Today, Ruby has 3 babies. And they're all sick. One has "parvo", one is "throw-up sick", and one has "cancer". Yikes. What a sad time! =O
I'm not feeling well - getting over a high temp from yesterday. I don't have a fever anymore, but have a headache, sore throat, and just feel a bit "yucky". So...while I was resting on the couch, the kids were playing in Ruby and Isaac's room and then in the living room where I was resting. They were having a pretty nice time, so I got some rest in, which was just lovely. However, when it was time to make lunch, they had generated quite a mess. Toys in Ruby and Isaac's room, cluttering the living room floor, toys in my room, and toys in the laundry room. Oh. And in the bathroom. Yeah, that's pretty much all the rooms in our house. ;) Anyways, I told the kids they needed to start picking up. It was delayed and began grudgingly. Jadelyn, however, really caught on to the work. I would ask her if she was ready for another "job", and she would say "yeah!" and then would do the job I gave her. She was so enthusiastic! After a while, when she finished a job, she would come back and ask, "dob?" and go about doing that. She did get a bit distracted when Isaac was pointing out a dead lightning bug to her. =) Note to self...call things that need to be done "job" - the kids like it much better that way! Maybe it makes them feel grown-up or something. ;)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Lynnie's TWO!!! =O
So....yesterday was Jadelyn's SECOND birthday. I have no idea how that happened so quickly. It's just crazy. 2 year-old Jadelyn likes going to sleep at night about as much as 1 year-old Jadelyn...which isn't much, if you must know. ;P We had a low key day with variations of "Happy Birthday" being sung off and on throughout the day. Lynnie wanted a "cake" on top of her cake, so that's what we did. I colored different colors on a piece of paper and let her pick which color she wanted for the cake, the cake on top of the cake, the trim, the trim for the cake on top, the writing, and the candles for the cake on top of the cake. Sweet girl picked only yellow, blue, and green....two primary colors and the color one gets when mixing those two colors - thanks for saving me on work, baby girl! =) After supper, (and none of us finished the cake - it was WAY too sweet), we had a pool party in our wading pool. Well, the kids and I did. David thought it was cold or something, so he just stayed standing up. =)
After the kids were in bed, David went out to do his round of nightly animal chores, and when he came in, he wouldn't get out of my way when I was sweeping. Because he was sad. Our "Mama chicken" - the blond one, was killed by an unknown intruder. She was our favorite! And the fattest. Probably the reason she was chosen. So sad. =( So, we're back to locking the chickens up at night. Yeah, we shouldn't have stopped. =(
Oh! And one neat story to share. On Sunday night, the power went off for no apparent reason. We finished getting ready for bed by candlelight. Because my clock only works when there's power, I put on my watch. And accidentally hit a button which made an alarm go off every hour. Just a beep, really...not a full-fledged alarm. Anyways. In the morning, I was having worship, and I'm working on doing the "Empowered Living" activities. The activity for Monday was to set an alarm to go off every hour to remind us to stay tuned to God. I don't know how to set my watch to do that, so I figured that I would just remember to look at my watch every hour and stuff. But God apparently knew better! =) When I was getting ready for the day, I heard my watch beep, and it was at that point that I realized it was beeping every hour on the hour...I had heard it beep at 11pm the night before, but didn't think anything about it. But when I heard it at 7am, it hit me. Because of my "accidental" bump, my watch was going off every hour. Isn't God GOOD?!?!?! I sure want to learn to trust Him more!
After the kids were in bed, David went out to do his round of nightly animal chores, and when he came in, he wouldn't get out of my way when I was sweeping. Because he was sad. Our "Mama chicken" - the blond one, was killed by an unknown intruder. She was our favorite! And the fattest. Probably the reason she was chosen. So sad. =( So, we're back to locking the chickens up at night. Yeah, we shouldn't have stopped. =(
Oh! And one neat story to share. On Sunday night, the power went off for no apparent reason. We finished getting ready for bed by candlelight. Because my clock only works when there's power, I put on my watch. And accidentally hit a button which made an alarm go off every hour. Just a beep, really...not a full-fledged alarm. Anyways. In the morning, I was having worship, and I'm working on doing the "Empowered Living" activities. The activity for Monday was to set an alarm to go off every hour to remind us to stay tuned to God. I don't know how to set my watch to do that, so I figured that I would just remember to look at my watch every hour and stuff. But God apparently knew better! =) When I was getting ready for the day, I heard my watch beep, and it was at that point that I realized it was beeping every hour on the hour...I had heard it beep at 11pm the night before, but didn't think anything about it. But when I heard it at 7am, it hit me. Because of my "accidental" bump, my watch was going off every hour. Isn't God GOOD?!?!?! I sure want to learn to trust Him more!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Been a while!
