What a week. We helped some friends move this week. Their children spent time at our house. I finished (mostly) the chicken coop on Monday night.
Underfoot has been using the potty this week. Mommy and Daddy are very excited about his progress. He’s had a few accidents, but for the most part he’s been using the big boy potty.
On Saturday we played catch up. Mama did baskets in the morning. I worked on the Honda air conditioning system all day. I started about 10 a.m. I finished working on the Honda about 1 a.m. this morning, after two trips to the auto parts store (including a run to the all night store at 10:45 p.m.) There are still some kinks to work out, but it does blow cold.
K2 has taken to standing up whenever possible. He has reached the point where he can walk by holding on to the couch.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Chickens
Underfoot had a well child check up with the doctor the day after his birthday. He is a normal healthy child. After the appointment, he asked if he could drive the car home. He is a year older but not ready for the responsibility of the driving.
K2 has taken off on crawling and is attempting to stand up whenever he gets the chance. He is a little tentative still and goes down on his bum. He has a new game he likes to play. I will puff up my cheeks, and he will pat them empty and then laugh like it is the funniest thing ever.
I have my quilt frames up from my Grandpa George, and I am finally finishing Underfoot's baby blanket. It is so nice to have the quilt frames.
We have chickens. Yes chickens. Five to be exact.
We have been talking about getting chickens since before we moved in to our house. They are laying hens that have laid three eggs in the first 24 hours. We have checked with our neighbors since we do live in a community if they were okay with it. If there are any complaints, the chickens will have to find a new home. But we don’t foresee any challenges there except for a squawk or two for an egg. 
Where did the chickens come from? Eggs of course. They were given to us by a family that will be moving to Alabama. They gave us the coop and all the fixings for a run. We are excited. We will not have a rooster. Roosters are TOO noisy.
L4 went and got the coop and put it in place. He worked all day Saturday.
We also had some house guests for a few days. Four extra children came to play. They were very well behaved and helped quite a bit. They are moving to a new house in the next few days, and Mom and Dad needed to take care of a few details.
We hope you are happy and doing much good where you are!
K2 has taken off on crawling and is attempting to stand up whenever he gets the chance. He is a little tentative still and goes down on his bum. He has a new game he likes to play. I will puff up my cheeks, and he will pat them empty and then laugh like it is the funniest thing ever.
I have my quilt frames up from my Grandpa George, and I am finally finishing Underfoot's baby blanket. It is so nice to have the quilt frames.
We have chickens. Yes chickens. Five to be exact.
We have been talking about getting chickens since before we moved in to our house. They are laying hens that have laid three eggs in the first 24 hours. We have checked with our neighbors since we do live in a community if they were okay with it. If there are any complaints, the chickens will have to find a new home. But we don’t foresee any challenges there except for a squawk or two for an egg. 
Where did the chickens come from? Eggs of course. They were given to us by a family that will be moving to Alabama. They gave us the coop and all the fixings for a run. We are excited. We will not have a rooster. Roosters are TOO noisy.L4 went and got the coop and put it in place. He worked all day Saturday.
We also had some house guests for a few days. Four extra children came to play. They were very well behaved and helped quite a bit. They are moving to a new house in the next few days, and Mom and Dad needed to take care of a few details.
We hope you are happy and doing much good where you are!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Birthday
L4 has been a trooper this week. Underfoot, K2, and I have all been sick enough to stay in bed for three days. We visited the doctor’s office 3 times and only one appointment had been scheduled in January. Underfoot had a double ear infection;
K2 had a single ear infection,
and I had strep throat. It hurt so much to swallow. I went to to the doctor Monday and could swallow without any discomfort by Thursday. L4 held down the fort. He would prepare meals and do a load of laundry or two.
After our illness, we have tried to catch up with household chores and get ready for Underfoot’s birthday.
Underfoot was asked what kind of a cake he would like. He had requests in for Bob the Tomato, Lighting McQueen, Mater, Mack Truck, or a race track. He has talked about his cake for over two weeks. Little did he know we were looking into getting him a few diecast cars from the movie “Cars.” After watching various auctions on Ebay, we won a lot of 35 cars and made a race track cake. Underfoot helped make the actual cake and then I decorated it.
The final touch was to put the cars on the cake before presenting it to him. When he saw the cake with the cars on it, he smiled and waved his hands and was speechless. 
