Monday was a Huisinga day. They came down here and the kids got to play together. They actually all ate pretty well, and they cleaned up well right before going. It was still a little bit of a late night with Cecilia picking Doc McStuffins which started around 7:45.
Gideon wanted a couple of stories from his storybook bible. We read the Genesis story and then one about Rachel and Leah. Cecilia decided to watch a “wait” instead of get a story.

Tuesday Gideon picked Chuggington. The kids got books of some kind. This is being written Sunday morning so I’m not sure what. I’m also not sure what prevented me from writing these throughout the week. I’m going to focus on that daily writing again over the next month. Obviously I stopped paying attention before it became a habit.

Wednesday was Cecilia picking Doc McStuffins. I know the shows only because the kids have been on a kick and not changing them. The books have been on a bit of a pattern as well. I’ve read Gertrude McFuzz a decent amount lately. They both want at least one from the Dr. Seuss collection book every night.

Thursday was no show. It was family night at Gideon’s daycare. Their school age program has a family night at the end to kind of showcase what the kids did all summer. As part of this one of the teachers read a story to the parents. It was called “Roxaboxen.” Amazon shows a publish date of 2004. The teachers found the book a few years back. They have been doing the related part of their program in the neighborhood of a dozen years. The related part of their program is called Nature City and the kids were excited to showcase it to us. We did still do stories after we got home.

Friday was a state fair day. We do our best to go twice a year. Once is a weekday with the Huisinga family. That was this one. The other time will usually be a weekend day to save on time off, and occasionally Heather’s parents are able to join. It was also date nnght for Heather and I, so Renee brought the kids home and they watched a show she picked. I don’t think they did stories.

Saturday we watched Chuggington as Gideon’s pick. We spent the day mostly at home. Heather did a lot of shopping as we are going to try some cook-ahead meals this month and see what happens.
I read Cecilia mulberry Street and Gideon The Grinch. Heather read Gideon something from the Seuss book but I didn’t quite hear what. She read Cecilia some of the Tonka word sound books.

Sunday the kid shad a long “rest time” filled with no resting as Heather attempted a make-ahead meal plan. I’m a little under the weather and didn’t help as much as I may otherwise have. Cecilia picked Doc McStuffins after the kids took too long getting ready for us to watch some America’s Got Talent.
I read Gideon Robots and Cecilia some of the Tonka sounds books. I had told them they needed to pick short stories because my throat was hurting.
I think Heather read Gertrude McFuzz to Cecilia, and she started 500 Hats for Gideon. I’m not sure what happened in the long run for Gideon though. It didn’t sound like they finished that book.