Thursday, October 19, 2023

This and that

First day of school!













Heritage Days in Fennimore

School field trip to the zoo


Harvesting sunflower seeds for planting next spring



Wyalusing State Park





Doing "computering" (as Mike calls it) as part of school



Botanical Gardens in Dubuque





Shopping at Theisens - the only place with kid carts and free popcorn!



The things you see when you turn around... ;-)

Jacob lost his first tooth! Just 4-5 days after he first noticed it being loose.






We got a new bull.


Governor Dodge State Park







Saturday, October 14, 2023

Quotable Quotes

Jacob, riding in the car: "Hey, that's the semi truck that's from our soybean field! I looked out and I saw it by the dawn's early light!"  (one of his favorite songs right now is The Star Spangled Banner)


Playing Bible trivia with the kids... "What did Jesus do to the feet of his apostles?"
Dave: "He tickled them! tickle, tickle, tickle!"


First day noticing a loose tooth. Jacob: "When it falls out, can I put it under my pillow and you can sneak in while I'm sleeping and take it away and leave some money for me?"


Mike: "Can I ride my 4-wheeler?"
"No, it's raining."
Mike: "Well, I can take my umbrella."


Timmy: "Back when you were a really little boy, was Grandma your Mom?"


A  car pulled out in front of us and was going really slow. 
Jacob piped up "Hey, why are they going so slow? Are they Democrats?"


Mike: "a airplane! a army jet airplane!!"
me: "oh yeah?"
Mike: "yeah!! it really was! But I didn't get bombed!"


The boys were discussing ages and Timmy asked how long until he turns 59 years old. Jacob responded with "That's when people start to die. 59 years old, that's when people start to die."


Timmy, dribbling the ball: "Do you see what I can do? I'm drooling!"

Mike: "What is this random thing?!"