WINDY weather

Yesterday and Today were crazy windy.  We are having up to 60m/h gusts.  Crazy!  It's also been cold and rainy.  Good weather for staying indoors!

Tuesday on the other hand was gorgeous!  Josh told me to forget naptime and play outside with the kids.  (forgetting naptime was a bad idea...Lu Lu was inconsolably crying after supper and ready for bed...not doing that again.)  But we had a lot of fun outside all afternoon.  We finished digging potatoes.  (Lu Lu's pants were black!)  Then we watered the chickens (Lu Lu got soaked!)  She went through quite a few clothes that day (including an extra shirt from having a sucker from the credit union in the morning:).  Anyway, after playing in the sandbox and Lu Lu swinging for a while we decided to go to the playground.  John had asked to swing and I thought maybe they could both swing there (we never made it to the swings, but they had fun).  We walked all the way to the playground, very slowly, since Jeremiah was in the stroller, so Lu Lu had to walk.  Johnny's a pretty fast walker and I had to ask him to slow down a bit.  We also stopped at Gambles and looked through the toy isles. 

Jeremiah's been not sleeping well this week until last night.  He would only sleep in my arms.  Yesterday I had quite a few things to get done, so he just stayed awake pretty much all day, except for a couple 30 minute naps.  I knew eventually this would happen, I just didn't know when...He finally crashed around 8:30 in my arms last night and he was sleeping hard for the first time all week.  I laid him in his bouncy seat just incase he had gas (we thought that might have been part of the problem before).  He slept until 8am today, except for waking him to eat at 6, because I needed him too.  He's been pretty sleepy today too, but when he is awake, he's very happy and content....Finally!:)

Lu Lu is finally in the big bed in John's room.  She likes sleeping in there with Johnny, but I have to stay in there with them at nap time or I don't think they'd ever fall asleep.  It's okay with me.  I get a chance to lay down for awhile.:)

Cy came to visit for a week.  He played with John and Lu, helped clean out the garden, brought all the pumpkins, gourds, and squash up to the house, shelled beans, and in the evenings went bow hunting with Josh.  They saw quite a few deer but the buck they saw wasn't in the right spot to shoot.  We brought with  to my Mom and Dad's for a day to spend at the farm and he got to ride in the combine.  He was really excited about that!:)

Cy telling John about the toys

Playing together

Shelling beans

 We've been going to my Mom and Dad's on the weekends to help harvest.  Josh enjoys helping and we all enjoy being with Mom and Dad.

Playing with Grandpa's toys

Relaxing

Melt my heart

Last day of the cast

 This was the day John got his cast off.  It was a short leg cast and now he is cast free.  He still walks with a limp, but the doctor said it would go away.  He really likes having it off.

We've been doing art projects and playing school (learning to count and our colors).  I've been focusing on Johnny, but Lu Lu does it all too.  It's amazing how fast she picks up on everything.  She can count to 3 and sporadically knows some colors.

painting with apples

 We were trying to make the star imprints, but it didn't work too well.  They didn't seem to care and had a lot of fun!

Making Pancakes