Bobby's Sunday Summary

Well, this week was very busy, with the 4th of July and all. The 4th was a very busy day.

We had a ward Lunch/BBQ. There were lots of games.

Some of them were water games.

After that we went home, and invited another family in our ward over. They have three boys Alice's age.

Finally we went to see the fireworks. Alice was very excited to see the fireworks, but they freaked her out. We had good seats, and she felt like they were going to fall on us. Poor girl. So we came home early.

The next day we went to the zoo in Decatur. It is a little zoo, but it was fun. Robert loves animals and I was hoping he would get really excited about it. He liked looking at the animals and petting some goats at the petting zoo, but he didn't get as excited as I had hoped.

They also have a playground to play on next to the zoo, which he did like a lot, probably because he loves to climb.

Bobby's Sunday Summary

This week has been very crazy. Well the last few days have been crazy. Alice had her birthday party yesterday. She was so excited all week and especially in the morning. It was very hard for her to wait until 3:00 for the party to start. The party consisted of cake and ice cream.

WHAT?! There was a whole lot more goin' on than cake and ice cream! Weeks ago, Alice and I started putting the plans together. She decided on a pinata, a cake she would serve her friends all by herself, and an activity ("not a craft, Mom, an activity"). I decided on goody bags and made a crazy goal to put on a 4-year-old birthday party that would produce "zero landfill waste." Alice consented to the goody bags, selected the fabric, and helped with the design (back pack!), but they were stuffed with secret surprises that only I knew about. Mwah ha ha haaaa. Those were SO much fun to put together. I loved it.

Alice decorated the cake herself.

The original "plan" was a fuzzy pink spider cake, but the girlie gets into something and changes her mind all the time. We were at the store picking out candy (in the bulk section) and she still hadn't completely decided on her cake. The night before the party, she settled on a self-portrait cake. I didn't complain. A plain old circle is way easier than a cephalothorax, abdomen, and eight fuzzy legs cake.

It had lots and lots of candy on it, which was exactly what all of her friends (and Alice) wanted. They would ask for pieces of cake by the candy on top of it.

She did end up divvying out most of the pieces herself. She got impatient, though, after serving the 5th piece of cake and seeing the other kids eating theirs. It was a whole wheat super-carrot cake. I had to somehow counteract all the frosting and candy going on, right? ;)



Sorry about the video quality.  

Alice requested it be "dark, dark, dark" in the kitchen, so we had the lights off and the curtains drawn. It still wasn't very dark at 3 in the afternoon, but I humored the girl.



It started out as a self portrait (see her design below), but then became a "Zombi".

"Zombie" was Alice's own description of her work. To her credit, Alice actually did a great job copying her original design onto the cake in candy. Unfortunately, we had a lot more candy than the self-portrait required and she just couldn't stop. I did snap a photo of the cake before it went "Zombie." I should also explain that she doesn't normally have 6 limbs. There are her two arms and two legs, then the long ones at her hips are "bad guy arms stretching out to get me." The blob on top is a "crazy hat!"



After that they did a dancing/movement activity. They jumped and spun and had lots of fun, which also is perfectly Alice.

I was very, very happy with how this turned out. I asked my friend Marianne to do the activity for us (delegation rocks!) and she put on a 20-minute creative dance class. Very cool! The games were spot-on for the age group. Every single child participated gleefully, regardless of dance experience. It cracked me up! I laughed out loud seeing the kids have so much fun. 

Confession here. When I first met Marianne and heard that she was into creative dance, I just kinda nodded and smiled with a non-committal "Oh, I see." Dance seemed so, well, frivolous and unconnected to anything I ever wanted for me or my children. Then we happened to be over at their house one day when she was giving her kids their weekly dance class. Alice didn't get it, but she wanted to. It wasn't anything like I thought it would be. It was a series of fun and active games, using the kids imagination, where each kid gets to choose his/her own movements and yet they're all still part of the same game. It blew me away. I instantly gained respect for children's creative dance and an instructor who can turn enthusiasm and personality into a group fun session.

After that we did a piñata. The kids were not the strongest, and it was fairly well made, so everyone got lots of turns to try and break it open.

