2017 :: week 15

April 9

Will and I finished putting together his diorama project for school Sunday afternoon. Every first grader selected an animal, researched their animal and put together a diorama of its habitat. Will opted to study the lion. I guided him, but Will did most of the work on this project. Projects like this are funny. There were several dioramas that clearly had a lot of adult input and used expensive materials.

April 10

Dad's home! Horray! He carried both Will and Lauren up the stairs at bedtime after our special Easter FHE. We all prefer "real dad," as opposed to the dad we see on google hangouts or facetime when he's traveling. Lauren started refusing to talk to Anthony when he would call, insisting that she wanted "real daddy." Way to make your parents feel guilty, Lojo!

April 11

Elliott enjoys stacking, then knocking these blocks down. He'll do it over and over. He needs a little help to get the middle blocks in the correct order (he's memorized the pictures on the top 3 so he can do those himself).

April 12

Elliott had a CONSTANT stream of drool this week. Three of his four incisors have finally pushed through his gums, but we are waiting on the last one. Due to the drool and warmer weather Elliott has gone without a shirt much more than usual. I took advantage of the pleasant temperatures and did a lot of yard work this week. Elliott got out his lawnmower to "help." Once he hits the sidewalk you have to chase him down to get him to come back. I watched him to see how far he'd go and after he was a full three houses down without looking back or slowing down I ran to catch up with him and steer him towards home.

April 13

Sometimes things just work out. Wednesday evening Anthony mentioned that we should look into getting Will and pitchback/rebounder thing so he can play catch outside by himself. If no one is available to play he throws the balls against our garage door Heber J. Grant style, which is both loud and hazardous. I looked up how much a rebounder would cost new and prices ranged from $25 to well over $100. That evening while I was checking facebook I saw on the neighborhood swap page that a woman I had met a few times before was selling a sports rebounder for $15! I picked it up Thursday afternoon and Will started using it as soon as he arrived home fro school.
 

April 14

The kids were off school on Good Friday so we made plans with the Terrys to meet at a park. Life intervened and it rained off and on all day. We still wanted to get together and get out of the house so we met them at Scheel's. Lauren watched Elliott for me so I could ride the Ferris Wheel with the big kids. It was fun, but I felt a little anxious when the ride stopped while we were at the top. Nana flew in from Boston after the big kids went to bed that night.

April 15

After a morning of exercise, stake meetings and science experiments, we spent the afternoon at Science City with Nana. It was our second visit and much less crowded than our last. The kids stopped to play on the playground for a few minutes and the adults chatted.