Catchin’ up

I was feeling pretty good about myself, thinking how much I have blogged lately, when I looked back to make sure I didn’t post something twice I realized the last time I posted was about 3 weeks ago, so it’s been longer than it seemed.  Time sure does fly!

So, here is another photo update of some of the sights you may see if you were a fly on our wall!  :)

I think they were reading blogs.

Duck?

He did this to himself by the way!

 

 

  I think she had a little help.

Jonas learning Pre-Algebra with Jesse.

Jolene using Piano Wizard ~ the children really enjoy it and are learning to play the piano at the same time!

We use an old Oxy Clean container for our dishwasher detergent and they scoop it instead of pour it into the dishwasher.  It helps with keeping a more reasonable amount of detergent.  Here Jared is refilling the container.

Intent on practicing.

As Jared was trying to push the stroller into the mud the other night I told him ~ “people can say a lot of things about you, but one thing they will not be wrong on is if they say you are ‘all boy'.’  If there is a puddle of water, you will walk through it ~ if there is a hill, you will go over it ~ if there is an alternative way to do something, you will find it!”  Javan piped up that he was all boy too.  I found a recent picture that proved it.  Regular old pushups just weren’t enough, he had to make them more challenging, and challenging it was!  You try it!

Jolene making mayonnaise. 

 

Jonas and Jubilee helped me mop the kitchen / dining room.  I have 2 mops for that purpose.  Having two mops works great, they are learning to mop, we are working together, and it doesn’t slow me down waiting for their turn to be finished! 

A couple weeks ago Chad and the boys took a hunters safety course so the boys can get a license to hunt in the fall.  Here they were getting a little target practice in.  Jesse was using his new semi automatic BB pistol.

 

The next three are all the same thing, but I liked them all so I decided to share them all.

This is my favorite.  May have to print this one!  :)

A week ago Friday Jared and Johanna came down with pink eye.  It went through 5 of the children and we thought we were through and the other 2 just got lucky but this morning Jonas woke up with pink eye and unfortunately his is a totally different case!  Perhaps being around it for a week he was building up the germ and it’s attacking with a vengeance!  The others was barely an issue, a little pink with some puss in the AM.  I have cleaned Jonas eyes out at least 3 times in the last hour.  He’s not acting too bad, but I think it is worse than the others.  Praying he didn’t pass it to his cousins last night.