Max likes to charge out onto the deck, barking madly. We figured it was her reasserting her dominance over the local squirrels and birds. Jeremy has another theory: she has to scare off all the critters so she can poop and pee in peace. She doesn’t like it if you watch her go to the bathroom and she’ll give you …
When we were volunteering at the Botanic garden recently, Ocean went over to a tree and asked me to take some pictures as he posed. The poses are all him 🤣 This one is my favorite, though. Such a cutie!
If River doesn’t want to do something, he’ll go boneless. We call it “noodling.” Here he’s noodled onto the ground and is veeeeery slowly dragging himself into the library, on his way to clean his room upstairs. Max doesn’t fully appreciate shenanigans such as crawling on the floor, so she had to get her two cents in (chewing her toy …
Sunshine sent me this picture she took of River. He’s sitting on the couch, practicing his mind control abilities.
Max really likes people food, but she doesn’t get it nearly as much as she’d like. She’s not above hovering while we’re eating, in hopes of us giving her food or dropping it (she’s not picky). She’ll stand under the dining table and put her chin in our laps and stare hopefully up at us from between our legs. In …
I don’t know why, but when River posed like this on the stump, it reminded me of a unicorn. A goth unicorn, but still a unicorn.
Monday I had planned to take Max for a run, but I woke up too tired, so I went back to bed after dropping Sunshine off. I managed to get a little work done that day, but not nearly enough, as frequently seems to happen. Tuesday after music lessons we went into town to check out the botanic garden and …
Sunshine was arguing with Jeremy about how to pronounce Pocky. (they’re chocolate dipped cookie sticks from Japan) Jeremy: “I know how it’s pronounced because I’m Japanese.” Sunshine: “No, you’re not.” Jeremy: “Where was I born?” Sunshine: “On an American military base in Japan.” Jeremy: “Yes, Japanese!” Sunshine pulled a tag off the shirt she was wearing, looked at it, and said: …
I’ve slept very poorly the last few weeks, which has resulted in slow starts in the mornings that aren’t nearly as productive as I need them to be. Despite the slow start, I did get some work done on pockets, paid bills, etc. Tuesday I saw an orthopedic doc to get my thumb looked at. Turns out it’s not soft …
We were talking about a Halloween party Sunshine was going to. Ocean: “I want to go to the party!” Me: “You can’t, it’s just for Young Women.” Ocean: “Oh, so you can’t go either, because you’re not a young woman. You’re an old woman.” Me: “Thank you so much.” 🤦♀️
Monday it was my Monday to drive and I worked on blog post catchup while I waited. I had to take a nap after we got home because I was so tired, though it wasn’t as long as I’d have liked. Afterwards, I cut more leather for buckets and pockets. I ran out of leather, so I placed an order …
Ocean, “Look, I’m Scrooge McDuck!” (because he’s got a cane)
Monday I had tentatively planned to take Max for a walk or run in the morning, but the mid30s temps and a lingering sore throat convinced me to drop the idea. Instead, I went back to bed after dropping off Sunshine and even managed to doze a bit, just before it was time to go pick her up. I finally …
Someone brought in this inflatable to karate, and Ocean decided he needed to imitate it. He did a pretty good job!
Monday I was still feeling yucky, but definitely better than before. Congestion was still present and I don’t have much of a voice yet, but overall I feel better, so… progress. I didn’t take Max for a walk because it rained all weekend- Hurricane Ian (tropical storm Ian, I think? by the time it hit us) brought wind and rain …
While we were waiting for my brother’s wedding to start, the grownups were in the house or on the covered deck. There were a few kiddos and dogs running around, having a great time. At one point, I looked down into the yard and saw Ocean, just chilling on the grass. No idea why. Also, highly unusual, since being still …
Monday the local schools were out, so there was no seminary, so we slept in, though I wasn’t able to sleep in as late as I’d hoped, especially since I didn’t sleep well that night. As a result, it was not a very productive day. Tuesday was back to our usual schedule of early morning wakeup for seminary, music lessons, …
Most nights River is sure to pray that his pectus excavatum will go away when he hits puberty. We won’t know if he’ll need surgery to correct it until he goes through puberty. At that time, his chest will grow normally, or it will continue to be caved in and potentially interfere with his lungs and heart and need surgery. …
Monday was our designated conference recovery day, though we did get up and get Sunshine to seminary, so recovery day was after seminary for her and a trail run for me. The days that work best for trail runs are Mondays and Wednesdays, so I didn’t let recovery day keep me from the trail. Max and I had a good …
River is convinced that only married people have cooties (ie, Mom and Dad). I asked, “So the cute girl from karate class doesn’t have cooties?” River, with a smile, “No.” Jeremy, “Wait, what cute girl at karate?” Me, “Last cycle the boys had to go up and introduce themselves to three people in class, and River was embarrassed to talk …
