Wednesday: bad and good

I was fined $900,000.32 for ripping down a tree in a state forest.  I was aghast...the tree, a little birch, was obviously rotten if I could pull it down with my hands.  I was suddenly empathetic with the serfs that poached deer in their lord's forests to feed their families and were killed after being caught.

That dream was how the day started.  I also had a plugged duct start in the middle of the night, so was sore due to that.  And tired!  And achy, but maybe that was just from being tired.  There were things we had to do, so vegging out on the couch wasn't an option.

I ended up taking some medicine before we left the house.  Yay for medicine!!!  I felt a ton better.  Our big errand was bringing Isaac to the dentist for the first time.  He did awesome.  He has 20 teeth and was excited to use his flossers.  Maybe this will make teeth brushing a bit easier again.

I put Joshua out on his quilt to play, and Isaac immediately thought it was picture time.

We had a hard time getting a picture of all of us...but I like Isaac in this one.

Ben came home early!  I like Joshua in this one.

And Ben in this one.

And finally...a decent picture of all of us.

Tuesday: love

Joshua had a ok time at day care today, but didn't sleep well.  He woke up right when we got home and didn't go down again until bedtime.  So he was a bit grumpy.  Ben was holding him and put Joshua on the bed so he could change his clothes.  Joshua started crying, so Ben asked Isaac, "Can you make him happy?"

It worked...at least for a bit.

Monday: 24 weeks

Joshua turned 24 weeks today!  And he was a bit sick, so I didn't try to take too many pictures.

Nothing major seemed wrong.  He didn't have a fever, but he had a slightly drainy nose.  However, he either slept or laid with me for most of the day.  And by laid I mean that he didn't move and didn't talk...he just was.

He seemed a bit better around 5pm.  We'll see how the night goes.

And here's today's fun conversation with Isaac:
Amanda: What do you want to talk about?
Isaac: Jesus died
Amanda: What else do you need to tell people when you say that?
Isaac: And he rose again!
Isaac: He has lots of roses.
Isaac: And apples.

Sunday: the day

It was a nice Sunday, although nothing all that notable happened.  Although everyone slept in, we still woke up early enough to go to the 9:00 church service.  Oh!  Isaac went to 3s church for the first time.  He was so excited to go to church upstairs.  He slipped into the classroom ahead of me, as I waited for some adults to get out of the way, and started playing with the trains.  He didn't miss me at all.  But he was excited to show me his sticker book that he made.  "A heart" (for God loves us) "A two" (I forget what the second picture was of, but there was a 2.) "A three" (for the third picture, a cross).  "A towel" (for the cloud of the Holy Spirit that was put on sideways.)  But some of it must have clicked because he mentioned that Jesus died several times today.

Ben, Joshua, and I went to Bible Study while Isaac and CC went about their normal shenanigans.  Joshua almost rolled over...he is so close!  Soon.  Afterwards we all took naps.  Late naps, but necessary.  After dinner I gave Joshua a bath and Isaac ran around.  Rather literally, like a wild child.  But a somewhat controlled wild child, bringing Ben and me assorted duplo drinks.  Bedtime went more smoothly than normal.  Maybe he was just the right amount of tired.

Saturday: this and that

As we were getting lunch ready Isaac said that he wanted one without lines.  "One what?"  we tried asking.  Unable to figure it out, I continued to make his lunch.  I got out a plate.  He took a look at it and said, "No, I don't want white lines."  Ah.  He didn't want a divided plate.

Ben made a cool train track with him.  It continued to get cooler as the day went on.

Isaac and I went outside for just a bit.  You can't see the floor in the picture, but the snow drift is about up to his shoulders.  We shoveled some paths and found his toys so that he can go out again if he wants.

Joshua was rather sleepy today.

Friday: snow day!

Hope College canceled classes.  Daycare was closed.  A snow day!!  Too bad we weren't scheduled to go to those places any way.  Ben also stayed home from work.  Although he did work from home, it felt kind of like a Saturday because we saw him more than when he works at work.

Isaac took a nap, which was awesome.  Joshua woke up fifteen minutes into my nap, so he ended up sleeping with me.

And I just watched it snow most of the day.  I'm not sure that we actually got much accumulation; it might have been one of those days were it just looks like it is snowing a lot.

Thursday: good and bad

Good: There's a blizzard!!
Bad: The garage door is broken and won't open.
Good: The cars were outside of the garage when it happened.
Bad: The cars are outside in a blizzard.
Good: We have a snowblower that works!
Bad: The snowblower wouldn't help dig out the cars much
Good: Ben managed to fit both cars in the garage through the third stall.  And he did it all by himself.

Bad: The snow blower was then just barely stuck in the garage.

Good: The Subaru's bumper fit over the step in the garage.

Bad: After moving the Subaru up 6" I had to snow blow because the snow blower wasn't stuck anymore.

Good: I love snow!!!