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Hay Jumpin’

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It’s not late, so I should be a little coherent.

These were taken at the dairy farm we visited in October. They had a huge hay bale and a bunch of hay on the ground for soft landings.

Check.  out.  that.  hair.

It looks like he’s taking off…but he’s actually about to land!  Right after this was when realized that mid air spirals never had soft landings despite what was underneath.

*Not quite sure why the pictures are so small…may have to swap to an online site to get the pictures in and out and up.

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Dairy Farmin’

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UPDATE:  Apparently, at eleven o’clock at night, I can’t realize that I’m posting extremely large pictures and no titles…sorry!  The pictures will just have to stay large but I did put a title in.

Posting for me two days in a row! This is a new record 🙂

Waaay back in October. Among our other adventures, we headed to a dairy farm that has just started a corn maze. It’s only twenty minutes from our home, which is amazing considering that we live in the middle of a city (a small city but still not full of cow farms!). We all had a great time. Not only did they have a maze but they had other activities too. Like…

Giant slides!
Swingy thingys!
That would be Zoe after the giant slide (I braided her hair…two hours of little tiny braiding the night before and she was most happy with the outcome!)
Rubber ducky and water pump races (this was one of the main highlights for our kids).
See???
Hay Jumping (I’ll have more of that tomorrow)…do you see the look of pure joy on that boy’s face?!
Pillow jumping (a big inflated pillow…I just sat on it and was airborne several times…pretty cool but not fun for the younger ones).
Oh yeah, and the maze!
We got out with only a few wrong turns!
I think they spent an hour in the corn box!  I was in there only a few minutes and I had it in my pants.  Most uncomfortable.

Bryant enjoyed the scenery!

Yes, the corn box rocked!  But wait, there’s more!
This one’s for Papa who asked if Liam was going to milk a cow.  And he did!
So did Zoe!
And a petting zoo for Ceili Rain who loved the goats!

Yep, we had fun at the dairy and can’t wait to go back next year!  The goal is for them to create their own creamery to process and sell milk from the farm.  They are also renovating the dairy so that it can be toured.  It’ll be fun to see what all they do next year!

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Going Back in Time

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So, after returning from our friends’ home in Kentucky we ventured on another trip…this time back in time. A local living history park puts on an event twice a year called Colonial Days. It’s an amazing event! They had all sorts of entertainment and merchants set up like it was during the colonial time period. Storytellers and dancing and entertainers were all around. This was our first time to attend and we are set for this to be a family tradition from here on out. Everyone has requested period costumes as well.

The Indians going to help with a “skirmish.”  We’re not quite sure what all involved but we know it had something to do with those “rebel” patriots and some Hessian mercenaries (I sure hope I spelled that right).

This guy was amazing.  He was a lace merchant.  Not a lace maker…that’s what those peasants are for.  He imitated a french lace merchant who had fleed France because of the revolution over there.  He would talk and work on the lace.  It was amazing to see how lace was made.  Although, he said it was not very time consuming, it sure looked like it.  He’s known as the annoying Frenchman and he played it to a ‘t!’

I’m not sure if these are regulars there but there were turkeys and chickens all around.  And they were pet turkeys and chickens.  The kids were able to go right up to them and pet them.  *Note Ace’s notebook…yep, we’re homeschoolers!

Ceili Rain was amazed at the tame turkey (I’m guessing he thought if he behaved he wouldn’t end up on a plate this year!).

Off to the stocks with ya!

And yes, we are still stuck in October.  I’m almost through with the month though.  If Bryant keeps on napping as he did this past Friday, well, I’ll be caught up by the end of the week!

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Little B Update

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To pass the time and buy me more time editing photos…here’s a few shots of my little B. Saying he’s little is a bit oxymoronic in that he’s quite tall! My rough measurements put him at 27 inches (and he was a bit squirmy as I was trying to measure him). His head is almost at the top of the infant carrier so his new car seat should be here soon. He celebrated his third month by moving from 3 to 6 month clothes into 6 to 9 month ones. “Little” doesn’t really describe this guy!

But cute and cuddly does! He’s so sweet and loves to be held. And I find it a little stressful for this protective mama to see that he gets thrilled when his brothers bounce him in the bouncy seat. Really high bounces. His greatest laughs come when we bounce him on our knee or make a sudden movement with him.

And he’s the first of the crew to actually enjoy tummy time! I think it’s because he can see what his siblings are doing around him.

No doubt about it. I love this little guy as much as I love his brothers and sisters! They are a wonderful gift to us!

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A Coconut Story

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This was too funny not to share. While at the Creation Museum we were visiting the animals at the petting zoo.  As we got ready to leave, Liam took off towards the camel pen and exclaimed, “Oh look!  Coconuts!”  and he picked. them. up.  I’ll let Liam tell you in his own words what exactly it was…

A Coconut?! from justabunchofcharacters on Vimeo.

And in case you didn’t catch that, it was not a coconut that he picked up, it was a poo.  Camel poo to be precise.  We. were.  rolling!

And yes, I did make him wash his hands before we left!  Maybe that’s where all the stomach bugs came from!

