tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33000178856030061052024-03-07T10:41:18.284-08:00THE HAPPY ONESCindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.comBlogger2068125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-63126294238148088112015-06-27T21:46:00.001-07:002015-06-27T21:51:07.805-07:00Another Graduate Reader!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This picture is Dominik *today* eating a Sugar Daddy. He decided it was
too sticky, took it out of his teeth and threw it away. Nice! <br />
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But this post is really to announce that Dominik finished his reading program this week! Here's a snippet of him reading from his 100th lesson (a weird story about a blind man hunting a tiger) in <i>Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons</i>. <br />
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He started the book <a href="http://les-heureux.blogspot.com/2014/06/learning-to-read.html">just over a year ago</a> and has usually been eager to learn, but with homeschooling Lukas and Konrad, I didn't always make enough time for Dominik's reading lessons. I'm glad we have the summer to work on cementing what he's learned, by reading more. I've always found that going through the 100 lessons is the easier part...the harder part is to continue to have the child read to me to make sure they don't lose the skills they've gained.<br />
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Just like <a href="http://les-heureux.blogspot.com/2012/09/random-homeschooling-stuff.html">Konrad</a> and <a href="http://les-heureux.blogspot.com/2009/03/lukas-graduation-party.html">Lukas</a>, Dominik finished his lessons right around his fifth birthday. Way to go Dominik! I used the same lessons with Natalie, but only made it though about 40 lessons before deciding to let her kindergarten teacher take over.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-79137977890851561062015-06-07T15:25:00.003-07:002015-06-07T15:25:34.652-07:00A few birthdaysI've been more negligent than normal in posting pictures...and I've even missed three birthdays!<br />
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Lukas turned 11. He had a party with friends (Tom did a great job creating a scavenger hunt in our yard that lasted about an hour). There were a lot of boys running around, and there was cake and presents.<br />
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Dominik turned 5. A bunch of kids raced boats in the ditch, and then there was cake and presents. Legos played an important role.<br />
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Tom turned 29. There were only our kids running around, but there was cake and presents. And wine, as this picture shows.<br />
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We've been busy a lot of other ways too, besides birthdays: local hiking trips, finishing school and homeschool for the year, 4H, tree maintenance and gardening, and relatives visiting. I will try to post more soon...I promise to try!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-9375110328002531022015-01-25T10:07:00.001-08:002015-01-25T10:11:52.330-08:00Snow PlayBefore another month goes by, I wanted to (Tom has been nudging me to) post pictures of what we did AFTER Christmas. Most of our activities included snow, surprise surprise!<br />
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We used the break between Christmas and New Years to take day trips and see more of our local area. Here we are hiking up to Initial Point. Natalie wanted to stay warm, bundled in blankets, so she stayed in the stroller (it was quite windy at the top).<br />
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Natalie much prefers the indoor visits, like this visit to a model train exhibit. </div>
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On another hiking trip to Deer Flat, we saw a herd of at least 18 deer (in the left of the picture below). They didn't let us get closer...</div>
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Another day, we drove to the local ski resort, just to see where everything was so we knew where to go when we came up to go skiing. And to see the sun.</div>
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New Year's Eve dinner was raclette...</div>
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Dominik likes being pulled in a sled, but isn't ready for downhill speeds. He says he will go skiing, "when I'm five."</div>
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Another day trip, we visited a small dairy that makes cheese. Here we are learning about the cheese-making process... <br />
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...and seeing their cheese storage. Of course, we brought home quite a few varieties. </div>
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Outside, we peeked in on a calf that was just born that morning. It's protected in a warm little house since it has no fat on it. </div>
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Other calves that were a few months old were doing well outside. The owner said they actually prefer the cold to the hot summer.</div>
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We traveled to the river, where natural springs make waterfalls (and freeze beautifully in the winter).<br />
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There was a historical center at an old dairy there that the kids liked poking around in...Natalie kept warm in the sleeping bag on her stroller. </div>
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Then the vacation was over and it was time to go back to work and school.<br />
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In the field behind our house, we saw this coyote again for the second time, a few days ago. The first time we saw it was New Year's Day and it appeared to be injured. Now three weeks later, it's still alive and seems to be doing better.</div>
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Lukas built snow monuments on each side of our driveway. Next time, bigger! But they have been the last snow to melt!</div>
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A beautiful sunset. </div>
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Then it was time to ski! Lukas and Konrad are taking lessons with a homeschool group. Here's their first day and they said they liked it even more than they thought they would. Konrad in the first photo, Lukas in the second.<br />
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I celebrated my birthday exactly as I would wish...with my family!</div>
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Konrad started playing basketball this year. He's learning a lot and even scored a point at the game yesterday! </div>
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Natalie has a little static in her hair, as she stays warm at the pellet stove. </div>
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Second day of ski lessons...Lukas and Konrad can't get enough! </div>
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Down the mountain, the snow is almost gone, so Tom is back to work taking care of our plot of land. Here he's removing a tree that we've been wanting to replace for a while. Now it's gone!</div>
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The weather is supposed to be getting warmer this week, so we will see what we can do to get ready for spring planting. There is a garden to plan (not so many tomatoes this year!), garden sprinklers to put in, berry trellises to build, and that large chicken coop is still calling...we want to get another 15-20 chicks in the spring. I still think there will be more snow this year, but Tom is betting that's all we get. Either way, there is a lot to do!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-91989597114954787022014-12-26T13:28:00.000-08:002015-01-04T13:29:03.077-08:00Christmas 2014We've been on vacation, which means we've been having fun and taking pictures, and now it's time to record the memories (which means get back to work!)<br />
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The week before Christmas, the kids performed at an evening service. Here they were practicing in the morning...<br />
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...and performing in the evening. Natalie sang one song and then decided to sit down...hopefully she'll stay for two songs next year! She loves to sing, but anytime there's a break in singing, she gets bored. <br />
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We had some fun preparations for Christmas this year...finally in our new home (last Christmas, we were in our rental home and hadn't unpacked very much since we knew we would be moving again soon). Last year, the cookie cutters were not unpacked. This year...<br />
