Josh was in Fargo until late Wednesday, so I didn't have any "assigned" projects to work on while I was outside with the kids, so I just played with them. That changed on Thursday...We were supposed to get baby laying hen chicks in the mail that morning. I was waiting for the post office to call and ask me to take the noisy little guys off their hands. I finally called them at 8 to see if they had come in...They hadn't, so we went about our Thursday as normal...Preparing for the weekend (getting meals ready, so I don't have to be in the kitchen while Josh is working outside and picking up the house...since it's usually a disaster by the end of the weekend-it's nice to start off clean) and then heading to the church. Not long after we got to the church, Josh called to tell me that I was going to Bismarck to pick up the chicks. They had made it to the Bismarck processing office, but not all the way to New Salem. So in the car we went and off to Bismarck to pick up Johnny's baby chicks. He loves them. I've let him hold a couple and Lu got to pet one, but their a little fragile to let either of them play with them for long. We were able to make it back to the church for lunch (during lent they have mass at 11:30 with soup and bread to follow). Most of the people that come are either retired or farmer's wives. Johnny had to tell everyone that he had new baby chicks!(Most of the older people need help understanding what he's saying, so I need to stand in as translator.;) It was still his topic of conversation on Sunday after church. He loves helping us check on the chicks throughout the day. He's so cute.
Josh did some shopping for me after work on Thursday. I very much appreciate him doing it for me, but sometimes it's kinda funny how he deciphers my lists. When he got home, I started to unload the truck while he went to look at the new chicks. I had to laugh out loud when I found the 3-pk of Puffs I had put on the list came in the form of Baby Snacks rather than tissues to blow my nose. I was a little disappointed since there was only one tissue left in the whole house, but it was so funny that he got 3 whole containers of baby snacks (all different flavors, by the way!). He said next time I should just call them Kleenex...Oh well! The kids enjoyed the snacks. It was kind of nice to have something to keep them busy while I made breakfast this weekend, since we slept in everyday. During the week I usually have breakfast ready for them when they wake up. They are usually both starving and are ready to eat as soon as they open their eyes!
We spent the weekend outside working on a number of different projects to get a jump start on spring...Mulching the strawberries, Mowing new areas in the pasture to be made into new garden space, campfire area, and chicken pens, cleaning out the old paddock fence area, and little spruce up projects. It was a lot of fun working together outside. It got a little hot, we broke a few records for the heat and I had to find some shorts for Johnny (they were all put away last fall). It should be jacket weather this week which will be great for working outdoors some more. We already have next weekend planned out and Josh has given me some projects to do during the week.
Johnny didn't like the idea of taking a nap while Mom and Dad were outside working, so we decided to let him stay out with us on Saturday (after fighting it on Friday). He's been our little insomniac, not falling asleep til 9:30-10. He must just not need as much sleep in the spring/summer. He gets plenty in the winter, so I'm not too worried. We had to run to Bismarck on Saturday evening for Sheetrock for the church. Johnny crashed in the truck on the way to town, but he wanted to stay up and play with his new ball when we got home.
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| Lu Lu playing with a stick. She had been playing with the kitty, but by the time I came back outside with the camera she had moved on. |
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| Johnny's always gotta have his picture taken too! |
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| Sunday brunch on the porch. We ate supper outside too. The best part is No Bugs! |
Lu Lu is learning how to talk. If I listen to her, she can say a lot of things! She understands a lot too. But she uses "No" for yes and no. Probably because she hears Johnny saying no a lot. I have to watch her body language and listen to her tone to figure out if her no means yes or if it really does mean no. I've started to tell her if she wants it to say please (that helps if I'm not sure). She baby signs please while saying "pls" in a whisper. It's pretty cute! I've started to try to potty train her. She always wants to be in the bathroom and sit on the potty. (Since Mommy's always in there...gotta love that pregnancy bladder) and Johnny's always in there. So she has her own potty and she sits on it a couple times a day. Neither of us have the patience for her to sit there long enough, so she hasn't got potty on it yet. But we'll get there. She almost always pees on the floor while waiting for the tub to fill up for a bath (this really upsets her). But she won't sit on the potty while waiting to get into the tub. She thinks she might miss out on her favorite activity of the day! Oh well. We'll figure it out.
Lu Lu loves her "Teddy". She got it in the mail for her birthday from her aunt/Godmother Katie. When we're in the car she'll sing "Teddy, Teddy, Teddy" eve if he's not there. It's kinda funny. Josh said he thought she was saying Daddy. Nope...She's got another love in her life!
Some of the words I hear her say a lot are potty, bath, Mommy (I always say back Lu-ee), kitty, Cedar. She also says chicken (it sounds really funny), No (very pronounced), and outside. She repeats a lot of what we say and uses the same phrases that Johnny uses. The other day I asked her if she wanted to eat lunch and she replied "No Eat," and walked away.
Lu Lu is finally walking most of the time. She's pretty good at it, but still falls down when she tries to go too fast or walk through/over things like toys.
Well I better get some things done while the kids are both napping!
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