Weekending

Well, I would love to show you how great this past weekend was, but I took 2 pictures. 

Here is one.

This was my attempt at being a fun mom after a frustrating/hard Friday.

It worked for about 2 hours.

We watched a movie and then the boys were going to sleep in the tent together.

That did not happen. 

Well past 10pm Jaxen finally fell asleep on the couch and Zane fell asleep in his room.

By morning, Jaxen was in the tent on his bed and Zane was on the couch with me.

Best laid plans and all :)

Picture two.

Zane had the best time when I put bubbles in his water table!

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So - since there is not much more to see from this past weekend,

I’ll share the weekend prior.

Saturday morning Jaxen woke up, laid next to me in bed and took pictures.

They mostly looked like this:

After awhile, we did school work.

A make-up day from not doing school on Friday.

He did really great on his spelling test!

I try to take pictures of his work and upload them on an app for his teacher to see.

I still need to do that...

I had a friend drop by and sit in my driveway for about an hour Saturday morning.

That visit was so nice!!!

After lunch, I took the boys to a trail for a bike ride. 

This is the trail behind our old apartment - and they love it!

This is how it started out….

riding to the first bridge and then getting out to explore/throw rocks in the water.

After they were done, we went on our way and stopped at another little creek.

After that, we kept on and came across this large puddle on the path.

They rode through it just fine.

And then did it again.

And again.

And again.

Over and over.

Before I knew it (and while I was talking with a random walker) this happened...

And then I lost full control of them (in a good way)!

After about 40 minutes, and seriously they could have stayed longer, we finally moved on.

One more time of throwing rocks in the water and then ending playing on this little wall to dry off.

Sunday we enjoyed pizza outside!

After pizza, it was fun in the sprinkler!

And then snacks on the driveway.

Can’t complain about a weekend like that!

Quarantine - Take 5

Well, we have been at this quarantine business 45-ish days.

As of right now (and this could change anytime) I will be headed back to work at the end of May.

Missouri is lifting restrictions soon, and we are waiting to hear from the state of Kansas.

Until I know more - here are some pictures from the last few weeks...

Jaxen’s new obsession is digging holes in our backyard (where there is not grass).

Thanks to Zane’s birthday (and my sister), we received a new game that has been so fun!

Zane has been loving all the free play time at home. 

On this particular day - he was putting on a puppet show that I could watch while I worked.

The whole show was about a dinosaur eating a shark - shocker.

We made spaghetti slime one night.

The boys had fun making it and then not so much playing with it, after about 5 minutes.

I would not recommend this activity.

I have way too many funny bathroom stories from Zane. 

So when I caught him sitting on the potty doing his business - I had to take a pic.

Yes, he strips down naked to do his business.

Yes, he sits in a weird yoga pose.

And yes, sometimes he does shadow puppets in the toilet while doing his business.

Zane and his new dinosaur puppet like stopping in and saying hi to me through the day.

I normally have to feel how sharp the teeth are and then pet his head.

And then they are good to leave.

Zane loves stirring. Anything. 

Anytime I am the kitchen he wants to stir.

So I let him help with spaghetti - and he was thrilled!

Jaxen finally lost a tooth!

For many weeks now, he has had 3 teeth coming in behind his baby teeth.

It has been such a battle trying to pull these teeth. 

Finally….he lost one.

At least 2 more to go. Ugh.

We have had some awesome warm days lately!

Mixed in with some rainy and then super windy days.

But on the warm sunny days, we are outside a lot - which meant….

our first sunburn :( 

We were doing good at remembering sunscreen - until we forgot one day,

and Zane was out there all afternoon. 

My boys are for sure getting early tan lines!

And that’s your random assortment of quarantine pics from the last few weeks.

I hope to do a “Day in the Life - Quarantine Edition” post soon.

Just so I can look back on these days and remember what they were like.

Who knows, I could suppress these memories - haha!

Continuous Learning - Week 3 and 4

Have I posted the pic above yet?

I can’t remember.

Anyway - this sums up my efforts with continuous learning :)

Overall, I guess it is going ok. 

I am finding out that Jaxen knows most of what is being taught, 

so it’s more of a “review” for him.

Some days I try really hard to make a plan...

to figure out how to take what he is learning to the next step.

Some days I am looking at his school work as he is doing it and we wing it. 

Some days we skip school.

Some days we do more than I planned.

Some days we do school outside.

Friday there were thunderstorms most of the day.

We skipped school work and I set up a painting area for them.

I love seeing their creativity!

 I am not sure how many weeks are left of this…

but I’m fairly certain we will be done come mid-May.

This sign is hung by the table in our kitchen:

What a good lesson for everyone, right?!