It hasn't really felt like fall yet, other than the days getting shorter... I have a long list of chores for "when it finally cools off." Like, self clean the oven. :P
The girls had a half day so we met Grandma at her office and checked out the waiting room toys.
Then we ate lunch at the park. Miriel fell off the picnic table bench and was not in a good mood so we didn't stay long.
Cecily wants a dollhouse for her birthday so I've been working on putting together this kit... There's a lot of prep work, and I don't like prep work. I want to get to the fun part, but if I don't do the prep it won't look good when I do. Sigh.
We went to the church chili supper this year, it was a very warm, but good, night.
Haha awww.
So. Many. Tiny. Pieces. And they all need 2-3 coats of paint. Cecily picked the colors- it came with a coloring page of the dollhouse so you can figure out what colors you want to paint where, so that was fun.
Emmy started off sick week by missing school Monday-Tuesday. She complained of a headache so I never actually took her temp- and she threw up Monday evening. Woot. I'm a bit of a slacker when it comes to temperatures. They are always different depending on what thermometer you use and where you use it and unless it's super, super high it doesn't really tell you any thing, you already know they are sick. Plus, they say that you can tell within a few tenths of a degree just feeling their forehead with your hand. And I think the girls general whinyness/irritability level is a better indicator of degree of illness than what the thermometer says. So she just laid around and watched cartoons for two days, and then by Thursday Cecily was feverish and she was home from school on Friday. Miriel has had a runny nose for weeks and weeks now and Cadence too.... woot. Bob's allergies are bad since it's been so dry and dusty and I'm perpetually congested (yay pregnancy) so we were a fun bunch.
We were invited to "Betty's house" on Sunday evening. The girls were super excited. Honestly I was too, we don't get out much and Betty's a great cook. :P So good food and good company and a good time was had by all.
Haha. "Uncle Matt in an Advertisement" now joins the other classic and beloved art piece on our fridge; "Uncle Jakey Stuck in Mud."
She really is the best little two year old- plays really well alone (even if it is her sister's stuff), is super sweet most of the time ("sweet dweams, mama"). Other than her aversion to wearing clothing on her bottom half and the occasional "no, my do it" she's a lot of fun to have around.
Books on the kitchen floor make such better beds than doll cradles, obviously.
Waiting for the homecoming parade...
Fourth grade has been doing a marching band unit in music (which I love), and they got the opportunity to march behind the HS band in the homecoming parade. She was sooooo excited. It made me miss marching band days and wish that we had a competitive band in our district because band competitions were the best.
We went from the parade to the farm because Jake and Rachel were in town, and we needed combine rides, and to celebrate Cecily's birthday.
Back a lane from where the farm sits now used to be an older farmhouse where my Grandpa lived until he was 13 when they built the current farmhouse. They tore the old house down and used parts of it in the "new" house; like the attic staircase has cutouts for spindles but it's always been walled in. When I was a kid we used to come back here in the spring and we'd find pieces of broken dishes and crocks in the field and it was our own mini archeological site. I found one arrowhead and that was the coolest thing ever. Anyway, the combine was back there.
Miri got a ride.
She rode in the semi a little bit and the tractor with Uncle Fred.
The older three piled in the combine with Grandpa.... it was a little too big and scary for Miri, plus there wasn't any more room. :P
I rode up to the elevator with Troy in the semi. Haha. He asked if it was weird to be riding in a semi with my little cousin driving..... maaaayyybeee. It had been ages and ages since I'd been to the elevator, like riding in the old dump trucks with Grandpa ages ago. It is a much quicker process now- they unloaded the semi in a fraction of the time it used to take to empty the dump trucks. Still holding up manila folders to the ladies in the office though...
After supper there were presents. :)
Saturday was a quiet day at home. I worked on Cecily's Siberian Tiger cake. ha. If you know what you're looking at it looks sort of tiger-ish. Ish. I won't quit my day job.
She was pleased, though. AND Grace and Eden spent the night so they were there on her birthday morning and it was the best thing ever.
Sunday mornings are not the best birthday mornings, but after church there were candles (10 of them already!! Don't mind me while I freak out about that!)....
... and presents!
Checking out the progress on her dollhouse. No, we don't in fact have room for it, but you know. Happy 10th Cecily!
This week was watch week at tumbling- we get to see them show us what they've learned during the last few minutes of class. It's amusing. Emmy is focused and enthusiastic.
Cadence is a squirrel and a ball of energy.
Cecily is more self conscious, but she's close to getting her back handspring.
I'm just glad they're improving so they are less likely to hurt themselves trying new things at home or on other people's trampolines.
Cecily's in an extra-curricular music group at school and they performed at the Lion's club last night, and Susan's home so she stopped by today.... we aren't super busy, and yet, it seems like there's been a lot going on the last few weeks.
Poor 'Grandpa Bear' spent today getting dressed up in all sorts of doll clothes.... He's a memory bear I made for Bob from one of Grandpa B's shirts but Miriel has pretty well claimed him as her own. :P
Blessings.
