A Day in my Life - it's August!

Here's another account of a day in my life.  There are lots of photos, because it was a fun and busy day!

It was Saturday and I wasn't working or on call!  So, I slept in!  I got up around 8, had a couple of boiled eggs for breakfast and some quiet time before I got going,  Then I knew I had a lot coming up so I got going.

I started off dying some coffee filters.  They had to get done and dry for a later project.

I made brownies, and also got some Sloppy Joes made for Sunday.

I started the laundry; had a few loads to do.

I vacuumed, swept, dusted and got the house looking good.

Then I had to go to the store.  They are doing construction in several places around us.  It means that we need to take gravel roads to get almost anywhere.  Our cars look a mess!

But, other than the dirty cars, I do like back roads.  The corn is doing so well this year!

At the store - I needed several things.

More back roads going home.  These are soy beans.  I love the open spaces that aren't filled with developments and businesses.

You might see tractors,

Wild flowers,,,

And even horses!

I got back home around 1pm and there were people waiting for me.  Andrew and Heather had taken Alaina and Ruby to the zoo.  Then they brought them to our house to spend the night.

We had to go outside and play for a little while.  Alaina loves to hang off this bar.  I can't believe she can do this without holding on using her hands.

Typical Ruby - not content to just play on the swings, she had to climb up on the top bars of the fort.

This is what we did with those coffee filters, we made flowers!  I'll show you how tomorrow.

We took another walk outside and checked out the flowers.  I love this one - it's a chive.  It looks like something from Dr Seuss.

Here's another fun one.  It's a thistle.  See the bee?

Grandpa came home and we had pizza for supper.

They hauled out Andy's old Legos and had a great time building things.  How do you like Alaina's building position here?

Here she is showing me how flexible she is...    :)

Then we went out for ice cream.  It was the first time doing this all summer!

Alaina got hers in a bowl.

Ruby wanted a cone.

After that they walked out with Bob to get something from his shop and wandered in the back yard a bit.

Then came running to the house together.

They played a game with Grandpa on his computer and before we knew it, it was bed time.

It was a fun, first day of the month.