Lilya and Clay in the leaves

Saturday, Clay and Laura came by to see Stu-Baby. Lilya needed some attention and play time so Clay took her outside to play ball and to play in the leaves that Roger had raked. She had so much fun. She had leaves everywhere. She ran and played so much her little cheeks were so red. She had leaves all in her hair, in her shirt and pants and all in her shoes. She really enjoyed being outside.

First trip to Caney Lake for the year

We finally started feeling better to get out of the house and the weather warmed up some, so we headed to the camp at Caney Lake last Saturday to meet Kay Kay, Aunt Lisa, Ella, and Lea Rose. The kids fished most of the day, but I think Lilya was the only one who caught anything (only because she had an orange plastic fish on her fishing pole). The water was way too cold to catch anything but they gave it an effort. Roger bought the girls some worms, but of course Ella had to put them on Lea's fishing pole. She was not touching those worms. Check out the picture of Lea with the pillow under her belly. She was pretending to be pregnant like me. Lisa told her that girls had to be married, have a career, have a house, and be 30 before they could have babies. It was pretty funny. We left Lilya with them for the night and came back on Sunday but not to a beautiful sunny day. It stormed all day on Sunday and we had to load everything in the rain and cold. At least we got one day out of the house.

Week before last, me and Lilya were sick. We were in the house from Saturday to Friday. It was no fun, and of course boring. We did have a little fun towards the end of the week. It is amazing what you will do to entertain your children when they are sick and bored. Rog must have really felt sorry for her that night. Notice all the medicine on the cabinet. Looks like I am a pharmacist or something :) Just a reminder, noone eat ice cream at my house until that half gallon is gone.

Old McDonald had a "Mini" Farm

On Saturday, Nick and Ella came up to Monroe to spend the day with us at the annual Ag Expo and 4-H Livestock Show. There was a mini petting farm there for the children. Ella and Lilya loved the animals. They got to hold baby chickens, pet baby sheep, and baby goats. There was a small calf there that was born last weekend. Of course, Lilya wanted to hold the baby moo. There were miniature cows there called Zebu cows. They were not any taller than 36 inches. Nick had to check out the John Deere exhibit obviously. Ella wanted to ride on all the tractors where Lilya wouldn't sit on any of them. She did get on the John Deere golf cart looking thing because she thought that Ella was really going to ride her around on it. The girls had a great time though. We took them to the mall afterwards and then Nick and Ella headed back to Cottonport.