three day weekend

i'm counting today as a weekend day, too, because i didn't have to babysit so we sat around and played until my coffee kicked in and i turned into a cleaning tornado..............
we went to taylor's first birthday party. the dress/shirt turned out really well. i used an amy butler pattern for an empire waist shirt but made it big with cuffed sleeves so she can wear it for a long time (provided it doesn't fall apart!) I wanted to make leggings to match but i couldn't find any orange knit so i'm on the lookout for something i can repurpose. the party was nice and i felt so welcomed and loved. it's interesting because i don't see those people very often anymore but they are like family to me. the boys had fun. hudson decided to say a bunch of new words and show off his skills. it cracks me up that even though i am extremely anal about what the boys eat and making sure it's balanced and healthy, the new words were 'chicken nug' 'chee-booger' 'num nums' sigh.........he really enjoys playing with the wooden pizza party set too, cutting slices of toy pizza for me. i wish they were real slices of pizza but that is a forbidden food right now.
today august got out our bible and was flipping through it, 'reading' it to himself. i asked what it said and he read the story: "Three little pigs drive up a hill. They drive fast fast fast. Then they go down hill nice and slow. Ok the end!" LOL
we hung out at the inlaws' farm all day yesterday. it was incredibly relaxing and such a nice day out. i sat on the driveway in the breeze and smelled the sweet corn pollen...i love that smell. that and the noisy bugs at night make me happy. late summer. we'll be squeezing in our last days of swimming soon (i can't believe i'm saying that already) and then august will start "preschool" in our house. my only objectives are to 1. work on what numbers mean (can count to fifty but doesn't know what fifty means) 2. learn how to write, starting with home made montessori sandpaper tracing letters. other than that it will be art projects, cooking, running around, making messes, sorting things, copious amounts of nature time... all the normal stuff we do anyway.