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Last year the gingerbread house mold was not unpacked (we were blessed by a premade one we put together and decorated.) This year... <br />
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The day before Christmas I seasoned the turkey and stored it in the garage (since the garage works well as a second refrigerator in the winter). We kept the turkey out of reach of the cats.<br />
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Christmas Eve dinner is fondue at our home. I think Natalie is in pajamas because she had a nap right before dinner so she could make it through the Christmas Eve service. </div>
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The next morning, they are ready to open presents! </div>
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Natalie received a lot of princess things. I even got special "Frozen" wrapping paper that I used for her birthday and for her Christmas presents...unfortunately after opening her birthday presents, a few days later she thought it was ok to open any present with "Frozen" wrapping paper...so I kept her presents hidden to avoid rewrapping. Each of the kids chose presents for their siblings from their own money...first year for that, and it worked out very well! Konrad found this princess tablet for Natalie. <br />
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One of Dominik's gifts was the quarter collection book (now he can catch up with his brothers in collecting quarters). </div>
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Konrad received his first Bible. </div>
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And a wonderful gift they'll be able to enjoy in the New Year... </div>
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Christmas breakfast was a French toast dish I put together the night before and popped in the oven while we were opening presents...so convenient! </div>
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Then it was time to play with all those gifts. Lukas enjoyed using his new bow and arrow. We had the perfect amount of snow for Christmas: a nice dusting to make everything white, but not enough that we had to shovel a ton of snow off the driveway. <br />
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The cats were kept away from the turkey, so we had a delicious meal.</div>
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Konrad was adventurous and went for the whole drumstick. </div>
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That's grape juice in her glass that I made from our own Concord grapes. Delicious!</div>
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My first try at a Bûche de Noël. I looked at a lot of different recipes online, and since there didn't seem to be much similarity between any of them (besides how they are decorated), I found a recipe in French that had a lot of stars...and it came out great! It was more French tasting, not so American tasting...meaning it had about one third the sugar that an American pastry would have. Definitely a new Christmas tradition at our home. I think I can improve the presentation next year, but not bad for the first time.<br />
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Everyone in our family said it was "the best Christmas ever"...we pray you also had a wonderful Christmas!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-53735982748746003582014-12-24T21:52:00.000-08:002014-12-24T21:53:05.932-08:00Merry Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And...there's a <a href="http://les-heureux.blogspot.com/p/click-here-for.html">Christmas letter</a> too!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-88961397161879098492014-12-08T07:21:00.001-08:002014-12-08T07:21:49.961-08:00Konrad is Seven!What a beautiful day to celebrate seven years of Konrad's life! Konrad told practically everyone at church that it was his birthday...I think this is a big step for him. We are so proud of how much he is learning and growing!<br />
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His birthday celebration started with an afternoon at an 80s arcade with a friend. On the way home, they saw a fabulous rainbow and Tom took them to visit the local ski/snowboard trick hill (you can tell how crazy warm it's been the past few weeks!) They didn't ski that day, but there may be skiing in their future!<br />
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Then on his actual birthday, he opened presents...a nerf gun from Lukas... </div>
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...a new helmet, and his favorite gift, racetrack for matchbox cars. </div>
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We celebrated with dinner at Fuddruckers... </div>
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...and chocolate cake!</div>
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His siblings are so happy to celebrate with him!</div>
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Happy birthday Konrad!</div>
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Here's a self-portrait Natalie took on her birthday.</div>
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Her birthday was still a school day, so she opened one present before school so she could wear it to school on her birthday. </div>
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She's toasty warm in that coat! </div>
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Then we had a little party after school with candles on her chocolate pie. She was quite mesmerized by the candles. </div>
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I thought I had a sure winner with chocolate pie, but all Natalie really wanted to eat was the whipped cream. She kept asking for more whipped cream after she scraped it off the pie...three times!</div>
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Then she opened her presents. Her favorite present was a Frozen book that included Natalie's name in the book (as well as those of her brothers). You may have noticed that the color of her new coat is like Anna's cape in Frozen. </div>
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Then we went to a special event and dinner at the botanical gardens and enjoyed the beauty of all the light displays. Natalie loved watching the Christmas model trains!</div>
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And here she is the next day, still VERY happy with her Frozen book! Yeah Natalie! </div>
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<br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-25264631855503085312014-11-25T08:39:00.000-08:002014-11-25T08:41:25.277-08:00Fun in the SnowNow that the snow has finally melted (!) I'm getting around to posting more snow pictures. There is still some snow, but it reminds me of spring with how cold it was for two weeks, then how warm it has been the past few days. I hope the trees don't start budding!<br />
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The official mark at our home: 9 inches in about 36 hours. </div>
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Tom went under the house to put in some insulation where there was none (and found a gaping hole to the outside about 2 inches wide! How was that there for 20 years?) The boys thought it was great fun to explore under the house. </div>
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It was a dusty job so Tom resorted to a filter. </div>
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Then it started to melt (and freeze) so icicles formed...I love these on the trees! </div>
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We used our recess to look for animal tracks and try to determine which animal made them. We found deer, fox and mouse. And people and dogs.</div>
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Natalie's teacher said when a paper is stamped with "evidence", she uses that for a grade. I'm not sure I agree with not using (nearly) every test for a grade, but it worked out well for Natalie! She actually does do very well in spelling. <br />
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The heavy frost one morning coated the chicken fence. </div>
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We took advantage of a homeschool day at Birds of Prey...that's a REAL peregrine falcon on the perch that the kids got to use as a model to draw and paint. </div>
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One of our cats is watching the bird on the bird feeder. We used the recipe from our science book (we're studying birds this year) and at least one kind of bird is making good use of it. Thankfully, the bird is too quick, but the cats caught at least one vole recently after the snow started to melt. </div>