So, in the past week, I've had two kids throw up, and all three with fevers. But, it hasn't been all bad. I got some extra cuddles with Ruby out of it all! =)
Last Monday morning, I had to take Ruby and Isaac to their "exercise doctor". I was running later than I would have liked, and in my hurry, I was trying to think of things I could cut out so that I would still make the appointment on time. I decided that fully packing the diaper bag was the place to cut some time out. I knew I had changes of pants in there for all 3 kids, but no shirts. I reasoned that that was fine, because I was only going to need changes of clothes if we had a potty accident. Then, suddenly, I (or was it God?) thought that I had better throw in some shirts, too, in case someone threw up (we live in curvy roads and in the past month, Ruby and Jadelyn got carsick, and made a MESS). So, I hurriedly grabbed some shirts and stuffed them in the bag. I (or was it God, again?) also had the thought that I should put the spray bottle with vinegar water in the van so I could clean out the car seat if the need arose. But I forgot that one. =O I loaded up my 3 children into the van and began the over hour trip to Shriner's. Less than 20 minutes into the trip, Jadelyn was overcome by the curvy roads and lost her breakfast. Now, I have one of the weakest stomachs of anyone I know. And my kids have gotten sick a LOT, but normally David is there to help me out (or should I say, to do the majority of the clean up while I cover my nose and do what I can manage with). I started looking for a place to pull over to clean up the mess, but there just wasn't many places and when I found them, I was too far past to pull in. So, thinking it over, I figured it might be best to continue on the trip (with my window down - FRESH AIR!!! Oh, and it had been raining earlier, but by the time this happened, it had stopped...so I wasn't getting wet) so that if Lynnie got sick again, I wouldn't be out of clothes, and so I wouldn't have to put her back into the nasty car seat with her clean clothes on (because I had forgotten the vinegar water =O). So, we continued on. We got to the appointment around 15 minutes early, which left me just enough time to get Jadelyn changed, wipe out her car seat with some paper towels (though I felt sick a little, with a few breaks of looking out away from the van, I was able to keep my breakfast down!), and get into the hospital. I feel that God must have been prompting me that morning, and if so, this is the first experience I can remember of recognizing His voice. (Though I might not have recognized until it was in hindsight). Now...certainly if God cares about a little throw-up and making sure that my daughter is clothed when we're out and about, why can't I remember that He cares about EVERYTHING? Everything that I struggle with. Everything I don't understand. Everything that perplexes me. Everything. Wow. What a God!
So, that was the story of Jadelyn's throw-up. Isaac got sick the next morning (or maybe that night) because he's a stubborn fella, and didn't like the food I served him on Monday, so he hardly ate anything. Then, he was so weak at breakfast on Tuesday that I was feeding him. And then he threw it all up. Sigh. But then, he picked back up on the eating and kept it down! =) Oh, and Ruby is so super sweet when Isaac is sick. Just wish she was that sweet all the time! =)
Ruby got a weird fever on Friday. Like she wasn't really showing any symptoms. Well, she didn't want to eat much at ALL, so was at the breakfast table until 10am. Then, she was just laying more than usual, though she was still singing/humming much of the time. Sweet Ruby! I didn't know what was going on until I kissed her head at one point, and yikes! It was hot! Got to over 103. But Motrin brought it down. Lovely Motrin. Then, today, it was Jadelyn and Isaac with fevers. Jadelyn is like Ruby was - still playing and not letting on that she is sick, other than not eating much. Isaac, however, just wanted to lay down. So we brought a sleeping bag outside and he and Alpine bonded in the shade all morning. We're supposed to head back to the exercise doctor's tomorrow, so we'll see if everyone is feeling well enough for that! =O
Today out in the yard, the robins who have a nest in the apple tree were squawking up a storm, and when I looked over, I saw that a baby robin was hopping around on the ground. And then saw Alpine stalking the bird. So, I ran at her, with mud flinging off my garden shoes. It was very valiant, let me assure you. =) Anyways, when I got over there, the adult robins were still squawking like crazy, and when I looked over, I saw the BIGGEST snake I have ever seen in the wild. IN MY YARD!!! =O Yowzers. It was 4-5 feet long, and slithered quickly into the mulch under the blackberries. Now I'm a little afraid to garden - be weeding along and grab out a SNAKE? Yikes. Anyways, I pointed the snake out to the kids, and Alpine kept an eye on it for her entire attention span, which seems to be 2 minutes? Ha. Anyways, we kept an eye on the baby robin for the remainder of our time outside, and tonight, I think I saw it out in the road, so I sure hope it makes it. Hopping and hopping and hopping...and when do they learn to fly, anyways?
