Routine Monday which means boys milked in the morning, lots of laundry, school, kitchen work, and Levi went to Precision for the afternoon. Jesse studied, fixed my leaky basement kitchen sink drain (thank you very much Jesse), and worked on the livestock trailer. After their schoolwork was done, Tori cooked, drained, and boxed 15# of ground beef for the freezer, and Kate made baked oatmeal for breakfast tomorrow. Jacob helped G’pa empty corn into the corn feeder across the road and checked on the cows/steers/bull and the electric wire. Nothing too exciting (except when Jacob grabbed a wire he thought wasn’t hot but it WAS) but that’s how we like it. After lunch, I took littles on a nice walkabout the farmyard which included a stop at the kitten shed (formerly known as the woodshed) and the hill behind the hogshed for some tumbling. Josh learned how to roll down and thought it was great fun. Nap for Josh, walk for me, chores for all, read to littles, supper prep. After supper, Dad and I walked, boys worked on something or other in the shed, girls read, littles played legos. Aahh, nice and calm. Bibletime, playtime, bedtime.
A few nuggets to save:
Usually after breakfast Tori does her piano “lesson” which consists of her teaching herself any hymns she doesn’t know but wants to; she’ll also play her favorites that she knows well. I LOVE IT!!!! Occasionally I’ll help her with tricky rhythms or such, but for the most part she’s on her own. She does so good, and I so enjoy listening; actually I enjoy hearing all the kids’ lessons as they all do really good at practicing diligently.
And just what do you think is going on here?
Nope, they’re not crawling down the stairs. They’re teaching Joshua to crawl UP the stairs BACKWARDS. Why? I certainly do not know.
Now this is some worthwhile teaching – Jacob’s teaching himself out of a job.
Oops.
Just when I thought garden work was done – Grandpa asked if we wanted these from his pepper plants which he tore out Friday (Saturday?). Yes we sure do, thank you very much!
That’s it; good night.
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