Well, life has been pretty calm this weekend, as planting ended on Thursday. My aunt and uncle from Arizona were here for a class reunion, and although they had lots of parties to be at, we got to spend a little time with them. I am so blessed with my family who is always so encouraging! On Sunday they took a little tour of the farm. Anne Marie made the comment that the sprayer looks like something out of “Star Wars.” Our big green lawn is so different from the lawns in Phoenix that they were constantly looking outside. Sunday afternoon I found myself gazing outside too, and happened to see a deer wander into our lawn. We walked outside, and it turns out that there were two of them. Knut caught this picture of Tom taking a picture just a few feet away with his camera phone. Knut never remembered deer in the yard before, and it was fun to see.
This morning I was doing laundry and looked out the laundry room window and saw a little red fox on the wood pile behind the house. It left before I could even think about my camera, but it was also a special treat this morning. I makes me feel so lucky to live so close to wildlife, as so few people do these days. Not that many people get to see something so beautiful as a part of everyday life.
Silje and David shared a room this weekend while we had guests. It started out okay, but by Sunday afternoon, they were more about playing than sleeping. David kept climbing into Silje’s bed, and he tore down quite a bit of wallpaper in there as well. Knut and I weren’t planning on tearing down the wallpaper in that room for several years, if ever. I guess David decided it should come down. He’s been picking at it for a few weeks, and we’ve been trying to stop it. This weekend though, big sheets of it came off while he was supposed to be sleeping. Needless to say, I’m glad Silje can get back in her own room tonight. Even though she did pretty good, David was constantly getting into trouble when she was in there. It can’t all be David’s fault, as Silje has a history of talking David into doing naughty things while she stands by and watches.
Knut chaperoned a youth group guys lock-in last night at our church. He hasn’t returned yet, but I’m sure he had fun. This morning on the phone he said that he got to sleep around 3am, but he got to sleep in until 9am, which is really late for him. He’s surprised that he got 6 hours of sleep! He has the day off today, which I wasn’t expecting. The kids are really looking forward with playing with Daddy more. Anne and Tom cracked up laughing when David ran up to them when they came down from their room Saturday morning and introduced himself and then pointed at Knut and said “This is my friend, Daddy!”
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