A Week in Review

Recently I've been trying out a new family list/calendar/planning app called Cozi. I'm still getting used to making it work for me, but one thing I've discovered is the Family Journal capability. It has made it really easy for me to use my phone to quickly note something that happens in our daily life. So, here is the last week or so in review. There's not an entry for every single day, but we have had a lot of fun recording the little bits of our life (mainly the funny things that have to do with the kiddo) so that we can share them more easily. Enjoy!

7/22/2011 - Today Isaac came up to me and asked very solemnly, "Mom, where'd Dani go?" I showed him a picture of her and he said, "That's my Dani. Where'd she go?" I tried to explain that she was at her house, to which he replied, "I want my Dani here now!" Poor kiddo. I hate that he's missing her, but also really glad that he had such a great time on our trip to Kansas.

7/23/2011 - We went to Sonic for dinner. The prize in Isaac's Wacky Pac was a roller skate type wheel with a handle. You had to insert the handle into the wheel, turn it several times, and then push a button to release the wheel so that it would go rolling away. After Isaac had been playing with it for a while, Michael was giving it a try. He put in the handle and then asked (supposedly to me), "Which way do I turn this?" To which Isaac helpfully answered, "Clockwise, Dad."

7/24/2011 - Today I'm making my first attempt at cake balls. After trying to get the cake all crumbled and mixed with the frosting, all while listening to Isaac ask me about every single detail, I thought I was going to be able to finish up and get them into the freezer to chill while he was playing. Then he walked back into the kitchen, pointed to a large cake crumb on the counter and said, very solemnly, "What happened there, Mom?"

7/25/2011 - When I picked Isaac up from school today he picked up the little John Deere die cast metal tractor Papa gave him before we left Kansas a couple of weeks ago. Since then it has been "Papa's tractor". This evening however, he picked it up and said, "Look, our tractor!" I was puzzled by this and asked, "Who's tractor is it? I thought it was Papa's tractor." To which he replied, "Papa's and me's!"

7/25/2011 - Michael opened a new package of headphones tonight. He had it sitting on his desk and Isaac found it. He opened it and then started putting his finger into the openings where the headphones had been then touching his face in different places...first one cheek, then the other, then his forehead. Michael asked him if he was putting make up on, and he grinned and said, "Yeah!"

7/26/2011 - Tonight on the way home Isaac said, "Drive faster, Mom!" I tried to explain that driving faster than the speed limit was a breaking the law, so we couldn't. He didn't understand, so I tried to explain that a policeman would pull us over and give us a ticket which would require me to pay money. He was still confused. In his world, there is nothing better than the idea of seeing and hearing the police lights and sirens, so getting the policeman to come right to our car is bonus. Then we get a ticket (which to him is something that lets him ride carnival rides) and pay money (which we have to do for fun things). The poor kid just kept looking at me in disbelief, as though he still couldn't understand why any of this was a bad thing...

7/26/2011 - When we called my Dad tonight, Isaac tried very hard to say "Happy Birthday, Papa!" It was a little garbled, but he got most of it out. So sweet.

7/27/2011 - We decided to help Uncle Bill celebrate his birthday by going out for Amy's Ice Cream after dinner. Sorry we couldn't take you with us, Uncle Bill, but we thought about you while we ate our yummy ice cream ;-)

7/28/2011 - I went out for girl's night (Grease Sing-A-Long at the Alamo Drafthouse, yay!), so the boys were on their own. They called Granddad to wish him a happy birthday. Isaac is getting pretty good at saying it since he's had a lot of practice this week. :-)



7/30/2011 - This morning we woke up to quite a colorful explosion of creativity. Isaac found some crayons I had left on the bar (I really need to remember that he's super tall now). His abstract creations covered a 10 foot by 4 foot section of the carpet, 7 steps and the walls half way up the stairwell. Thank goodness for Krud Kutter and Magic Erasers. Isaac spent about an hour cleaning up the mess, and we had to help too because he didn't have quite enough oomph with the scrub brush to get the carpet clean. Needless to say we were all tired and a little cranky by the time everything was cleaned up. The good news is that I don't think he'll do it again, and we're also going to get him an easel so that he can confine his creative works to a safe place. He has really taken more of an interest in drawing since our trip to Kansas, where he saw how much Brent and Dani loved it.




7/31/2011 - Today Isaac and I made a big batch of pink, strawberry scented playdough for his class at school, and since our's was getting kind of old, we also made a batch of purple, grape scented dough for us to keep at home.