Raise the Song of Harvest Home!

The only thing I really love about fall is combine rides, so Little Miss and I bummed rides this week. 

I think she liked it.  *grin* 

 

Watching the tractor and wagon out the window.



 
Hi Troy!  Your tractor is the wrong color...

 
"You're going to let mom drive Grandpa?  I want out now!"

 

For the record, it's extremely difficult to take a picture while driving a combine.
 

And also when you're holding a squirmy Cecily apparently... haha.  *sigh* I am so un-photogenic. 

 

Hanna came to play for a little bit on Thursday.  This picture cracks me up, Hanna looks so happy and Cecily looks not so happy.
 

 

Thursday we went to visit Grandpa Koch for a little bit.  Otherwise, it's been a quiet week.  We haven't been doing much except getting ready for Little Miss's first birthday party.  *grin*  She's so excited, I can tell.

Blessings.

Baking and Desserts

So my Grandma and Aunt Pearline are pretty amazing cooks.  And bakers.  On Thursday little miss and I went over to Grandma's to learn how they make their cinnamon rolls and Pearline's bread.  Uncle Andy was over too so not only did I get to watch Grandma, I got to hear how Frieda made her rolls too.  So classic.  

 

 

Little miss wasn't being very friendly and was kind of grumpy...  

 

Somehow we came home with two dozen cinnamon rolls, two loaves of Pearline's bread, a casserole, and a bag of animal crackers.  *grin*  So typical.  Thanks Grandma!
 

I don't know how many times I've put these books back... and the newspapers.  She got stuck in the basket once, which I thought was hilarious.  She was not so impressed.
 

Saturday afternoon we set up the fellowship hall for Matt and Lena's second reception. 
 

Tate and Auntie Shelly entertained little miss.... ok, they worked too. 
 

The centerpieces were fake mercury glass candle holders with sprigs of lavender.

 

And wedding pictures spread around.

 

 

The desserts were fabulous... and there were leftovers so we got to bring some home, hooray! We got to talk to some cool people...  Fred makes me feel so dumb... and I'm jealous that he gets to do experiments at Argonne.  We got to sit with Kaiser's, Nic and Amanda, Blake and Kris, Denver and Sharon... good times.

Sunday we went to W-ton for the first time since Mother's day.  Yes, I know that's pathetic.  And then we ate supper at Bob's parent's because Susan was home.  Hooray for busy weekends.

 

Blessings.

Just call me Annie...

... Oakley, that is.  So, we've seen two chipmunks in our yard all summer.  They killed my zucchini plant and took bites out of my tomatoes.  I finally got fed up with them and put a bunch of D-con down their holes.... and then Bob saw all the holes and decided that they needed to die. 

 

The fat one, blatantly eating my tomato.

 Bob got the skinny one out the window on Sunday...  then I got the fat one out the window on Monday.  *grin* 

Otherwise, it's been quiet around here.  We dropped little miss off at Dale and Meg's on Friday and went out to eat alone for the first time since she was born... yeah... that is kind of pathetic... 

Cecily and I also spent an afternoon at the garden center shopping the end of season sales.  She had a great time riding around on the little wagon.

I've been spraying painting vases and making the house smell like solvents...  woot woot.

And following little miss around and picking up her messes.  *grin*
 

  Blessings.

Labor Day Weekend

So, little miss is a little destructive whirlwind these days....  

 

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Exhibit C

Fun times.  Thankfully, we don't have a whole lot of "stuff" for her to get into.  Although, I had to move all of my plants out of the sunny windows so they will probably die. 

Last week my mom brought tomatoes over and watched Cecily while I made sauce.  Yum.  I made a mess of my stove, as you can see.  And then one of my jars broke when I put it in the canner so I had to start all over with water and it takes forever to heat up.  *sigh*  Then I burned the bottom layer of sauce in the second kettle.  Not my day for being domestic.

Little miss usually follows me around when I vacuum, but one time she didn't and I found her on the hearth, playing with her toys. 

Anyway, Labor Day not-Camping.  We spent the weekend with our potluck at Rassi's "cabin" instead of camping because of the rain.  Honestly, I was kind of glad we were indoors anyway because Bob's allergies have been awful the last week or so and camping would have exacerbated them.  And Bob is like most men when he isn't feeling well...

We got there right before it started raining, so we did get to make our pizza pies over the fire.  Little miss was a little unsure about it all.

But she warmed up to it and had a great time with all the kids.  The A/C wasn't working very well, so it was a little warm inside.  She was sporting some humidity curls...hehe.

We did not spend the night, so we got there just in time for breakfast in the morning.  The men spent the day trying out Bob's new game.

 

It was kind of a dreary weekend, so I'm glad we got to spend it with good friends. 

Reading with Hanna...

Sunday little miss wore her dress that Auntie Shelly brought back from India.  I tried to get a picture of her, but she would not. sit. still.  Haha. 

We visited Grandpa Koch at the nursing home and we spent the rest of the weekend being lazy. 

This week has been pretty quiet.  I returned my mom's kettle one day and ended up staying and helping her make grape jam.

Blessings.