Underfoot usually has something to say. It was a classic moment! He loved his cake.
K2 had a single ear infection,
and I had strep throat. It hurt so much to swallow. I went to to the doctor Monday and could swallow without any discomfort by Thursday. L4 held down the fort. He would prepare meals and do a load of laundry or two.After our illness, we have tried to catch up with household chores and get ready for Underfoot’s birthday.
Underfoot was asked what kind of a cake he would like. He had requests in for Bob the Tomato, Lighting McQueen, Mater, Mack Truck, or a race track. He has talked about his cake for over two weeks. Little did he know we were looking into getting him a few diecast cars from the movie “Cars.” After watching various auctions on Ebay, we won a lot of 35 cars and made a race track cake. Underfoot helped make the actual cake and then I decorated it.
The final touch was to put the cars on the cake before presenting it to him. When he saw the cake with the cars on it, he smiled and waved his hands and was speechless. 
Underfoot usually has something to say. It was a classic moment! He loved his cake.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
On Monday K2 exploded again in the car at Costco. This time Mama was prepared. She caught the explosion before it happened in the store. Unfortunately, it was raining so Mama had to change K2 while getting rained on.
On Tuesday she and a friend decided to turn 80 pounds of apples into applesauce. About 6 hours later they had 36 quarts to show for their efforts. On Wednesday I had scouts and Mama taught piano lessons.
On Thursday Mama and a friend set up our tent. It had been almost 10 years since it was last used. Underfoot was very excited to play in the tent. After supper Underfoot and I went outside to play in the tent. We ended up sleeping in it. Well, almost. We came inside about 2 a.m. The following morning Underfoot wasn’t feeling well. (He actually hadn’t been feeling well for a couple days, but he was more vocal about it on Friday morning.) On Saturday morning Mama took Underfoot to see a nurse practitioner. It turns out Underfoot has a double ear infection. That would explain his behavior and his fever.
On Saturday I worked on the scout. I changed the oil pan gasket. I attempted to change the oil pump, but it turned out that the new one I got was the wrong part. So I put the old one back in, using a seal from the new pump. (At least that was the same.) I also did a few other things to the scout. By changing the oil pan gasket I removed one of the leaks. Unfortunately, I tightened up the bolts on the valve covers and now the scout leaks even more than before. One step forward, two steps back.
Mama and I both had the impression that we should take down our tent on Saturday. Neither of us followed it. We woke up this morning to heavy rain and a very soggy tent. We were able to move the tent (in the rain) into the garage. It is now drying out.
Baby K2 now has three teeth on his bottom jaw. He did sleep through the night at least once this week. (I can’t remember which, though...) Mama hasn’t been feeling well and is a bit under the weather. We’ve had a surprising amount of rain this month.
On Tuesday she and a friend decided to turn 80 pounds of apples into applesauce. About 6 hours later they had 36 quarts to show for their efforts. On Wednesday I had scouts and Mama taught piano lessons.
On Thursday Mama and a friend set up our tent. It had been almost 10 years since it was last used. Underfoot was very excited to play in the tent. After supper Underfoot and I went outside to play in the tent. We ended up sleeping in it. Well, almost. We came inside about 2 a.m. The following morning Underfoot wasn’t feeling well. (He actually hadn’t been feeling well for a couple days, but he was more vocal about it on Friday morning.) On Saturday morning Mama took Underfoot to see a nurse practitioner. It turns out Underfoot has a double ear infection. That would explain his behavior and his fever.
On Saturday I worked on the scout. I changed the oil pan gasket. I attempted to change the oil pump, but it turned out that the new one I got was the wrong part. So I put the old one back in, using a seal from the new pump. (At least that was the same.) I also did a few other things to the scout. By changing the oil pan gasket I removed one of the leaks. Unfortunately, I tightened up the bolts on the valve covers and now the scout leaks even more than before. One step forward, two steps back.
Mama and I both had the impression that we should take down our tent on Saturday. Neither of us followed it. We woke up this morning to heavy rain and a very soggy tent. We were able to move the tent (in the rain) into the garage. It is now drying out.
Baby K2 now has three teeth on his bottom jaw. He did sleep through the night at least once this week. (I can’t remember which, though...) Mama hasn’t been feeling well and is a bit under the weather. We’ve had a surprising amount of rain this month.
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