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The field behind our property was filled with Canada geese. This was an early photo...there had to be more than 500 eventually, then when the weather warmed up they all flew away. </div>
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Sledding time! We dropped Natalie off at therapy and enjoyed a hill for sledding (Natalie's not missing anything because snow is not her favorite thing). </div>
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The boys found they went faster when there were two on the sled. </div>
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We celebrated our one-year-here anniversary with a trip to the same restaurant we ate the first night in town. </div>
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Here's another stellar spelling test from Natalie. I don't know if I'm more proud of her spelling or her writing...it gets wrapped up all in to one here. You know she is a great speller! <br />
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<br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-40281631501807722922014-11-14T14:57:00.000-08:002014-11-14T14:59:57.730-08:00First SnowWe've had a milder than normal autumn, but that all changed two days ago! It's snow time! The forecast was for 1 to 2 inches on Thursday, 2 to 4 inches Thursday night, 1 to 2 inches on Friday. HA!<br />
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Natalie enjoyed a few flakes before she met the bus yesterday. </div>
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Really, she doesn't like the snow, but I made her pose.</div>
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Dominik usually goes out with Natalie to meet the bus, so they slipped and slid on the new snow a bit. <br />
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It continued to snow steadily, so during homeschool recess we did a little sledding on the driveway...<br />
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...and a few snow angels... </div>
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...and a snowball fight. </div>
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The youngest always gets picked on, right? </div>
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After lunch, I thought it might be a good idea to clear the driveway, so I activated the snow removal team. </div>
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But it was more fun to just make paths in the snow.</div>
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Then it snowed a lot more. This is after clearing the driveway this afternoon, Friday, for the third time since yesterday. The snow has finally stopped, and I think we got 8-10 inches total. At least...maybe 12. Like how the hat on the mail box is leaning?</div>
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Scraped the sidewalk, more snow accumulated...then little bird visited! </div>
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That backyard tree that still hasn't lost its leaves... </div>
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...and what it looked like a few days ago when Tom was vacuuming up leaves. Too bad it snowed and will stay frozen for a while...the leaves might not get picked up until spring. </div>
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<br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-17997936298218539462014-11-07T19:10:00.001-08:002014-11-07T19:13:20.109-08:00In Which Natalie Finally Loses Her First Teeth And We Don't Find ThemThis is a momentous occasion! Natalie has finally lost her first tooth, and it is TWO teeth that we notice missing at the same time. I noticed tonight while getting her ready for bed after a celebratory dinner at Texas Roadhouse (celebrating great grades by the kids), and asked her if they came out at school or at the restaurant. She said, "At the restaurant."<br />
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But we don't have the teeth.<br />
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We knew she had two teeth loose, but you know how that can go on forever...<br />
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So we don't have the teeth, but we have a beautiful gaping hole on her bottom arch. For the record, Natalie is one month shy of her ninth birthday and FINALLY gets to celebrate losing a tooth. Hurrah Natalie!<br />
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<br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-75539253792276968252014-10-19T21:58:00.000-07:002014-10-19T21:58:21.428-07:00This and ThatWe've been busy with harvest season!<br />
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Here's Dominik with his sunflowers last month. They are now ripening and bowing their heads, so it will soon be time to harvest the seeds.</div>
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The boys on a hike with Tom in the hills. </div>
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We made a family trip to pick peaches and plums. </div>
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Nothing better than a just-picked peach! </div>
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So many plums on that tree! Natalie's in the background because the sun is too bright.</div>
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How about a trip or two to the ER? Lukas' first trip was to get an airsoft pellet sucked out of his ear (he was checking to see if it would fit in his ear...it did!) The trip the following week was to get stitches in his elbow (I'll let him tell the story). He used a red washcloth to go to the urgent care, and Tom told everyone that it started out white...that's my Tom!<br />
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There are the peaches that I meant to freeze, that became jam instead. YUM!</div>
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The boys removed dirt from a gravel area by sifting it. Great teamwork! </div>
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That watermelon we grew was soooo tasty...Dominik snuck away from the party and ate the last of it. <br />
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Konrad and Dominik and me with one of the sunflowers that broke off early...I have since read up on how to let them dry, so hopefully we'll have a nice crop. </div>
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More watermelon eating and seed spitting! </div>
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I love Natalie's self-portrait! </div>
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The mud monsters are attacking! </div>
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Quasimodo! </div>
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Tom cut one of the many trees that were planted too close, and the boys are working together to pull it to the woodpile. </div>
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Konrad is perfecting his blow-out-the-candle-by-pinching-it-with-his-fingers technique. Dominik can't wait to be six so he can do it too (six seems to be about the age they get the courage to do it).</div>
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Then it was off to an airshow! Tom took the boys to an Air Force air show, which is similar but different to the <a href="http://les-heureux.blogspot.com/2008/10/lukas-and-daddys-most-excellent.html">Navy air shows</a> they've been to in the past. Checking out the landing gear of a B-1 bomber.<br />
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Cockpit of an air tanker.</div>
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Cockpit of a jet trainer. </div>
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The German Air Force was at the air show too. </div>
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Watching the Thunderbirds perform. </div>
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While the boys were at the air show, Natalie and I stayed home and made Concord grape jam from our grapes. </div>
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Dominik is checking out the little puffy clouds above our home... </div>
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...and looking for waterbugs in the ditch along our backyard. </div>
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Natalie had an EEG, which showed that she has likely been having seizures (we suspected as much). We're seeing if an increase dosage of Depakote will help. </div>
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If you want a grape pie recipe without seeds in it, it's quite an involved process...but having kids squeeze the centers out of the skins helps a lot! </div>
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We harvested about 40 spaghetti squash (some were already eaten or given away). </div>
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Lukas with the spaghetti squash and one of the two pumpkins we grew. </div>
