The Little Happenings...

I'm finding myself these days wishing I knew where our camera was...or wishing the batteries were charged. Hmmm...maybe I need to figure that out before baby arrives. Guess I'll put that on the 'to do' list as well. However, that assumes that I'm getting things done on said list and that is a falicy. But regardless...

We are having a lovely fall. The kids enjoy playing outside so much. When the grouchies strike, we have recess outside and it seems to banish them away. E loves riding her bike. We've been reading the Little House on the Prairie books. She pretends to be Laura or Mary and 'rides' to the town of Pepin to get supplies for the winter. She's all excited to buy a farm someday and raise cows and make cheese and do all the things that Laura and Mary do. Crazy girl! As ready as she is for that adventure, I'm sure I'm not up to that much fun on a farm! Living 'off the grid' really doesn't appeal to me, but I let her imagination run. It is fun to see it go. Today she harvested 'wheat' from the backyard. She was so excited to find wheat and be able to grind it into flour. I didn't have the heart to tell her it was just grass that had gone to seed. It was her treasure and she had big plans for that 'wheat'.

X loves playing outside, also. He says, "Truck outside?!" He loves riding his truck. He can make it go so fast. Jut and I have enjoyed our evening walks with the kids so much lately. X doesn't need the stroller anymore. He just zooms away on his truck. That leaves Jut and I to meander behind. We can actually hold hands and enjoy each others' company. Novel. E rides her bike and waits at the corners. She's such a good, reliable first born. She's becoming more and more of a mother hen.

My other favorite thing that X says right now is, "Tank you, Mama!" Any little thing that I do for him, he replies, "Tank you, Mama!". Sometimes I think that he says it just because he's learning that I'll always say, "Your welcome." So, he knows he'll get a response. He loves being understood and being able to participate in a conversation. That is a conversation that he knows "the rules" of...so we repeat it over and over and over. He's such a polite little guy. It melts my heart...even when it is the 1000th time we've said it in a day.

We are still hearing the "nah-nah" song frequently...but not daily. That is another thing I should video. E will sing the words to "Every Move I Make" and when she gets to the part X can sing, she lets him sing it. They are cute. It is really funny when X doesn't want to sing and yells, "No nah-nah!" as E sings. They crack me up.

Thomas the Train is a favorite at the house. We have engine wars constantly between the kids. However, we can only usually find 2-3 engines. Slowly but surely they are disappearing. But, that doesn't keep the kids from fighting over them. Refereeing isn't my favorite 'mom' job. One of these days they might all disappear...

Baby is due in 4 weeks. Dr thought that anytime he/she could make their appearance. Probably since he told me that baby will make me wait another 5 weeks. We'll see. I've decided it is a boy and so I'm not washing any of my girl stuff. We'll see if I'm correct one of these days. The dr is concerned about the size of this little fish (or big fish as it might be), so I have another ultrasound tomorrow to judge baby's size.

Someday I'll get the camera out/working again. Then maybe I can update so new pics of the kids. They are both growing llke weeds. E is so long and X is getting taller all the time too. I need some pictorial evidence.