February 21 Joy

Friday:  I picked up young Cal this morning at 11:30 over at his house and we drove over to the Beach House and played for hours! We had such a nice time together. I am super thankful for this one-on-one time I get to have with this small person ... and I've only a few months left to enjoy him this way.

Cal requested we build another layout for our trains today; so we did. Cal is quite a good track builder; but sometimes he needs assistance getting all the tracks to join into one BIG twisty-turnie track. That's where I come in! We played with this layout for quite awhile, trying all of the various trains in different combinations.

I purchased a few more heavy-duty, but small, magnets from Amazon. We played for an hour with these, combining them with our other magnets, and really having a lot of fun.

Cal is quite an intense little builder. The sun was in his eyes, so he requested that I lower my blinds. I was just glad to SEE the sun!

I hardly took any photos today. I'm getting lazy at photographing lately. Maybe it's just that my camera is getting old and a bit worn around the edges. I don't see myself replacing it anytime soon; so I should just continue snapping away with it. Also, I haven't been on one single winter walk yet--mostly because I don't want to break a leg (or hip) somewhere in the middle of nowhere. That would not be good.

We returned to Cal's place around 3:15, and Brendan came off his bus about 5 minutes later. I brought "Boggle" with me and he and I played two games of it. Brendan is very good with words and spelling; but I did win twice. He declared that I was VERY good at words--and I am! I was just glad that Brendan was actually happy to play a game with me. He tries to get me to play Pokemon, but that game is just beyond me! I cannot seem to get the hang of it whatsoever.

When the littles came home at 4:10, we played a bunch of different games I had brought with me. Aidan was excited to show me a website called ABCya, which is an educational site the kids get to use on the main floor computer. It's a very fun site! Super good for learning! Erin and Cal are excited about it too. Yay!

I had such a nice day with the children today. I am so thankful for them. I am also thankful to the Lord for feeling healthier these past weeks, stronger, and more able to be helpful to my family. This is true JOY for me!