March 9, 2013

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  hello brown eyed ben -

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  jack likes saturdays.  it’s the day he wears his camo pants because & i quote ‘i can play all day’ apparently camo pants don’t work on school days.

  he was crushed this morning when he realized rex was working. now he has to wait all the way till next saturday to work with dad.

  he just came in & asked when dad was coming home. after all its 11:37am, its in the afternoon & its wAy past 4 o’clock!

  : )

  he & ben have been planning on buying a horse & turning the front grass into its pen. before that they were asking for old towels so they could be indians.

  saturdays are an important day of the week to jack.

  i like them too. i like to make muffins on saturdays. we read tons of library books this morning while they baked, just ’cause we could & didn’t have to get anyone to school.

  getting to school on time is important to sailor and she works very hard to make sure it happens. they get an extra recess every 5th time they’re there on time.

  

  she likes to be on time in general …. working around 7 other people makes that tricky sometimes – poor child!

  molly had been wearing sailors clothes the last 2 days saying she is sailor. sailor’s shirts, sailor’s sweaters, sailor’s flip flops & her own princess skirt.

  she looks like a little brown headed sack with legs sticking out since sailors clothes are obviously way too big on her.

  
  i’m not sure how she managed a perfect ring of thin mint chocolate around her lips ….

  i think it’s darling …. i have no idea what having an older sister is like. molly makes it seem really great.

  there are spring flowers sitting on the table from my mother in law. i’ve given up on having a little bowl of candy sitting with them.

  it’s obvious the kids get their self control from their mom dad – the bowl is always empty : )

  the little girls are whispering under the covers in our bed. they have their babies. its the 3rd morning in a row for an unmade bed. i think they’re feeling pretty motherly.

  

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  didn’t i just say how i loved the sound of training wheels on the drive way? all last week she did circles around & around – it was little girlish & spring time & country & beautiful.

  this week though, i saw her out on her own with an old bike of the boys & she came in all excited and said ‘i.did.it!!’

  ben helped her take the training wheels off her strawberry bike & just like that sister went & taught herself how to ride a bike.

  

  
  ahh ….

  today her skill level has improved enough to carry a purse full of girl treasures.

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  a chad commercial –
  he was tickled over the sounds he was making with his tongue … till he found his thumb.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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  we chose a walk over naps yesterday. it’s been completely gorgeous lately. we are surrounded by hundreds of acres of orchards & this time of year they blossom ….

  

  

  when you’re not in an orchard, there’s acres & acres of open fields –

  

  
  they were tigers sneaking up on the girls

  

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  the whole missing naps only lasted so long …. he was tired & slept all the way home : )

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  it’s actually really after 4 now, lotsa interruptions!
  rex is just about home.

  the few bites i had of chad’s broccoli lunch have completely worn off. i’m thinking a batch a cookies would bring smiles a few faces around here.

  so i think that’s what we’ll do next.
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