Sunday School Teacher: Hi Joshua!
Joshua waves Grey Bear.
SST: Hi Grey Bear!
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Friday, April 27, 2018
Friday: nailed it.
Joshua got a cookbook from the library a few weeks ago and wanted to make the rice krispie bears in it. So we did that today.
...and we nailed it. Our bears look just like the ones in the picture. Joshua thinks some of them look a bit scary, but he was careful to make one with each color of eyes that is in the picture. He wasn't really sure what to do when he had three bears left without eyes.
Joshua wants to make some to bring to the librarians, Mr. Rob in particular. I think we'll do it on Monday, but with a few changes. 1) We'll let the mixture cool a bit before putting them into circles. 2) maybe we'll use a circle cookie cutter instead of guessing and 3) we won't let the toddler flatten them like the book said to do.
...and we nailed it. Our bears look just like the ones in the picture. Joshua thinks some of them look a bit scary, but he was careful to make one with each color of eyes that is in the picture. He wasn't really sure what to do when he had three bears left without eyes.
Joshua wants to make some to bring to the librarians, Mr. Rob in particular. I think we'll do it on Monday, but with a few changes. 1) We'll let the mixture cool a bit before putting them into circles. 2) maybe we'll use a circle cookie cutter instead of guessing and 3) we won't let the toddler flatten them like the book said to do.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Thursday: engineering open house
I took the boys to the engineering open house today - senior design projects. Isaac was interested in most things at least a bit and Joshua was interested, but just for a short time. It was interesting to see how well the students did talking to small children about their work. :D
They both were quite interested in the SAE car.
Joshua (and Grey Bear) barely reached the top of the steering wheel, let alone able to see out of the ...cockpit?
They both were quite interested in the SAE car.
Joshua (and Grey Bear) barely reached the top of the steering wheel, let alone able to see out of the ...cockpit?
Wednesday: chick-fil-a and dishwasher
After a busy morning, Joshua and I met Betsy and Leah at Chick-fil-a for an early lunch. They had a nice play area for the kids.
It turns out that exactly four years ago we were together, at a play place, each with a kid. How things have changed.
It turns out that exactly four years ago we were together, at a play place, each with a kid. How things have changed.
(Collage from Betsy)
Also, we had a dishwasher repair man come today. He was scheduled for 1pm, which I was a bit annoyed about because that is prime nap time. (But I was more annoyed that the dishwasher didn't work, which is why he was coming then.) Anyway, he showed up about 10 minutes early, looked at it for about a minute, said he needed to order the part, and was gone. Now I can use my dishwasher (with a leak catcher because it just has an old seal) and I got a nap!
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Tuesday: last week
It's the last week of school, but due to the cold weather it doesn't feel like it. It feels like we still have a while to go. And because of this, several school related things seem like they're sneaking up on me. I think I've gotten them under control, but they've surprised me a bit.
Monday, April 23, 2018
Monday: the warm day
Today reached a balmy 74deg.
Joshua, at school, wrote an email to Grey Bear telling him that he loved him. (Grey Bear had been lost for a day, so it seemed especially appropriate.) While still not 100%, he was feeling much better today.
After school the boys played outside. Joshua tried pumping air into bubbles. It mostly just squirted him, so he abandoned it pretty quickly.
Isaac threw around a wet sock...for a surprising amount of time. When it got too dry, he'd get it wet again and repeat the process. I decided that I must be doing this unstructured play thing right.
Joshua also brought a bunch of sticks up on the deck so that he could throw them over the deck for the animals to eat.
Joshua, at school, wrote an email to Grey Bear telling him that he loved him. (Grey Bear had been lost for a day, so it seemed especially appropriate.) While still not 100%, he was feeling much better today.
After school the boys played outside. Joshua tried pumping air into bubbles. It mostly just squirted him, so he abandoned it pretty quickly.
Isaac threw around a wet sock...for a surprising amount of time. When it got too dry, he'd get it wet again and repeat the process. I decided that I must be doing this unstructured play thing right.
Joshua also brought a bunch of sticks up on the deck so that he could throw them over the deck for the animals to eat.
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Sunday: Bible presentation
Today was Isaac's Bible presentation at church. All the kindergartners get a Bible of their own.
I told him that he could write in this book and he thought that he should underline each time the word God was used, because God is important. While not exactly what I had been thinking, it would be a fine way to start.
Dad and Cheryl came to watch too. Afterwards we went to IHop and had a nice time. Joshua is still feeling a bit under the weather, but hasn't had a fever today and so can go to school tomorrow. For once he seemed to time his sickness rather well...hopefully. The night isn't over yet.
I told him that he could write in this book and he thought that he should underline each time the word God was used, because God is important. While not exactly what I had been thinking, it would be a fine way to start.
Dad and Cheryl came to watch too. Afterwards we went to IHop and had a nice time. Joshua is still feeling a bit under the weather, but hasn't had a fever today and so can go to school tomorrow. For once he seemed to time his sickness rather well...hopefully. The night isn't over yet.
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