October/ November

Well we've been busy around here. Here are some pics from the last few weeks.

When I say busy, I mean leisurely fulfilled. On Monday and Wednesdays I keep Evie and Johnny. (No more of the other boys. Finley said he didn't want JP to come here again. They didn't get along and Finley is still talking about it like 6 weeks later.) Finley and Evie get along great and Evie says they are getting married,. Except when Finley doesn't eat his lunch, she says she's going to have to marry Caelan because Finley won't be big and strong (really!) And Johnny and Caelan enjoy each other and I think the real fun is yet to come since Caelan just started walking! On Thursdays we have our Waldorf homeschool co op. Fridays are field trip days- either Tiny Trekkers or some other adventure. Tuesdays have been free but I think we may add another day to our co op get togethers.

Caelan has been taking 3-5 steps at a time for the last week or so and finally today he's getting braver and made a real effort to walk to his destination rather than crawl. It's been interesting to see him taking his time to walk when Finley was off after just a few practice steps.  But his crawl is like lightning. When he does the bear crawl- usually on grass or hard floors- he goes SO fast it's funny, I;m going to miss it! He says a few words- dada, mama (melt my heart), hide (and pulls blanket, bib, whatever over his head) fish, and Kevin said he says water now.

Finley is changing a lot, I have noticed his body taking the shape of a 4 year old recently, longer limbs and torso. He is flexing his free will muscles and really testing our patience. He is also embracing the word "idiot" and insists that it is his word to use and I am at a loss because he DID get it from a book I was reading to him. In other antics, he likes to pretend he's a dragon and blows fire and he has been blowing on people and things which inevitably makes him spit.
Never a dull moment around here. Seriously, now I now why moms have a hard time showering!

More in the Woods!

Again, The Last Child in the Woods inspired me to go camping. Our friends The Larsons came with us at the last minute.The boys had such a good time! We went to Cedar Hill State Park and pitched a tent for one night.

Finley had a semi-attachment to this monkey fora couple of days. He would want to bring him everywhere because "the monkey would miss him" if he was left anywhere. But this day at the lake it was decided that monkey must be put in jail.

So, between these pics being taken, Finley was stung by a dead scorpion.  He was crawling on the bottom of the lake pretending he  was a shark and he screamed like I have never heard him scream!  He said, "Something bit me!" and was hysterical and shaking, like weird shivers.  Dane got his tweezers from his pocket knife and pulled out the stinger. Later when he went to their car he said he saw a dead scorpion and it looked the same as what he pulled from Finley. After the stinger was out, Finley rested and took some deep breaths for a minute then was off playing again.  He acted pretty normal till after dinner  he asked to go home to bed.  I told him we were staying in a tent and he didn't like that but went to bed without a fuss. An hour later he sat up in the tent and threw up everywhere. Not sure if it was scorpion related but he's only thrown up one other time in his life, with a virus.  These pics below were after scorpion incident.

I LOVE this picture!

Kevin went fishing while I took Finley swimming. He has found his new hobby- he really enjoyed himself.  Finley wants to learn too!

The Great Organic Hot dog for dinner

And though it looks dark this is actually breakfast, rice krispies treats and fruit!

Dane took the boys to one more trip to the lake.

We left first thing in the morning so we could go to a birthday party.  I love camping and we will go again soon!