Linking up at Kathryn’s today because Jen is taking a break.
1. Today is the ducks’ first day of rain since they’ve moved outside. They seem to be enjoying it.
I’m glad I don’t have to worry about them overheating today; I’m hoping their skills improve, but for now they don’t always have the sense to find the shade when it’s hot out, and we have to herd them to a cooler spot. You’d think they’d realize that sitting in the sun panting isn’t the best idea, but they’re not terribly smart. The kids take offense when I say that about the ducks. It’s not that I don’t like the ducks – I love having them! – but it is true that they aren’t so bright.
Photo of ducks running in fear because I’m taking photos of them from the front porch…Yeah.
2. Kids down for the count: 2. Naomi is running a fever this morning, Simeon has curled up on the couch with a blanket – so far no fever for him.
Neither has a sore throat. Hannah is feeling much better. Maybe having the baby on or after the due date (Monday) would be a good plan, giving everyone a chance to get better. Ha! Like I can choose!
3. Hannah’s feeling SO MUCH better that she made biscuits for breakfast and then brought breakfast in bed (or on the couch) to both Naomi and Simeon.
4. Breakfast came with blueberry jam for the biscuits.
Tess is modeling it in the picture above. Blueberry jam, made by me, because that is something that made it to my list of Necessary Things To Do Before Baby Is Born. Yes. Important to have homemade jam with a newborn.
5. More practical things also made that list, too. Because even though it is vitally important that the ducks have a bigger feed dish before the baby is born (check), clean baby clothes and diapers are also vitally important (check). On the list, too, is a daily nap. Yesterday I really outdid myself on that one – 90 minutes. Quiet time for the kids is one of the greatest inventions in the WORLD.
6. I’ve been assembling a read-aloud basket – well, a stack, really – for times when I’m nursing the baby and the kids are at loose ends. This will be summer, of course, so I have the idea that they’ll probably all want to spend lots of time playing outside and doing other things. BUT, there will also be times when I’ll spend most of the day sitting and nursing the baby and they’ll spend most of the day being bored of Mom sitting all day and nursing the baby, and diversion will be a good thing. Here’s my stack:
Missing from this stack is The Way Things Work – I think Sim ran off with it yesterday. I’ll see if I can get it back. Any good suggestions for others that have a wide age appeal? Or that don’t, actually, because they might not all be looking for read-alouds at the same time.
7. On Michael’s list of Necessary Things To Do Before Baby Is Born is “Trim front hedge.” It does need to be trimmed. He’s finished about 2/3, because we need a longer extension cord for him to finish the last. Here’s the not-quite-finished product:
Hard to tell this side is trimmed because the neighbor’s hedge across the street is showing above it.
Can you tell where the extension cord couldn’t reach? Michael actually doesn’t care if this gets done before the baby, because he’s getting a pretty good case of senioritis at work and hoping that labor starts soon. :)
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