I absolutely love fall.
I love the cool mornings.
I love the changing leaves.
I love playing outside with my kids.
I love pumpkins and gourds and seeing everyone's decorations.
I love that it freezes and I'm allowed to let my garden go.....all I have to do now is pick the underground stuff.
It's just a wonderful time of year; I only wish fall lasted three months instead of the hot summer. That's just me, though.
Today's a bit warmer than it has been lately. We're making good use of the weather outside; we started cross-fencing a pasture by our house. (Cross-fencing is just dividing the large pasture into smaller pastures so that we can rotate our cows next year...it helps prolong the life of the grass.) We've been digging holes for railroad ties this morning. Now the kids are napping. They were so tired; they sort of cried and whined their whole way through lunch. I was glad to send them off to bed; they were sleeping within minutes.
We've also been busy with many other things this month...or at least Matt is every day....I help when I can or he really needs assistance. He's been combining beans and fixing machinery; we've been hauling manure and hauling cows home together. I'm so glad all the cows are home now. It's so nice to know we only have one pasture to go and check and that if we need to give them a bale here and there, we don't have to spend half a day bringing hay down to my pasture.
Clarence has enjoyed his first two weeks of preschool...(It's only been 4 half-days, but he loves it!). He rides the bus now with cousin Tucker. He's picked up about 7:50. He gets to school, they play, then go eat breakfast as a class, then come back and brush their teeth. Then they get to make projects, play in the gym or outside, and read books. He really loves school; he's always asking me when the bus is coming again to get him for "cool". Of course, as soon as he gets any free moments, he's working on his pen. He recently moved it over by the horse pen, and has moved the panels around to make a chute. He's decided it's going to be a calf pen for the little calves. He's just constantly working on it to perfect its usefulness, I guess. :) He even has a bale of nice green alfalfa spread around the pen.....what he's expecting to come and eat it, I'm not sure.
He spent the night at Nikki's on Thursday. He noticed all the leaves in her yard and told her, "You need clean you yard up." So they went out and taked for a bit. They made a big pile of leaves, and Clarence pointed to the raked part, "That look so nice." He's such a little perfectionist! It makes me laugh!
Adina's having fun at home with me while Clarence is gone at school. We just hang out and get a little bit of work done, then it's time to go and pick him up. People keep asking her if she wants to ride the bus, and she replies, "maybe yater"...meaning that she's really not ready yet. "Maybe Yater" is her answer for when she doesn't get to do something today, tomorrow, or for a while. She understands that "maybe later" is a ways away, so that's how she responds. She's into playing with her Barbie, Ariel, putting on lip gloss, brushing her hair, and wrapping up her babies lately. She's also really into training her kitties, too. She loves playing "out-hide baby hihees". I love listening to her talk. We can really have a pretty full conversation these days, which is nice for me...I understand better what she wants.
I started teaching piano lessons in St. Vincent last week. I've got 20 students up there. I'm hoping it'll be a good year with everyone willing to practice and move along in their books. :) I'll also be teaching some lessons in Lancaster on Monday evenings, but I'm really glad I split the days up...it would get to be such a long day if I hadn't. I'm not really sure how things will work after the baby comes and I decide to teach again...I guess I'll just cross that bridge when I come to it. Just pray that it'll all work out ok, I guess.
Well, hope you're enjoying our fabulous fall! Pray that we get some rain soon....it's so dry everywhere!
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