even though there's just a few days left. The blog doesn't show that I'm disappointed that he won't be going to the inauguration, although I also am glad; he is the guest that no one really wants around.
Maybe once the boys get older I'll write about a larger array of topics because I won't be with them all the time and I'll need something to write about.
