We were out raking leaves on Monday and Tuesday. Only two of the six trees on our property are actually shedding their leaves, the others are still green and usually don't lose their leaves til winter, so we end up spending our spring raking leaves. So I was out there basically raking the leaves from our neighbors trees and then one of ours. We had already burned one pile on Monday night. Tuesday we go out there to rake some more. It doesn't really look like I put a dent in the leaves as the ground is still pretty covered. As I'm putting the leaves in pile in the garden, they just keep falling off the tree with the wind that was blowing.
Me: Man, I'm not even making any progress with these leaves. They just keep falling off the tree and making more work for me
Mason: Well mom, it is Fall you know
DUH how could I have not been thinking.. guess its just best we wait til spring to rake
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Butterfly from caterpillar to monarch
Not quite sure why this says June 2009, but it was actually just a few weeks ago. If you click on the image, it will make it bigger so you can see the photos and captions a little better! The kids sure did have a great time watching it go from caterpillar, to chrysalis to butterfly. It still amazes me!!! Next year we are gonna have to find different caterpillars and see what different butterflies we can watch transform. And someone gave me the idea to watch a tadpole and an ant hill!! Both sound like fun things for the kids!!
These are a few of my favorites a little bigger so you can see them better. So cool to see the orange poking thru the chrysalis
Tuesday....
Thought this was a great photo of Tony with the kids!!
BRRRRRR its cold out there!! I want Fall before we get winter. These 45 degree nights are suppose to be in December not October!
We went to Reiman gardens the beginning of September. Kids had a great time.. really like this photo. Looks like they are talking about meeting up at that stadium in 15 years.. but of course it will only be when the Hawkeyes come to town to play *S*
Do you see anything looking at ya??
Mason has a new phrase I've caught him saying a lot lately... " Speaking of xyz...." and then he will go on about something so not related to whatever I was talking about. BUT he loves saying it, and it makes me chuckle!! I got to talk to him on the phone the other day, and since I'm home with him all the time, talking on the phone with him is rare. And it was then that I realized he is still a little boy. Talking to him in person he seems so grown up and such a big big boy, but then when we talked on the phone, it made me realize my baby is still a little guy!! One of those little things I've always taken for granted, blinked my eyes and he's already 5!!!!
Yes she is eating that in the car, and its not even cooked yet! We were on our way to the pond to cook the corn, but she couldn't wait. BUT I was not gonna stop her.. she doesn't like her vegetables so as long as she was eating a veggie, I wasn't gonna stop her!! Course, only can eat Iowa sweetcorn raw and have it taste almost as good as it does cooked
Mallory has started taking Kindermusik 1 day a week for 15 weeks. The first class she didn't want to sit still, didn't want to listen, would repeat a few things the teacher did, and really didn't want to lay down at 'quiet' time but decided it was time to scream and cry.. BUT now three classes later, she is listening a LOT better, will actually lay down at quiet time, and is copying what the teacher does. She still needs work on her sharing, as she doesn't want to do that and gets very upset when she has to share her blocks. I'm hoping that by the end of this session, she will be sharing and loving it! All of this can only make her more easy going and hopefully not so 'me me me'!!!
We got together with Tony's side of the family over Memorial day weekend. The kids had a great time and its so fun to see them getting older and interacting more and more!!! Poor little Luke looks like the 'black' sheep of the family amongst the blondies!!
BRRRRRR its cold out there!! I want Fall before we get winter. These 45 degree nights are suppose to be in December not October!
We went to Reiman gardens the beginning of September. Kids had a great time.. really like this photo. Looks like they are talking about meeting up at that stadium in 15 years.. but of course it will only be when the Hawkeyes come to town to play *S*
Do you see anything looking at ya??
Mason has a new phrase I've caught him saying a lot lately... " Speaking of xyz...." and then he will go on about something so not related to whatever I was talking about. BUT he loves saying it, and it makes me chuckle!! I got to talk to him on the phone the other day, and since I'm home with him all the time, talking on the phone with him is rare. And it was then that I realized he is still a little boy. Talking to him in person he seems so grown up and such a big big boy, but then when we talked on the phone, it made me realize my baby is still a little guy!! One of those little things I've always taken for granted, blinked my eyes and he's already 5!!!!
Yes she is eating that in the car, and its not even cooked yet! We were on our way to the pond to cook the corn, but she couldn't wait. BUT I was not gonna stop her.. she doesn't like her vegetables so as long as she was eating a veggie, I wasn't gonna stop her!! Course, only can eat Iowa sweetcorn raw and have it taste almost as good as it does cookedMallory has started taking Kindermusik 1 day a week for 15 weeks. The first class she didn't want to sit still, didn't want to listen, would repeat a few things the teacher did, and really didn't want to lay down at 'quiet' time but decided it was time to scream and cry.. BUT now three classes later, she is listening a LOT better, will actually lay down at quiet time, and is copying what the teacher does. She still needs work on her sharing, as she doesn't want to do that and gets very upset when she has to share her blocks. I'm hoping that by the end of this session, she will be sharing and loving it! All of this can only make her more easy going and hopefully not so 'me me me'!!!
We got together with Tony's side of the family over Memorial day weekend. The kids had a great time and its so fun to see them getting older and interacting more and more!!! Poor little Luke looks like the 'black' sheep of the family amongst the blondies!!
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