Monday: made it

Joshua had a rough day today.  I'm not really sure what was going on, but it seemed as though anything that I did was wrong.

However, there was one time where he wouldn't stop giving Isaac hugs and kisses.  Isaac wasn't so excited, especially about the "baby spit", but was a good sport.

They even wrestled a little bit and there was only laughter.

Weekend pictures

Playing with the monitor.

Discovering fun things.

Jumping.  Isaac had a great time at a trampoline place.

More jumping.

Joshua running.  He never seemed to quite trust the trampoline, even after the 30 minutes he spent just watching.  So he walked the blue part and then did a quick circle on the trampoline, only to hurry back to the safety of the blue part.

With Jameson, the real reason we went down for a visit.

Joshua going down a slide at a cafe/play place.

Being an alien.  Joshua really missed Ben while we were gone and wanted to be with him any time he saw Ben.

Thursday: snow day

So...the big storm didn't hit us.  We got maybe for inched if snow.  But I thought I'd double check the school closings this morning, only to find out that daycare was closed.  Really??  I had been planning on getting a lot fine today.  (Turns out that the south side of town got about 10", but I'm still not convinced it should have been closed.)

However, the boys were really good.  I still didn't get as much done as I was hoping, but did make progress.

It helped that Joshua played with the monitor for close to two hours.  Then Isaac played with it for about a half hour.  They both played with sand.

Isaac packed his suitcase because the boys, aunt c, and I were going to see Nathan and family...it had about seven cups (some for Joshua), a game, a hand full of Duplos, My Friend (a toy), and some rings.  (Clothes went in a different suitcase.)

Wednesday: kids

Hmm.  I feel like my blog posts are pretty much all about the kids lately.  To be fair, I am with them a lot.  I'm just going to go with it, I guess.


Joshua ran into a wall corner today.  I was a bit surprised that there was no blood when I picked him up.  I was especially surprised five minutes later when I got a good look at the thing...it looks like it should have bled but must have just missed puncturing the skin.  I do find it rather funny that the bruise is a line.  We know exactly where he hit the wall.

Isaac is getting better in the kitchen.  Yesterday was his first time pouring by himself.  (There wasn't a lot of extra in the bottle so I knew that even if he spilled it wouldn't be a disaster.)  Today he did a pretty good job of scooping some spices from their jars.  For some reason he doesn't completely seem to understand that you need to fill up the spoon with the spice before it's enough, but we're working on it.

Monday: no head injuries here!

The day started out...poorly.  I missed a text to cancel a get together so we were already out with our winter stuff on but hadn't really done anything.  So I thought we should deliver the association dues and that Isaac could ride his bike.  It was a good idea.  I calmed down.  Isaac did an awesome job pedaling.  He needed some help on our street but once we got to a smoother street he was able to do several rotations in a row.

Joshua saw Isaac put his helmet on and wanted his helmet too.  So Joshua walked with his helmet.

Then Joshua ate his morning snack on with his helmet.  (The video isn't really that interesting.  Joshua had been stirring something in the bowl but then stopped.  He did get his eating area all ready though!)


Joshua was required to take off his helmet for nap time and grocery time, but once we got home he wanted it right back on again.

For playing Ipad (with his quilt!)

and for playing with sand.

Ben was then able to take it off right before dinner.  Of course, the TV didn't turn on quite correctly and so instead of asking for help right away Isaac turned up the volume from 50 to 99.  After Ben got the sound going it blared right at Joshua, scaring him to pieces.  It would have been a good time to have his helmet on.

Sunday: reasons to be sad

Isaac was sad tonight because all the snow melted.  Ben was playing the piano, and Isaac asked him to play a sad song (i.e., the low notes) because he was so sad.

Joshua was sad because he wouldn't take a nap.  I thought he'd take a great one; he slept rather poorly and was up early.  But no.  Instead he took a five minute nap in nursery and called it good.  He held it together better than I was expecting, but it still wasn't as good as normal.

And a reason to be happy?  Our house is clean.  I don't feel stressed out (too much) when it's a mess but it sure is calming to have it clean.

Saturday: counting backwards

It often goes like this:

Isaac: How many days until Busy World?
Amanda gives some number that is probably higher than the real one.
Isaac: Can you could from that number to 1?
Amanda: 80, 79, 78...

Today Ben was in the car too and suddenly said, "You missed 44!"
I told him counting backwards from such a large number is hard.  My cadence is all messed up...I usually emphasize the multiple of ten number and take a breath after it.  But if I take a breath between, say 31 and 30 it feels weird.   But if I take a breath between 30 and 29 I don't emphasize the multiple of ten.

I told him to try it.  He did it with no problem at all.

So what about you?  Easy or hard?