Like A Fruitful Vine

Scott had an incredible amount of concord grapes to harvest today. 

 I can't believe how fruitful his one little vine has been!

The kids were happy to dig in (as was I).

I asked what they wanted for lunch & Gillian said, "Just grapes".  

Our day in general, has seemed rather fruitful.  

We started out with a bit of a bomb, though.  

After we did some general pick up of our sloppy little house, 

we headed out in the car, to try to get a little adventure in, before Moira

completely melted down, in desperate need of a morning nap.

We drove just a few minutes away, where we had seen

a little herd of adorable Alpacas last week.

They had been freshly shorn & were wearing cute little jackets, 

since the days have been chilly.

Alas, we arrived at the little farm this morning & couldn't spot a single Alpaca.  

We sure hope they were just in the barn or something. 

We need to get a close look at them someday soon!

Our plan B was to continue to search for cool animals & drive over to a near by property,

where a few Llamas are kept.

STRANGE.  They also were missing.  

We drive by that field, at a distance, several times a week.

Those llamas are always there.

But, this morning they were not.  

All we got to see was a Llama mailbox.

The kids were still in fairly good spirits.  No screaming.  

Gillian was doing something that sounded a lot like whining to me.

I asked her please to not whine.

She says, "Mom, I'm not whining.  I'm just really frustrated."

Oh.

We got home & Mo took a nap & the rest of us settled in to read 

Little House in the Big Woods.

Both Gillian & Peyton like the book so far.

The attention span didn't get us through a chapter yet.

But, they enjoyed it.

And, they told their dad about the story at lunch time.

Peyton had a hankering to paint all morning.  

So, we did that after lunch.

Gillian painted her first portrait.  

It is her new little birdie toy.

See, it's a pink, big, headed bird.

It has a blue curly feather on the top of its head.

purple eyes, & a blue smile.

The bird is perched on a purple branch.

Peyton's painting is a bunch of bears, who intend to eat Gillian's precious little bird.

I wiped down some of the filthy floor today.  And washed some of my dishes.  

I am making some bread.

Now I think I'll nap!