- it's summer
- we're busy
- Clarence
- Adina
- Clifford
- yeah, I don't know....
So anyway, I've thought about my blog and writing fun things, and then I think about a nap while Cliff's napping and that always wins. Except today...today I missed his nap. And the past few days. Oh well...
Matt's busy cutting CRP hay and some random little oats fields we have close to the house. The fields are all too rough, so I'm no help for him. That makes me a little sad - I love helping him in the hay field. So he's been recruiting help when and where he can...Laverne, his brother Mark, and Clarence (only as a tractor companion). He's almost done baling for now, and then he'll be working on hauling everything home, which will take a few days.
The kids are great. I'm sad that Clarence is starting Kindergarten soon. I know he'll have fun, but I'll sure miss him during the days. He's fun to talk to and so helpful. He's always randomly bringing in eggs and tomatoes and green beans (7 at a time) from the garden. He tries about 3 times a day to convince me that his kitten, Elsa, should be a housecat. I say no. And he's always talking about making random pastures and paddocks for his two calves, Lettie and Ralphie.
Adina's busy too. She likes to play with Elsa...for about 4 hours every day. She still likes movies a lot. She's been practicing her letters...well, her favorite ones anyway (AHPL) ...She writes them in random orders and says that's her name. It's cute. She's also pretty helpful when she wants to be. Sometimes she'll surprise me and tell me she's cleaned her room or the bathroom...I'll go check, and everything's picked up and arranged neatly in a row. She's going to be a great big sister again in 3 weeks!
Cliff's great. We cut him off from his bottle at the beginning of July thinking it'd be the hardest thing possible with him. Not. At. All. He adjusted after one night. Now he's happy in the mornings and eats almost as much as Clarence instead of drinking 24 ounces of whole milk every night. And he's slept through the night a few times since we quit his bottle, too. Wonderful, I tell you. Wonderful. He has no idea what's going to happen when we have a new baby in a few weeks. Hopefully he'll adjust quickly since Adina will be home with us and only going to preschool a few afternoons a week. She's usually really good to play with him.
And me...well...I'm tired and pregnant. :) I am 36 weeks today. Baby's coming September 8th. I can't wait. Seriously. Being pregnant in the summer isn't that fun. I have let my garden go completely...Clarence searches through the weeds to find me tomatoes. He's so cute about trying to help. One day he told me, "Mom, someday you're going to come home and I'll have the whole garden weeded for you." I loved the thought from this, although I know it's not realistic.
Hope you enjoy the last few weeks of summer before school starts! We'll be busy with VBS and camping!
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