Christmas Recital

For the first time Leah walked right up to the microphone and announced her name and song! We did not manage to get it on video. Here is the rest.

grow box

Kate has become Dave's little shadow and wonderful helper in the yard this fall. She will help him "build" for hours! This little video is her "system" for building grow boxes. She repeats this cycle over and over.

Little Reader

Kate is very into reading books to her babies right now. She will line them up on the couch, bed or chair and read book after book to them. Sometimes it's a book she can actually read and in this case the baby usually "reads" the book and Kate praises her for it greatly! Funny to hear a toddler reading in what she thinks is a babies voice. Cutie pants.

Happy Halloween!

The first thing Leah said to me after finishing her song was , " I messed up twice!"

Perfectionism is a serious  struggle for her. She did great!!!!

Too much.

My computer is full! I need to empty all the pictures and videos off onto a hard drive. This means they will likely not be looked at for many years now. So her is the final dump of photos from this summer that I want to have easy access to. The new property, saying goodbye to Olive Juice- so many things should have their own posts. But for now....a jumbled mess of photos.

These are some photos from the 40!

Mary and Dave enjoyed some tree tipping.

Yes, this happened. Transporting the alpacas in the minivan.

My egg art. I wanted colorful eggs and I sure got them!

Kate really enjoyed picking and washing all the tomatoes this year.

She really will not leave these cats alone!

We said goodbye to our Olive Juice. Kate still talks about her most every day. She was a very sweet pain in my ass. I loved her so much and will miss her forever.

Leah really got into the owl pellet dissection! We still have all the bones....yuck!

Playing With Blocks

This is how we play with blocks in our preschool! Notice how Dave has all the blocks set up so the kids can easily grab them. Go Dave!

Kate's First Book!

Kate has been ready to read for a few months now. She knows all the letters and sounds they make well and "reads" to her babies all the time. I will admit I have been  putting it off. Not sure why but maybe it's hard for me to think of her being old enough to start reading. She is now only a few months younger than Leah was when she first started. So here we go! So far she LOVES it! Although she does not always like to start at the beginning of the book as you will see!