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Most of the summer, we left the pond dry to make sure there weren't any kid accidents. But now that the irrigation water is almost ready to be turned off and it's much cooler, Tom filled the pond. A week later, the first ducks showed up! The cats and the boys were quite interested...but now the water is gone so the ducks are gone too.<br />
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Another beautiful sunset on our street. </div>
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Konrad and Lukas took advantage of a homeschool archery afternoon. This was Konrad's first attempt at archery...he is barely strong enough to pull the bow, but I know he'll get better each time! </div>
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Tom put a lot of work into preparing a planting bed for bulbs... </div>
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...and then the boys and I got to do the fun part of planting.</div>
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Tom caught Lukas reading a bedtime story to Dominik and Konrad. </div>
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Natalie at GEMS at church with her aide and a teacher... </div>
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...and Lukas at Cadets, watching his pinewood derby car getting shaped. </div>
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I spent a lot of time this summer filling field mouse holes in our front yard and trapping the ones that the cats didn't catch...here in the fall we found a few more, so we did some more discouraging and hope they are gone again (for now!)</div>
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Beautiful lighting on the poplars in our backyard. This week Tom mowed the grass and leaves from those trees and they are already composting. But...several more loads of leaves will fall from those trees before winter...more work.</div>
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<br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-41411307504303747312014-09-05T18:16:00.000-07:002014-09-05T18:16:47.658-07:00Peanuts!In the process of getting new doctors after our move, Lukas' new allergist recommended allergy shots for his environmental allergies and a new blood test for his food allergies. The allergy shots have been going well: Lukas is actually happy to have them because he wants to be allergy free...and there are all new things that he is allergic to here. We didn't have the blood test for food allergies done until a few weeks ago, and then I was shocked to get the call that his blood levels for all three of his food allergies--peanuts, walnuts and clams--are low enough to do a challenge. <br />
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This week was the week of the peanut challenge! For pictures of what he looked like the last time he had an oral challenge, click <a href="http://les-heureux.blogspot.com/2008/05/oral-challenge-7.html">here</a>. Wow, that was six years ago!<br />
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This boy has just eaten 1/2 teaspoon of peanut butter. </div>
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That first dose was followed every fifteen minutes by three more doses of increasing quantity of peanut butter. Then we stayed at the allergist's office for another hour just to make sure. Amazing! He didn't break out!<br />
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And 24 hours later, no reaction. Lukas is officially not allergic to peanuts! I cannot believe it! This calls for a celebration. We went to the store and bought eight different kinds of candy THAT CONTAIN PEANUTS...in fact, peanuts are a major part of their ingredients. I have not done this for 10 years!<br />
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Don't worry, I didn't give him eight candy bars to eat. Six of us shared eight...it was a taste test for Lukas (and his siblings) to try all the candy he has had to keep at a 10-foot pole...and happily he didn't eat it all of his portion in one sitting. He's saving some for tomorrow. <br />
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I'm surprised that Reese's is not his favorite (that and Butterfinger are mine). He liked the Rolled Salted Peanuts the best, and the Baby Ruth. But he still has a few more to taste for the first time.<br />
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Next up in a world of eating peanuts? Going to a restaurant with peanut shells on the ground, and going to a Thai restaurant for satay WITH the peanut sauce, thank you very much!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-48214264053026697822014-08-28T16:22:00.001-07:002014-08-28T16:23:19.027-07:00Fair funThe Fair! Our kids had been looking forward to showing their chickens at the fair and it finally came! (this happened two weeks before school started).<br />
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Our chickens were at the fair for four days, so the boys signed up to clean cages and feed the chickens in our club for one day...we didn't <i>have </i>to go every day, but we ended up going every day.</div>
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Individually, in a box like this. We got video, but no stills of the boys coaxing their chickens to the end with food. </div>
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Konrad's bird got third place! Lukas' bird got second place! Better yet, now we know how it works so they can do it again next year!</div>
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We rode the rides. Here's Lukas riding the little roller coaster with Dominik. Such a great big brother! </div>
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Konrad wanted to go on the big roller coaster! He loved it! </div>
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Lukas got second place in his division. Way to go Lukas! </div>
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Konrad's division only awards participation awards, but the judge mentioned to me that he did very well. </div>
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Then our four birds were judged for quality. Natalie's Ameraucana got best of breed (the one next to Konrad)!</div>
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And Lukas won Reserve Champion for his poster on best chicken breeds for beginners! </div>
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And then it was time to say good-bye to Lukas' rooster, Archimedes. We sold him to someone at the fair, and bought two new hens. They are about a month older than our other hens... </div>
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We were advised to get two hens that knew each other to add to our existing group, and we're glad we did...the new girls got pecked a lot by our other three hens, but after a few days everyone seems to have settled down. We think we now have five hens, but when we started comparing birds at the fair with other people's birds, we became suspicious that we still might have a rooster in there...the next few months should put the matter to rest. At least no one new has started crowing! <br />
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And that is the story of the Fair this year. We had so much fun and we have more ideas about what to do for next year.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-67931562506836523352014-08-26T14:13:00.000-07:002014-08-26T14:14:08.133-07:00First Day of SchoolThere was summer, and then it was time for school again. I have more summer pics to post, but I'll post these now since they are from the past few days.<br />
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We celebrated the night before with dinner at Fuddruckers.</div>
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The kids played a few arcade games. </div>
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Is Natalie going to ask for a motorbike?</div>
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And then it was the actual Back-to-School day! The kids like it when I write on their bathroom mirror. </div>
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They wanted to pose with the cats...we left the chickens in their pen. </div>
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Natalie copied her brothers and started to ride her scooter out to the bus... </div>
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...but she couldn't make it up the hill of our driveway, so she stopped to pet a cat... </div>
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...before making it to the end of the driveway. </div>
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Where is that bus? It finally came...</div>
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...and I forgot to get a picture of Natalie boarding, but here she is ready to go! </div>
