Old School

Daddy found these toys in some of his stuff downstairs.
He played with these things many a day when he was a little boy.
Uncle Matt has some down there too.

(and if he doesn't ever come get them they may be confiscated. *wink*wink*)


Well, it was decided that it was time to pass them along.
I don't know if Chad had any of these, I assume he was too, huh-hmm, old?
I think these were toys of the 80's as Terah and I also had some when we were little.
The old-fashioned Little People toys.
We didn't have excavators. Although there was a tractor.
We had a farm, if I'm remembering right.
(Mom & Terah, you'll have to correct me. Being two or three is a little sketchy in my memory.)
Anyway, who better to pass them along to than the three name-bearers of the bunch?
There are 13 grandsons on the P side of the family.
Only three to carry on the name.
Two of them are mine.
And even though Jay is the youngest boy in his family and we were the last to start having kids, we somehow ended up with the first boy to carry on the name.
So, son, I really hope you enjoy your inheritance.
'Cuz it's all your gonna get!
Well, that and hopefully a son exactly like you someday.
The Bible calls them a heritage. I wonder if in the original language the word for "heritage" means "revenge"?
You know, "children are a heritage from the Lord"
could be
Children are revenge from the Lord.
You think?

Yeah, probably not.
The heritage is a little too sweet to be sweet revenge.


"Alright, you bad guy, I'm gonna git you." 

 "No, you're not! uh!pshh!guh.ooohuh."

 "I got 'im. Take him away!"

 "Where to, Boss?"

"Put 'im in the trash truck and throw 'im awaaay." 

 "Take 'im to the dump, driver!"

 "We're takin you someplace you're never gonna git out."

 "No! No! Please, I'm sorry. Nooooooo!"

"Heh. You're gonna die in the dump.Heh heh heh."

 "And stay there forever...."

I kinda hope my boys don't end up in law enforcement....

I'm just sayin is all.

Before Autumn

Okay, so I have been panicking because school is starting in just 4.5 weeks. I am fine with that and look forward to the routine that it brings but as a homeschooling mom, I would really like my house to be clean and organized beforehand. Four-and-a-half weeks. Is that enough time to deep clean my entire house? I mean really clean it. You know, move furniture around and get rid of everything we don't use or need and scrub baseboards and so on.

Sure, you might think that 4.5 weeks sounds like plenty of time. But here's the thing: I also have harvest time coming. Which means hours and days of picking, cleaning, pealing, slicing, juicing, and canning. Literally, days worth of this stuff. With three kids underfoot. True, they can help some. But still...

And I don't want to just clean either. I want to decorate and organize but simplify all at once.

I do not lack motivation, just inspiration.

Oh, how I admire our foremothers.


So here's what needs to be done before school:

• cleaning & organizing the house
• buy Avril's bed and bedding
• complete Avril's room
• finish the school room
• yard work (rock removal, weeding, mowing, etc.)
• canning supplies purchased
• first apples picked & something (maybe applesauce)
• lesson plans worked out
• calendar time for co-op planned out

That's my August to do list.

Here's September:

• start school
• start co-op
• pick plums
• juice plums
• make jelly
• pick pears
• peel, core, & slice pears
• can pears
• pick apples
• make applesauce
• take apples to be pressed
• fall yard work (last mowing, raking, putting up summer stuff, etc.)
• possibly paint the exterior of the house
• clean out 5th-wheel

Feel free to join me for any of the harvesting work. I may even send you home with stuff!

I would love organizing tips for bedrooms and kitchen. Cost-effective of course.

Little Mama

Avril really likes her new dolls. She got them for her birthday. She is a pretty good mommy too.She cuddles them, and feeds them fishies, and smooches on them when they cry.

Have I ever mentioned that I love having a daughter?

No, SERIOUSLY

Okay, so I keep saying it but I really mean it this time. I am back to blogging.

Wanna know why I really mean it this time? Because my kids have done and said so many things lately that I want to remember and can't. And because I don't take as many pictures when I don't blog. And I miss that.
So expect to see a lot more of me 'round these parts from now on.

I have some picture editing to do but hopefully tomorrow I will catch up on my photo-a-day and post a few here too. It shouldn't be too hard due to the fact that the boys are overnighting with their cousins tonight. Pretty weird with just us girls here. Although daddy should be home really soon.

See you later!