The original idea for the pinata was a fuzzy pink spider, too. We made the papier-mache ball ourselves, then started cutting out legs for the spider. Alice was eager to start painting. I told her we couldn't paint until we were all done putting on the legs. She decided two legs were plenty. Maybe I should have made her wait for 6 more legs. Oh well. Next time. Here she is painting it every color we have (and some we mixed up on the spot). She put on a purple spot and I told her Grandma Poulson loves that shade of purple. Alice was sad Grandma wouldn't be at her party. A few days later, we learned of Bobby's new calling and suddenly Grandma and Grandpa Poulson were coming out to Illinois...just in time for her party. I can't picture a calling to the bishopric as a "tender mercy", but the Lord knows how to make hard news more palatable ;)




After that the weather was good enough that they all played out side until it was time to go home. Everyone had a great time.

I liked this part a lot. The idea was to have unstructured free play built into the party. I'm so glad the weather allowed them to play outside. Kids were lugging around fallen tree branches, digging in the garden, playing pirates, chasing balls, tromping through the brush, and just plain enjoying each other. Robert wanted in on the action, too.

Oh and by the way I am now the second counselor in the Bishopric.

P.S. I loved having my parents in town for the weekend. As an added surprise, my friend Julia was able to visit for the weekend, too! There was ample adult help and lots of adult conversation and plenty of people to play with the kids. I actually got a break! A real break!

P.P.S I have three extra backpack/bags leftover from Alice's birthday surprise. How about a giveaway? Details to come soon. I have to figure out what to fill them with...most of the original party favors are gone. Hmmmmm.

Bobby's Sunday Summary

This week has been very very busy. This week was Thanksgiving. We got to spend it with our friends. We made several pies, stuffing, raw veggies, and green beans. They roasted a 23 lb. turkey. This bird looked about as big a Robert. It was a lot of fun to just hang out and have a relaxing afternoon. The day after Thanksgiving we drove down to St Louis to go to the temple. We got a hotel for the night, and we both did a session friday evening. It was nice, but Robert still was having issues so we did not sleep nearly as well as we had hoped.

On Saturday we had some of Susan's high school friends come over. They are now living in North Carolina and Michigan, but were in Indianapolis for Thanksgiving and stopped by. It was a lot of fun and Alice made some new friends.

Bobby's Sunday Summary

Sorry about the missing posts the past few weeks. We have been on vacation. It was a long vacation visiting most of our family out west.

We flew through the Detroit airport. But the bad weather in Detroit that day shut down the airport for 45 min. This delayed our flight in by about an hour, but our flight out was about 4 hours late. I really love how the airlines do it with delays, They don't actually mark a flight as delayed or even give any hint that it might be delayed until the plane has already missed the original time, and then they only updated it once, which turned out to be way off. However, there was a very nice guy who works for the airline that helped us out deciding if we had any hope of catching the last flight from Detroit to SLC that day. He was very confident that everything would be delayed and we did manage to get to SLC, just at about 2 AM. We spent a long time in the airport there.

Here is a tunnel that runs under the runway between the terminals. You cannot hear it but they are playing music that is synchronized with the walls.

Once we got there we visited just about everyone. I will be posting more pictures soon

Bobby's Sunday Summary

This week was a Halloween extravaganza. Unfortunately I was not there for all of it, but Alice was and that is what is important. On Friday Alice went to a Halloween parade and an assisted living facility. Sadly the management there was a little bit too concerned about swine flew to let the people living there actually hand out candy to the kids, so instead Alice and many other kids marched through the common areas showing off their costumes, and afterwards got a bag of candy for her troubles. That night we had our church's Halloween party. It involved a chili cook off, games for the kids including pumpkin bowling, and a trunk or treating.

Sorry about the quality of the pictures, our camera is dead, and my phone is really bad a movement, like I said before.

On Saturday we went to a Halloween party instead of going trick or treating. We figured that Alice had enough candy already. It was a lot of fun. We had home made pizza, candy, and games. Alice had a difficult time, because she was up past her bedtime, but she also had lots and lots of fun. I would like to post the pictures of me as cousin it, and our family in a bunch of silly wigs, but those will have to wait until they arrive by e-mail. Overall it was a very fun halloween.

Punkin' Huntin' Exchange Program

Since discovering it with the Jarvies last year, I've decided to make Negangard Pumpkin Patch an annual tradition in our household. You don't hunt for your perfect pumpkin in the patch, per se, but there's a lot of hunting involved as you wind your way through rows and rows of beautiful, unique, and spectacular pumpkin varieties.

