Tah Dah!

All Finished. The Playhouse is complete. Nice Work Darin.

What A Week!

About a month ago, the music teacher in Rockland asked me to substitute for him for the first week of school. I said "sure" thinking I would do him a favor and get a little experience teaching K-12 General Music, Band, & Choir. Then I remembered that I have children and a family which is the whole reason why I am not teaching in the first place. After making childcare arrangements for my three little cherubs, I realized that I would only be making between $15-$22 per day after the school takes out taxes and I pay for babysitting. Worth it? I think not. I had already committed myself to the music teacher, and really I was his only choice, so I went ahead and taught 7 classes of music each day for the first week of school (Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday). Those of you that know me, know that I am a perfectionist, so I went over my lesson plans for several hours each night to make sure that I knew exactly how I was going to do things. I think the classes went well, I had fun. It was nice to have a little change in my life, but I definitely am still not planning on teaching anytime soon. I was so tired by the time I got home from school, that I didn't want to see anyone or do anything, but yet I still had to be wife and mom (which I prefer) and it is just too much for me to juggle. Kudos to those of you that can be working mothers, I don't know how you do it and keep your sanity.

John Deere ZZZ's

Abigail asked her daddy if she could go for a ride in this John Deere Wagon that pulls behind his lawnmower. Darin said, "sure" so they went for a ride around the property. About 5 minutes later Darin turned around to ask Abigail if she was having fun and this is what he saw. Abigail is dead asleep. She is even sleeping with her shoes in her hand.

Abigail's Little House on the Prairie

Beginning the project.

Darin has been working on building Abigail a playhouse for a couple of months now and it is almost finished. He has to install the door (after we strip all of the lead paint off of it) and put railing on the front porch and then it will be finished. Abigail and her friends love to play house in it. She put her little kitchen, play food and a table in it. Darin is such a fun, handy dad. Now Abigail has her own Little House on the Prairie.

Almost done. Yes, Abigail has her own John Deere Lawn Mower of course. She wants to do everything that daddy does.

The Twins Are 7 Months Old!

Emily Celia - 7 Months Old

Elizabeth Claire - 7 Months Old

W0w! I can't believe that the twins are already 7 months old. Time goes by so fast when you are having crazy, chaotic, fun. I love their little personalities and I couldn't imagine my life without them.

First Finger Food

The twins got a taste of their first finger foods the other day. They are gumming a Baby MumMum Rice Biscut and they also got to try some Sweet Potato Puffs. They love the finger foods, much better than baby food.

Emily's Quirks

Emily has been rather difficult to get to sleep lately. She thrashes around, takes her pacifier out and won't stop babbling. So, when she does fall asleep I don't dare try to move her. Here she fell asleep in her boppy and I quickly remembered why I love her so much. She looks so peaceful when she is sleeping.

Emily LOVES this frog. She must have it in her crib if she is even willing to attempt to fall asleep. The frog seems to calm her down fairly quickly cause it sings about 6 minutes of lullaby music.

Wrestling

The twins are starting to interact with each other more and more. This is a good thing and a bad thing. It is hard to leave the girls on the floor playing for a few minutes unless they are separated because I will hear a scream and one of them will have the other pinned down or they will pinch, scratch, or take toys from each other. Of course they don't know any better I guess I am getting prepared for what is to come when they are toddlers. In these pictures Emily is wrestling Elizabeth and Elizabeth has just decided to take it. Emily outweighs Elizabeth by 3 pounds, so I think Elizabeth just decided this time not to fight back.

Harvest

It's harvest time here on the farm. These are John Deere Combines (if you didn't know) and they help with harvesting the wheat. Darin hasn't been able to drive one of these yet, but maybe they will let him help sometime soon. He has been helping in the alfalfa field by moving sprinkler pipe and has been fixing alot of barbed wire fence. I think it is really neat to see how the farmers do things around here. A real farmer. I can definately say that Darin has his own sense of style.

Elizabeth's 1st Tooth

Elizabeth has been drooling excessively the past month and has been pretty cranky the past couple of weeks, but not without reason. On July 23rd, Elizabeth's 1st tooth popped through and on Friday (August 1st) her second tooth came in. She is now the proud owner of two cute little bottom teeth. I was pretty surprised, seeing as she isn't even seven months old yet and Abigail didn't get her first tooth until she was almost 9 months old. I thought I better document it though because I tend to forget these kind of things. I tried to take a picture, but you can't really see her tooth and she kept biting my finger because she wants to chew on everything that comes close to her mouth. Ouch!

Family Pictures

We had some pictures of the family taken while we were in Texas. Storytime with Abigail.

Darin

What a stud muffin!

Misty

Abigail Lynn - 4 Years Old

She is growing up right before our eyes.