After lunch, I noticed Hickory barking out in his "cage", and then noticed him jumping back from something. I wondered if it was a snake again, so ran out, and sure enough. It was poised like it might strike. Too bad I didn't have Tom and Tina's phone number, or I would've called 'em to see if they wanted to come shoot the thing for me. I had the foreign thought when it was in the mulch that if I had a hoe, I could probably whack it. I never thought I'd be capable of it before, and who knows if I really would be or not, but man...I don't like snakes. And not in my yard, for sure. Then I read that that kind of snake (or at least the kind I think it is), can climb trees and barn rafters and such. Lovely. =O Good thing was that David mowed yesterday so I could see the thing. Now, if it stays a good distance away from all of us, we might make it....maybe we moved too far south, though....=)
Speaking of the barn, at the end of last week, David asked me if the barn was normally so covered by a tree. I wasn't sure at first (aren't we observant? =O), but we looked and sure enough, it was not normally covered so much. Wind (I'm assuming) blew the tree down. So, David invested in a chain saw, and on Sunday went to work. Tom and Tina came over and helped him get the big part down. They are the best neighbors ever. On Sabbath, we found Hickory with a pair of Ms. Tina's shoes. Not good. And one of them was ruined a bit. Bad. So, we returned the shoes with $20 and some strawberries from the garden. On Sunday, when they came to help with the tree, Ms. Tina brought back the $20. And brought us some Chex Mix. She had duct-taped the back of her shoe where Hickory had ruined it. That lady. Then, when she was helping with the tree, she fell over into some thorns and tore her leg up. No complaint. Then, she was hauling a bucket with chain back to their truck, when she laughingly asked David to carry it for her. It was HEAVY, and she had carried it over half the way without showing any signs of trouble. Then, she got stuck when trying to back out of the pasture area, so she finally gunned it, and when she hit the road, she was squealing for all she was worth. Cracked me up. THEN! They came to look at our backyard, and gave us gardening advice. Like telling me that I should move the mulch away from the berries QUICK, 'cause that's probably what's killing it. And making the Rhubarb not so great. I need to get on that. Oh! And she mentioned that it looked like they might need to come over and help us mow. =O Yeah, we've been a bit behind on that, and the Mayfields (the previous owners of our abode) were really neat and had things" "just so". And now poor Tom and Tina are stuck looking at us trying to get things under control. =O Anyways, if there was a "neighbor-of-the-year" award, I'd appoint them. Or whatever the right word is.
Oh! And this morning, the kids were playing church and Sabbath School, with Ruby as the ringleader. It was the sweetest. I wish I had a video. They were all singing "Jesus Loves Me", and Jadelyn was doing so well that I wish I had it videoed. Then, there were times to stand up and sit down, and a nonsense sermon and a Children's story and I think prayer, and a time when Ruby was playing the piano and singing and Isaac joined her for a while before fervently playing the pedals for her. Precious. What a nice time!
Okay, that's probably enough rambling for now.
Funny quote I heard on Sunday. I guess David was telling the kids that he was going to play with some tools (maybe his chain saw?). Ruby told David that he couldn't play with tools, but he COULD play with some toys. I think there was a short period of silence before Isaac broke in and told Ruby that "when you play with tools, it's called work". I love that kid.
Last Monday morning, I had to take Ruby and Isaac to their "exercise doctor". I was running later than I would have liked, and in my hurry, I was trying to think of things I could cut out so that I would still make the appointment on time. I decided that fully packing the diaper bag was the place to cut some time out. I knew I had changes of pants in there for all 3 kids, but no shirts. I reasoned that that was fine, because I was only going to need changes of clothes if we had a potty accident. Then, suddenly, I (or was it God?) thought that I had better throw in some shirts, too, in case someone threw up (we live in curvy roads and in the past month, Ruby and Jadelyn got carsick, and made a MESS). So, I hurriedly grabbed some shirts and stuffed them in the bag. I (or was it God, again?) also had the thought that I should put the spray bottle with vinegar water in the van so I could clean out the car seat if the need arose. But I forgot that one. =O I loaded up my 3 children into the van and began the over hour trip to Shriner's. Less than 20 minutes into the trip, Jadelyn was overcome by the curvy roads and lost her breakfast. Now, I have one of the weakest stomachs of anyone I know. And my kids have gotten sick a LOT, but normally David is there to help me out (or should I say, to do the majority of the clean up while I cover my nose and do what I can manage with). I started looking for a place to pull over to clean up the mess, but there just wasn't many places and when I found them, I was too far past to pull in. So, thinking it over, I figured it might be best to continue on the trip (with my window down - FRESH AIR!!! Oh, and it had been raining earlier, but by the time this happened, it had stopped...so I wasn't getting wet) so that if Lynnie got sick again, I wouldn't be out of clothes, and so I wouldn't have to put her back into the nasty car seat with her clean clothes on (because I had forgotten the vinegar water =O). So, we continued on. We got to the appointment around 15 minutes early, which left me just enough time to get Jadelyn changed, wipe out her car seat with some paper towels (though I felt sick a little, with a few breaks of looking out away from the van, I was able to keep my breakfast down!), and get into the hospital. I feel that God must have been prompting me that morning, and if so, this is the first experience I can remember of recognizing His voice. (Though I might not have recognized until it was in hindsight). Now...certainly if God cares about a little throw-up and making sure that my daughter is clothed when we're out and about, why can't I remember that He cares about EVERYTHING? Everything that I struggle with. Everything I don't understand. Everything that perplexes me. Everything. Wow. What a God!
