A new way to bathe

The kids thought it was great fun to play in Papa's wheat field and then take a shower in the circle. It was freezing, but they thought it was just great fun! 

They like to pretend they are tigers in the wheat. 

Elizabeth zipped around the driveway on her bike. I could hear her humming and singing the whole time!

When the sun was setting, the wheat turned gold! 

It was amazing how it looked green all day until the light hit it just right! It was so pretty!

Mustard!!!

Jeremy was working the holiday weekend so we drove up to visit Papa Norm and Gram at the farm for a few days. On the way up, we drove by a field of mustard seed! Little Miss Mustard is obsessed with mustard so we got out and took a picture. As you can see, it was a very blustery day!

While visiting, we also went to play at the school. Elizabeth is getting really good and fast at climbing to the top of things! Little monkey!

Boots and Frogs

Gram found some blue irrigation boots for the kids! She bought them a few sizes too big so they should last a while. 

Nathan found a frog in the ditch. There were a lot of frog eggs there too so Nathan was pretty excited. 

He caught the frog to look at and then put it back in the water so it could be near the eggs. 

May Weather

Here is the sun report for May!

Sunny: 25

Some Sun/Some Clouds: 3

Cloudy: 3

We had 0 snowy days. 

We had 0 foggy days. 

We had 5 days with some rain. 

We had 4 days with crazy wind (over 20 mph)

Our yearly total for 2016 through May:

Sunny: 88 days
Some sun/some clouds: 33 days
Cloudy: 31 days

Snow: 3 days
Fog: 9 days
Rain: 25 days
Crazy Winds (over 20 mph): 13 days

8 year old drivers

Watch out everyone. Nathan is driving all by himself! 

Nathan can finally completely reach the pedals in the Kubota. Papa Norm has been teaching him to drive for years and he can now finally drive all on his own! 

I rode next to him. It was VERY weird to be sitting in the passenger seat next to your 8 year old who is driving independently! I can't believe I'm old enough to have a child that drives! I was amazed at how well he can drive. It has finally clicked and he's completely gotten the hang of it. 

He has no problems keeping the Kubota just where he wants it. When he goes around corners, he slows down perfectly to take the turns. It was just a weird, weird feeling for me to see him as an independent driver! By the time he's 16, he will have been driving on his own for 8 years! My goodness. Thanks for all the lessons Papa Norm! 

Feather writing

We were at the park yesterday and Elizabeth picked up like 20 goose feathers to bring home. We didn't realize why she wanted them so badly. 

She got home and put them all in a yellow cup (as you can see). Then, she proceeds to get out all her different colors of paints so she can write with the feathers! 

Someone has been listening to too much Harry Potter!!

Blueberries!

The kids are having a great time eating up the blueberries! Raspberries are coming on now too!