691.5 Hours

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Bethany had another air clearance machine go bad and had to get a new one. This one didn't seem to last long at all - only 691.5 hours. But, they were fast to ship and she had a new machine in a day. That really helps as we have to do hand PT until a new one arrives. 

It has, again, been so long since I posted that it is hard to get back into it. It isn't that we haven't been doing anything this summer - we have actually been fairly busy. With a lot going on I didn't take the time to sit and blog and then I felt like I had nothing to say. But, as I always say - I wasn't ready to give it up entirely. So, I am trying again to be a little more frequent. 

A few of the girls worked a little on the outdoor kitchen this summer - though not as much as they usually do. They asked Bethany if she would make them a tablecloth for it and she did along with a few dish clothes. We then bought a clothesline for it and I noticed today that the girls had put it up. 

We have spent time with family again. That has been so nice after a year of hardly seeing each other at all. Today I was blessed by three of my older girls coming to visit and bringing their children. All the kids played together and the adults had a little time to talk. It was nice. 

We have been working on a new blog - the same blog but a different host. We had several reasons for doing this. We felt it was time, though I have a hard time changing. The hardest thing for me is if we can actually get all the emails to transfer over and get the notice out that I have posted. It may be a little tricky for me at first. You can go to the new blog and sign up to follow and receive emails when I post by going to https://dearlittlegirlofmine.com 

I am posting this on my old blog and I probably will be posting from the new one next time. I am just hoping it all goes smoothly and everyone gets the notification that I have posted. 

I feel like summer is almost over and I did have so many things I planned that we haven't done yet. Hopefully we can still fit in a few more things. 

Strawberry/Banana Popsicles

We started our new book a couple of days ago - Alice's Farm by Maryrose Wood. We all like it a lot so far. Since we have only read about 5 chapters I can't really say much about it yet, but so far it's great. It is about rabbits and a family that has moved from the city to the country to farm - and that's about all we know at this point. 

We made strawberry/banana popsicles yesterday and they turned out pretty good. Most of the kids liked them a lot - Bethany didn't think they were as good as the rest did, but she said they were still pretty good. I think she likes hers really sweet and we only added a teaspoon of honey. It was easy to mix up everything in the blender and freeze. I think we are going to make some different ones tomorrow. Bethany was thinking blackberries sounded good, but not sure what other fruit would be good with them. Tess is thinking peach with another fruit.

They days go by as we do so little - though I had so much planned. We are still enjoying the summer weather and the kids are playing outside a lot and we have been reading each day. Tess is always looking for something to cook and Bethany spends hours and hours sitting in the bushes watching the birds at the bird feeder and the squirrels. She even has a little chipmunk that will come right up to her now and eat out of a spoon she holds. She spent days and days just sitting and waiting for him to do this. It definitely took a lot of patience for this to happen. She is really loving the birds and small animals in our yard this summer and also starting to take some pictures of them. I sometimes sit on the porch and just watch her waiting and waiting to get a picture of some bird.

Bella

Bella has finally gotten the hang of using the jingle-jump thing that we have. She has actually gotten pretty good. This evening I got a little video of her and it reminded me that it was only a few years ago I was getting Bethany outside doing this one summer evening.