So, that was the story of Jadelyn's throw-up. Isaac got sick the next morning (or maybe that night) because he's a stubborn fella, and didn't like the food I served him on Monday, so he hardly ate anything. Then, he was so weak at breakfast on Tuesday that I was feeding him. And then he threw it all up. Sigh. But then, he picked back up on the eating and kept it down! =) Oh, and Ruby is so super sweet when Isaac is sick. Just wish she was that sweet all the time! =)
Ruby got a weird fever on Friday. Like she wasn't really showing any symptoms. Well, she didn't want to eat much at ALL, so was at the breakfast table until 10am. Then, she was just laying more than usual, though she was still singing/humming much of the time. Sweet Ruby! I didn't know what was going on until I kissed her head at one point, and yikes! It was hot! Got to over 103. But Motrin brought it down. Lovely Motrin. Then, today, it was Jadelyn and Isaac with fevers. Jadelyn is like Ruby was - still playing and not letting on that she is sick, other than not eating much. Isaac, however, just wanted to lay down. So we brought a sleeping bag outside and he and Alpine bonded in the shade all morning. We're supposed to head back to the exercise doctor's tomorrow, so we'll see if everyone is feeling well enough for that! =O
Today out in the yard, the robins who have a nest in the apple tree were squawking up a storm, and when I looked over, I saw that a baby robin was hopping around on the ground. And then saw Alpine stalking the bird. So, I ran at her, with mud flinging off my garden shoes. It was very valiant, let me assure you. =) Anyways, when I got over there, the adult robins were still squawking like crazy, and when I looked over, I saw the BIGGEST snake I have ever seen in the wild. IN MY YARD!!! =O Yowzers. It was 4-5 feet long, and slithered quickly into the mulch under the blackberries. Now I'm a little afraid to garden - be weeding along and grab out a SNAKE? Yikes. Anyways, I pointed the snake out to the kids, and Alpine kept an eye on it for her entire attention span, which seems to be 2 minutes? Ha. Anyways, we kept an eye on the baby robin for the remainder of our time outside, and tonight, I think I saw it out in the road, so I sure hope it makes it. Hopping and hopping and hopping...and when do they learn to fly, anyways?
After lunch, I noticed Hickory barking out in his "cage", and then noticed him jumping back from something. I wondered if it was a snake again, so ran out, and sure enough. It was poised like it might strike. Too bad I didn't have Tom and Tina's phone number, or I would've called 'em to see if they wanted to come shoot the thing for me. I had the foreign thought when it was in the mulch that if I had a hoe, I could probably whack it. I never thought I'd be capable of it before, and who knows if I really would be or not, but man...I don't like snakes. And not in my yard, for sure. Then I read that that kind of snake (or at least the kind I think it is), can climb trees and barn rafters and such. Lovely. =O Good thing was that David mowed yesterday so I could see the thing. Now, if it stays a good distance away from all of us, we might make it....maybe we moved too far south, though....=)
Speaking of the barn, at the end of last week, David asked me if the barn was normally so covered by a tree. I wasn't sure at first (aren't we observant? =O), but we looked and sure enough, it was not normally covered so much. Wind (I'm assuming) blew the tree down. So, David invested in a chain saw, and on Sunday went to work. Tom and Tina came over and helped him get the big part down. They are the best neighbors ever. On Sabbath, we found Hickory with a pair of Ms. Tina's shoes. Not good. And one of them was ruined a bit. Bad. So, we returned the shoes with $20 and some strawberries from the garden. On Sunday, when they came to help with the tree, Ms. Tina brought back the $20. And brought us some Chex Mix. She had duct-taped the back of her shoe where Hickory had ruined it. That lady. Then, when she was helping with the tree, she fell over into some thorns and tore her leg up. No complaint. Then, she was hauling a bucket with chain back to their truck, when she laughingly asked David to carry it for her. It was HEAVY, and she had carried it over half the way without showing any signs of trouble. Then, she got stuck when trying to back out of the pasture area, so she finally gunned it, and when she hit the road, she was squealing for all she was worth. Cracked me up. THEN! They came to look at our backyard, and gave us gardening advice. Like telling me that I should move the mulch away from the berries QUICK, 'cause that's probably what's killing it. And making the Rhubarb not so great. I need to get on that. Oh! And she mentioned that it looked like they might need to come over and help us mow. =O Yeah, we've been a bit behind on that, and the Mayfields (the previous owners of our abode) were really neat and had things" "just so". And now poor Tom and Tina are stuck looking at us trying to get things under control. =O Anyways, if there was a "neighbor-of-the-year" award, I'd appoint them. Or whatever the right word is.
Oh! And this morning, the kids were playing church and Sabbath School, with Ruby as the ringleader. It was the sweetest. I wish I had a video. They were all singing "Jesus Loves Me", and Jadelyn was doing so well that I wish I had it videoed. Then, there were times to stand up and sit down, and a nonsense sermon and a Children's story and I think prayer, and a time when Ruby was playing the piano and singing and Isaac joined her for a while before fervently playing the pedals for her. Precious. What a nice time!
Okay, that's probably enough rambling for now.
Funny quote I heard on Sunday. I guess David was telling the kids that he was going to play with some tools (maybe his chain saw?). Ruby told David that he couldn't play with tools, but he COULD play with some toys. I think there was a short period of silence before Isaac broke in and told Ruby that "when you play with tools, it's called work". I love that kid.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Catching up....
