Pixiemom

Noelle hit the keyboard and then the computer screen froze. I logged out and decided to just shut the computer down since a storm was coming up anyway.

Anyway, what I was going to tell you all was that we went to the apple farm on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. The kids had a blast in the play area and picking apples. They thought the tents and wares they had up for pioneer days were neat. Their favorite (and mine too) was the tent with dulcimers and banjos in it. They even did a demonstration of it for us and let me try out the dulcimer. I’d love to have one someday and learn how to play. I also bought another ocarina to replace the little one I broke a few months ago, except it isn’t made very well and the sound is way too airy. Oh well, it’s still an instrument and can just be one of my collection. Someday, I’ll get another that I can actually play.

She is so bored! She has to sit with her leg elevated for a while still and she is tired of reading books. I brought the kids up and she loved it. Amie and James did their rendition of “Joshua fought the Battle of Jericho” for her. I think I’ll get her some cross-stitching to do.

Since I was up there, I stopped by the Amish farm that sells Rod and Staff homeschool books and got Amie’s English text and the teacher’s manual. I got them both used, but still in great condition, so it was at a much better price than I was planning on paying online. Woohoo! There’s also a pumpkin farm up there and though we didn’t stop, the kids liked looking out at all the pumpkins we could see in the fields.

James had his second drama class today. He wanted me to stay and watch, but kept looking and waving at me instead of paying attention to his teacher, so I left and walked around the farmer’s market where I spent money. Saved money on books… spent it on yummy homemade cinnamon raisin bread and apple donuts. Actually, I only spent about half of what I saved by getting those books, so I still come out pretty good. Anyway, James was upset with me for leaving. He wanted to share how fun drama was. I’m going to talk it over with him later. We’ll have some mommy/son time. Maybe he’ll show me what he’s been doing.

4-wheelers are dangerous. I was talking to a friend of mine last week. I told her I have never been on a motorcycle or 4-wheeler (or any ATV). I’m too scared. I’ve heard of too many people who had gotten hurt or killed on them and it had made me uncomfortable. (I know, more people get hurt or die from other things.) She called me on Friday and talked to me before going out on it and I asked her about her helmet. She said it was dirty and she’d wear it after it was cleaned, but she hadn’t had time yet. This morning, I was told she was in the hospital after an accident. I was happy to hear it was only her ankle, though it was completely crushed. She could have been hurt much worse since she didn’t have that helmet on. She had reconstructive surgery this morning. When I saw her this afternoon after she woke from her surgery… “Julie, you told me to be careful. I understand why you don’t want to ride them.”