kate counting and other goings on

kate surprised me the other day when i heard her counting to 10 with a nursery worker. what?! she doesn't do that at home! so that afternoon, i tried to get it on video. she needed a little assistance, but pretty i was impressed with what she could do.


not sure what the extra words are at the end?

jesse and i celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary yesterday. our day went on like normal, we didn't do anything special. we're celebrating later this week with a night away at a b & b. looking forward to some time spent with each other that is not consumed with minding to the children. yesterday was not one of jacob's better days... attitude issues all day long. so in the evening, right before bed, we witnessed a much needed, rare moment of tranquility:

watching lightning mcqueen together.

we've been spending most of our days outside, exploring,

gator ridin',
and playing with friends.

yesterday farmer Gary came to start working in the fields, cutting and bailing the hay. he wasn't here long, but long enough for him to offer a ride to jacob on the tractor. and jacob refused it. and thus displayed his love/hate relationship with tractors. loves to look at them and play with them and talk about them all day long, but you get him ANYWHERE near a tractor that is on and running... jacob will scream like it's the end of the world. we're going to work on his fears this week, and hopefully he'll be able to enjoy a ride with farmer Gary before the week is over. and hopefully he will not have to be held by his mother so i can have my hands free to take pictures to document this exciting occasion and share them with you all.