Let's see...Tuesday we headed to Shriner's for Ruby and Isaac's PT evaluation. I thought maybe we wouldn't get any services when one of the PT's met us in the waiting room and almost immediately commented on how good the kids were doing. Because they're walking or something. Helloooo...they're almost 4 and a half. They SHOULD be walking. Along with a bunch of other stuff that they can't do well. =P Anyways, they qualified, and we'll be heading over an hour one way, one day a week, for at least 12 weeks. But alas, they have no therapy pool, as it is leaking badly. Sigh. =( Also, the kids have been put on a RIGOROUS home therapy program. As in it takes me almost an hour and a half a day to do it. Yikes. Right when spring/summer is here and I have so much work to do. I hope I can get it all fit in. =/ I mentioned to the kids how the PT's must think I have nothing else to do, and Isaac has since asked me several times, "why do they think that you have no work to do?" Ooops...guess I better be more careful what I say, 'cause if that got back to the PT's, I'd be embarrassed. =O Anyways, after we were done at Shriners, we headed over to the church for lunch and naps so I could work more on the wall mural. I wonder if it'll EVER get finished. Yikes. Then, we loaded up and headed off to Wal-Mart and made it home for a late supper and then beddie-bye. =)
Yesterday was an INSANE day. At one point, I thought of how I always thought that Jadelyn hit her "terrible twos" at age 15 months, but now it looks like she was just gearing up for her REAL "terrible twos". Oh, boy. The kids were fighting and screaming and on and on and on and on....it was terrible. At one point I locked myself in my room for some "time with Jesus", 'cause I was just mad. And frustrated. And overwhelmed. You get the idea. While I was in there, the fight of all fights broke out, and I had to emerge long enough to tell the kids that Satan was really working hard, and we all needed a break. Kids were placed in their individual beds, and I retreated back to my room. Yikes. Glad not all days are like that. When David got home, supper was not ready (Jadelyn woke up with a temper that took a while to tend to), and so I mixed up pancakes and David cooked 'em up and sent me on a walk. It was lovely. And peaceful. And good for the soul. Thanks, Buddy! Some funny quotes from yesterday: David: "I want you guys to be nice and quiet while I go potty". Ruby: "what's that?" Ai yai, yai. And then, later, David was letting Isaac know that he was going to have to have a consequence for not obeying, so Isaac threatened to run away (who knew it started so young? =O), and then Ruby piped in, "I betcha that they'll catch ya!" Ha. At least I was cracked up some today. =)
Today is our NINE year anniversary! Crazy. The kids and I got outside for a little (really the first time all week, it's been rainy, cold, and overall nasty), so that was nice. We found that some critter has been enjoying bites out of our strawberries. Booger. Tonight, David and I are going on a date, and the kids (at least the older two) are getting excited about meeting their babysitter. I'm a bit nervous, as I've never met her before, but David says I have to "trust him". Okay. I will. But probably only because I want a break so bad! How terrible. =O
Yesterday was an INSANE day. At one point, I thought of how I always thought that Jadelyn hit her "terrible twos" at age 15 months, but now it looks like she was just gearing up for her REAL "terrible twos". Oh, boy. The kids were fighting and screaming and on and on and on and on....it was terrible. At one point I locked myself in my room for some "time with Jesus", 'cause I was just mad. And frustrated. And overwhelmed. You get the idea. While I was in there, the fight of all fights broke out, and I had to emerge long enough to tell the kids that Satan was really working hard, and we all needed a break. Kids were placed in their individual beds, and I retreated back to my room. Yikes. Glad not all days are like that. When David got home, supper was not ready (Jadelyn woke up with a temper that took a while to tend to), and so I mixed up pancakes and David cooked 'em up and sent me on a walk. It was lovely. And peaceful. And good for the soul. Thanks, Buddy! Some funny quotes from yesterday: David: "I want you guys to be nice and quiet while I go potty". Ruby: "what's that?" Ai yai, yai. And then, later, David was letting Isaac know that he was going to have to have a consequence for not obeying, so Isaac threatened to run away (who knew it started so young? =O), and then Ruby piped in, "I betcha that they'll catch ya!" Ha. At least I was cracked up some today. =)
Today is our NINE year anniversary! Crazy. The kids and I got outside for a little (really the first time all week, it's been rainy, cold, and overall nasty), so that was nice. We found that some critter has been enjoying bites out of our strawberries. Booger. Tonight, David and I are going on a date, and the kids (at least the older two) are getting excited about meeting their babysitter. I'm a bit nervous, as I've never met her before, but David says I have to "trust him". Okay. I will. But probably only because I want a break so bad! How terrible. =O
Monday, May 16, 2011
Just another day.....
I didn't get as much sleep as I require last night, and just felt today like I might not have the amount of patience needed for the kids. Jadelyn in particular was super cranky this morning. Praise God, He saw me through!!! =)
Today, Jadelyn was really wanting a "Bible", so I got her a Children's Bible. She wasn't about it. She wanted Ruby or Isaac's Bible. Then, I saw Ruby talking quietly with Jadelyn, explaining that the Bible's pages were "delicate" before handing over her Bible to Jadelyn. My sweet Ruby was here for much of today. I so appreciate that!
The kids were all about riding the tricycle again today. They took turns, though when it was Jadelyn's turn to get off the bike, she would get off, and throw herself on the ground screaming. Eventually, she stopped doing that. I doubt it was my disciplines that got through to her...maybe just the act of doing it again and again and seeing that she got a turn later? I don't know. Jadelyn did matter-of-factly rescue Isaac on two separate occasions when the bike tipped over on him. She would go over and quickly set it back up, freeing her brother.
