Things That Make You Think

Frontwheel Drive Broom

Pearce has the latest in broom technology.

It's Like This Papaz

When no one will put the bottle in my mouth I take it like this in my hands and do it myself.

Wild, Wild West

Just your normal day riding the range to Miss Claire's dance hall tunes.

Farming is Fun

Trying to get some leaves in from the neighbors yard this evening. Well, everything was going well. Pearce even demanded to have a turn. He succeeded in not spreading the leaves back out. After a few turn swaps I was getting in to a rhythm and the shaft of my rake split. Run to the garage and hammer a nail crosswise through the shaft and rake head. Two strokes with the rake and the head went flying again. Tomorrow I'll buy Pman and myself some new farm equipment.

Andrew Elkins

Pearcey, Pearcey Pumpkin Picker

We had a huge day today. Kristi and I had to take Claire down to Marietta for her year eye check up. That turned out amazingly quick and painless after last years 3 hour ordeal. When we finished in Marietta we headed home and picked up Pearce. Then we hit the "Punkin Patch." Pearce first had to pick out a pumpkin for Claire, then he started patrolling for his special punkin.

So Much Fun I Gotta Stand On My Head

Pearce absolutely loves his new swing set. Well, for him it is a slide set until we get some size appropriate seats to swing on. His favorite thing at the moment is to run his trucks down the slide. Oh and to stand on his head after sliding down himself.

Fall Saturday

Pearce and I went running errands this morning. We picked up some shin guards, took the recycling to the center, then we looked at a barn at Home Depot. Pearce just had to. When I got home I looked up some under deck roofing systems. I'm gonna turn the underside of the deck into our barn. The happy side benefit will be added water collection for use on the veggies in the future.
Kristi is out with Regina and I'm here with a supposedly sleeping boy and a wide awake little girl. I get a little done on the dishes when not pulling Claire out of the "chim-chimmey". I hope to get a little more done on the front flower beds today. That'll mean more compost and a free reign to work on the back. If you've been here you know what a mess it is up against the house in the back. I also have at least 5 more trees to "prune" after the leaves fall. That is for composting purposes and weight issues. I'm waiting to take out some trees till they loose their leaves so I have a better chance of them falling where I want them to fall.

Andrew Elkins

Schools Back

I have had a disjointed summer. I didn't get all that I had planned to do done. I got a lot that I hadn't planned to do done. Pearce had an awesome time at soccer camp. We also had an awesome time with the family at his birthday party. I got the derelict cars out of the back yard and I removed the front of the chain link fence (didn't plan). I began to remove excess trees. By excess trees I mean the trees shading the Pecan trees in the back yard. I'm even tending the Pecan trees in the yard next door (no one lives there right now). Also the excess trees in the shade area of the "Back 40" (the extended part of the back yard). Where there are 5 or 6 thin little trees I plan to reduce the number to 2 or 3 so they can grow healthy. I'm also going to put some azaleas and rhodedendrons in amongst them as well. Got the swing set moved from Philip and Shelly's house (didn't plan). Still haven't got it set up. I'm planning on that rivaling a real playground when I'm finished (at least 2 slides.

Using What You Grow

I am using a cheese stuffed chili relleno recipe and turning it into a casserole.
We have (or had) four frozen 10# turkey breasts. Kristi got them some how. We cooked one the other day. Needless to say we have a great deal of turkey left-over.
Well, back to my concoction. I had the idea to try a casserole because the cubanelles were too small to stuff. I intended to use manchego and queso, but we had mozzarella and feta is cheaper than manchego. The meat would probably been ground beef if I weren't trying to get rid of the turkey.
I'll probably layer it peppers-turkey-cheese-peppers-cheese.
When it's all said and done I'll give the reviews. How Pearce liked it, how Mommy liked it, and how I liked it.

Andrew Elkins

Children are Awesome

Claire put herself on the shelf this time.

...And The Walls Come Tumblin Down

All that is left to do is disengage the chain link from the weeds and remove the gate posts (they're set in concrete). Then I can get to removing trees.

Playing With the Girl in the Mirror

Claire is catching on to this standing up thing and even taking a step or two (with maximum assistance). She loves playing with the little girl she sees at PT every week. Claire will even gives her big huge kisses.

Mending Fences

This may look like the opposite, and well, it is. I'm taking down the front side of the fence. This will make it easier to get to the play area. Taking down the front side will open up a flat space to put a pool.

Deer Gangs

Driving down my street I saw these fellas dancing around in a yard. I was in the truck so they wouldn't let me any closer. I don't think I've ever seen four bucks just hanging around together like this before. It was so cool. I love living on a semi-rural road.

Let Me At 'em

I'll show you how to do it just let me get down there Aunt Suzy.

Pond Time

Pearce was loving the pond at Susan's. We had a great time seeing folks and getting in the water.  Brooksie, her son, and Charlie played a lot of good music. It was a good reunion.

He really liked the new barn Susan and Ellen just finished the day before. He even liked the lawn tractor. I don't think he saw the Kubota.

 

...and little Stephen trumped Claire as the youngest Wells. His 11 weeks beat her 11 months. Oh, well, she's still the cutest baby in the world.

Sharks and Minnows

Escape velocity has been reached. Pearce finally let go of my hand today and had a blast. Here he is playing Sharks and Minnows with Coach Emily. He is having a blast. On the way to camp this morning he kept planning out which color popsicle he was going to get.

Chillin' After Camp

Pearce's first comment after camp was, "That's hot." We did us a little tailgating after we got cut loose for the day. No Pringles today Mom, but we did have chocolate covered pretzels and slightly thawed frozen juicebox. One side note on camp today. The only participants there without shingaurds were the two coaches kids, Pearce and Morgan's little girl. Kinda funny.

Pman and Daddy's First Day of Soccer Camp

He was Mr. Shy this morning. Tried to climb up my leg for the first 5 minutes. We struck a happy medium. I held his hand the whole session. We'll work on getting some separation tomorrow. He did kick the ball with one of the coaches until he realized what he was doing. The boy's got a death grip.