Here's another shout out to Lana. I have found myself treating the kids a lot like horses, perhaps due to my dear friend, Lana's, influence. When trying to put on shoes for instance, I will tap their leg as I have seen her do to her horses to get them to lift their leg up. I do the cheek "click click" to get the kids moving, hurry up. Sometimes I will even pat my leg to get them to come. Now if only I could get Dylan to eat apples and carrots like horses we could be onto something.
I realize I have neglected this site for quite a while, so here is a summer/ fall recap. We spent most long weekends up in Maine through out the summer. Most of my time was spent scraping, priming, painting and then painting some more. I don't miss that, however, I do miss the extra calories that I burned. Winter fat is setting in - EARLY. I then brought in the peach crop from our tree and made jam, chutney, sauce and pies. Oooo, so many peaches...
Sophia started her second year of preschool in September. She is at a new school and I like it so much better. I think she will really like her teachers and be able to make some friends. We got to go apple picking in the fall and I can't believe how YUMMY fresh they taste. Made a few apple pies out of those as well as my first apple turn overs. YUM.
We were able to get a good price on plane tickets and now our on again off again trip to California for Christmas is on again. The kids and I will head up mid December and be joined by Ethan on the 23rd. Come home new years eve - wahoo! Now I have a million things to get done between our upcoming trip up to visit Ainley for US thanksgiving, Sophia's b-day and getting Christmas shopping underwraps in time.
I have also been slacking in posting photos, so here is a link to some I posted on Picasaweb
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