After lunch, Ruby wanted to know if we were going to have time for "3 stories", as when we're running late for lunch (like last week 'cause we stayed outside late), we only have time for 1 story. I told her that yes, we had time for 3 stories. Then she wanted to know if they would have time to wash their own dishes. Bless her heart. Yup. We had time. So while I was reading to 2 kids, 1 was washing dishes. Except Jadelyn. I didn't give her that privilege yet, though I'm sure she wants it! =) Soon enough, Lynnie. =)
Tonight after supper, we all headed out to pick strawberries. Okay, the girls and the parents did. Isaac stayed in the sandbox. ;) The girls did some, too, but eventually meandered out to us. We were out for nearly 40 minutes, but got about 4.5 gallon bags of strawberries. Yee-haw! I'm glad they're doing so well. And the onions and green beans are popping up, too. I do so love me some garden food! =)
Well, tomorrow it's off to Shriner's for PT evaluations for Ruby and Isaac and then over to the church to paint on the mural and then home for supper. Could be a crazy day, or hopefully just a fun-filled-full day. I gotta get me some sleep. Adios.
Today, Jadelyn was really wanting a "Bible", so I got her a Children's Bible. She wasn't about it. She wanted Ruby or Isaac's Bible. Then, I saw Ruby talking quietly with Jadelyn, explaining that the Bible's pages were "delicate" before handing over her Bible to Jadelyn. My sweet Ruby was here for much of today. I so appreciate that!
The kids were all about riding the tricycle again today. They took turns, though when it was Jadelyn's turn to get off the bike, she would get off, and throw herself on the ground screaming. Eventually, she stopped doing that. I doubt it was my disciplines that got through to her...maybe just the act of doing it again and again and seeing that she got a turn later? I don't know. Jadelyn did matter-of-factly rescue Isaac on two separate occasions when the bike tipped over on him. She would go over and quickly set it back up, freeing her brother.
After lunch, Ruby wanted to know if we were going to have time for "3 stories", as when we're running late for lunch (like last week 'cause we stayed outside late), we only have time for 1 story. I told her that yes, we had time for 3 stories. Then she wanted to know if they would have time to wash their own dishes. Bless her heart. Yup. We had time. So while I was reading to 2 kids, 1 was washing dishes. Except Jadelyn. I didn't give her that privilege yet, though I'm sure she wants it! =) Soon enough, Lynnie. =)
Tonight after supper, we all headed out to pick strawberries. Okay, the girls and the parents did. Isaac stayed in the sandbox. ;) The girls did some, too, but eventually meandered out to us. We were out for nearly 40 minutes, but got about 4.5 gallon bags of strawberries. Yee-haw! I'm glad they're doing so well. And the onions and green beans are popping up, too. I do so love me some garden food! =)
Well, tomorrow it's off to Shriner's for PT evaluations for Ruby and Isaac and then over to the church to paint on the mural and then home for supper. Could be a crazy day, or hopefully just a fun-filled-full day. I gotta get me some sleep. Adios.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Why yes I did!
pull our van and trailer out of the pasture today with our lawnmower. 'Cause David asked me to and hooked it up for me. And 'cause we're redneck like that. It was extra nice that I got to drive through part of the barn, 'cause then nobody could see how pitiful we are, getting our van stuck in the pasture. Okay, David did it. But it was only 'cause he was gettin' stuff done! ;)
I spent the majority of today doing spring "organizing". Didn't quite get to the "cleaning" part, but I did get me some organizing done! David fixed Jadelyn's closet which had an unfortunate accident around 6 months ago =O, and built me a new shelf in the laundry room, so I could get stuff put away better there, too. Lovely. Just lovely. I do so love more organized rooms!
Hmmmm...David was putting some stuff up in the 4-foot-across rafters today. He was standing with one foot on one rafter, and one on the other. Ruby was standing directly under him, and all he could think was that if he fell, he was really gonna hurt the kids, who were completely oblivious to any danger. David asked Ruby if she was scared, and she, grinning up at him said, "no." David asked, "why not?" to which she responded, "because I love you!" There is trust at it's finest, 'eh?
David also said that Jadelyn was holding a rattle today (we use it like a maraca, so we keep it around), and then she whacked Ruby over the head for no apparent reason. That kid is getting aggressive. =P
Jadelyn is going through a somewhat lengthy "I-don't-like-Isaac-phase", which results in ear-splitting screaming if she sees him coming. Today, David was working on unpacking the garage some (yeah, well, we've ONLY lived here for almost 8 months =P), and found Jadelyn's tricycle. It was brought inside, as it was nasty outside, and wouldn't probably work that well in the gravel anyways, and Jadelyn tried it out. She wasn't getting the peddling idea and crashed it over two times. Finally, she gave up and was pushing it around. Which was all dandy until Isaac started sweetly offering to show her how to peddle it (and yes, he was DYING to ride it). She screamed. Then she got it stuck on the endtable. Isaac offered to help her and tried to do so. She screamed. It wasn't lovely at all. Finally, I suggested to Jadelyn that she let Isaac ride and she push the tricycle, to which she surprisingly assented. It went lovely! They were both happy as clams. Eventually, Jadelyn just ran around without holding onto the tricycle, and Isaac pedaled away. What fun they had! Then after supper, David had Ruby and Isaac taking turns by setting a 2 minute beeper, and every time the beeper went off, they switched off without a hitch. Which is nice. I love happy play times instead of screaming ones!
