I have about two point five seconds to write before the boy needs my attention, but I thought I was behind since I have now been back home for about two weeks. I had a wonderful time with our families. I got much more time with Patrick's family than mine this trip. We went to the museum, the zoo, and the Betty Bryn Children's museum while I was there. We also went out to eat at Baker's Square, the Cheesecake Factory, and another place whose name I cannot remember. Thanks so much, both moms and dads for spoiling us and treating so so great!
And finally, another one to follow . . . a child that is. Yes, the stork is delivering to our family for the second time. I mentioned this on Facebook and mostly it's a little bit of old news to everyone now, but this should get the last of the people who might even be remotely interested. We are twelve weeks + now and due in November. I won't give the date because, well, I don't anticipate delivering on that date this time anyway. I just plan to be late, late, late this time. (Just wait, this time the kid will be early. Ah well. If we have a car seat by the time the kid comes, we're good to go, right?)
Right. So my time is completely gone. The boy is feeling neglected, but, yes, that's the news. More later. (Sorry, Kathleen, no pictures. But, yeah, I know you'll read it anyway 'cuz you love me.)
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Meanwhile, Back on the Farm
The boy and I have made a trip to help out on the farm and visit both sets of grandparents. We look forward to seeing Patrick's parents soon, but so far we've had a pretty big animal-focus on this visit. Here's a glimpse of what my parents call "The Funny Farm."
The munchkin adores the cat. Though the cat looks chummy sitting in his stroller, she is actually not all that friendly with him. Of course, I think part of her charm is her elusiveness, so he continues adore her.
When boy meets miniature donkey. He didn't like the donkey too close, but he was pretty interested when there was a little space. This donkey (named Moses) is one sweet little guy.
Petting the donkey. (obviously)
Meeting Porthos (one of the three musketeers)
Male emu laying on eggs for eight weeks without eating.
Seems to me the female emu eats enough for two. Not that she's chunky; she's just seemed to have an appetite the whole time I've been here.
Miniature horse: Aramis.
My llama greeting committee. Have to let the other female emu out of her enclosure and into the pasture and the goats crowd me, but the llamas were quite polite, just curious.
Clancy the wallaby. A bit of a shy fellow, but fascinating. He's a male, so there is no pouch -- just thought I'd say that up front.
Asimov, the umbrella cockatoo, is one of the oldest animals on the farm-- oldest in terms of duration on the farm so far, that is. Of course, his life expectancy is 100, so he will inevitably out-live the rest of them too.
Isaac, the African Grey, arrived not long after Asimov. Cockatoos supposedly have the intelligence of a 2-3 year old human child and African Greys supposedly have the intelligence of a 5-year-old. He talks quite well in the things he says. His life expectancy is 50.
Abish the Toucan is fairly new. She is not the same kind as Toucan Sam; she is a smaller breed. You can't tell in this picture but she's very pretty and colorful. Toucans are not in the parrot family and a significant difference between them is that toucans have soft beaks whereas parrots could bite your finger off.
These are prairie dogs: Meschach and Shadrach.
Hope you enjoyed my little tour of the farm. As the weather gets nicer, I will need to get the munchkin in more pictures with the animals, but as it rained and then snowed recently I wasn't all that interested in taking him out into the muddy cold. More to come.
The munchkin adores the cat. Though the cat looks chummy sitting in his stroller, she is actually not all that friendly with him. Of course, I think part of her charm is her elusiveness, so he continues adore her.
When boy meets miniature donkey. He didn't like the donkey too close, but he was pretty interested when there was a little space. This donkey (named Moses) is one sweet little guy.
Petting the donkey. (obviously)
Meeting Porthos (one of the three musketeers)
Male emu laying on eggs for eight weeks without eating.
Seems to me the female emu eats enough for two. Not that she's chunky; she's just seemed to have an appetite the whole time I've been here.
Miniature horse: Aramis.
My llama greeting committee. Have to let the other female emu out of her enclosure and into the pasture and the goats crowd me, but the llamas were quite polite, just curious.
Clancy the wallaby. A bit of a shy fellow, but fascinating. He's a male, so there is no pouch -- just thought I'd say that up front.
Asimov, the umbrella cockatoo, is one of the oldest animals on the farm-- oldest in terms of duration on the farm so far, that is. Of course, his life expectancy is 100, so he will inevitably out-live the rest of them too.
Isaac, the African Grey, arrived not long after Asimov. Cockatoos supposedly have the intelligence of a 2-3 year old human child and African Greys supposedly have the intelligence of a 5-year-old. He talks quite well in the things he says. His life expectancy is 50.
Abish the Toucan is fairly new. She is not the same kind as Toucan Sam; she is a smaller breed. You can't tell in this picture but she's very pretty and colorful. Toucans are not in the parrot family and a significant difference between them is that toucans have soft beaks whereas parrots could bite your finger off.
These are prairie dogs: Meschach and Shadrach.Hope you enjoyed my little tour of the farm. As the weather gets nicer, I will need to get the munchkin in more pictures with the animals, but as it rained and then snowed recently I wasn't all that interested in taking him out into the muddy cold. More to come.
Spring and Easter
My boys at the Jamestown River
Our wonderful friend had us over for Easter egg dying. Here she's coloring with the boy.
The results of our egg dying efforts. This is not a very flattering picture of me, but I love everyone in the picture, so I still posted it.
I got our friend (with a yard) to have us over for an Easter egg hunt. He found one: success! All in all, I think he ended up with three total.So, our Easter activities included egg dying, an Easter egg hunt/brunch before Saturday morning session, getting invited to share a delicious Easter lunch with some friends, and inviting some other friends to have Easter dinner with us. And around all those activities, Patrick and I went on a Friday night date and we attended all the sessions of General Conference at the church on Saturday and Sunday.
Some notes on Conference: First, it was amazing! Second, the munchkin really did great. Four two hour sessions is pretty intense. He slept through two of them, I think, and the other two he struggled by the end of them, but he did all right. I hope that this will get us started on a pattern that I want to keep up. Going to conference at the church is something Patrick and I both grew up doing. I don't think we typically went to all the sessions when we were this young, but we both want to do it with our kids because it's so important. Going to the church helps us be more reverent and focused than we would be if we watched it at home and hopefully it will help set the tone for our children, too, that this event is a church event. I know lots of families do conference lots of different ways, but I'm excited to be getting ourselves into our Conference tradition. I love traditions.
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