Fall In Virgil

It was a day of lots of gardening work and we tried a number of different ways of including Lydia – errr – trying to occupy her while we were planting bulbs, pruning, bringing in containers, etc.  She seemed happiest when she was the center of attention – right in the wheelbarrow, right in the middle of the action…

Christian is nuch a big boy and such a fantastic helper with chores and gardening.  I was telling him the story of when he was about  1 1/2 years old and we cleaned the garden and he rode in the very same wheelbarrow.  He laughed a lot and though it was so funny.  Here he is proudly showing the small cauliflower we rescued and the wonderful great green kale we will harvest from in the next weeks as frost makes it more and more delicious.

Lydia is hiding between the green kale and the brussel sprouts…

Earlier in the fall, dad sprayed the grass around the vegetable beds so we’re ready for spring, when we will plant some hedges of boxwood to finish and formalize our vegetable gardening area.  The paths will be of mulch.  It will look so nice!

Christian and dad do a great job of collecting and emptying the annual containers and storing them in the barn.  Lydia is right at home int he middle of it.  I put her down beside us on the grass and was so surprised she was OK with crawling on the gravel.  And while I think it would be easier for her / more efficient if she would be interested in walking, perhaps the crawling around (even outside) is less hazardous?  She seems entirely uninterested in walking.

Everybody is working…

Tuesday nights I have band rehearsal, and I normally leave for rehearsal directly from the office.  I call home to talk with Christian and did so this past Tuesday.  Christian says, “Mom, I cleared my desk in my room and it is changed into Midwest Trading!”  I asked him to clarify and he explained that he had converted his bedroom into Midwest Trading and that he had converted Lydia’s room into Midwest Groundcovers.  Very cute indeed. When I came home Tuesday night late, I saw the signs he had placed on the doors – you see them below…

Midwest Groundcovers – Lydia’s Room

Midwest Trading – Christian’s Room

So the phone conversation continued like this. 

Mom – “Oh, I see, you are Midwest Trading’s office.  Can I order a truck load of mulch?”

Christian – “Uh, no, I can’t do that.”

Mom – “That’s not accepable.  You can’t treat your customers like that.  If a customer asks for something you have to find a way to help them, especially if you sell mulch!”

Christian – “Ah, OK ma’am.  Here – dad can help you with the mulch.”

We have a couple of bathing beauties…most of the time, Christian takes a shower now in the morning, but he has had an ear infection this past week and is to keep his ears dry and that seems easier done in the bath.  The benefit too is that Lydia seems to enjoy her baths so much more when Christian is in them with her.  He likes it too.  Thursday night they “invented” a game of floating a plastic boat between them with animations and sound prompts.  Christian was so excited that he was ‘playing’ with Lydia.  He said, “She’s such a great girl isn’t she mom?”

Christian has acquired a new skill in the last couple of weeks – bottle feeder to his sister.  As you can imagine it is a big responsibility.  He’s doing very well with it – and I’m surprised at how much he is enjoying it.  This was from the other morning – so sweet!

Burping sister…

Loving sister…

And then goofing around on the bed with sister…

The “Kilroy Was Here” pose…

I’m cute right side up…

…and upside down…

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