Eli absolutely loves this machine. It is the village of Ney's leaf machine. I'm sure there is a technical name for it, but it's basically a huge vacuum that sucks up all the leaves that the boys and Daddy have piled out by the street (and everyone else too). Eli got to go out on the porch the other day and watch the guys "take" our leaves. He loved it!
You may remember that this week on Wednesday the boys had a field trip and Ronnie decided he didn't want to go. Well I had the boys clothes all picked out for a cold day on the farm. Below Ronnie is still in his long johns with his cowboys clothes. Gotta love pretend play!
Once a month Ron has to travel south to Van Wert for some UM meetings. On the way to these meetings he drops the kids (Eli and Maddie) and I off at my Grandparents. We enjoy these days of Eli entertaining. Most Thursday's my dad goes to my Grandparents to visit too. So this past Thursday it was Granny, Gramps, Eli, Maddie, Mom, Dad and I. We had a good time. Below is Gramps and Eli playing Granny's piano. They both had fun!
Thursday evening was Parent/Teacher Conferences at the boys school, so we asked my mom to come home with us and keep the boys while we attended the meetings. She enjoyed her time with Maddie too!
This week was also Ronnie's very first book report. Now remember this is the same boys who doesn't like change. Refuses to go anywhere new without a parent, but he did a great job. He got a 100%. His book was "The Penguin Who Hated the Cold". Great Job Ronnie!
Eli loves when Grandma Neff comes because he can always get her to read to him. He loves to read!
On Friday morning, since Mom was here and the boys were off school (PT Conf), we decided to pack up and go visit Grandma and Grandpa Hornish. You may remember them from previous posts, but they have been Grandparents to me since I was little. They are probably the most Godly people I know and I just love to visit. them. They are in a nursing care home. Grandpa celebrated his 90th Birthday this past September and a few weeks later was in the hospital with pneumonia. Since that time he is back, but they are requiring him to be in a more monitored section of the home, so he cannot be with Grandma. They are not liking the arrangements at all, but who would. They have been married for 75+ years and they don't want to be separated now.
So anyway, we visited them and Grandpa is doing so much better than he was even before his birthday. He is so talkative. The boys got rides in his wheelchair from Grandma Neff, while Maddie and I talked with him.
He was so glad that we came to visit. I am just thankful that my kids can have time to get to know them. They are truly Amazing people!
As I mentioned, they are in separate parts of the nursing home, but Grandma goes and visits him 2 times a day. She is tired from all the visiting, and is hoping he can come back to her soon. She too was glad to see us. I just love them both so much!
The boys did really good. They had a couple of moments, but I was a little nervous taking 4 kids to visit a 90 and 87 year old. They did good!
Maddie is now officially 6 months old. She is getting so big. She is jabbering quite a bit now. She sits unassisted pretty regularly. She still doesn't like to be on her belly -so crawling might be a little bit down the road. We just love our little girl!
So there you have it. We have had a busy few days!
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