It was a quiet day. After our morning school session I dropped all three boys off at Grandma’s and went to have my teeth cleaned. It’s only been six months since I had them cleaned last time, and I don’t necessarily enjoy having it done, but I did enjoy the 45 minute rest and the feel of polished teeth! And Grandma helped the boys memorize their Awana verses while marching around the big room, and sent me home with food. Thanks Mom!
The strangest thing I heard today came from Jerome. He pulled the hose out to the edge of the orchard and made a mini lake of mud, and then played in it and stayed amazingly clean! He was out there a very long time before I heard a wail from him that I knew meant his feelings had been very hurt. He presently came running in and reported to me, “Mommy, Raven defeated my mud apple!”. Apparently his mud apple was a ball of grass covered in mud and buried. Raven promtly dug it up and defeated it. 🙂
Seth has still been under the weather, so he didn’t make it out to play in the mud until much later in the day when it was cooler. He said he was going to go swim in the mud lake. He came running back a couple minutes later crying for a warm bath.
Ian loves to sit outside, and these big chairs are perfect as he can’t roll out of them yet, but they seemed precarious up on the base, so I just plopped it on the ground and felt much better about it.
Jerome built this little scene this evening and I gave him permission to get the camera himself and take a picture.
