Tuesday: bathroom conversations

I was in the restroom at Hope today and a non-college person started talking to me.  It was as though she knew me, but I really didn't know who she was.  We started talking a bit and I finally found out that she is one of the accounting professors.  (Keep in mind that most of my students are accounting majors.) 

She had great things to say!  How the students that came through my class knew so much more about excel than those that didn't.  How the four that are currently in the class have made such leaps and bounds forward as they've progressed through my class. 

Anyway, the conversation came at a good time as there are going to be many changes next semester due to a new book.  I think we're going to meet sometime in May so that hopefully we can better understand what the other teaches and how the classes could better interact.

Nights: fort

Isaac and Joshua are still in their fort.  They often talk too much but I figure it's good bonding.

(They're in there...they're just hard to see.)

Sunday:snow

Do you know what really bothers me?  TV shows or movies that have snow but actors that are not properly clothed.  Who does anything snow related without gloves or mittens?  Snow is cold and they should at least be cold when making snowballs or cleaning off the car.

Friday: puppy, cat, eyes

Last night before bedtime Joshua wanted a drink...sure, no problem.  I was reading with Isaac, and when I looked up a moment later he was putting a towel on the floor.  Huh...he must have spilled.  Well, at least he was taking care of it.  I look up a few moments later, only to watch him drink from a wide brimmed bowl and have half the water fall out.  Luckily, he had put down a towel so it all got caught. :D

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Isaac had an eye appointment today.  Everything is fine.  His least favorite part was the bright light that was shown in his eyes.  He didn't like the air puff, but it was really the light that got him.  (Oh, and it was pajama day at school.)

Thursday: vacation

Today Ben took a vacation day and I was on spring break.  I brought the kids to school and then we slept in.  We then went out to lunch and saw Captain Marvel.  The movie started late, but it was just in time to get Joshua and Isaac.  The boys were excited to have Ben come to pick them up. 

Wednesday: Isaac

Well, mostly Isaac.  These two brothers both stuck their heads out at the same time and it was cute.

Isaac has really wanted to play a game called Trash.  This game is because it has simple rules.  However, there is zero strategy at all.  It reminds me a little bit about Red Black.  (Side note: I looked up Red Black on the blog and couldn't find it.  It was a game when Isaac was about two and involved turning over a card and saying its color.)

Pinewood Derby was today.  Isaac had 'Silver Arrow.'

He got 3rd place from among the 1st graders!  He was quite excited.

Tuesday: shelves

Our game closet has been a bit of a disaster for the last several months.  This was compounded by the closet organizer breaking (somehow) and games falling out of it.  We needed new shelves.

(Some of the games had been removed for measuring purposes, but this is sort of what it looked like.)

So I put some up!

And I put our games on them, and ended up with more room than I expected.  I had been planning on putting more shelves in all of the "empty" spaces in the closet, but for now I think I'll add some to the upper right and call it good.  It's a nice place to be able to store the chairs.