Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Fall is Coming

The weather is certainly turning cooler. We may even have frost tonight. The boys keep looking for snow, but I don't think that's coming soon. We raked some leaves and they jumped in them and hid in them a few times. We jumped on the trampoline and made a fire in the firepit. A fun, fall day. It started off with a tantrum from Maicol, but after some talking that turned around and we ended up with a great day.
Dan's Dad was down recently. The boys had a good time with him. He played Candyland with them (several games) and that certainly is a great way to make their day. Maicol and Juan both like playing games.
We have finally managed to get the house resided and painted. It has been an ongoing job for way too long, but it looks great all painted the same color. Dan is working on finishing the "cat house". Since we put the cats outside to live we made them a little house (like a dog house, only for cats). We're building a new one for this winter. It is sided the same as the house and has a shingle roof. The boys have been wanting to help paint, so we told them they could paint the cat house. They are dying for him to finish it so they can paint. Who knew painting was such a fabulous thing to do? :)
Not much else to report. The Maicol and Mami saga continues, tho less intense then over the summer. School is going pretty well. The boys got another round of immunizations (and the FluMist). We don't want a repeat of last year when they all had the flu at the same time (including Dan).

Playing in the leaves.
Andrew, Maicol and Juan.

He's just too cute!


Andrew is the one with the "sweet tooth". We call him the Candyman.



"Fish Face"

This picture is only to show you the vase of flowers. Juan had earned a dollar for helping Dan with putting insulation under the house and another dollar for a lost tooth. He bought these flowers for me at Kroger with one of his dollars. Dan bought a few too to make a nice bouquet.

Juan, Maicol and Andrew with Grandpa Baker.






3 comments:

Wendi and Benjamin Wood said...

How sweet of Juan! To buy you flowers! I love it when the boys bring me home flowers! Love the pics! I would love to find a big pile of leaves and just fall down and play in! It looks like so much fun!

janine said...

Love the fall pics!

The flowers are so pretty, too!

My mom is visiting now, so my kids are getting their "game fix" (it's not my favorite thing to do, but I do it sometimes!) . . . I'm not sure how many rounds of Candyland the boys got in with Marmee today! :)

Anonymous said...

Grandpa really enjoyed the boys and his stay with you. Maicol will probably get over his attitude. Don't you wish you knew what he is thinking. Great flowers. Have a great weekend!!!!