Mr. Mommy- Day 5

Plans change every once in a while, but everything has been running pretty smoothly so far.

We cleaned up the back porch this morning in anticipation of the door installer arriving, but he never showed. At least the porch looks nice now!

Morning math.

For our special project, Keira gave a corn husk doll workshop. She did great!

Guess who made each doll.

Top row: Keira

Bottom row: Kassidy, Erik, Lennon, Lukas

Pepper even enjoyed himself.

The old man had a good day, even though he got stuck on Kassidy's shorts at one point.

Today we boycotted waffles and ramen noodles, to give out bodies a little break.

Over in Germany, Iria sent us pics from a zoo that she visited, She started chatting with Keira, who sent her a selfie and one of our own zoo animals from the backyard.

Here are the cousins Anna and Jakob, growing up FAST!

Back in Texas, it was the usual afternoon of driving around non-stop from soccer practice to dance.

Fortunately, Keira was able to go home with her friend Jane, which helped me get to one of the boys practices in time.

And it finally all wrapped up at the 9 PM pickup in Richardson.

A little bit of work was done on the Lego set today, but I had them doubling down on math so there wasn't as much free time.

I'm on page 68 of 70 as I write this. 

Go, go, go! Victory is in the air!

Mr. Mommy- Day 4

Ruh Roh!

Got the dishes under control today, but still haven't touched the laundry!

Mornings always begin with math problems. I've given up even trying to help with Lennon, but luckily he is able to work through any problems that he has by himself. My Dad speaks math, so maybe they can talk about that when he visits next month.

Keira (still wearing Iria's orange sweater) worked out her problems on a slate- so "Little House on the Prairie" of course..

Today's project was to start building an old Lego set that I had bought for myself last year and left in the attic.

I asked them to create an accessory to the set (no more than 10-15 pieces) and then to create assembly instructions.

Lukas's hammer:

Keira is not really all that into Legos, so she wrote out instructions for making her corn husk dolls. I think that we are all going to get a lesson in that tomorrow.

The workers wrapped up the roof today, installing the gutters. Sherman had a major freak out moment outside, when the mail truck pulled up in front of the white van that was already parked in front of our house. He HATES those kinds of vehicles.

Meanwhile, in Germany. Iria is traveling to Munich overnight with her sister. Looks like they are having fun!

It was raining today, but Lennon still showed up for Nipper (along with one other kid who came late). I'm sure that made Nipper proud :)

It eventually rained hard enough that even they couldn't go on, so I picked him up early after the session was called off 90 minutes later.

Then I had to drive Katharine to dance class during rush hour. Props to Iria for doing this every week- as I will spend more time in the car/traffic than Katharine does in class. 

Iria goes to choir on Wednesday nights between drop-off and pick-up, so it isn't too bad for her.

Off to bed- finished pages 61 of 70!

Mr. Mommy - Day 3

The roofers came today to replace the roof shingles, so I woke up early to get the dog walked before he started to freak out.

He was actually pretty calm all day- more nervous than agitated.

The roofers did their thing, and I guess we have a nice roof now. It is one of those expensive things that doesn't look or feel any different from before you got it done. The roofer guy was pretty happy about it, so there is that I guess.

After math we opened "the box", which was revealed to be a new Nintendo Labo kit. It is kind of like construction board Lego, that is played with like a video game.

We built the little RC car first, which moves around by the vibrations of the controllers that can be nested inside of it.

Then I had the kids design a mini-game for the car, using the always wonderful wood planks and a timer. It was a lot of fun.

Afterwards the boys continued on and put together the handlebar set for the racing game.

Tomorrow's project? 

A stack of mysterious paper appeared. Some think that it will be made into a comic, some suspect that it will be used for math problems. Both are wrong :)

Keira, always in Prairie mode nowadays, wrote out the menu on her slate tablet.

Next up was singing lessons, dance, and soccer- the usual afternoon block of activities.

I took a little detour on the way home and finally picked up the screen door that we ordered. It barely fit in the car, and those bungie chords are keeping it from taking my head off if I ever stop short.

That is Lennon's skills coach Nipper, who was all happy with himself because the kids had worked so hard that they had cut a darkened path through the turf.

Iria texted. She spent the day with her Mom and cousin's kid. Beautiful weather there, and beautiful location!

At home, Kassidy designed a zoo. She wasn't too interested in the Labo, so I am glad that she got her own project to do.

And Keira (still in Prairie mode) made traditional corn stalk dolls (minus the corn stalks).

I picked up Katharine from dance at 9:15 PM.

I let the boys play until I got home. 

Lukas is on a new Zelda kick, and now has more cool stuff than me again :(

And Lennon got to talk to and play with his friend Fox for a bit.

Everybody is now heading to bed. Maybe I will finally catch the Season 2 premier of Westworld!

No more art to do tonight, 50 pages of 70 complete :)