My Aching Knees...

It has been hard keeping up with this blog this summer. Too many other things to do. One being, I took a zumba class last night. My knees are aching today! I kept up despite my lack of coordination. My instructor seemed to keep yelling my way"as long as your moving, your doing good!" I guess I may not have been moving as graceful as I thought I was in my head...

The kids have been busy with playdoh. Our kitchen table is covered in it. They eat their breakfast quickly so they can get to work. Fieldy tries to hurry up the cleanup and tries to put his cereal bowl away. Problem is, he keeps getting the sink and garbage confused. He proudly tosses his bowl and spoon in the garbage and claps for himself as he heads for his playdoh...Greta and I try to correct him most of the time but don't have the heart to ruin his proud moments.

Fieldin turned 22 mths yesterday. He and Greta spent part of the day at our sliding glass window. It was like a National Geographic special in our backyard. There is an empty field behind us and the neighborhood turkey voltures had found something in the field for lunch. The kids told me they were eating beans... Anyway. There were 8-10 huge turkey voltures flying low in our backyard and casting large dark shadows over the lawn. We could see them so close up. Fieldin stood bug eyed at the window saying"turkey"...I have to admit they were intimidating. The kids usually jump at the chance to be in the backyard but when I'd ask they would give me a low.."no......" can't blame them. Turkey voltures are gone as of yesterday afternoon so the kids and the finches(which fieldy calls "chubbies") that frequent our feeder can return to the backyard.

We are in a lull of activities right now and it is nice just to play with the kids. Fieldin spends 75% of his time dancing and singing these days which just warms my heart. Greta and I smile and cheer him on and teach him new songs. Greta has been busy drawing beautiful pictures for me. I love watching her draw and dance with her brother. She also spends time speeding around on her scooter with her barbies fastened to the front. It is a cute sight except her barbies never have clothes on..I guess she doesn't want their pretty dresses to get dirty.

and...Jeff and I have been "to do list" samurai's as of late, which means no beach trip last weekend. The kids didn't know what to do. Fieldy kept grabbing shorts from his closet and sneaking up behind us yelling"beach". If we got in the car he'd say "how about the beach?" and Miss Greta would roll her eyes and say"enough with the beach". Their time at home gave them time to work on new singing duets which is always a good thing and of course a trip for ice cream.

Blueberry season is about done here, which means less interesting diapers for me. Yippee! The kids and I are keeping a close eye on some nearby blackberry bushes. They are almost ready. We are enjoying all the different berries this region has and making notes for jam making next year.

That just about covers the last couple days. I hope to have some new pics or video(if they let me) soon.