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September 2024 - New Front Yard

The kids are getting used to being back in school and we have the pictures to prove it.  Alexa wanted to crimp her hair and it transported me back to the 90's!






Nathan gashed his head open on our door and had to get it glued shut.  He also scraped his nose pretty bad so it was a rough month for this 4-year old.

Tyler also sliced open his eyelid at school and Kyle carefully glued it shut without gluing Tyler's actual eyelid to itself.  It was a tricky operation. 


Both Marmie and Grandpa Swingle AND Grandma and Grandpa Sweeny came to visit and we loved it!  

We finally finished moving rocks, adding topsoil, compost, mulch, digging and installing sprinkers, and laying grass in our front yard.  Oh, and we planted trees and bushes that we hope survive the winter.  We were right on the edge of when it's "too late" to lay seed but it came in really well.  Thank you, global warming, for keeping it above freezing long enough for our grass to grow ;).  Both Grandpas did a lot of shoveling and raking while they were visiting so hopefully we didn't scare them away from future visits.










Our old-lady chickens are slowing down on egg laying so we got a new batch of babies.  It's always fun to get new ones.  They are so tiny and fluffy!  Each of the kids and our renters got to pick one to bring home.  Audrey still loves to go outside and talk to the chickens.  Better yet, she loves to go in their coop and play with them.



We closed out soccer season and are grateful for a little break before basketball starts.







Misc Happenings:





Audrey can now climb out of her crib!  She definitely keeps us on our toes.


Funny Story:

Nathan was showing us the preschool craft he made.  He said, “It’s the life of a butterfly! He starts as a seed, then he’s a caterpillar, then he has a house called a racoon, and then he gets wings because he’s a butterfly.” Kyle was dying that he said racoon instead of cocoon.

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