Life before 2008 07 Sep 2005 04:25 pm
Winds of Change
Fall is coming…it’s still warm here but the mornings and evenings are so cool and refreshing, and there’s a little breeze with a hint that it’s direction has turned. Every day we look out and notice the hills beyond have a slight color change; little pockets that stand out in the wash of layers of blue and green.
Wheaton came to us tonight and said, “I wrote a song! It’s called, ‘I pwanted a seed’! Want to hear it?” And he sang, “I’m the best seed pwanter! I”m the best seed pwanter!” over and over…..
to have the confidence of a five year old :-).
We did school today in our newly beloved picnic spot, described at www.hutchinsons.info/ . A babbling stream, cool shade, and the aforementioned soft breeze made for fun school moments. I have to admit feeling a little proud as bicycling grandparents went by, no doubt noticing that we were homeschoolers, and hopefully thinking how lucky our children were to be outside on a such a beautiful day.
Full disclosure: the above tranquil setting was made possible do to a probable catastrophic van issue and repair. We don’t know the outcome of that situation but we are trying to look on the bright side of life. ’nuff said.
I sat outside today, recieving much needed encouragement from a new friend, and counted purple martins. It’s so fun to see so many birds right off our balcony! Those particular birds sweep and soar and look like they are really having fun up in the sky. We saw a hummingbird two days ago and have signed up for Cornell University’s Feeder Watch program. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/
Little fat baby Rowan is changing so much! His hair is growing over his ears, one day flipping up in huge curls. With his chubbed out little legs and those curls he looked just like one of David’s baby pictures. He’s the first of our kids to have David’s baby shape and we never tire of kissing all that pudge! His newest tricks include shaking his head “no” over and over, making lip smacking noises, and motor-boating/spitting raspberries. What’s neat is that he’s finally realizing the connection between doing them and making us laugh!
This week has brought a surge of new routine with violin lessons, soccer practice, fencing, and homeschool. We’ve gotten over the season’s first colds. And praises be, heard from David’s family; everyone is weary but safe and there was no major damage. We pray for thier quick relief, for power, and enough food and water, and rest knowing they are in God’s hands.
One of them is whistling for mom and “tuck-ins”. Must go…
on 07 Sep 2005 at 5:48 pm 1.Gigi said …
You paint a beautiful picture-I kinda envy you.Did you know that Gina has a blog spot now.We have had a lot of rain off and on the past couple days and of course are watching Ophelia.So glad to hear Davids folks are okay Have been praying for that.How is the house hunting going?
on 08 Sep 2005 at 4:56 am 2.TiaDavidandOurLittleChickens said …
We aren’t house hunting at all right now. Our plan is to stay in here for most of the year because that gives David’s new income time to rise and settle and we’ll have a better idea of what we can afford. The only thing that would really change that is if the right “old house on land” presented itself pretty cheap; we have several realtors looking on a regular basis for us.
What’s gina’s blog address? I’d love to take a peek sometime. I’d wondered how much rain you guys were getting with that storm. From here, on the news, it looks like it’s going to spin north after dumping quite a bit of water on you first.
My coffee cup is about drained, which means the end of computer time this morning….