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Watching Nana and Papa

Today was a busy day. Jacob woke up around 8am and played with some cars in our bed on his blanket. Adam woke up around 9am. After breakfast I cut up some more bananas to put on the dehydrator. Then I got out the blankets that have been stored away since last year and washed them. We have one blanket that folds in half and is for walking on inside the screened area of our tent (Truman’s area). This blanket is not very wide but is very long. Truman has chewed it pretty bad. There was a hole the size of Adam in the middle of it and the edges were all chewed up. I cut it, patched it up, and sewed the two pieces together. It should work well for its purpose. Jacob loved helping me push the foot peddle. He said, “I am a great helper”. I then spread the blanket out on the floor and he carefully pulled all the pins out and set them on the blanket for me to put away. He’d pull out a green pin and say, “this green one is my favorite”. Adam napped for 3 hrs. Jacob and I read several books together. Then we sat at the table and drew with the markers. After that he wanted to read to me. He read me his favorite dump truck book. I was surprised that he had the book memorized almost word for word. It was cute to hear him “reading” it. I made chicken noodle casserole for dinner. I gave Jacob a haircut and then he watched his bulldozer movie while I dusted, vacuumed, and swept the house. Then I changed the trash and folded the laundry. We went outside to let the chickens out of their coop. Jacob went inside the coop but came running out saying, "no me like dat big one, he try a get me". Nana and Papa came by for a visit. Nana insisted on picking the row beans in the garden. Thanks Mom. Papa insisted on mowing the lawn. He wanted to surprise Jared. I got him a towel because the tractor seat was covered in bird poop. He started up the tractor and next thing I knew he had crashed into the side of our old tractor. He looked at me with a grin and said, “how do you get this thing in reverse”. I shrugged and said, “I don’t know. I was a little worried to get any closer:) He figured it out and started mowing. There is a bumper guard on our new tractor so no damage was done to either one. I had to take the boys inside for dinner. Jared called to say he was going to be getting home even later than he already was. He made it home around 7:30. He and I ate dinner together while Nana played with the boys. I was watching out the window at Dad mowing and saw him mow over our garden hose (no damage done). Jared went outside to get it out of the way for him. Thanks Dad for mowing our lawn, now we have some things to tease you about. I won’t mention the time we backed his truck into a tree and the other time we dented his tailgate (ok, maybe I will mention it). I also won’t mention all the times Nana backed into our car. Or the time she rode over the post with our van (ok, maybe not over it but really, really close to it). We had a nice visit. Adam loved walking up to Papa calling, “Papa” or over to Nana and saying, “Nana”. This evening he saw the bowl of fish snacks sitting on the counter. He reached for them and said, “ish pease”. I’d hand him one, he'd eat it, and then ask again “ish pease”. Jacob went outside with Daddy to take care of the animals. When he came in it was time to get ready for bed. When I took Adam into his bedroom he couldn’t stop rubbing his eyes.