Snow?!

We had planned on planting potatoes last Friday, but.....

Friday morning we woke up to this!  Almost 8 inches on the porch railing!

Looks like a Christmas Card!  But it's April 15th!

Even Lu Lu got into the movie weekend.

Lus and Daddy playing on the floor.

Josh was pretty upset about the snow this weekend.  He had lots of spring plans that were ruined.  We watched some movies and he cleaned up his shop and got some stuff in the yard ready for taking to the dump on New Salem City Clean Up Day.  Josh started to take down the South part of the paddock fence.  We plan to have an easy route to the pasture garden for the 4-wheeler.  He plans to make a new kitchen table out of the good wood from the fence.  He started prepping the wood.  It is going to look pretty cool!

Secretly I was kind of happy we got the snow and had to have some inside time.  I got to work on sewing Olue's Easter dress.  Hopefully I'll finish tonight.  (Josh is gone in Fargo again and John is again zoned into Cars again!)  I also went through some of the kid's clothes.  It seems like their always growing out of what's in their dressers.

John's newest word that he uses all the time is "Ehvee" (Heavy).  Daddy always says, "Johnny, you're so heavy," when he picks him up.  So now every time he wants to be picked up, or he's lifting something heavy, or Olue is crying to be picked up he says, "Ehvee."  It's pretty cute.

It snowed again today and their is more snow in the forecast.  The yard was dried out before this storm.  It's kinda sad that John and I can't easily go outside anymore.  It now involves coats, hat, mittens, boots, and tears when he gets too cold.

Well...I better get back to that dress before the movie is over or Olue wakes up from her nap!

Made it through

Well, we made it through our first night without Daddy.  There is going to be a few more in the next couple weeks, so it's good to know we can do it without any major mishaps...no dead chickens, Cedar is still on her chain, the cat didn't have her kitties yet, and there are no broken bones.  It looks like John has a bug bite or maybe just a little bump on his head, but I wouldn't call that major.  John watched Cars last night.  It is definately his favorite movie.  I think we need to buy some more G movies.  I kinda getting tired of watching Cars.  I think we watch it almost every other week.

John wanted me to lay down with him in his bed last night and you no what happens if you lay down in a dark room with a snuggly little boy.  Josh woke me up with a phone call around 10pm.  Next time I'll just plan on going to bed with him instead of trying to stay awake til he falls asleep.

Tonight we have the Sedar Supper (Passover Meal) at the church for the CYO kids and I have Living Stations Practice with the Juniors and Seniors.  I always seem to spread myself a little thin on Wednesdays.  I better go peel the hard boiled eggs for the Sedar Supper.

Daddy and the Kiddos

 Playin with Lu Lu

 Lu and John

Johnny Loves geting his picture taken.

Lu Lu's Hair

After Lu's bath this afternoon, I started playing with her hair.  It is so long!  I love it.

She got tired of me playing with her hair.  Before I got her dressed, I blew some raspberries on her tummy and she laughed for the first time!

My First Night Alone

Josh is going to Fargo for work today and spending the night.  This will be my first night alone with both kids...We'll see how it goes.

I just vaccumed the floors.  It's amazing what you find when you look close as you clean.  I even found a dried up cauliflower under John's highchair from last night.  We had cauliflower and brocoli mixed.  He gaged down one bite of brocoli that he fed himself.  Then Josh gave him a bite of cauliflower, telling him that it tastes much better.  John definately didn't agree, so Josh let him spit it out.  Hopefully he'll learn to like veggies if we make him try them every night.  Maybe we should only do one kind a day though...Not make him suffer too much.

Lu Lu slept til 5 am when I finally woke her because I needed her to eat.  Maybe she's going to start sleeping through the night now?

Monday Monday

Sometimes Josh complains about his "Monday Headaches" when he gets home from work.  I guess you don't have to go to work to get them.  My house looks like a tornado went through a toy store, the kids have dirtied enough laundry today for a whole load, and that headache is coming on strong.
Johnny had fun this morning when we went outside.  I wanted to get the rest of my flower beds cleaned out from last year's dead plants.  He wandered off and I found him in the chicken pen.  He spent about 45 minutes in there chasing the chickens around.  It was pretty cute!:)
Well, I guess I better get to that laundry now.:)

Spring Has Sprung

Spring is finally here!  I know because on the weekends Josh is up, outside, and done with chores before I am even out of bed.  (Josh is a winter hibernater and likes to stay in bed til John gets him out of bed because breakfast is ready.)  Josh did a bunch of tilling this weekend...the potato garden, house garden, both pasture gardens, rows in the new strawberry bed, and an addition to the paddock garden.  He cut down the pea shrubs in the backyard and we brought the brush down to the pasture...a new brush pile started.  (He just informed me that he also....changed oil in the tiller and the car and got the lawn mower running.)  I trimmed the geraniums and moved them into the shop.  It's so nice to have them out of the house (they were invading John's room, Olue's room, and the dining room.)  We also started to clean up the rest of the brush pile that Jared and Thomas helped him burn.  Josh even started our first campfire for me...It was very short since it was way to cold and reminded us of our honeymoon camping trip in October of 2008.

John likes to help.  When we were moving the pea shrub brush, he got really upset.  We finally realized that he just wanted to help, so we had him pick up the little sticks and bring them to the truck.  John's biggest frustration right now is communicating.  He keeps telling us stuff, but we don't understand a lot of it...then the tears come.  We're understanding more and more everyday though.  His newest word is "Ogerlr" (Yogurt).

Olue got to come outside for the first time yesterday.  It seemed like she liked it.  The fresh air really wore her out though.  Went to bed early and slept really well last night.  John was pretty upset that she was in his stroller.  He even laid down and pretended to be hurt so that I would come pick him up (his trick didn't work:).  We told him that he's a big boy now and can walk on his own.

Celery

Peppers

Cabbage

Kohlrabi and Onions

Our seedlings are doing really well in the house.  I can't believe how much better they look this year compared to the last two years.  Josh says that it's because he has been the one taking care of them.  I think it's because we've been keeping the house warmer for Olue (her room is freezing!).