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And then it's time for homeschool. Dominik is doing great with learning to read and write! </div>
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Lukas is working on his new literature program. </div>
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Konrad has a new literature program too...I'm really happy with both of their language arts this year. Lots of writing! </div>
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We took a picture of the school room on the first day, but as I downloaded it just now, I realized I somehow took a video...so here's a picture of our room today, on the second day. </div>
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Natalie came home from the first day of school happy, and this morning she was ready to go back. That's a good sign for a first day!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-8938187584639174342014-08-15T07:10:00.000-07:002014-08-16T07:56:13.346-07:00The past weekWell, I missed July for a blog post, but thanks to a lovely cousin for reminding me that some people do read this blog! I decided to just download my phone and post what happened in the past week. Maybe that's a new idea for me?<br />
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Ok, I might have two weeks of pictures on my phone. Lukas did great at a blood draw to test for his food allergies. The great news is that his levels are low enough to start trials in the doctor's office! First peanut butter, then walnuts, then clams. He is very excited about the possibility of not having a peanut allergy any more (he has been asking me every other month when he might outgrow it).<br />
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Natalie had an MRI of her brain, full spine, and heart. The great news is that the pineal mass in her brain has stayed the same size and the cord syrinx in her spine has disappeared. The annual echocardiogram a few weeks ago suggested an enlarged aorta, but the MRI of her heart showed that the aorta is the right size. Whoo hoo! This was a major relief for me, because she was 8 months past due on the annual MRI of her brain due to moving and insurance changes, and when someone tells you your child has a "mass in the brain" you really want to get that checked regularly! Here the child life expert is explaining the MRI machine and helping Natalie pick a smell and stickers for her anesthesia mask. Natalie does great at the hospital and at doctor visits: model patient. But she's been under more than 20 times (sometime I'll have to switch it to 30 but I have no idea when) and she recognizes the mask and doesn't like it.<br />
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Konrad found this huge worm. What is it? Tomato bug? Potato bug?</div>
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The kids completed the summer reading program at the library and went to a big party they held for those who finished. Everyone got to take home a free book. Natalie took a book, read it, brought it back...took a book, read it, brought it back. Finally the third book was a keeper. <br />
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Lukas volunteered for the dunk tank. That really is him in there. </div>
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The tomatoes have started producing! I took these pictures of my first time canning process (forgot to take a picture of the finished jars), but I have four quarts of tomatoes as my first attempt. So nice to have a way to keep on top of the tomatoes! <br />
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Now it's time for the fair! We washed the birds (ignore my finger, please)... </div>
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...then the next day took them to the fair. Dominik does this sometimes...puts on the sad, bored face. Is he already a teenager? That's Dominik in front of his bird, Oreo, a barred bantam Cochin hen. <br />
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Lukas with Archimedes, a bantam Ameraucana cockerel. </div>
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And Konrad with Fluffy, a bantam buff Cochin hen. Natalie's bird is behind him, Sunshine, a white bantam Ameraucana hen. <br />
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Lukas and Konrad will each show their birds on Monday at the fair, and then all four birds will be judged for quality.</div>
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We are so proud that Lukas' poster on the best breeds for beginners won Reserve Champion! Way to go Lukas! </div>
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It's time to harvest spaghetti squash. We might have a lot of these...but at least they keep for a long time! </div>
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Tom started digging up a few of the potato plants that had died. These are the "snowmen" potatoes (most of them are a normal shape). It's so cool to have 15 pounds of potatoes with large, medium and small choices all in one crop. And there are more that haven't been dug up yet! We love fresh food. The zucchini and yellow squash are also producing more than we can keep up with. <br />
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That's what we've been up to lately. Back soon!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-1901229634582116732014-06-26T15:30:00.002-07:002014-06-26T15:30:36.079-07:00Camping on the Payette RiverWe have finally gone camping for the first time since moving. Our last camping trip was to <a href="http://les-heureux.blogspot.com/2013/04/spring-break-part-2a.html">Rainbow Basin</a>, and it's amazing how much less baby paraphernalia we need anymore...camping is soooo much less complicated!<br />
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We had a very enjoyable long weekend camping on the Payette River. Here are a few of our memories.<br />
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We gave the kids the ice cream maker to work on while Tom and I set up camp. Camp is set up and Tom is finishing the ice cream!</div>
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Lukas' favorite thing is dragging the magnet to find old pieces of metal. </div>
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A big Konrad smile! Look at those bottom teeth growing in! </div>
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It must be Dominik's turn to shake the ice cream maker! </div>
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And now it's his turn to taste it...yum! We need to get a second ice cream maker because this one only makes a pint, which doesn't go far with 6 people. BTW, look at those grimy fingers...he was one big dustball the whole trip! </div>
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Lukas helping me with dinner the first night. </div>
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Sweet Natalie giving us smiles! </div>
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And the obligatory s'mores after dinner... </div>
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Breakfast time! We decided to try keeping it more simple this trip, and just had hot muesli every morning...delicious! </div>
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The kids played in the boys tent, and Natalie's hair stuck up a lot! </div>
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We played a "listening" game twice on this trip...very fun! Everyone sits quietly for 10 minutes and writes down every sound they hear...if you make a sound, other people can write it down, but you can't. </div>
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We hiked down the hill to the river, then decided to have Tom go back to get the stroller for Natalie. I told her to hold out her thumb like a hitchhiker (what's that? my kids ask). <br />
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We played in this little sandy area...some of the coldest river water I've dipped my feet in! I always enjoyed cold water on my feet after hiking in the Sierras, but this was even colder (and my feet weren't hot from hiking).<br />
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Tom and Natalie are standing in the 6 inches of water we played in...the green part of the river is so dangerous because it would whisk anyone right away, but the shallow area was good.</div>
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"Watch me jump!" </div>
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Natalie reading her princess book with a syringa (Idaho state flower). </div>
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The last morning, I hiked with the boys again to the hot springs. Tom had been there the previous day with Konrad and made the little pool the boys are standing in, but didn't bring the camera. Such a neat hot springs, right next to the cold cold river. <br />
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We stopped at Idaho City on the way home and saw some old gold mining equipment. </div>
