Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Call Day #104, 1/27/15

Oliver and I enjoyed a quiet breakfast this morning. The girls were happy together in the guest room for a long time. I think they were listening to Odyssey.

School time. Claire does math. Oliver colors.

This afternoon we dropped the van off at Firestone. I thought it might be hard to pass the time, but the kids were happy playing with the toys in this aisle for a long time.

Both Eleanor and Claire gave all their Target stickers to Oliver.

We ate dinner at Sam's.

They don't have high chairs anymore, and Oliver looked so grown up sitting on the bench by himself. Also, he made sure to get the last drop of his Icee.

The stroller that can carry a decent-sized Sam's purchase back to Firestone. We made it work.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Call Day #103, 1/21/15

Oliver tries to brush his crazy morning hair.

He's quite into making faces. This is his frownie face.

Playing in the garage as we get ready to take Grandma and Grandpa to the airport. They had turned the marshmallow guns into musical instruments. "Pretend you don't see us, Mommy! Listen to this music on the radio."

Saying goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa at the airport. A good picture of everyone!!

I surprised them with a visit to Pump It Up. Oliver liked the balls at the skee ball game.

He also played with the balls at this game. Air blows to hold balls up so that they "float" in the air. Eleanor enjoyed throwing other balls to knock them down.

For the most part, Oliver didn't care for the inflatables. He did get in this one a few times, but not for long.

Lots of sliding down the big slide.

Whee!

Happy slider.

Oliver's reaction to watching his sisters fly down the slide.

His version of sliding.




My happy lunch companions. They ate quickly so they could get back to playing.

All the kids liked air hockey. Oliver played for a long time.

Getting the hang of it.

Another favorite. Lots of colorful velcro spots to run up to and attach a ribbon to. Then, run back up and pull them off. With a steep incline, it's hard to reach up too far.

Eleanor had been asking for a game night with Papa. She had Settlers set up early this morning though he wasn't coming til dinner time.

 Those who weren't playing decorated masks.

Who are those masked ladies?

The boy who loves his trains. After waiting while everyone else played a card game, his first four word sentence (he's just getting good at two): "Mama, elp duh-duh eese" which means "Mama, help trains please."

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Call Day #102, 1/18/15

Claire was not feeling great this morning but said she wanted to go to church anyway. When we got home, she lay down on the couch right away. She and I took a nice long nap this afternoon and she seemed to feel better afterwards.

When I asked Claire what she wanted for dinner, she said "ice cream." It was supposed to be Sunday Funday so we went to get ice cream before we ate proper dinner food!

Oliver with his own Frosty.

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Call Day #101, 1/1/15

Morning math. If standing on the chair makes Eleanor enjoy it more, fine by me.

After watching Claire enjoy (and learn from!) math games on Erik's phone, I thought she might be ready to start some more formal math instruction. This was our second day and each day she's asked for more after finishing what I thought was enough for one day. Eager student!

Everyone enjoyed a playdate and lunch with friends this morning.

Having had a late Christmas celebration with Mimi and Papa Jimmy last night, Eleanor was very eager to try out some new gifts. This mixer from Aunt Linda and Uncle Buck was a big hit. She assembled it mostly by herself and was able to make no-bake brownies.

Finished product on the cute display!

Oliver working hard. He was quite enamored with the electric drill. There were several references to "Dada" while using it.

He was so taken with it that he wasn't interested in much else this afternoon.

Since Oliver was busy with his drill, Claire decided to try out his fireman dress-up outfit for him.