On a side note, (oh wait, these are ALL side notes, 'eh? =O) Jadelyn is having a rough time at the table lately. Not wanting her food and screaming for different food. She normally comes around and finally eats her food, but good grief. I hope she ends this phase and the "I-don't-like-Isaac-phase" soon.
Okay, it's late, this is getting LONG again, and I need to get to bed.
I spent the majority of today doing spring "organizing". Didn't quite get to the "cleaning" part, but I did get me some organizing done! David fixed Jadelyn's closet which had an unfortunate accident around 6 months ago =O, and built me a new shelf in the laundry room, so I could get stuff put away better there, too. Lovely. Just lovely. I do so love more organized rooms!
Hmmmm...David was putting some stuff up in the 4-foot-across rafters today. He was standing with one foot on one rafter, and one on the other. Ruby was standing directly under him, and all he could think was that if he fell, he was really gonna hurt the kids, who were completely oblivious to any danger. David asked Ruby if she was scared, and she, grinning up at him said, "no." David asked, "why not?" to which she responded, "because I love you!" There is trust at it's finest, 'eh?
David also said that Jadelyn was holding a rattle today (we use it like a maraca, so we keep it around), and then she whacked Ruby over the head for no apparent reason. That kid is getting aggressive. =P
Jadelyn is going through a somewhat lengthy "I-don't-like-Isaac-phase", which results in ear-splitting screaming if she sees him coming. Today, David was working on unpacking the garage some (yeah, well, we've ONLY lived here for almost 8 months =P), and found Jadelyn's tricycle. It was brought inside, as it was nasty outside, and wouldn't probably work that well in the gravel anyways, and Jadelyn tried it out. She wasn't getting the peddling idea and crashed it over two times. Finally, she gave up and was pushing it around. Which was all dandy until Isaac started sweetly offering to show her how to peddle it (and yes, he was DYING to ride it). She screamed. Then she got it stuck on the endtable. Isaac offered to help her and tried to do so. She screamed. It wasn't lovely at all. Finally, I suggested to Jadelyn that she let Isaac ride and she push the tricycle, to which she surprisingly assented. It went lovely! They were both happy as clams. Eventually, Jadelyn just ran around without holding onto the tricycle, and Isaac pedaled away. What fun they had! Then after supper, David had Ruby and Isaac taking turns by setting a 2 minute beeper, and every time the beeper went off, they switched off without a hitch. Which is nice. I love happy play times instead of screaming ones!
On a side note, (oh wait, these are ALL side notes, 'eh? =O) Jadelyn is having a rough time at the table lately. Not wanting her food and screaming for different food. She normally comes around and finally eats her food, but good grief. I hope she ends this phase and the "I-don't-like-Isaac-phase" soon.
Okay, it's late, this is getting LONG again, and I need to get to bed.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Quick notes before hitting the hay....
Today at Sabbath school, Miss Angel was telling about Daniel and the lions. She was at the part of the story when the bad guys caught Daniel praying to God, and she asked the kids what the bad guys did next. Ruby exclaimed, "threw him to the dandelions!" (not intending to be funny), which was quickly parroted by my little parrot Isaac, "threw him to the dandelions!" They so had no clue that they just said that the bad guys threw Daniel to some flowers. =)
Tonight, we went to a baptism. Near the end, Miss Hannah was singing a special music. A song I have never heard before, so I'm pretty sure Isaac hasn't heard it, either. But. That child stood next to David, and softly sang along with Miss Hannah...like he often sings with Ruby when she's making up songs. He's more than a parrot, he's a predictor parrot - able to guess what people are going to say, even! Ha! He was singing so sweetly that I wanted to watch him, 'cause he gets so intent and stuff, but I didn't want him to see me and get all crazy and goofy. What a singer, that fella is. After the baptism, we were outside talking to some church members and Ruby fell in slow motion down the step and hit her head on the brick stairs. Because there was an audience she didn't cry. Maybe I need to hire an audience to stay around our house? =P Jadelyn also got a good whack under her chin. No crying that time, either. Hmmm....anyone want to come be our audience? =P
On the way home from the baptism, we took some back roads for fun. A "cow trail" is what David likes to call it now, I guess. Anyways, we were almost home when Jadelyn suddenly let out a little cry. I figured maybe she had been sleeping and just woke up (as she does this cry at times like that). Less than a minute later, Ruby started crying. Isaac asked her, "what happened?" but she kept crying. I then asked her what happened, and she finally answered that she threw up. Lovely. The return of car sickness is upon us. =O Then, I said to David, "I wonder if Jadelyn threw up, too". So I checked. And she had. 2 nasty kids and carseats and blankets and clothes. Man, am I ever glad that David can handle puke. I spent the remainder of our ride home with my head sticking out the window so I wouldn't smell the nastiness coming from the back seat. Well, seats. But you get the idea. Ruby was milking this for all it was worth, crying the rest of the way home. Crying when she was stripped of her clothes. Crying when getting wiped up. Crying until she was again fully clothed in "warm" clothes. Then, she wanted to cuddle on the couch with Mommy with a bowl close by just in case she threw up. And eat "sick crackers", which Isaac quickly fetched for her. =) Oh, the drama! So, I was asking her why she had been crying, and she informed me that "I just thought that I was gonna burp", but then she threw up. Scary, traumatic stuff, you know. Isaac informed me while he was still in the van that he thought he might throw up while we were driving, but he just drank water and it pushed the throw up down. I think we'll skip the "cow trail" in the future. Yuck. Oh, at one point, I was covering my nose with my shirt while taking care of the dirty clothes, and Isaac asked me why. I informed him it was because I get sick when I smell throw up. We were talking as I loaded the washing machine (on a side note, I LOVE washing machines =D), and when I was finishing up with this job, and our discussion of throw up was winding down, Isaac announced cheerfully, "I'm gonna go make popcorn now!" Maybe he won't be grossed out by puke, either, so he can clean up when David's not around! =)
Oh, another Isaac story. Well, two. David filled the holes around our metal roof with foam spray a couple weeks ago so the birds and bees (ha ha. But seriously.) can't get in our attic. So, Isaac noticed today that the holes at the base of our metal exterior walls are not filled and informed David that he needed to fill those holes, too. That kid is a THINKER! Then, tonight, David and I were sitting on the back porch after putting the kids to bed when David noticed that there is a rope tied up to our propane tank. Apparently the other day when Isaac wanted to come inside so he could lay down on a soft place, but when that wasn't allowed, settled on laying on the double stroller? Well, he made sure that the rope tied to the stroller (David had given the kids a ride in it by pulling it behind the lawn mower at one point - safe, I know.) was also tied to the propane tank. To avoid rolling down the steep embankment directly beyond the stroller? I'll have to ask Isaac that question sometime. For now? It's WAAAAY past my bedtime. Night!