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Tom and I marveled at how close wilderness camping is (and I'm ecstatic to be mountain camping instead of desert camping all the time). We saved so much time and gas compared to previous camping trips...must.go.again.soon!<br />
<br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-36095082822902991992014-06-16T19:35:00.001-07:002014-06-16T19:35:07.048-07:00Learning to ReadFollowing in the footsteps of his brothers and sister, Dominik started "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" today! He did great with his first lesson and we are both excited about him learning to read and write. It's a fun experience to relive the adventure of learning to read with each of our kids. Uh oh...it looks like I need to plan lessons for a junior kindergartner in the homeschool this fall.<br />
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<br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-11700639952545040112014-05-31T14:29:00.001-07:002014-05-31T14:34:12.479-07:00Things are growing!I really have had ideas for lots of blog posts, and we've been taking lots of pictures, but somehow they aren't making it on here as quickly as I would like. Yes, we are very busy!<br />
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This is an old picture of the chickens in their brooder box...they are almost twice this size, which is why Tom has been spending every spare moment finishing the chicken coop.<br />
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Here the boys are priming the chicken coop. You will notice that this is smaller than the previous one Tom had been working on...well, this is the perfect size for four chickens, and that's how many we have now. Next summer, after the bigger coop is finished, we hope to have more chickens. This pic of the boys is BEFORE they had a paint war and covered each other in paint. Yeah.<br />
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Here's the coop with a few more parts of it finished. A (mostly) finished coop with chickens in it should be posted soon! <br />
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And the plants are growing. Here is the herb garden I planted outside the back door so I can quickly get herbs for cooking. Leah is wondering when I will leave so she can dig in the soft dirt without me shooing her away.<br />
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Konrad and Dominik love to help me in the garden. I love to have them help! </div>
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That big shadow in the picture below is the cherry tree. I know, a tree in the middle of the garden, what were they thinking? Tom has whacked a few branches off to make space for the chicken coop and to provide more sun for the garden, but we plan to remove the cherry tree in the fall (and plant two more in a proper place). But we'll get lots of cherries this summer! </div>
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Drumroll...our first tomato!</div>
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And we planted our first fruit trees! Here's Dominik hiding behind the peach tree...</div>
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And helping get their first drink in the ground. </div>
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Konrad must have finished his homework and come out to help. There is a peach, plum and pear in this photo (tiny at the back!) We plan to eventually have six more fruit trees in the backyard and maybe a few cherries in the front yard since they have really nice flowers.</div>
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The grape vines have clusters on them! </div>
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Oh, yeah, the kids are growing too! Dominik is now riding his bike with me on walks...now I have to run to keep up with him instead of turning back home when he gets tired of walking.</div>
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Konrad recently lost his second tooth! </div>
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Natalie is on her bed with three of her favorite things: trains, books and dolls. It's fun how she rotates through different things as what she wants to play a lot on: right now, it is definitely trains.</div>
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Lukas asked for a buzz cut for his summer haircut...but first I gave him a mohawk before I cut it all off. I tried to convince him to keep it but he wasn't having any of it. </div>
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Lukas plays with his airsoft, and now Konrad is getting old enough to have something (probably a nerf gun). But everyone learns proper safety, even when it's with a toy (although Dominik is not being safe with his rubber band gun, I know.) ;) <br />
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They are growing like weeds! I hope to make an announcement soon that Lukas is five feet tall...and the following month he will be taller than I am. Just kidding, but he is growing fast!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-65297819847566158412014-05-05T20:28:00.000-07:002014-05-05T20:28:47.826-07:00Dominik is Four!Can you believe Dominik is four? I can't! What I really can't believe is that my youngest child is four...usually I have a baby somewhere on an arm, so it's really easy (!) to have four kids when the youngest is four. And if you believe that, I have something to sell you...<br />
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...Anyway, this was Dominik's birthday weekend, which started with the hottest day since we've been here (about 85*) so we pulled out the kiddie pool (Dominik has been asking when it would be hot enough for the pool, and it finally was!)<br />
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Saturday we went to the river (Dominik has been asking "Why don't we go to the beach anymore?" </div>
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He woke up on his birthday a little sad. Apparently, he had been convinced that he would be significantly <i>larger </i>today, since we've been saying he will be a "big boy when he turns four." But you can see he was all smiles with his requested cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate for breakfast. We had eggs too, because protein is good with all that sugar. </div>
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Natalie went to school, and we did school until 10 am, but Tom took the day off, although not completely. He pruned a few (!) of our trees, so at recess the boys moved the branches to the burn area. </div>
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Then it was time to open presents!</div>
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Tom putting up the net so Dominik could try out his new basketball. </div>
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Then we went to the skatepark for Dominik to try out his new scooter! </div>
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We had lunch... </div>
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...and then it was time for more scootering. The boys got pretty hot and sweaty while Tom and I got cold watching them. It was fun! </div>
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Afternoon pinata derby...Lukas made the car-shaped pinata out of cereal boxes and paper mache and it worked really well! </div>
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"Ok, mom, I've had a lot of candy... </div>
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...which may be why I only ate one bite of dinner and one bite of chocolate cake." He was very specific on chocolate cake with strawberries, but he didn't eat it. I think it was definitely the candy (I think he ate a LOT more than normal because no one was watching).<br />
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Wow, he's four! Here's to a great year, little man! You are really growing, even if you don't see it...we do!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-85807353362117078552014-03-31T15:06:00.000-07:002014-03-31T17:20:42.968-07:00The Farm UpdateWe are making progress on our "farming" plans. You know we're not on a farm, right? We're just using the land we have for a garden and chickens...but compared to life in Southern California, it's a farm. And we live among a lot of farmers, so it works for us.<br />
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First, the garden. I started a lot of tomatoes in cups. Some might say too many tomatoes. The little guys have been incubating in the laundry room under a fluorescent light, and they grew faster than I thought they would (there's still 5 weeks until last frost!) I think they will be ready to plant in 2 weeks--but that's too early--so I put them in larger pots.<br />
