Why would anyone not like it? Well….do you remember when Joshua was ages 1-5, and he was obsessed with ALL animals? Remember how he could tell you every species of whale and what it ate at age 3?
It’s exciting for him to see these animals that he’s read about all of his life, but once he has seen them, he’s done. No need to stare at something for 2 whole minutes. Let’s keep this show moving. That’s just Joshua’s personality.
He has to be constantly doing. It’s a wonderful trait. He gets that from Alan. Alan is so bummed when we approach a weekend with no plans made.
I am euphoric when we approach a weekend with no plans made.
In fact, in recent weeks, I have enjoyed a little front porch sittin’ every day.
As soon as we arrived, Daniel exclaimed, “Penguins! Penguins! I want to see the penguins!”
It reminded me of when we took Joshua to an aquarium, when he was five. My cousin Amber met us there. We walked in, and Joshua was all, “Whale shark. Whale shark. Where’s the whale shark? I want to see the whale shark. Is it over there? Is it in here? Let’s go. Let’s go see the whale shark.”
Amber pulled out her map and said to me, “Well, we’d better go see this whale shark first. Let me find it on this map.”
Wise words. We would’ve been listening to that all day.
So fast-forward four years. We made a bee-line for the penguins. Everyone else’s wish list could wait. No one can obsess and broken-record insist like a pre-schooler!
Did you know that JD takes his shoes off everywhere we go and walks around barefoot? I don’t let him do this in indoor public places (mostly), but walking in grass is good for you. No, you can’t convince me otherwise. It’s good for the soul, so he pulls off those shoes every time.
We ended up taking the pedals off of this bicycle to make it into a ‘glider’ bike for Daniel. He LOVES it. He glides so well that we now need to buy him a regular bicycle. He’s a pro now.
I’d love to pretend like this is my garden, but this is my neighbor’s. We are just learning from her!
My neighbor was out of town, so she let Joshua water them. This is the kind of chore that children LOVE. After all, there’s water involved!
We do actually have a “school garden” this year to go along with science. We are growing watermelons and potatoes, but I put them so far from my line of vision that I only water them about twice a week, not nearly enough. They looked so sad by the time Dan and Caleb watered them today.
They don’t love vacuuming, except for Daniel. There’s something about watching kids do chores that makes me giddy.
I’m convinced that hard work develops good character.
Caleb’s map. We are learning about the ancient world this year. Do you see the person that Caleb creatively colored into the map? Sure, you see the face, but do you see the hand waving too?
I can’t tell you how bad I felt about this mistake!
As I showed the boys the blog, I congratulated Caleb on this super-cool robot drawing. Caleb looked confused. “I don’t remember drawing that.”
“Heh?”
“Hey!” Joshua chimed in, “I drew that!”
“Oh no! I’m so sorry, Joshua!! I’ll post a correction on my blog. I feel so bad about that!”
Now that I know, it makes way more sense. This is more characteristic of Joshua’s art: asymmetrical and TONS of tiny details.
Alan found this, EMPTY, on the kitchen counter and asked me, “Did you drink ALL of this?”
See, I never ever finish any drink. I don’t do this on purpose. It just happens, or rather, it doesn’t happen.
“Yeah. I guess I must have.”
“Are you sure Daniel didn’t drink any? Because it is 10pm, and he’s going wild up there.”
“Hmm. No, I think I drank it all.”
“You???”
“Haha.”
The next morning, Daniel confessed: “Me found your coke in the kitchen last night, and me drink it all. heheheheheheh”
“What! Well, that does explain a lot.”
We took the boys to the county fair. Dan was the perfect age. Caleb was able to ride almost everything. Joshua and JD were out of luck. They were either too big or too small for almost everything.
I hope you all have a fun week! I hope it cools off for all of us soon! When did I become such a cold weather fan??
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Wow - so many great pictures...thank you! We all enjoyed them. JD's hair looks platinum! Very California ;) I love both of the turtle shots with all the little fish in them - they look like postcards. Taking the pedals off to make a glider bike instead of buying a special, glider bike? Wish we'd thought of that... Fun at the fair - I completely understand the big boys being jealous and wanting to get on the boat ride. That looks AWESOME. J and C look SO grown up in the ferris wheel picture. Wow. My goodness, that cast isn't slowing Joshua down any, is it?! Oh, I just got an alert that you have a new post...I must go read it now!
Oh I'm sitting in my truck outside
heh???
Lol I accidentally sent you the text I meant to send Chanda who I was meeting for lunch. I am terrible at iPhones.
Hi ! Thank you for these wonderful pics , cheered me up :)
If you don't mind I have a small correction to Egypt's map.It is the tip at the South East .I know this is the most shown on the net but it is not right. This corner is not clipped , the South border goes straight to the Red , it doesn't go up :)
Hmm. I'm sorry, Lina. Now this is an ancient Egypt map, not a current one, and the drawing is definitely not very exact, but I had no idea it was off. It just came with the textbook. My apologies.
Oh my and I thought you'd delete my comment LOL
Please don't apologize,your map is the one found most on the net and it is new too.That is why ,as and Egyptian, I try to mention it whenever I see it.
Thank you so much , you made my day :)
Red sea
Aquariums are my happy place too. I LOVE the Monterey Bay one. The Georgia one is my dream, because of the whale sharks. I would have been just like that - "where are the whale sharks? Can we see the whale sharks now? Let's go see the whale sharks!" One track mind.
And there's an aquarium in New Orleans - have you been? It's a happy, happy place too.
I do see the man waving that Caleb drew on the map. Better yet, I also see that Caleb colored the Red Sea - red and the Black Sea - black. Makes sense to me!
Hurray! I agree! Caleb has very orderly patterns of thought. He's our Spock. :) He's also the only nonchalant individual, in a house full of helium balloons.
It's settled. I am coming to visit and see that aquarium and visit your beautiful city. I will bring Coke and I promise to wear shoes!
Hehehe! I love this comment. Yes, bring Coke! :)