Life in the barn was very good…
…blow your nose.
Take a tissue, more than one if you can manage it, hold it up to your nose. Sniff loudly. Repeat if necessary. Throw practically unused tissue in garbage. When Mama says “Blow!’ complain loudly that you are blowing and sniff again.
I am sad to report that no one in our house calls our Church’s Harvest Festival “Harvest Vegetable” anymore. It has been out grown by the Boy Who Doesn’t Like to Be Posted About. When he was about 2 1/2, that is what he called it and it took a few times before it dawned on me what he was talking about. I thought he was talking about harvesting vegetables. He has a favorite stuffed toy from that year. He always has a great time.
This year was no exception. We ate hot dogs and chips. Yum! Then the kids get free tickets and get to pick which games they want to play. There are about 10 games varying in difficulty. TG liked the duck pond where a magnet is attached to a fishing pole and it is used to pick up a little duck. There are numbers on the duck and the child gets to pick a prize based on the number (one to three). Number One is most often candy with the prizes getting better with the higher numbers. Some of the games a ring or ball has to fall in the right place, in line or on the same color, to get the higher prizes. Another game that TG liked was the golf putting one. She was determined to get the ball in the hole but her putting skills left much to be desired. I think she got one in out of pure luck. KJ liked the duck one and the throw the ball/ring ones. HP liked a ball game. They ended up with a bag full of treats, a bag full of candy and a stuffed animal each.
At the end of it all, TG looked at me and asked when the Harvest Party was? I said we just did it! Later, as she hugged her Papa goodnight, she asked again about the Harvest Party and was told we just got home from it. She then asked about the food. We had hot dogs and chips, wasn’t that yummy? She still wasn’t satisfied and inquired again about the food. After thinking for a bit, her Papa realized she thought that at a “party” there should be cake and ice cream! Ah! We explained that this “party” didn’t have a cake but it was sure fun anyway!
It was a child’s Hog Heaven!
More than one. Could be two, three, ten, twenty-five.
“Look! Horses! Two horses!” Says TG as she points to a group of four horses.
I think it’s pretty typical for a child her age but it’s cute anyway.
It’s a vegetable that grows proficiently in the garden. Everyone screams when they see you coming with some in your hands.
It’s KJ that can say it correctly but HP that has said it that way for many years but now he says it correctly. TG hasn’t named it yet. But she’ll eat it- sometimes.
Long string-like things, usually covered in red sauce. A favorite dinner dish. And it usually is messy, especially when a person insists on eating it with her fingers.
“Hey T! Let’s switch glasses!”
I heard KJ say this at the table as I was busy fixing plates. I went into “Mother” mode and started the lecture that we don’t switch glasses after we have drank out of them because of germs etc. etc. etc. Then I looked up and realized she meant something else.
She wanted to “toast” her sister and clink glasses.
So now we “switch” glasses all the time.