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This is about five or six days after planting.</div>
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Here they are three weeks after planting. We put about 4 seeds in each cup, then clipped the smaller ones so there were two plants in each cup... </div>
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...Then I divided most of them so there was one plant in each larger pot... </div>
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...then I didn't have enough pots so I just stuck two plants in one larger pot. </div>
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And here they are, back in their nest. I had planned to start some peppers this weekend, but didn't make time. Thankfully many of the other plants I want to start inside (squash, watermelon, pumpkin) only need a few weeks before they are planted outside.</div>
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This is what I'm dreaming of (our tomatoes at the end of June one year). Just keeping the goal in mind!</div>
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And then there's the chicken coop!<br />
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Tom contemplating the floor he just built. It's 8' x 8', so enough for about 16 chickens. He's recently had the idea of building a second story (chickens don't need tall ceilings) so we might eventually have a few more than 16. But I think we'll start with just 5 or 6 this summer and see how it goes.</div>
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The third wall is up! </div>
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Tom is doing a great job designing and building the coop, and using free wood from construction sites and materials from the reuse store. Our mantra is, "Hey, it's just a chicken coop!" but Tom is still building it to last. He had a muscle spasm in his back last week, so that made the construction process grind to a halt...but he's feeling better so we hope to make more progress this week. It's fun to go out after dinner and work for an hour or two on the coop...slow and steady.Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-26621165066648157352014-03-30T15:05:00.002-07:002014-03-30T15:06:30.320-07:00Spring! Spring Break!This post covers a lot of activities since the last post. Yes, spring has sprung, and we just finished Spring Break, so there were lots of fun activities. Whew, I'm tired! Time to start school again!<br />
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Lukas and Konrad attended another 4H meeting to learn more about chickens. Tom has made a lot of progress on the chicken coop, but that is another post.</div>
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All the kids enjoy playing with the cats. Here's Dominik leading one to chase him. </div>
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Natalie is playing with Leah.</div>
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I'm using the bread maker a lot more these days...it's not just for cinnamon rolls! I made pizza dough with it last night, and set the timer for fresh applesauce bread to be ready for breakfast. </div>
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Lukas and Konrad made a swing for Natalie on the same tree that holds their tree fort. She loves it! It's a little close to the trunk, but if we are all careful, it works pretty well.</div>
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Konrad is practicing the trick of pinching the candles out. He's done it once! </div>
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I went to our local grocery store to ask them to get a Caroline's Cart, and it turns out they already have them! Natalie likes her big girl seat, and I'm glad to not have to lift her in and out of the cart. </div>
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Tom tested out his new pruning chain saw. We have a lot of trees that haven't been kept up for a while, so it's going to be great. Good thing Tom loves yard work! </div>
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Lukas and Konrad tried out the BMX bike course near our house...so much fun! Konrad likes the skate part better and Lukas likes the BMX course better, so we can switch off which one they go to and everyone gets to do both. There's even a place for Dominik to ride his trike at both places. </div>
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We went for a hike one day and Natalie enjoyed the ride. </div>
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Dominik found more rocks </div>
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And it seemed only fitting that we should visit Krispy Kreme again during Spring Break... </div>
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...don't you think? </div>
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Lukas started working on a scarecrow for the garden. Here's the Frankenstein face he made!</div>
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Tom is teaching the boys how to play Risk. Does anyone play that anymore? </div>
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I started a project to put new covers on our dining room chairs. I'm so happy with how the first one turned out! The vinyl will wipe clean with no evidence of the copious amount of food that falls.</div>
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Lukas went to an archery Open House with Rusty.</div>
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And we have beautiful sunsets many nights each week! </div>
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<br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-90719239073853226642014-03-14T13:58:00.003-07:002014-03-14T13:59:03.154-07:00A fun week!My talk to GEMS the other night went really well...thanks for your prayers. It's a great group of girls and they were genuinely interested in understanding disabilities better and how they can include Natalie. One girl asked if Natalie will be in GEMS next year (we hope so...but she needs so much sleep that it's not an option this year for her to be out so late), and another asked "where is the syndrome in her?" And a middle-school girl talked to me afterward because she wants to work in special ed! So heart-warming!<br />
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Here's a recap of a few of our activities this week. We started the week with a hailstorm! The boys and I were outside watching lightning shoot across the sky, when we heard the sound of rushing water...it was the sound of hail coming, but we didn't know what it was. We got inside about 5 seconds before the hail came down. Tom arrived home in the middle of it (he saw some of our poor neighbors running home from walking their dogs). Here we are checking out the hailstones afterward.<br />
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The next morning there was still water on the driveway so we went hunting for earthworms. Our garden needs them because there hasn't been much growing in that space, so I'm not sure there are any worms.</div>
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Konrad working on code.com. Dominik is looking forward to learning this in a few years.</div>
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Our tomato seeds sprouted on the fourth day! Can you see those little white specs? That's the beginning of a tomato plant. It's so fun to check them every morning.</div>
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Tom converted an old garage light and hooked it up on the counter in the laundry room, so we have lots of space to start more plants as we get closer to the last freeze and planting time. Thanks Tom!</div>
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One day we took a long recess and went to a skate park that is 5 minutes from our house. And it's free! The boys had so much fun! </div>
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After they were tired from scootering, we went for a walk in the hills. I wanted to hike, but the boys just looked for rocks. So I walked backwards the whole way up the hill, and it was still faster than they were walking. </div>
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Dominik found a rock he thought looked like Larry the Cucumber, so he brought it home and painted it green. </div>
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Then he said it was a puppet, so I taped it to a stick. </div>
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I captured this just this morning...I'm so excited that Dominik is finally holding a pencil correctly (most of the time). I don't stress about this...I know kids will get it eventually, but it's fun to see how he's adjusted to holding the pencil with just a little regular prompting. He traced his hand, and colored it in, "for Natalie."</div>
