Busy Day .... and Thanks

Well we had a busy day here. The boys got up at 7 and immediately began playing with their cars. Right outside my bedroom door. And came in to tell or show me something every oh, 10 minutes or so, when i was just getting back to sleep. And got me out of bed, eventually, when they were hungry. I got them breaki, and August wanted to work on his lego ATV he got for his birthday (yesterday) with 200+ pieces. Interestingly, he's put it together mirror image from the directions, I'm waiting to see if this has an effect on the final product. And I got websites going from the book we read last night, and we read about Mammals, and we read a bunch of stories, and then we worked on the "F" page in their alphabet books......The boys, except Holdy, got right into it. Sawyer knows how to write an F, but is not solid on the sound it makes. Holdy played with Playdoh! And then we made FINGERPRINTS!!!! Now that was pretty cool, they loved that. And it seemed to all flow. Facilitated......Fun. Definately liked the way the morning went, interested involved boys .......
And I had them practice piano for their lesson tomorrow. Sawyer loves it so far (year 1). August is fighting it, and said he hated it, and wasn't going to practice. (We just changed programs and teacher and hopefully this improves his attitude) I said fine, if you don't want to play piano, I'll pull you out. I don't want to fight with you about this all the time. And went to do something else. And next thing I knew he was playing all his songs. The longest he'd practiced yet. And then he was upset because some keys don't work on our piano, so we had to take his piano books to grandpas to play on his piano. Wow, so maybe giving him the option to quit, and the choice, gave him what he needed. I hope so. I don't expect maestros, but I'd like them to have the option to be able to play what instrument they want later on.....
Wow, then we drove to our ski cabin with dry goods/freezer goods for the winter (it's walk in only in the winter), saw a squirrel, a river and picked some wild blueberries, drove down bout some toilet paper on sale at canadian tire, and then picked up my dad and then went to my cousin's for thanksgiving dinner, then home. Listening to screaming all the way home, Holdy LOST IT, sooooo tired, so frustrated, so ready for bed poor thing. August sang to the tune of "down by the bay" "all I ever want is eeearr ear plugs...." I'm like, yah, I can relate......