Friday, August 16, 2013

Late April

Late April

April 21 - we discovered that wet chalk is amazing
on our rubber mat.
At first you cannot see it,
then is suddenly appears like magic.
This is how we get wet chalk.
The chalk board is in the hallway,
where we sort the laundry.
The washing machine is at my right elbow.
Rue loves hiding under things,
and this marked the beginning of her "tent" phase.
This is the video nook.
I had to sort and purge over 20 boxes (see the bottom of the picture - cardboard box) of videos to fit into this space.
Here were 8 boxes that still hadn't been opened.
That's a LOT of videos that came from my folks house.
Rue and her favorite buggy.
Doll clothes drawer.
Someday - I've got to go through these and make sure
we have dolls that fit the clothes.
Our lettuce.
The grasshoppers wiped it out one afternoon in June.

Toffee is now nearly 9 years old.
The view from our school room.
April 23 - Rue fell asleep telling her baby a bed time story.
April 24 - more cutting.
Obviously - it was still on the cool side.
Joel being goofy.
He looks a lot like one of his cousins when he makes this face.
Having the computer in the school room wasn't working,
so we returned it to it's former location,
just outside of Tim's office.
This one is only for kids games,
and we are grateful for an older machine that will still
run the dozens and dozens of kids educational games
that we've accumulated over the years.

I did finally let the baby and toddler games go.
Kinda sad about that.
Have I mentioned this kid LOVES cutting?
April 25 - the 4 boys made an elaborate city for their cars.






Watching a movie in the school room.
An idea:  Kendra eats a LOT of tic tacs.
So we've begun recycling them into snacks
and sunflower shakers for sandwiches. 
Tim is nearly half of a century old.
Or he celebrated 29 for the 20th time.
Guess I get to give him a big party next year?



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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Mid April - This and That

Mish Mash of Events and Happenings

Kendra made this - April 8
April 14 - at church
obviously unhappy about something.....???
April 15 - the night before she passed out while working
and ended up in the hospital
we suspect that the fumes of the gas affected her
We vaguely remember her being light headed the day after the former two times that she has cooked outside.
She hasn't cooked since, and has had no farther problems.
Kendra has started writing the 3rd book of this series.
This is another of her books,
she actually wants a picture of a thick hedge
with somebody cutting into it with a large knife.
Still another of her proposed book covers.
This is suppose to be two mountains,
one with a water fall,
the other a volcano with lava,
mixing into a bay or body of water below.

Anybody want to redraw the picture and get yourself published?


April 15

This is one of Rue's favorite things to do.
She concentrates so hard while cutting.

April 20 - Rhoda made this for her princess,
and hopes to sell some.



These are the baby vultures that we watched from egg to almost adult.
The adults are gone,
but the babies still roost nearby at night.






When Rue doesn't like her supper
she will at least allow herself to be fed
"like a baby".
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

April 7 - Planting Carrots

Joel and Rue Plant Carrots






















unfortunately,
just before they were ready to harvest,
maybe 2 or 3 weeks,
the bugs got them.

Sigh.
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