We are here

I feel bad that I don't blog more often. But I'm really not a writer so I find this hard. I love reading all of your blogs. So here is an attempt at a post about us here. :) A lot of things have happened and these pictures show some of the highlights.
 I really have trouble making the layout of this the way I want it so I guess I wont be able to do captions by the pictures.

Now we are friends

Lars and Lemon have found each other to be fun playmates. Lars laughs and laughs while she enjoys playing with him.

dish duty

At last I have someone who is more than happy to help with dishes! She is so excited when it is time to clean dishes.

Once upon a time....

We had lemonade.
And we liked it very much.
It was so pretty and fun.
We raked tons of pine needles into piles.

We watched Disney on Ice and enjoyed it very much.

Day 6

• My children are at this moment playing in the garage with their bikes. Their bikes are upside down and the are using them to, "make candy." You will have to ask them how this is done as I am not sure quite how to do it.
• Another day of school went well.
  
• We ran to Wal-mart to get some ink for the printer.
• Had some nice phone calls tonight.
  
• We had one of the kids' and my favorites for dinner; Split pea soup, with ham, and corn bread.
  

School really takes up a lot of our time now. It is time well spent and we all enjoy it so it's good.

Day 5

• We had our first school day. It went very well. The kids were very happy to be "doing school."
• I rearranged the kitchen dinning room.
• moped the tile floors.
• The kids played hide and seek around the house.
• the kids took a bunch of pillows and got into the pillow cases and jumped up and down the hallway.
• Lars reported that he had killed his pet. And I thought oh no he's killed the fish. But no, he had killed the fly that was in his room. His heart was fairly broken.
• We went to Aldi and Wal mart.
  
• We had fresh broccoli with our supper. I really like the taste of fresh broccoli cooked in the microwave with butter and salt and pepper. The kids don't find it as lovely as I do.
  

Day 4

• We, went to church this morning. It was lovely. My class had a breakfast potluck and fellowship time intead of regular classes.
  
• After church we joined our church family for a spaghetti dinner. We did not join in the cake *auction but we were there at that time.
  
• I did stuff to get ready for our first day of school tomorrow. I am very excited to get started on that.
• We spent time sitting around the table coloring pictures together.
  
• I stayed up way to late last night reading one of my new books. bad girl. Now I am very tiered!
• Lars fell asleep on my lap while we were watching a youtube thing on the computer.
  
• Lars went to Sunday school class by himself without fussing and then had a very good time while he was there. amazing. I gave him a little talking to before we left about how he was a big boy now and that he would go to class with out a fuss - "no, no, stop fussing while I'm talking to you about it too... Okay, remember you are a big boy and you will have a good time."

*Oops. thanks for pointing that out.

Day 3

• The kids played at the neighbors for awhile.They drove the little battery powered cars around about the whole time. They also gave Lars a little bike.
• Went to a Yesteryear Festival. It was a small colonial reenactment. I guess there was a fort or "arsenal" here at that time.All that is left of it is some footing stones. They have also made what they call a ghost tower because it is like a trellis in the shape and size that the tower was. There were men dressed up as soldiers from the revolutionary war. They did some firing of canons and muskets.Making pewter stuff. I can't remember what he was making while we were watching.

We also got to taste some fresh pressed apple cider.

• did the laundry - completely.
• the kids played at the neighbors again this afternoon.
  
• I bought two books from the author herself at the reenactment. They are historical fiction about the colonial times her in North Carolina. I read the first one this afternoon. It was a good read.

We had a busy good Saturday. thought about Keren a lot today. Happy Birthday little sister!

Day 2

• Mowed the grass. Which means I picked up tons of pine cones.
• Cleaned out the truck and car. The truck really needed it. I should have washed the outsides of them but did not.
• Went to the LAB this morning. For some reason it really hurt when she put it in the left arm and then it would not flow... So, I almost fainted and we had to sit there for a long time trying to keep me from passing out. Finally my head started feeling like it should and she was able to get it in my right arm. Crazy Phobia!
• We went for a little drive, just to see what where the road would take us. We were also keeping our eyes open for any playgrounds.
• Bought corn at a farmers market.
• Lars started singing at the supper table. I was not sure what he was singing but then Molly joined him. He would join her for the last part of the last word for each phrase. They were singing, I'm in the Lords Army. When Molly sings that song though it is one of those songs that never ends. So I had to remind them to finish their dinners.
• Bathed all of my children tonight.

• Called the Cell phone company. Oh, yesterday some sort of cable company guy called. He started off saying that he had a better deal then what I had and kept going on about this good deal he had for me. When he finally let me say something I told him I had no TV. He was totally baffled by this and then mumbled something about wasting his time!

I got a new seed catalog in the mail today so I think I will get ready for bed and go enjoy that.

Day 1

• Organized my room and closet.
• organized office and office closet.
• rearranged the living room- still not quit satisfied with that, this will be happening again I'm sure.
• Played barbies with the kids. The girls and I also made some furniture - We are finding hot glue to be a very fun to use tool.
• cleaned the garage.
• Vacuumed living room, hall and my bedroom.
• worked in the garden - we got to visit with Miss Smith while we were doing that.
• Made and served real meals for my family.

• made some homemade Chai. Heidi had the idea to sit out back while we drank it. That was very pleasant. We even turned up our Dino radio so we could have music while we were out.

All in all it has been a good day. I will keep you posted on how this goes.
My radio is now playing What a Friend we have in Jesus.

The first one!

Molly had the first tooth come out on Monday! The children were very excited about her loss. I really think she could not be old enough to be losing teeth! I really hope the one that comes in is not much bigger than the one that came out because her mouth is already crowded!

update

We have had a lovely Christmas holiday. We've stayed up late and slept in late most days. :) We've played lots of music and listened to lots of different types of holiday music; a Merry Axmas album, traditional carols, sung and or instrumental.
We've worked on some projects. Derek and I (mostly Derek) put together a quilt. I have done a lot of baking; cookies, candy and breads.
The kids have enjoyed having their favorite plaything around to clime on, ride on and abuse on a regular basis.(Derek)
I made the kids some play dough and they have been very creative with that again.
Also, We had a very nice Christmas day. We slept in (again). The kids were very excited about opening presents and thought they were all really great. Derek got each of them some sort of game. So, over the course of the day we played each of them. I really enjoyed playing games with all of them.
We also had friends over for dinner and had an enjoyable time visiting with them and laughing at our kids together.
Derek and Molly helped put the dinner together and serve it so I never felt at all stressed about it. We made mini apple pies that turned out really cute and yummy.
All in all We have been so very blessed.
Please keep me in our prayers as I will be having surgery on my neck in a week and a half. ( I still have a cough so I am concerned a little about that.)
God bless you in 2009!

songs and skits