To Town

Today we made a quick trip to town. My oldest daughter went to a class at the Christian School and some friends brought her home so I didn't have to stay. The other kids and I hit the library and Post Office before heading home. The two youngest napped while we were gone so that was a nice and quiet trip. Once we got home, we did a bit of cleaning. To look at the place now, a person could never tell we did that though. I guess my husband told the kids they could put up the tree once he gets home from work tomorrow as long as their rooms and the living/dining rooms are clean.

Smiles

The baby learned to pull herself up on objects and has been enjoying emptying her clothes bins, the crayon bins, the art bins, and bookshelves. Here's the picture I said I'd post of her turning nine months and I added another of her emptying her clothes bin. Have a great night; it's another cold one up here.

AWANA

Tonight my husband bribed the children to go to AWANA. He said they could get out the Christmas lights after they got home if they went. Everyone did well saying verses, but they were excited to get home--especially the 12-year old. The five-year old has five verses left to finish her book and then she'll get a workbook to work on.

Our baby turned nine months old yesterday. I totally missed that so forgot to take a picture. I did get one this morning of her with a big smile. I'll have to post it tomorrow after I get the pictures loaded to the computer.

Another cold day

The cold doesn't stop the children from going outside, especially when they've been waiting so long to play on the pond. We have a small pond in our backyard that freezes over. They would like to use it as a skating rink, but it's not big or smooth. We do have an arena about three miles from us so I'd like to try to utilize that more this year. We had plans to go one more time last year, but the birth of our baby prevented that from happening. Today's been quite calm, especially with the phone not ringing.

The kids made forts in the bedrooms today and also have the Legos out for playing.

On the way to healing

A friend brought me to the chiropractor today, and he popped a couple bones back into place in my ankle. I am now able to walk on my foot, though slowly.

We got a couple inches of light, fluffy snow this evening so some of the kids were outside. They made snow angels and paths around the yard with the shovel. Overall I think they had fun even though it was quite cold outside. Right now it's 0 degrees F with a wind chill of 23 below. Brr...our furnace has been running a lot even though it's only set at 66.

I hope you have a great week. Thanks for stopping by.

Hurting Foot

Tonight my foot has given me the worst pain I've had for a while. It's been hurting for a couple days but nothing like this. Last night I hauled everything from my boys' room into boxes and rearranged the furniture to the way I like it (they had changed it) plus vacuumed the room. They've been playing in there all day today. I think they enjoy it clean but have just too much stuff to manage. I'll have to have Flylady come to the rescue. Today I've been working on laundry and sitting keeping my foot still.

Pictures of the 2nd and 3rd projects

This morning we didn't do very much school work. Instead we finished our turkey projects and played several rounds of cards. Some of the children did manage to finish or do some of the schoolwork planned for the day though. I went shopping this afternoon and bought a couple things for tomorrow plus some flour so we could make some bread and rolls and such. It won't last long, but I do have a trip to the mill planned for the first few days in December. We made a pepperoni pizza for supper served along with peaches, potato salad, salsa and chips, pop, and lettuce salad. I rarely let my kids have pop so that was a fun treat for them. We have no AWANA tonight so the kids are racing around the house with cars, skateboards, and trucks. It gets noisy but whatever works... I sent my son out this afternoon to break apart the pumpkins we carved for the deer. We live in the state forest so I had him throw them across the street into the woods for them. I hope they get eaten. If not, they'll be good compost, I would imagine. A friend bought some potatoes for me so I'll have to pick them up Sunday when I see her. Last year we went potato field gleaning with some friends but didn't have the opportunity to do that this year. Buying them from the store on sale was cheaper then getting them from a farmer up here. They're selling them 60# for $15.00, and I got them from the store for just under $6.00 for 60#. Have a happy Thanksgiving tomorrow! I may or may not post depending on what is happening.