Oh, and I think I failed to clarify that the stomach bug was only biting at night.  No one really got sick during the day which means we partied and spread germs all day and then stayed up all night throwing up (well, Ace and Ceili Rain did).

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Creation Museum

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 Can I just say, “WOW!”  We had a wonderful, amazing time at the Creation Museum!  It was two hours from our friends’ home so we had decided to load up the kids and go.  Unfortunately, one of their kids was sick so they stayed home and we borrowed Laura to go with us (because, as I said earlier, Zoe and Laura were inseperable).  So, we decided to spread the germs (and we did) with all of Christiandom.  And, as Mark put it, we traveled nine hours and were blessed with free tickets…there was no way he was going to let sick kids stop us.  Okay, so they really weren’t the ones who were sick.  It was actually Mark and I that had to keep running to the bathroom (at least we weren’t throwing up).  The museum is very well done and for the first time, our kids weren’t running from place to place…they actually stopped and listened as we explained each exhibit.  I was impressed with that.

 The live fish were fun too!
 And the garden was soooo beautiful.
 They made a perfect backdrop for our beautiful young lady!

 The animals enjoyed us petting them (as long as we had food)…and we got to see a Zonky and a Zorse (that’s a donkey/zebra mix and a horse/zebra mix…an example of changes within the kind not jumping from one species to the other…a chicken-cat for example would never be able occur…as well as an ape-human…different species see?!)

 Josiah, Liam, and Zoe all voted to ride the camel.  Laura wanted to win we got there but Mark held firm that we weren’t trekking all the way back down to pay for another person to ride…so it was just the three!

 Naps on the go!
 Posed picture time…

Bryant’s fav place…
Okay, this was really long so you’ll have to come back tomorrow for the coconut story!
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A Bit of an Overachiever…

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If this is any indication, Bryant may be a little bit of an overachiever.  We came in from the gym yesterday and I placed Bryant in the swing while I unpacked and got them settled in to finish eating lunch.  He was quite a bit fussy because it was time for him to eat.  Zoe was trying to soothe him and then she ran in the kitchen and announced that he had two white little bumps on the bottom of his gum.  I told her that was impossible.  So, when I got everyone settled, we checked it out together.  Sure enough, Bryant has two teeth that have come through!  I’m not saying there are little teeth buds…these are full fledged teeth!  That explains his grumpiness this past week.

To be sure, I called the doctor’s office to make sure that teeth this early could actually happen and they reassured me that it could.

So, let’s see…teeth at 2 months.  He should be rolling at 3, sitting up at 4 and walking by 5…and saying complete sentences by 6.  Sure…why not???  I’ll expect his first doctoral dissertation on my desk by 3 years.

Either way, we are really impressed with how well he handled teething so early.  Not sleeping well during the day but still only waking up once during the night.

And please note that before Bry, the earliest any of our children have teethed was 4 1/2 months (both Ace and Ceili Rain).  I even searched online to see if there were other babies who got teeth this early.  I saw that it could happen but was very rare.

I can now truly say he’s teething when he’s a bit fussy 🙂

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It’s off to Ge & Granddaddy’s

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A couple weekends ago, we headed to Ge & Granddaddy’s house.  They had not gotten to hold Bryant since he was born…so he’d grown a little…

 but he’s still cuddly.

 We got to go to a high school game where Granddaddy used to coach.  Liam used Granddaddy as a chair while we watched the game.  I think he had the best seat in the house.

 Granddaddy put Mark to work cleaning out the fish pond.  Ceili Rain was a bit in awe of the fish.

 Mark got a nice little workout in the 90 degree fall weather!
 Taking a break from football to blow bubbles.

Again, the best seat in the house!
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How Does Your Baby Grow…2 mths

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So, I took Bryant & Ceili Rain in for well checks on Friday.  They are both growing on target and doing well.

Here’s Bry’s stats and since he tied Josiah for weight and height at birth I’ll throw his in to compare and for fun, here’s Ceili Rain’s

             Bryant                                   Josiah                                 Ceili Rain
Weight  13 lb 12 oz (90%)                 14 lbs 13 oz (97%)             13 lb 12 oz (75%)
Height   26 inches (over 97%)            25 inches (97%)                  25 3/4 inches (90%)

Dr. B said that Bryant is “off the charts” for his height.  He bypassed ‘Siah by 1 inch.  So, he really is a tall baby! 

Ceili Rain is doing well too…here’s her 18 mth stats:
Weight:  24 lbs 15 oz (60%)…this is a good improvement from her 15 month check up.
Height:  32 3/4 inches (80%)…still not as tall as any of her brothers or sister at this age so I remain with my guess that she’ll be our petite one! 

She’s enjoying being a big sister and loves to give kisses over and over to Bryant.  She also loves baby dolls, her brothers and, in her eyes, Zoe can do no wrong.  She acts as though she is the same age as her older siblings and tries to do everything they do and gets angry when she can’t or isn’t allowed.  And her favorite song is “Roll over”  which I will have to get on video.  We’re working on teaching her “Roll Tide” but she hasn’t got that down yet.

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