Tuesday: learning

Today I graded.  Almost all day...well, all of my working day.  I was pleasantly surprised that more students got the hard part of the exam correct.  It makes it much easier to grade.

I took one break to visit the curriculum library and check out a fraction game.  The game itself wasn't super fun, but Isaac played with the game, moving fractions around, for quite a while.  Math homework = done.

Monday: perfect

I gave an exam today.  The class sits in two circles (at computers) and I usually give out four stacks of exams...two stacks to each circle, with each stack going in opposite directions.  Then I pick up the extras.

Today, for the first time ever, I gave the exact amount needed to BOTH circles.

Sunday: shower

I wrote something on the shower a bit ago, and Isaac took it to heart.

(What it looks like in the mirror)

What we actually wrote

Saturday: bear castle

We dropped off food at Dutch Village to get tickets for later in the summer.  This meant that we had to go under the bear castle.

Amanda: oh no, we're going to be pooped on by the bears!
Joshua: no, the bears are going to chase us!
Amanda: Would you rather be pooped on by bears or chased by bears?
Boys: ...
Joshua: chased!!
Isaac: pooped!!

Friday: mini-carnival

Isaac's school canceled its yearly carnival due to lack of donations and volunteers.  It was pretty fun last year, so we were pretty disappointed.

So we had a mini-carnival at home.

There was a "bouncy ball your dinner drink."

Isaac took a bunch of tries because he really wanted the Squirt.  Joshua got his on the first try (each time) and then proceeded to have milk for dinner.  This is especially odd since Joshua doesn't like milk.

Then, while we were waiting for the pizza, we playing "fishing for candy."  The boys tossed some fabric with a clothes pin over the banister and then they waited for the fish to bite.  The got some candy that was supposed to be a donation for the carnival.  They also got some other non-candy.  Joshua was always so disappointed when he got the "junk".  It was pretty funny.

Our last activity was a cake walk.  This one was the most absurd of all our mini-carnival activities.  We walked around the table, and when the music stopped the person next on the carpet square got a little cake.  We walked around the table a lot.

Thursday: last day

Today was the last day of classes.  This tends to be my last day.  Review day is not really all that fun and while important, no one likes it.  Several people neglected to show up; I figure that that just means they don't get all the hints about what will be on the exam. 

In other news, Joshua was super excited to show me this this morning.  He got dressed and was half way through eating breakfast when he 'had something in his sock.'  He had put a googly eye there while getting dressed. :D

Wednesday: bad streak

Joshua likes pretend bad guys.  He often plays the bad guy in his pretend play, and often wins.  (That being said, the other day he came downstairs after bedtime almost in tears because he was worried that robbers would come in and steal his money.)

We were finishing up The Hunchback of Notre Dame a few days ago, and near the end the good guy is holding the bad guy over a big drop...pretty standard movie stuff.  Joshua lets out a cheer, "Yeah!  Do it!"  It was not the reaction Ben and I were expecting, but at the same time it's pretty typical for Joshua.