RockinRRanch

"Big Boy" loves corn grass.



Dog pile.

The boys slept in until 9:30. This morning I made Jacob a "chores" chart. Jacob had fun gluing pictures around the chart. He was really excited when I explained the chart to him and he wanted to start doing things right away so he could velcro some pictures on. We started watching Sesame Street but got busy doing other things. We didn't even notice the power went out. It wasn't until the TV and other thing came back on that I realized we had lost power. When I went in the bathroom after Jacob had just used the potty, I found the roll of toilet paper sitting where it usually is (off the holder). But, I noticed that it was very wet. I asked Jacob if he had dropped it in the toilet and he said, "It a at-i-dent, dropping that in the toilet". Then he shrugged his shoulder and said, "thats ok". I guess he thought I might not notice. My Dad came over around 4pm for a visit. Jacob was really excited to see him and wanted him to read several books. Adam woke up during that time and was also excited to see Papa. The boys were looking out the window and Papa pointed out Daddy's red car coming down the road. They ran to the couch and waited for him to come up the driveway. We all went outside. Daddy and Papa went out to look at the cut down brush/tree area. The boys took apples over to the horses. Jacob likes to fill his shirt with apples. After Papa had left, Jacob went into the barn and played in the dirt. He also had fun with his tractor. Adam and I sat in the grass and blew bubbles. Daddy took turn giving the boys rides on the tractor. Then he used my Dad's chainsaw to work on cutting down some trees/bushes. The boys and I went to the back deck to shuck the corn for dinner. Jacob had found a caterpiller and wanted to give him some corn grass. This evening Jacob said, "Mommy, I got a good idea, maybe we should paint, that a good idea?". We got out the paints and did some more painting on our bowls. Adam also wanted to paint. He loved mixing all the colors with his paintbrush. After the boys had their bath and got their pj's on, they ran around the house pushing their dump trucks. They loved pushing them under my legs in the hallway. They laughed hard when I'd pat their butts or tickle them as they went under my legs. Adam fell and bumped his nose on the dump truck. He ran over to me for comfort. After he had stopped crying he got up and walked over to the dump truck. Then he pushed it away a couple time and came back to sit on my lap. The boys and I hid behind the gate in the hallway as Daddy came to find us. They giggled so hard and went running into our bedroom. They both wanted to do this over again many times.