Wednesday: horse and matching

I thought you might enjoy the picture of the horse ride.  Bear got a ride too.

We've also been doing a lot of clothes matching lately.  Today was blue pants, blue shirts.

Monday was striped pants.

Monday: bike ride and quotes

We went for a bike ride today.  I told Isaac we could go to a nearby playground if he rode his bike.  Last time we did this, he got about a quarter of the way and gave up.  This time he did it quite well!  He does seem to go much faster on bike paths/sidewalks than on the streets.  He also started to enjoy hills after I encouraged him through the first one.  The total ride was 2.6miles.  I set his training wheels so that he wobbled a bit more...they're not at their maximum wobbliness yet, but I wanted him to get used to the back and forth of them first.

Isaac found this pretty picture while at the playground.

And our quotes for the day...
Ben: where are you going to drive?
Joshua: to my office.
Ben: What are you going to do at your office?
Joshua: make circuits and build a house

Isaac is doing a sloth hang from a bar for the first time at gymnastics.  He's the first one to do it, so everyone is watching.
Teacher: ok Isaac, you can get down.
Teacher: Isaac, you can get down.
Isaac: I don't know how to get down.

Saturday: I just want Dad

It was a common thing to hear yesterday and today, although there were several, "I just want Mom"s too.

Friday: book drop 2

There were 92 books.
(There is a very short info speech from Isaac at the end.)

They all got put back today, since we were attempting to clean up the house a bit.  I did take the occasion to get rid of a few that I really don't like.  I hid them in the basement...Isaac does really like some of them, so I'll give it a little bit and see if he remembers them.  My guess is he won't, but sometimes he pulls up tiny things from a long time ago.

Tuesday: information overload

Isaac, Joshua, and I are driving home.  With about five minutes to go, we see the windmill at Dutch Village.

Isaac: how do windmills work?
Amanda: the wind turns the blades and that turns things to make power.  Like in Sharp Cutter*, but with wind instead of water.
Isaac: ooh.  Water wheels make power.
Joshua: I don't want to go on a water wheel.  It's scary.
Isaac: so water, and sun, and wind and there was one more.
Joshua: I don't want to go on a water wheel.  It's scary.
Isaac: water, sun, wind and what was the other one?
Joshua: I don't want to go on a water wheel.  It's scary.
Amanda: ok Joshua, you don't have to go on a water wheel.
Isaac: what is another kind of power?
Joshua: I don't want to go on a water turner.
Amanda: well, there's coal and nuclear and biomass and...
Joshua: I don't want to go on a water turner.  It's scary.
Amanda: ok, you don't have to go on a water turner.
Joshua: and not Isaac.
Amanda: no, Isaac either.
Joshua: and not Dad
Amanda: no, not Dad either
Isaac: hmm.  wind, sun, water and one more
Joshua: and not mom
Amanda: no, not Mom either
Joshua: and not Bear.
Isaac: oh, I know!
Joshua: and not Bear.
Isaac: pumping power!
Joshua: and not Bear.
Amanda: and not Bear.
Amanda: what's pumping power?
Isaac: it's with your legs.  Like running.
Amanda: hmm.  Well, if you ride a bike you only get about enough power for a light bulb.  So it's not the best way to get energy.
Joshua: I don't want to go on a water wheel.  It's scary.
Isaac: but you could run.
Amanda: sure, you could run.
Amanda: Joshua, you don't have to go on a water wheel.

...and on and on and on...


*Richard Scarry's "What do People do all day", How is paper made?

Wednesday: book drop

At the end of story time, just as we were about to go, someone wondered how long you could make a track with the blocks they had.  This made Isaac wonder, and wish that we had the blocks at home.  So instead of using blocks, he started using books. 

It is going to be a water drop shape, so he's calling it a water drop and I'm calling it a book drop.  After putting about ten books down he guessed it would take 21 and I guessed 120.  He's about half way done; he kept getting distracted.

Tuesday: a pet peeve

In WoW, there is a trinket that let's one person swap appearances with another person.  There are also several items that just let you change someone else's appearance.

These things annoy me to no end.

I usually don't realize that I'm not me until I'm supposed to be healing.  At that point I spend 'valuable' time figuring out where my character is and how to get the appearance change off her.  I get swapped a lot because people seem to like the assorted druid forms that I have, especially the tree.  The frequency has gone down considerably since one person isn't raiding right now, but it still seems to happen once or twice every 2.5 hour raid.

ARGGHHH.

/endrant