Random activities

It has been an up and down week.

School got started and was going well Mon-Wed. We made good progress on the basics but need to find the math manipulatives....somewhere in the storage room.

Thursday G was with grandparents for a sewing morning and then horseback riding in the afternoon.

So I let the boys build legos while I worked on the family room, unpacked and broke down about 5 more boxes. Re-arranged the furniture just a bit and now the room feels more spacious and functional. I was feeling mental baggage from looking at all the boxes that were half-unpacked. Now I feel more organized and capable.

I then tackled the boys' room, the legos got put away in the tubs, books on the shelves, clean laundry on the right shelves. And LOTS of dirty laundy collected and tossed into the hamper. It is much safer to walk on their floor now and be able to see the floor. Each day it needs a little work to keep it maintained - true of just about everything in the house!

Unpacking is trickling along. This weekend the plan is to tackle a shed project. Still to be determined if it will be a kit or stick-built. I also need to re-set the living room and sunroom from the shuffled things that came from the family room.

We have also been trying to keep mommy resting a bit more than normal to keep the immune system from being so flared up. So one day at a time we do what we can!

C started basketball practice - he LOVED it, even though it was like dragging a donkey to get him in there. Once his friend showed up he was more flexible and then just had a blast. It is our first sport experience and is looking very good! I know that he also wants to do baseball this spring, so we will be checking that out next - I think that we have a sports-minded boy!