What a beautiful fall weekend we had! Crisp mornings turned into warm (but not hot) afternoons. We spent time outside and ate meals on the screen porch. And best of all, I did NO homework! After the Thursday midterm I gave myself the weekend off. Back to the grindstone this week though. Lots of reading to do in preparation for the second half (six more weeks) of class.
Saturday morning we went to the apple orchard, which is always a fun activity. Last year it was too muddy to ride the tractor/wagon out to the trees, but Ed didn't care and had fun climbing on the wagon. This year it was perfect weather so we jumped on for the ride. Edward was particularly tickled when we "drove in the water" over a shallow creek. John bravely carried Daniel in the backpack--all 22 pounds of him. Edward had learned a new apple song at school this week. I took a video of him singing it under an apple tree, but I forgot that videos don't work vertically, so if I post it you'll have to watch sideways.
Daniel found it all a bit exhausting and fell asleep slumped over John's shoulder. He remained asleep even during the loud, bumpy wagon ride back to the main house to pay for the apples and pick up a couple of delicious, warm apple turn-overs for our snack. But he woke up again once we sat down to eat (food is a high priority in his life, although this particular treat will have to wait until next year.) Note to self: comb hair in advance of potential opportunity for cute photo with your kids!
In other weekend activities, John finished painting the basement floor. With that plus the completion of the grading outside (including new sod on Friday) our basement is now actually usable. Nothing fancy, but not a damp, stinky cave anymore. We also managed to install new curtain rods and hang curtains in the boys' rooms. No more blankets draped over the half-broken old rods--woo hoo!
Between the new curtains (aka dark rooms) and a morning full of a visit from Gram and PopPop, both boys slept from 1 to 4 p.m. today, leaving John and me the luxury of a bit of afternoon rest and reading.
