May 18, 2007

Where the green grass grows

Living on the family farm for the summer

My favorite Tim McGraw song, with the same title name as this post, has a chorus that sings:

I'm gonna live where the green grass grows

Watchin' my corn pop up in rows

Every night be tucked in close to you

Raise our kids where the good Lord's blest

Point our rocking chairs toward the west

Plant our dreams where the peaceful river flows

Where the green grass grows

This kind of sums up my enjoyment of the country life at this moment. Evelyn loves being outside, watering flowers, watching the animals, and following Grandma around. I love the green growing environment, the absence of parking lots, traffic, and shopping malls, and the general quiet. Even the bugs aren't getting to me at this point.

Here's what the girlies have been up to lately:

Jillian figured out how to sit up and stay up over the last week or so, and she's been happier about that. She's also started throwing tantrums. Already. Isn't this not supposed to happen until, like, 10 months old or something? It only happens when she's got something she's chewing on, and it gets taken away. Then she starts screaming, working herself up to the point where it's hard to calm her down. It happens a lot around Evelyn of course, who still frequently forgets she's supposed to be sharing.

Evelyn always wants to go outside these days, and it's getting warm enough for her to play in the water as well. She hasn't been too fond of digging in the dirt, at least not yet. She likes feeding the fish in the pond, and seeing the "mamas" (llamas). She dresses up quite frequently, either in farming or gardening attire. She cuddled with a kid-size watering can as she went to sleep last night. It was funny, but cute. The only name she says of any family member is Ryan, who's been dubbed "a-whyn". I think Ryan gets a kick out of that.

Having cousins that don't live too far away is a fun bonus too. 

Surprisingly to myself, I've been pretty busy since we arrived here. I had visions of completing my scrapbooking I'm way behind on, making jewelry, quilting....that so far have not materialized. All those daily things....laundry, dishes, bills, naps, food....the list is unending, take up the day. When the day's done though, it's been fun, despite not getting that fun stuff done.

Ben took the picture of me sleeping. Lovely, isn't it?