Too much time on my hands...

Not sure why this 80's song lyric popped in to my head when I sat down to do this post, but it truly fits!! Not for me - but for Mia. During the 5 days that all 3 kids were sick, Mia obviously had too much time to rest and the boredom set in! After bath yesterday, I was combing her hair and noticed that she had a spot, right in the front where her hair parts, that had a big chunk taken out of it about 1/2 an inch from her head and about an inch wide...I about cried! She has been growing her hair out for a while now so I was so confused as to why she would even attempt it. When I asked her, I got the typical answer "I don't know mom, I didn't know it was that bad". While I am devastated that she did this to her hair I have kept my cool, knowing it could have been so much worse. So this morning while getting ready for school, I commented to her "seriously, I can't believe you did this to your hair (as I chuckled)...do you know how long this will take to grow out??" She was quiet for a moment then panicked..."what if my friends notice, Mom??" Hmmmmmm, should have thought of that one maybe!!! I didn't say that - I kept my cool. "If you don't point it out to your friends, they won't even notice honey" (that is, until we have to pull her hair back for dance on Monday night...can't cover that one up!!!) This isn't the first time this has happened in our house and for two girls who are almost 7, I didn't even think that this would happen again - I am FAR more worried about what Kale will cut up! Guess this was a lesson learned for me as well!!

The UPS man delivered some sick little critters

Are these not the saddest little trick or treaters you've ever seen??? Of all times to get sick, all three of them started running a fever on Friday morning so were unable to go trick or treating this year. We still got dressed up though!! The kids STILL continue to run fevers today - now on day 4. All three have developed a cough as well and the clinic says they are treating all flu like symptoms as H1N1 but they are too far along to get Tamiflu so we just need to let it run it's course. Hopefully they will be well again in a day or two - I think the 4 of us are starting to want our own space. I had such high hopes this morning when Amilia and Kale woke with a fever just over 99 so tried to wade the day out without medicine, but by lunch it was back up over 100. Anabelle, who it all started with early Friday morning, continues to jump from a temp of 103 then down to about 99 with Motrin/Tylenol but goes back up quickly when the meds wear off. We go in for the flu mist on Thursday so hopefully we won't have a reoccurance of this later this winter!!

On the bright side, Chad has promised the kids a tea party once the crops are out since they didn't get to enjoy Halloween - dressing up for it and everything!!! It will definitely be photo worthy, that's for sure!!

Little Helper!

I could post over and over again about the funny things Kale does and how much of a 'boy' he is, but this was so cute...my garbage disposal has been broken for about a month but field work kept us from getting it fixed. Last weeks rain allowed Chad to finally put a new one in, to which Kale thought he should help! At 3, Kale totally knows what tools are what and was quite happy with grabbing tools for daddy - even offering up his thoughts as to what tool would work best for whatever Chad was doing!!! So, thank you, MEN of the house...the disposal works great!!!

Great news!

As I'm writing this post, I realize that the great picture I took of the tree in my yard is past due - it needs to be a tree with no leaves or possibly even snow on the ground (which hopefully the snow done until December now!!). But none the less, we have great news to report. After Ana's yearly check-up with her neuroloist, we now know that as long as she doesn't have any seizures between now and June (which is very unlikely since she hasn't had any for a year now) we will be able to take her off her meds!!! Thank you, Lord, for letting our little girl continue be the happy and go lucky little girl that she is during all of this and for making her strong enough to go down this road...we're nearing the stop sign and we're very excited.

My little man is making BIG steps!

After 3 weeks of preschool, and not letting me leave without my sneaking out, he has finally turned a corner. This morning, while dropping him off, he turned to me, gave me a high five, and said "bye mommy"...I was so proud of him and wanted to squeeze him for being such a big boy, but instead I had to leave!!! I've always loved the fact that he's held on to me so tightly, because in ways, I have needed to hold him just as tightly - not wanting my last child to grow up so quickly. But go figure, our sending him to school so he can find some independence is harder for me than it is for him! I'm so proud of him though and it's definitely one for the books.

Farmers in the making...

I've always been a farm girl, having grown up on a farm, but rarely drove a tractor unless my dad let me drive while I was with him. Now, I can officially say I'm a "farm girl" - I've been helping in the field during the day until I need to pick the girls up from school and it's actually been quite fun! I am driving the tractor hauling the grain cart to catch on the go and then dump it into the semi to haul to town. I was probably more nervous dumping it in to the semi than anything. I've done pretty well though and think I'll probably be able to keep my job!!! The funniest though is Kale - he's always been OBSESSED with anything tractor so he's in absolute heaven and asks every morning when we will be heading out to the field. Getting him to go to school on Monday and Tuesday morning was a challenge but we got it done! I picked him up from preschool on Monday and he turned to his teachers and said "see ya later, I gotta go combine" as if it was literally HIS job!!! Like I said in the title, we're farmers in the making...

Fall Soccer Season

(Mia redirecting the ball towards goal)

(Mia score)

(Ana stealing the ball)

(Ana's corner kick)

Fall soccer is underway for us - what were we thinking letting the girls play soccer in the FALL??? We will soon be in the field so it will make for some busy weeks for a while!! They really enjoy it though and had been asking to play in the fall for quite some time which makes it easier to allow them when it's something that they WANT to do. We're off to a good start though, 2 wins and 1 loss. Dance has also begun but doesn't take as much time committment now that it's in Emmetsburg - no more driving to Spencer...although I really do miss my Walmart hour!!!


It would only figure that once we want to get harvest started, we would FINALLY get some rain!! I haven't mowed in almost 2 weeks because our grass was almost dead - but boy has it begun to green up since yesterday!! I'm gearing up for my first harvest in the tractor - I'm a little nervous since I'll be driving the grain cart and catching "on the go", so hopefully Chad and Nick are patient with me!! I'm looking forward to it though and glad I can help out.


We have a small sandbox under our slide but Kale got a digger for his birthday and we've been TRYING to find time to get a bigger sandbox built so he can play with his digger before snow starts flying, but time just isn't cooperating with us!!! As you can see by the picture below - he desperately needs one!!! Enjoy this rain!!!