RockinRRanch

Where's Adam?


Truman is waiting for Adam to drop a cheerio.

Not this time Truman.

More smiles.



We got a little wet on bike ride #2.


"Adam, lets run down the hallway, ok".

Posing for the camera.




Jacob's extra long marker.



Jacob is putting stamps on for Daddy.


Notice the desk chair seat - pillows:)



I got up around 7am and to work on updating (catching up on) the boys “baby books”. Most things are written down in a notebook and just needs to be added to their books. I enjoy doing that and also enjoyed looking thru their books. Jacob came down to the bedroom at 8am. We watched Curious George. Adam woke up around 8:30. He ran right to the fish tank and said, “hi fish” (it was so clear). Adam has started saying, “uh huh” as he nods his head yes. He likes to point at the animals on the Noah’s arch picture that hangs in Jacob’s bedroom. He points while I name him the animal he is pointing at. I carried him out to the living room and he pointed at the baby pictures that are hanging on the wall. He said, “Mommy, da (the) baby”. When I asked him if he wanted to see the baby pictures, he nodded his head yes and said, “uh huh”. He rarely says “no” but when his answer is no lately, he shakes his head no and runs away. Then he'll usually turn around and look at me with a smile. When I smell something stinky (dirty diaper) I'll say to Adam, "let me check your diaper". He'll run towards me, turn around, and back up the last couple feet to wait there while I look into his diaper. The boys watched out the window as it rained. Last night I brought in the little slide, which has been outside for a while. There are so many things to do outside that they don’t use it as much out there. But it was like a new toy when I brought it inside. Around 10am we went outside for a bike ride. I pulled the boys in the cart behind my bike. They liked making noises as we rode over the bumpy rocks. It’s a cool day (mid 50’s). Jacob and I played the matching game. Adam liked watching us as we played on the floor. After lunch we went outside for another bike ride. It was sprinkling when we started and pouring rain shortly after we left the driveway. The boys were staying mostly dry under the cart rain cover, so I continued to the end of the road and back. It was a nice rain to be outside in, no thunder/lightning. We stayed outside for a little while but then Jacob complained that he was cold. Adam likes to stick his tongue out in the rain. I got the boys out of their wet close and put their clothes in the dryer. We found Kate had left a mess all over the living room. I cleaned it up and then put my spot lifter away. The boys had fun running around undressed. Jacob was pushing Adam in the turned over stool. I noticed Jacob quickly stopped and look at me like something was wrong. When I asked him what was wrong, he asked Adam to get out and then lifted up the stool to show me. Under it was Kate’s poop – smeared onto the carpet. By the time I got that cleaned up the boys clothes were dry. They loved getting into their warm clothes. Then I made them some hot chocolate. After that we got out the markers and some paper to color on. Jacob liked hooking the markers together. While Adam was napping Jacob played with his Tonka "wheel pals" cars and train set. Then Jacob and I went outside on the deck. We snacked on crackers. Jacob liked looking thru a handful of different buttons in a bowl. He likes to find matches. Then he rode around on his dump truck saying, “that’s 22 horsepower”. Adam woke up and came out to join us on the deck. Jared came home and the boys hid on him under the table . Jacob got a card in the mail from Kenzie. He was really excited to open it. She wrote him a sweet note and put $1 in the card. He put it right into his pocket. We went for a nice walk down the road. The weather was so perfect this evening, I love this cool weather. Adam rode in the wagon. Daddy and Jacob ran ahead of us and then waited for us to catch up. Jacob caught a “long Daddy leg (Daddy long-leg)” spider and showed it to Adam. Adam wanted out to walk, but didn’t want to go in the same direction as us. I knelt down and told him he could walk with us or go back in the wagon. I wasn’t sure if he would understand that but he quickly grabbed my finger and walked right by my side. He held tight to my finger as we walked to the end of our road and halfway back. Then he wanted back in the wagon. Jacob fell while he was running and skinned his knee. He and I played for a short time in the sand before going inside for dinner. After dinner, we headed to the library for “Circle Time”. This week was about bunnies. He loved all the stories and was really excited to get the bunny stamp on each hand. Jacob fell asleep on the drive home. We got home around 8:15. Jacob woke up when I carried him inside. Adam wanted to see the chickens as soon as we opened the door to the van.