This Weekend

Eric listening to a Cardinals game and holding the antenna so it isn't fuzzy.  He is pretty excited about them going to the world series again.  He is serious in wanting to drive down next weekend and go to a game.  He said he looked up the cost of a ticket and it is about $400.  I'm glad he thinks that is too much money.

 

Janie did her own hair!

 

 

A friend gave us this tux as a hand me down so he wore it to church today.  And yes he sits in a girl colored carseat.

 

He makes this scrunched up nose face a lot.  He does when the camera comes out or when he gets shy in front of other people.

 

 On our drive home from church we pass farms and fields.  Fields of corn, apple orchards, grapes, sunflowers...  It is actually a really pretty drive.  Anyways, today on our way home Blake told me that when he grows up he isn't going to work like dad does in a building--but he is going to be a farmer.  I asked him if he would grow some fruits and vegetables for me.  He asked "Well are you going to live in Michigan?  Because that is where I'm going to be a farmer.  If you live in Michigan, I will share my food with you."

 

 

Janie has been saying some funny things lately.  In preschool she has been learning about seasons and how it is fall.  I think that she knows it correct now, but for a few weeks if you asked her what the season was, she would say "fart."  (She can't say the r sound.)

She likes me to spin her in the air and will ask me "Mom, will you diz me around?"

Her counting is fun to listen to.  She gets to 20 and then jumps all around.  When she makes it to the 50s she calls it five-ty one, five-ty two... I asked her how old she thought I was and she counted ...27, 28, 29, 90!

She loves her nusery leader Melanie (and her husbands name is J.C.).  She came home from church today with a picture of a hand drawn princess.  I asked her who drew it and she said "JCPenney."

Lately

Ty enjoys this chair lately and will sit to watch about a minute of a show.  And then he is off.

 

I got to go with Blake on his first field trip!  All of the kindergarteners got to go to Stovers Farm to pick an apple and a pumpkin, go on a hay ride, and try apple cider.  He loved it all--especially the bus ride.

 

 

Janie after licking cake batter.  Doesn't take much to make her happy.

Conference Weekend

We brought 3 bushels of Michigan apples up to Keri's house to make applesauce.  That is around 120 pounds of apples!  They make applesauce every year and it was fun to see the process.  When I worked on the first couple of batches for some reason I mostly cranked out apple juice... so I let Eric take over in the kitchen. 

 

Janie washing and eating the apples.

 

Brian and Blake raked the whole front yard.  They wouldn't jump in it until they had finished.  I guess they never officially finished and never jumped in.  They were sad when the leaves were all bagged up the next morning.  It had rained that night anyways.

 

 

The boys taking a break and having a heart to heart.

 

 

Janie would ask any cousin to play dolls, barbies, kitchen, crafts, jump on trampoline with her and they all would.  What a lucky little girl.  These cousins are so sweet.

 

Abbie especially loved Ty.  She was so cute with him and always telling me how much she loved his spiked hair.

Missy

I have been meaning to write a little something for my Missy dog on my blog.  About a month ago my parents had to put Missy down.  She was 13 years old and not functioning right.  It is sad to imagine going home and not seeing her.  It was always so fun to go visit and watch my kids either be deathly afraid or extremely excited because of her.

I remember when we got her.  I was in high school and was a little surprised when my parents said we were going to get a dog.  My dad drove me and my sisters a couple hours away to pick her up.  She was the tiniest little thing.  Kind of guinea pig size and I held her in one hand.  I remember holding her with my hand against my shirt on the drive home.  She peed on me and it was such a small amount because she was so tiny.  Although gross, I remember thinking 'that is the cutest little amount of pee I've ever seen.'  She was adorable. 

I loved taking her for walks to the park and throwing the frisbee and watching her bounce through the grass running after it.  I will admit that in general I am not a dog person, but I would take another Missy.

Mini Golfing

Friday night I told Eric that we were going to be the coolest parents ever.  The kids and I grabbed a pizza and went to Eric's office and sat under a tree to eat until he was done working and could come join us.  Then we went to buy a card for six oil changes for $80.  Isn't that a great deal?  I love a good deal.  That wasn't part of the family fun night.  We surprised the kids and took them mini golfing.  They had never done that before and were so excited.  Especially because Blake has been asking for awhile for Eric to take him to the driving range where they have a little putting green.  Janie liked mini golfing fine but would get bored and start playing with Ty.  But Blake could have kept playing all night.  He wanted to do another 18 holes. 

 

 

 

Where did it go?

 

He found the rocks and created himself another little job.  Dropping them in, taking them out, transfering them from one hole to the next...

 

Don't judge me for Janie's wild hair or Ty's shoelessness.

 

Hole in one dance!

 

Culvers ice cream after

 

We made a fort and stayed with the kids under it until they fell asleep.  It was pretty great.  The kids kept telling us thank you for a fun night.

Cider Mill / Apple Picking

Janie's preschool group went on a little field trip and it was pretty adorable.  We watched how apple cider is made.  Then we got to try some along with some donuts which were delicious.  Then on to the apple orchards for picking.  I bought 6 half bushels of apples to make a ton of applesauce with Keri next weekend and the kids can't wait.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Clothes

 

 

 

 

I haven't taken pictures for awhile.  Maybe it was because Ty didn't really have any clothes.  I didn't find much from when Blake was this age.  So I finally went shopping and come to find all of the clothes are too big for him.  I bought jeans and pants that are 12 to 18 months and they slide right off.  He is a picky little eater so maybe that is why.  He does have a big belly though--kind of huge.  But he has small hips and his legs are white and skinny.

 

Eveyone comments on his hair which is funny because I don't think anything about his hair.  Just a head of hair to me.  But people stop me everywhere and say "Oh look at that hair!" 

 

He isn't talking much but today he did say "Jesus."  And it was cute and I could understand it every time even though someone else might not be able to. 

 

He always has something in each hand and is carrying it around the house.  Only to drop it where it doesn't belong and find two more things to pick up and take somewhere else.