Math

While doing is multiplication homework the other day Lex’s mind wandered to the concept of infinity. The idea that three times infinity is a smaller number than four times infinity. I guess he and Alan had been talking about it recently.

After talking about infinity a bit and pondering the size of infinity he said, “I like to think about mind-bending math. The stuff you literally can’t wrap your brain around. It kind of makes your brain hurt. I love that!”

The whole situation reminded me of a comment his teacher had made that he takes too long to do his math work in school. I suspect his mind is wandering to more interesting stuff and he looses track of the time. I certainly see it often at home!

Our “no plans” weekend

After a few super busy weeks I promised the kids this would be a “no plans” weekend. It turned out to be a bit of a lie because Alan and I had a few plans, but nothing for the kids. The kids spent two days inside, painting and drawing and playing and doing whatever they wanted to do (for the most part!) Lex had a small meltdown when I had to leave for a few hours on Saturday afternoon and a much larger meltdown when Alan and I went out Saturday night. I paid the babysitter very well for that. She said he settled down eventually, but it wasn’t a pretty sight. Fortunately she babysits for us regularly and knows that he isn’t normally like that. And she promised she would come back again. Phew! Anyway, our weekend in photos.

Painting

They painted up a storm Friday night. We had drying pages on the table, in the bathroom, in the office, everywhere! It was great.

Eve painting

Eve loves painting, especially big pictures with a big brush :)

Drawing on the white board

Eve has been drawing people lately.

Organizing the drawer

Lex helped me organize a drawer in the kitchen.

A proud Lex

He was so proud of this project :) And super helpful! (the red mark on his mouth is chapped skin. I've been sneaking in at night and putting A&D on it, so it usually looks better in the morning, but worse again by evening. Hopefully it clears up soon!)

One organized drawer

Yes, those are cardboard boxes. Cereal and cracker boxes, to be precise. I wanted to see how it worked and if I liked it before investing actual money into the project. The cardboard boxes may be temporary... or not, only time will tell.

Color-by-number

Lex made himself a color-by-number yesterday. He's so funny.

Finally, here is Lex this afternoon. Nothing like some fun math problems on a Sunday afternoon. All self-driven. Alan and I were answering questions when he asked them, but he was motivated for math!