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<br />Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-80959996553588307652014-03-12T15:01:00.001-07:002014-03-12T15:01:23.784-07:00DisabilitiesThat's not a word we really use much in our home. It's a big part of our life, but it's normal now, so we don't have endless discussions about it, sort of like we don't talk a lot about what brand of laundry detergent we use. Everyone knows we use something!<br />
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This afternoon I was getting ready to go to a GEMS meeting (sort of like Girl Scouts) at our church tonight. They are doing a badge on "disabilities" and asked me to talk about disabilities. I am so excited to go, because I think a lot of the kids haven't had much experience with people with disabilities. So while I was getting ready, Lukas came to talk to me, and I asked him what he thought I should tell the girls tonight about disabilities.<br />
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"Just because someone can't do everything that you can do, that doesn't make you better than them. And we should help someone with disabilities become what they want to be in life."<br />
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And there you have it.<br />
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But what better to way to start off the weekend than with a Friday night wood burn with hot chocolate? </div>
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The next morning, Lukas and Konrad helped mix the soil for starting tomato seeds.</div>
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We started three varieties of tomatoes this weekend. It's so fun to check them every morning, give them a misting of water, and cover them up again. </div>
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After Tom and the boys borrowed a rototiller from Jeff, and picked up some of his extra raspberry bushes, Tom spent most of the rest of the day installing a new garage door opener. Now it opens when we push the button, and it has the safety eyes to stop closing when a child or cat runs under it. Whew!</div>
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I gave the kids haircuts. Here's Natalie showing off the dusting I gave her hair. </div>
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This picture serves two purposes: showing off their new haircuts, and showing off the free lumber from which the boys are removing nails (Dominik is eating popcorn, BTW). A shock to Californians: it's actually encouraged for people to pick up scrap lumber from building sites around here (the contractors put scrap wood in a box in the front of the job site). So we are going to see if we can build our chicken coop entirely from free wood. Now we just have to find free shingles for the roof and free siding! I do expect that we will have to buy screws...<br />
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Tom installed a piece of wood in the laundry room, so we have an official "child measuring station." We copied all the measurements from the door jamb from our house in California, and I need to transfer them to this one...but here's Konrad getting measured (just over 49 inches). </div>
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Lukas is moving the wood into storage in the shed. Tom will probably build the chicken coop on the other side of the shed. </div>
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After dinner, I was shocked that Tom still had energy to roto till the garden area. Here he is starting out, with the boys in the tree. That tree is an apple, but it is all root stock so we are going to remove it sometime this year (and provide more sunlight for the garden). <br />
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Our garden is about 45' x 37', and Tom roto tilled the whole thing. Now we have to add a lot of compost. </div>
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The other thing I did was to paint the step on our deck. Several people had already stepped off it, not seeing that there is a step down, and almost falling...so now we can finally have people over without fear of them falling and injuring themselves! <br />
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I hope to post pictures of the tomato seedlings this week!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300017885603006105.post-70275779795597781912014-03-07T14:41:00.000-08:002014-03-07T14:43:41.125-08:00Catching upNo excuses! I often forget to blog when I have some free time...so I'm actually happy that I remembered to blog today. I hope it will become a habit again, but no promises. So to catch up, here are some random pictures from the past few months.<br />
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I had a birthday. What was I thinking? I planned a bunch of errands with four kids...I was exhausted by the time we were done, so we went to Sonic for lunch. Then I remembered that there's not indoor seating (and it was raining) so we ate in the car and it actually went pretty well!</div>
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Then we went to a Thai restaurant for dinner on my birthday. What a fun day!</div>
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Dominik found out what happens when he draws with a pen. </div>
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One day we went on a long ride to find the sun, after 15 days without the sun. We didn't find it, but Dominik had a nap and Lukas helped keep the kink out of his neck.</div>
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Jessie had an eye appointment... </div>
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...er, make that NATALIE had an eye appointment. She has made friends with her new ophthalmologist, who has given her slightly different eye drops. Thankfully, the new drops are controlling her eye pressures well, and they don't sting as much!</div>
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We went for walks during recess. That's Dominik going out our driveway to the street.</div>
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Then it snowed again and we played in the snow a lot, after we shoveled the snow.</div>
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Apparently, we taught a snowman how to ride a bike! </div>
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Then we moved in to our new house! Lots of friends helped us move, and Lukas put the new wheelbarrow together.</div>
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Here's our first dinner after moving in. The meal was provided by our new neighbor.</div>
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Then Natalie got to ride a bus to school! </div>
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She loves riding the bus...such a thrill! </div>
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So we've been taking walks (this is our street, with the mountains behind). </div>
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And Tom got a new toy, to mow all that grass behind him (that's our front yard)... </div>
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...as well as the backyard. When we're not playing, of course! </div>
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Lukas and Konrad are learning about chickens at 4H...</div>
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...the instructor called them "enthusiastic," maybe because Lukas can already identify lots of chicken breeds.</div>
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Lukas made a marshmallow gun at Cadets. I don't think he'd had so much fun in a while! </div>
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And we have school at home, of course...</div>
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...and we decorated the kids' rooms. The boys have a hunting lodge theme, and Natalie has a princess theme (her wall is a castle stone...more pics to come).<br />
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Natalie doesn't have to walk to and from school, but the walk to and from the bus is still exercise. <br />
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And she's always eager to say hi to the cats. "Two kittens!" she says. </div>
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And we do more schoolwork... </div>
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...and read library books... </div>
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...and do homework. </div>
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To summarize, this is what I'm doing this weekend: starting seeds indoor! </div>
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And this is what we hope to be doing next month.</div>
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Ok, I'm caught up...now to stay caught up!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08877022558057731323noreply@blogger.com0