I don't remember the last time I actually took pictures three days in a row (maybe while traveling?).
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Tim continues to work hard on his construction project. The walls are up, doors are in, first part of roof is done. He took a "break" last night and worked on the car instead. Changed the oil, and replaced the rear brakes. We're waiting for parts to come in to replace or patch the fuel injector.
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So while Tim is working on all these projects, it's just me and Conrad. Saturday CW was successfully pushing my buttons so I took him outside and had him help me move the leaf pile. A friend had dumped a truck bed full of leaves on the edge of the driveway because I didn't know exactly where I wanted them. I picked a spot near the new gardens and we started moving them. I used a wheelbarrel, Conrad used a little blue bucket. I was impressed how long he helped before losing interest. We had picked up 16-18 bags of leaves from my sister last week and those were still really dry so I started cutting open those bags and dumping the leaves for Conrad to play in. That kept him outside with me for another 40 minutes or so. Why so many leaves?? To make leaf mold - I hear it's good for the gardens.
On Sunday we went to church, met with 'new' friends for coffee, and then went our separate ways again. Tim to the prairie to work on, you guessed it, the construction project (thankfully he had a friend meeting him out there, otherwise I worry he's going to fall off the roof and no one will be around to know!) and CW and I to grandma's house to nap. After naptime I took him to a concert - this time it was piano and flute duets. I say "new" friends because it's a couple that Tim and I see every month when we meet with married couples from church so they aren't new to us, but Conrad had never met them before. He was so shy at first, would hardly look at them. By the time we finished coffee though they were being showered with hugs and kisses.
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That evening I introduced him to dominoes. Odd how things come up with a three year old. He has an alphabet puzzle and "D" is for dominoes. He was asking me on Saturday about the "d" picture so after I told 
him I promised him I would find grandma's dominoes and he could check them out. I haven't even attempted to show him how to play real games with them. Why bother when he can be so creative on his own? In the last two days we've built bridges, race cars, fire trucks, and trains; created squares, rectangles, circles, and flowers; and built 2D and 3D houses. And of course we've set them up to fall over in a line, over a bridge, in a circle, and as a snake shape (they ARE dominoes).
him I promised him I would find grandma's dominoes and he could check them out. I haven't even attempted to show him how to play real games with them. Why bother when he can be so creative on his own? In the last two days we've built bridges, race cars, fire trucks, and trains; created squares, rectangles, circles, and flowers; and built 2D and 3D houses. And of course we've set them up to fall over in a line, over a bridge, in a circle, and as a snake shape (they ARE dominoes).
And last night I finally got around to doing a project I've been thinking about since August. We had Conrad's 3 yr pictures taken, and one picture of the family too. Instead of just giving the pictures to our friend Clara I thought it would be fun to give her frames too. We haven't been over to visit her in nearly a month (I don't want to be the one to give her a cold!) so tonight or tomorrow I hope we can stop over to say hi and present our masterpiece. See picture of CW and Clara at https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgWb2AOUSoF4ZyjDTMb1jC8D1swu9fLiSZbsFjHiCijR-cbwMSpopK1jOl7UTL6ywR-6jAfto0O5HWsUFtrqBnA9dRdQWbcEQKy5AbhhYOVgMY4l7QmVoHH7LjAP3I0j4h8qzW_5YADlj/s1600-h/IMG_1184.JPG
