Our schedule was off this morning.
Giant was sick, and stuck to the couch.
Without a walk to the gym or gymnastics, Galoot didn’t know what to do with himself. I finally got him to sleep by sticking him in his car seat and putting on the cover:
Actually, I think the most schooling we got was with Ettin as he helped me bake:
We have mobility.
But only in reverse.
Which causes some great amusement for his parents…
But a bit of frustration for my Galoot.
(oh Galoot, you’re cute even when you’re ticked. And stuck under your brother’s bed)
This is a brownie fail.
I’m not sure what drives me to make brownies. In part, I think to myself—what easy yummy treat could I make in a large batch? The answer is always Brownies! And the result is usually…
Fried chocolate.
Are brownies supposed to be sizzling when they come out of the oven? Bubbling greasy oil? Encased in a rock hard chocolatey candy coating?
Because (munch munch munch slurp) this is horrible!
Okay, this mess is actually quite tasty, but not the brownies I was hoping for. Perhaps—and this is a long shot—-but just maybe it was because I didn’t mix things in the proper order. Or keep track of how many cups of sugar I used. Or possibly its because my oven sits at a near 45 degree angle (okay, okay, my kitchen is sloped, its not the oven’s fault).
When telling him of my brownie woes, my Hubby gallantly offered to make some Brownies.
I asked him if he knew how. He replied that he didn’t, but that he could follow a recipe.
I’m not sure of the implications of that statement.
But I’m pretty sure it means I shouldn’t start my own cooking blog anytime soon.
(notice how I fixed the brownies? Flipped them upside down and threw away the burned/rock-hard bits! Tahdah!!!
My boys are so spoiled.)
After gym we came back home for a snack of dinosaur toast:
Stop laughing.
That took me 4 tries.
And the boys loved it…which is the most important thing, right?
Well, we cleaned up and moved on to finding textures…
Textured Dinos!!!
We sampled the textures from the trampoline, the keyboard, different toys, and the knock-down on the wall,
Then we cut out our dinosaurs, put on some tape (which Ettin wanted to do himself, thank you very much),
and stuck them on our wall:
(Do you see the pattern?)
As a side note, my son had some interesting questions about the structure of the pterodactyl’s wings. Specifically the knobs (fingers?) on the tops.
What were they for?
Just part of the wings, I replied, unconcerned.
He further theorized that they were for feeding all the baby dinosaurs.
Okay, I replied.
Because they were like nursies, mom.
Hmm, I replied, becoming a little more concerned.
Not just because “nursies” is not the term we use in our home, but because a second glance at my dinosaur wall made me wonder if anyone else saw flying “nursies” scattered on it:
Just me?
We drew some dinosaurs (Ettin’s favourites are the “hammerheads”
Later in the day (okay, right before bed) we took some time for our piano program.
Giant even played a song (two fingers on the c# and d#), for which he was beamingly proud.
(and of course Ettin had to play too)
This morning we…
…umm…
Hey ya goofball, give me back my camera!
Ahem.
This morning we went to the gym.
In a sled.
Seriously.
Have I mentioned its a little cold here? And snowy? And that I go a little crazy in the winter?
Well, I do.
And gymnastics was great! Giant is constantly impressing me with his ability to listen and follow instructions. And Ettin is quite patient about watching and waiting for his big brother. Galoot slept the entire time. A nice change from chasing after a mischievous Ettin who has run onto the mats while I’m holding his screaming baby brother and trying to take Giant potty because I forgot to take him before Gymnastics started and now he can hardly sit still let alone listen to instructions.
A nice change indeed.
We followed our tracks home, and played with playdough after lunch.
We made dino eggs,
dino tracks,
and dino pie:
Yum!
(When I asked Giant if he wanted to learn about monsters or bears this week, he said dinosaurs. So we’re giving our dinos another week of fun)