It has been such a busy summer. Kate has been is full teething mode. This puts Leah in full frustration mode. And Dave and I spend our days just trying to keep the peace it seems. The upside of this is we get out of the house A LOT to try and distract them both. The downside is we are always exhausted! In the midst of it all the garden(s) have done so well with food production and Dave has managed to build another grow box, finish the goats summer home structure, and build our new deck! All he has left on the deck are the stairs and the railing. We are also now in major Harbour Island planning mode. Just a little over a month and a half now until departure day. We found a super good deal on airfare this year so will be staying almost 5 weeks!!!!! What are we thinking!? It's going to be SOOOOO hard to come home after 5 weeks. Torture.
What are the kids up to? Well Leah has a best friend across the street she plays with almost daily. I really don't know how we survived before the age of friendship! They have so much fun together. They play for hours and hours(6 hours a few days ago) and have so much fun pretending to be dogs or horses or whatever animal they are into that day. Said friend is 5 and stared kindergarden this year which makes Leah so jealous! Leah started with a new class for fall but still at her teacher Miss Sharon's house. She has 5 kids in her class this year and goes 3 days a week for 21/2 hours. All her classmates will start kindergarden next year. Man I am not looking forward to when she figures this out and learns she has a whole extra year before she can go!
Kate is teething. teething teething teething(see photo below). All I can say is 5 to go. And the molars are already in so that's a plus. The few things that distract her from her pain are reading,(we do so. much. reading.) bike rides,(pulling 70 lbs total weight with both kids and trailer is a VERY good workout) and visits with family and friends. This means that Dave's parents have seen way more of us than they want to lately. Kate is also busy learning her letters, singing songs and she can recently count to ten! She is much more athletic than Leah was at this age and wants to climb on EVERYTHING!
Here is all the randomness we thought to grab the camera for in the last few months.
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| Teething pain face |
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| Awwww |
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| They love to dress up with the scarves |
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| Reading...again |
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| Kate quickly learned where all the strawberry plants in the yard are and would go strait to them when let out of the house. She would also lay her hand on your shoulder gently while you picked them for her. It was so sweet and tender! Wish I could have captured it. |
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| Leah with her other best friend Sonora. |
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| A common summer scene. |
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| Having a ball as usual. |
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| Fun with dragon flies. We get swarms of dragonflies that come out in the early evening. The kids love to try and catch them or watch the cats jump around trying to catch them. This one was injured and fun to see up-close. |
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| Kate loves loves loves the goats! She has spent hours picking up hay off the ground and "feeding" them this summer. Much of the time without pants of course. |
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| very common wildness |
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| Doing each others hair |
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| A Visit from cousins Brooklyn and Jaxson |
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| Kate playing with the first harvest back in July |
