Sleeping Angels

My sweet Charlie and our baby Lady.

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Five year olds and house update

ACK!
The blogger format is new and I hope I can get this post up before the end of October!

We have 2 five year olds now and they were so happy to entertain Nanna and cousins from Michigan and Florida. We had a grand time!

For our school birthday treat we made a robot cake with lots of delicious candy! Yummmm yummm.

The farm projects are coming along and we have had some lovely weather to work in.  Charlie thinks the little red tractor is his and has been known to throw a fit if we go on big green instead.

Whatcha doin' Dad?

And the house is coming along too. Here is the most current picture.

And the chickens and guineas are doing great.  Although we had to separate them as the guineas decided to keep the BJGs from eating when they were cooped up.

Life stays always busy and we are enjoying the wild ride.  I hope to update again next month. (However breath-holding is not advised!)

Almost forgot to put in a picture of our boy with a lost tooth! They are turning into big kids (-:

First day of school and siding is started!

School has started and I am left wondering what has happened to summer! Andrew and Aden were so excited on their first day of school.  They are going five days a week to Fountain of Life Preschool in Kernersville and they are loving it.  Andrew is having a little trouble adjusting to wearing his glasses all the time, but wore them all day yesterday and they didn't get lost! Aden is friendly and cheerful as ever and has really been a great Charlie teacher.  He loves to show Charlie how to do everything.  Charlie is growing up so fast.  He goes to Fountain of Life on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.  He is using the potty daily but doesn't want to wear big boy underwear?! He is a strong little guy that loves to push his brothers around on their trikes and he loves dirt and Tonka trucks.  He is really in heaven now as the bulldozer has been to the house to move dirt and we have bare dirt galore! Hopefully I will have more pictures of the completed siding soon.  If I can just be sure to get them on the blog!



  

Charlie did not want to stand with his brothers for a first day of school pic, but I caught him near them anyway!

The house with a view of the new dirtwork.

 'Street' side.

 Andrew having fun triking around the house/barn.

A view of the siding that will be on all of the house by the end of the week.

Progress and party

The progress seems to be much slower now. The second floor joists are in and most of the bracework. You can see all the boys if you look closely.

Dining on the slab.

On Saturday we had Charlie's birthday party at the Kernersville Bounce House. It was a blast! We wish you all could have been there.

Andrew: all bizness playing ball.

Upside down Aden.

Having some pizza.

Scott and Andrew face off.

Mom helping Charlie get his bounce on.

The Kernersville Mom's group always has something fun for us to do. Here are the guys on horseback for the first time. Aden loved it and went for 2 rides. Andrew got on, but decided having the horse 'go' would be too much. Still proud of him for getting on.
Stay tuned for vacation pictures. We are leaving on Thursday and I am stressing out over packing for a family of five!

Going up fast! And picking Strawberries- yum...

It only took them 3 days to get this far.

Andrew and Aden's class at the strawberry farm. Charlie snuck in the pic- class mascot maybe?
He really thinks he is a big kid.

New 'do. Just a little dirty... He was yelling for the camera.

Hanging out with Thomas after a snack.

Aden looking for a strawberry.

Andrew is all business.

Charlie picking another big delicious strawberry.

I will keep you posted on the building progress!

We have a slab!

There it is. A beauty don't ya think?!

The boys had a ball running and walking on it. They only fell down several times on the wet slab.

Paul and Charlie on Mother's Day. Don't they make an adorable pair!?

Easter Sunday family picture. Andrew and Aden took us to church.

Aden wanted to make a hat for Lucy out of his Happy Meal box. He did and took a picture to prove it. Lucy was a good sport about it all.

-Charlie-

Teeter tottering after hunting Easter eggs.

Aden on the slab.

Decorating Easter eggs. So messy and so fun!



We are gearing up for the big cruise. I am hoping that the building is up and dried in before we leave- four weeks from now. Keeping everything crossed~