More Farm Fun

We returned from the farm late yesterday - another great trip. The first photo shows our handsome devil with his hand expertly bandaged by his (great) Aunt Mary Lou, who has many years of experience as an ER nurse. In fact, we made an unofficial visit to the local ER to say hi to Aunt Mary Lou and take advantage of her expertise after Malcolm burned his hand - it obviously helped him to feel better as he stopped crying after his hand was immobilized and it has been healing very well.

In the second photo, Malcolm enjoyed his ride with his Grandpa on the Kubota - he remembered it from the summer - as soon as he saw it he started pointing excitedly and wanted to climb on it. He also remembered the cows and the chickens (the chickens are all now in the freezer but we had to go visit their former abode just to make sure Mommy was right and they are all gone...).

In the final photo, the kids were having fun with cousin Lily in a giant pile of leaves that they helped to rake. Aunt Beth came over to play and they had a great time jumping in it.

We had a great time visiting with everyone and squeezed a lot into five days - all in all, another very successful trip to the farm.

Mary Ellen

Hope for the future

Just a quick post to encourage you to read this story. Pay special attention to the history of John being included in so many different ways as a child and as an adult - we hope we can, with the help of other caring people, offer the same to Malcolm.

Mary Ellen

Fall Fun

Yesterday it was really nice out so in the afternoon we went to a wildlife park. They have some really stunning birds there. The boys had a good time. On the way home we stopped at Shubie Park which we had never been to before but will definitely go again. There are very nice walking paths along the canal and the boys found a really big hill to run up and roll down which was tons of fun (and exercise!) for them both.

Today was even nicer than yesterday and we spent a good chunk of the afternoon (after school) outside raking leaves and tidying the yard. I need a few more afternoons like that as the yard needs more work - I always seem to neglect it at the end of the summer...

Mary Ellen