RockinRRanch

Adam kissing the draw lips.

Who's going to push Daddy?

Both boys woke up around 7am. I changed Adam and then lay him back down in his crib. Jacob lay in my bed until 8am. They both lay quietly but neither one fell back to sleep. Jacob was lying on the floor in the hallway this morning when Adam bent over to give him a big kiss on his cheek. As I was dressing Adam on his changing table this morning he kept feeling the cold window and saying, “burr!” We watched Clifford. I got out the Little People toys to play with. Jacob and I played with some semi trucks and cars while kneeling next to the couch. Adam played with the Little People car wash. After their morning snack I got out the chalkboard for Jacob to draw on. I gave him a handful of new pieces of chalk and then I went to find the eraser, which was in his closet. When I came back he had broken all the chalk into tiny pieces. I put new batteries in their tape player with microphones and they enjoyed playing with that. Then Adam and I drew on the chalkboard. He likes when I draw thing for him to erase. I drew fish, shapes, and then some lips. Right away he kissed the chalkboard right on the drawn lips. Too funny! Jacob sat on the other side of the easel and drew with the dry erase markers. Adam also wanted a turn with the markers. He sure loves to erase the boards. After lunch we went outside. It was mid 30 degrees. We let the chickens out and collected eggs. Then we walked over to visit the horses. The boys loved petting Nutmeg who was standing at the gate. They fed her some grass and gave her pets and kisses. We had fun trying to catch a chicken. I caught Betty and Jacob held her. Adam continued to try and catch another chicken. We took a walk thru the woods. Came back inside around 1:45. The boys had a snack and we sat on the couch to read. I tucked Adam in bed shortly after 2pm. Jacob and I cuddled on the couch and read a book. Then we sang some songs together. He was very tired so I had him lay down to rest. He fell asleep around 3pm. Adam woke up around 4:30. Jacob was up shortly after that. Jared got home around 5:30. He had to drop off some things at the library and picked me up a coffee on the way home. As he pulled in the driveway, the boys and I ran to hid behind the rocking chair. We covered ourselves with a blanket. Daddy sat down in the rocking chair and said he needed a blanket to cover up with. Then he pulled the blanket off of us. The boys sure giggled. They wanted to do that several more times. After dinner we went outside to take care of the animals. Jacob, Adam and I drove around with our pretend cars. I had car problems and Jacob came to fix my car. He asked me to pop my hood. I lifted my hands and he checked my engine. He said, “its not broke, you just need a little oil”. He added some oil and then pushed my hands down to shut the hood. Jacob and Adam both wanted to help carry hay to the horses. We found a few eggs in the barn. It was getting dark outside. Our neighbors were just starting to harvest their sugar beat field. Jacob was fascinated as he watch them working. The tractors had on their bright lights. We decided to take a walk to the back of our property so we could get a closer look. Daddy pulled the boys in their wagon thru the paddock. Jacob was really excited as we got closer and closer to the big tractors. We watched from our fence for a while. Jacob pointed out the semi trucks and tractor as he talked excitedly about them. Then we walked down our neighbor’s driveway and watched as the tractor and beet harvester coming towards us. We were right near the edge of the field. Jacob said, “that is one of my favorite tractors I ever saw!” It was really interesting to watch. Daddy picked a beet from the field and brought it over to show the boys. As we walked into the house Jacob suggested hot chocolate. As I unloaded the dishwasher and the boys found some spoons and pans to play with. Adam made some cute sounds and he spoon "things" from the pan to a bowl. Jacob put a bunch of cars in his pan and said he was making “car cake”. He handed me a car and said, “Mommy, you want some car cake?” Then he picked up his garbage truck and said, “Daddy, you want some garbage cake?” The boys took turns getting rides on the tricycle with Daddy pushing them. The first time we told Adam, “its Jacob’s turn” Adam gripped the handles tight while shaking his head no. By the second time around he’d get off the tricycle and then excitedly waited his turn. Once when it was time for Jacob to get off Adam ran excitedly to the tricycle saying, “Me!”