P.S. Wasn't this supposed to be a "quick post"? =P
Tonight, we went to a baptism. Near the end, Miss Hannah was singing a special music. A song I have never heard before, so I'm pretty sure Isaac hasn't heard it, either. But. That child stood next to David, and softly sang along with Miss Hannah...like he often sings with Ruby when she's making up songs. He's more than a parrot, he's a predictor parrot - able to guess what people are going to say, even! Ha! He was singing so sweetly that I wanted to watch him, 'cause he gets so intent and stuff, but I didn't want him to see me and get all crazy and goofy. What a singer, that fella is. After the baptism, we were outside talking to some church members and Ruby fell in slow motion down the step and hit her head on the brick stairs. Because there was an audience she didn't cry. Maybe I need to hire an audience to stay around our house? =P Jadelyn also got a good whack under her chin. No crying that time, either. Hmmm....anyone want to come be our audience? =P
On the way home from the baptism, we took some back roads for fun. A "cow trail" is what David likes to call it now, I guess. Anyways, we were almost home when Jadelyn suddenly let out a little cry. I figured maybe she had been sleeping and just woke up (as she does this cry at times like that). Less than a minute later, Ruby started crying. Isaac asked her, "what happened?" but she kept crying. I then asked her what happened, and she finally answered that she threw up. Lovely. The return of car sickness is upon us. =O Then, I said to David, "I wonder if Jadelyn threw up, too". So I checked. And she had. 2 nasty kids and carseats and blankets and clothes. Man, am I ever glad that David can handle puke. I spent the remainder of our ride home with my head sticking out the window so I wouldn't smell the nastiness coming from the back seat. Well, seats. But you get the idea. Ruby was milking this for all it was worth, crying the rest of the way home. Crying when she was stripped of her clothes. Crying when getting wiped up. Crying until she was again fully clothed in "warm" clothes. Then, she wanted to cuddle on the couch with Mommy with a bowl close by just in case she threw up. And eat "sick crackers", which Isaac quickly fetched for her. =) Oh, the drama! So, I was asking her why she had been crying, and she informed me that "I just thought that I was gonna burp", but then she threw up. Scary, traumatic stuff, you know. Isaac informed me while he was still in the van that he thought he might throw up while we were driving, but he just drank water and it pushed the throw up down. I think we'll skip the "cow trail" in the future. Yuck. Oh, at one point, I was covering my nose with my shirt while taking care of the dirty clothes, and Isaac asked me why. I informed him it was because I get sick when I smell throw up. We were talking as I loaded the washing machine (on a side note, I LOVE washing machines =D), and when I was finishing up with this job, and our discussion of throw up was winding down, Isaac announced cheerfully, "I'm gonna go make popcorn now!" Maybe he won't be grossed out by puke, either, so he can clean up when David's not around! =)
Oh, another Isaac story. Well, two. David filled the holes around our metal roof with foam spray a couple weeks ago so the birds and bees (ha ha. But seriously.) can't get in our attic. So, Isaac noticed today that the holes at the base of our metal exterior walls are not filled and informed David that he needed to fill those holes, too. That kid is a THINKER! Then, tonight, David and I were sitting on the back porch after putting the kids to bed when David noticed that there is a rope tied up to our propane tank. Apparently the other day when Isaac wanted to come inside so he could lay down on a soft place, but when that wasn't allowed, settled on laying on the double stroller? Well, he made sure that the rope tied to the stroller (David had given the kids a ride in it by pulling it behind the lawn mower at one point - safe, I know.) was also tied to the propane tank. To avoid rolling down the steep embankment directly beyond the stroller? I'll have to ask Isaac that question sometime. For now? It's WAAAAY past my bedtime. Night!
P.S. Wasn't this supposed to be a "quick post"? =P
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