Monday I didn’t go with to drop the kids off at school. Since I was going to be starting a job sometime during the week Gideon decided we were practicing me not being there. I took the time to dig into the brakes on the Mini, which turned out not to need replacing. This was in line with what should have been since, as Heather pointed out, it hadn’t been long enough since the front ones had been done (right before leaving Elk River I believe) and the rear’s were done right before leaving Circle Pines. I looked into the rear’s and the driver rear hadn’t been clipped onto the piston properly, so that might have been the issue. I’ll check the passenger rear sometime when I have 45 minutes to get it done. The kids made the trip home between the rain showers that came through. Apparently it wasn’t a huge storm here, but where I was it was pretty bad. Hail and flooding. Three times on the drive to the highway water came in the floor due to how deep it was on the road. Heather and the kids got to hang out and play some games while I troubleshot the laptop. Gideon picked a new show, Tree Fu Tom.
Gideon had Heather read to him from his Kindergarten yearbook. I refused, so we ended up reading about Mercury and Venus from his First Book of Space.
I read Cecilia part of Dragon in the Backpack. We haven’t read it for a long time, but she had me pick up where we had left off, I think.

Tuesday I started work. I skipped Costco Monday due to severe weather and then got home at almost bedtime for the kids due to getting out late and having to stop at Costco today. Highlights of the first day include Cecilia telling me I looked good as I was finishing getting ready and getting a Surface Pro 3 as my work PC. Cecilia had a rough night and I picked Bubble Guppies since she wasn’t picking. That set her off for a bit, but eventually she calmed down for bed.
I’m not sure what the stories were. I was hungry and had a headache, but did read to them.

Wednesday we went to Heather’s grandparent’s house for dinner. That entailed Heather driving for 1.5 hours immediately after picking the kids up and getting there just in time and me driving for 1.5 hours after work and getting there fairly late. It was a goodbye dinner for Brittney as she is heading to Spain for her next round of overseas teaching this weekend.
The kids got no stories, and watched one of the Disney Fairy movies on the way home in the van.

Thursday I had a meeting get moved later and didn’t get home until 6:30 again. Heather and the kids visited a park and got rained on before having dinner without me. I met Heather at the school to get the kids and go home while she went into back to school night to learn about the year from Gideon’s teacher. The kids and I played a little before Gideon picked Tree Fu Tom for a show.
I read Fly Guy versus the Flyswatter to Gideon and The Pink Parade to Cecilia.

Friday the kids were struggling to get up and they were both in jammies and bed as I was leaving. They were supposed to be waking up, so I didn’t feel bad about waking them. When I got home we did some Bible time, ate dinner, and they watched Paw Patrol because Cecilia really likes it.
Gideon had us both read from his First Big Book of Space. For anyone keeping score Aunt Erin knows a little more than Uncle Jon about space because she worked with them in Texas.
Cecilia had me read her Zara Zebra and Heather got to read the library book from school. Something about DW and her room.

Saturday we cleaned the house in the morning and went to church in the afternoon. That’s really the extent of the day. We had pizza for dinner after the kids did a little playing in the yard. Gideon picked Blaze for a show.
Cecilia had a repeat of the previous night, but with me reading two Zara Zebra’s instead of one.
Gideon continued his First Big Book of Space.

Sunday we went to the an airshow at Rocky Mountain Regional Airport. Needless to say it was not an Airventure level event, but we all enjoyed it. In the future we think we need to figure out a shade solution if we are going to continue going to airshows. There’s precious little shade on airports near the runways for some reason… Cecilia picked Paw Patrol while trying to stay awake after baths/showers and some America’s Got Talent during dinner.
Gideon had us read to him from the Big Book of Space again.
Cecilia had me read Christmas Countdown with her.