2010
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2010 6:36 AM
Calvin started making noises a little after 5 but he didn’t demand to get up till 6 :)
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2010 6:39 AM
For breakfast, Calvin is having carrot/peach/applesauce and tofu/cherry/prune.
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2010 8:35 AM
Thankfully, Calvin has been in a relatively good mood this morning. I don’t think I could have done 2 days in a row like yesterday.
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2010 10:30 AM
There are 23 kids in cradle roll today. It’s very chaotic.
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2010 11:55 AM
We definitely need a “soft” mother’s room and a “loud” one.
2011
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2011 3:01 PM
Why do charitable organization do such weird things to their “tax receipts”?
2012
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2012 4:00 PM
Either Calvin or I is very cranky today and I’m not sure which.
2013
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2013 3:25 PM
Oh good . . . Calvin is tall enough to open the back yard fence by himself.
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2013 7:06 PM
To my surprise Calvin made it all the way through a game of Catan Junior (with help). He gave up 1/2 way through Chutes & Ladders.
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2013 7:09 PM
The promised picture of Calvin’s cake: https://jaeger.festing.org/photo/2013/03/31/calvins-lego-birthday-cake
2014
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2014 3:29 PM
I told Calvin he could watch TV when it turns 4pm. Now he’s staking out the clock.
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2014 3:34 PM
Calvin is now giving me minute-by-minute updates as the time changes.
2015
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2015 7:06 AM
Well, we seem to have survived the first night home.
[Context: This would have been Julian’s first night home after being born due to a brief stay in the NICU.
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2015 7:23 AM
Ah yes, the obsessive saving of used zip locks for dirty diapers and constant hand washing.
2016
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2016 5:58 PM
Julian is taking a dirt bath.
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2016 7:43 PM
Calvin is “sleeping” on his slide and Julian is refusing to go to sleep. Why can’t child energy transfer to parents?
2020
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2020 8:44 AM
For those that are curious, here’s how our school schedule has evolved. We have slight tweaks everyday, depending on what his teacher sends out. For example, normally we’d have science in the slot I put music today.
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2020 8:49 AM
Reading, math, and the video conference with his teacher are pretty much the same every day. Except, on Monday/Thursdays he only does 1/2 hr of math because he had an online coding class which I consider math adjacent.
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2020 8:49 AM
Naturally, just because this is the schedule does not mean we follow it perfectly. I have alarms set on my phone to remind Calvin when it’s time to change to the next subject but he’s not always working on what I thought he was working on.
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2020 8:49 AM
(His deck is right next to mine but when I’m concentrating on work I don’t always notice when he gets sidetracked.)
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2020 1:26 PM
Another of our tulips opened up! (Ours seem to be late bloomers compared to the neighbor who already seems to have 1/2 of theirs open.)
Kiesa @spreadsheetmom Apr 3, 2020 1:31 PM
A house several blocks away has a sign on their gate that says “Beware of D̶o̶g̶ Frogs!”