 

Bobby selected a huge one for carving, I instantly fell in love with a multicolored warty one that's shaped like a pyramid, and Alice insisted on five baby pumpkins (at $0.25 a piece, it's easy to say "yes". She also came home with 2 teensy gourds which promptly became mother and baby). Grandma Poulson came home with a pale pink pumpkin that made 3 excellent pies with minimal effort. Grandpa Poulson opted to stay home to work on the bathroom remodeling.

We brought along our friends as part of an exchange program. They are die-hard "hunt in the patch" folks, and we prefer bargain basement prices and more variety, so the two of us agreed to experience each others' version of the great punkin' hunt this year. Here are photos from Negangard's:

Wagons are the best part.

Ready to go!

Where to begin?



Start with the babies, of course.



"One, two, fwee..."



Buddies in the wagon



Helping Daddy find a big one.



The final lineup. We drew faces on the pumpkins this year, though we may carve them when it gets closer to Halloween. Alice drew the face on the middle one. She can't draw a recognizable face on paper, but it's crystal clear on a sphere. She also helped us color the other ones, and she wanted Bobby's pumpkin to have stitches ("tishes"). My warty pumpkin is in the back.

And here are the photos from Curtis Orchards' Pumpkin Patch. We were too late to get good pumpkins in the field this year, but there was still PLENTY to do. Alice and I both had a great time. The best part for her, though, was the doughnut and fresh cider afterwards.

Alice going through the Ruby Slipper Maze

"Mommy! See how big my is. Aaaaaaaaaaaa! Ladybug!"
Alice running through the pumpkin graveyard. She was eager to go ahead and find cool ones to show me. She only biffed it twice.
She's having a great time with baby pumpkin. The wind didn't bother her much this time. We did learn, however, that it's hard to remain modest in a dress while sitting cross-legged in a wagon.
Alice deciding which she wanted more: the baby pumpkin or a fresh apple cider doughnut. Mommy made her choose between them since she had 5 other baby pumpkins waiting at home. Doughnut wins.

The final verdict: I think we'll do both pumpkin patches every year. They both have their exciting bits, and I can't pick just one. Besides, it's all about hanging out with friends and doing something a little out of the ordinary. Both outings were a screaming success by those counts, so I'm excited to continue the tradition indefinitely.

My 30th Year

I don't like to celebrate my birthday on the actual day (something about impossibly high expectations that only meet with disappointment). I generally have more fun when the celebration is spread out. This year, I made a conscious effort to actively celebrate it ALL YEAR. One only lives her 30th year once, right? Here's how I celebrated my birthday this year:

• It started in February with a semi-spontaneous trip to see an older (*wink*) friend in California. We had made plans to visit them almost as soon as we knew they were really leaving, but it takes guts to actually pick a date and buy a ticket and drop in on someone you haven't seen in a year. I'm counting it :)
• I took a class on Entrepreneurial Farming. Veeeeery insightful.
  
• Purchased my own copies of a few books I have loved and lusted after for some time: Story People by Brian Andreas, Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, and How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jeavons. One of these is not like the others :)
  
• That amazing dinner with Heidi at Prairie Fruits Farm *sigh*
• My friend Michelle surprised me with a garden-themed birthday cake at Orpheum Museum. How did she know I like to garden? LOL
• My friend Denise constructed a raised bed for my raspberry bushes AND gave me a nifty square and indoor/outdoor extension cord that has come in handy for numerous projects since then.

Today was my literal b-day and it was just about perfect. Instead of trying to make it "the perfect day", I ended up with a great regular day that I actually paid attention to. I found myself looking at the day's activities as a cross-section of my life. It was AWESOME! Here's what happened:

• Alice was playing with a folding chair when she tripped and fell on it in just such a way that it collapsed on her finger with her on top of the chair. It looked awful, but no broken skin. Big, puffy bruises clustered all around the tip of her finger. She asked for a band-aid, gagged down some pain killer, and snuggled with me on the snuggle chair for half an hour. We dozed a bit, which was nice. I realized that I really do enjoy being a mom. I am where I want to be.
• We were beginning to get ready to meet Kristin, Will, and Kayla for a play date when my friend JulieAnn called to invite us to the park. I hopped out of the shower and my friend Rachel called to wish me a happy birthday. I literally hung up with her (pulling out of my driveway with the cordless phone in my hand, not a cell phone) when my friend Jessica called about canning peaches with her this weekend. I had to turn around and drive home to get better reception :) This flurry of phone calls from friends NEVER happens. I don't consider myself a popular person and most of these people don't call me on a regular basis. The fact that it happened today, when at least half of them were not conscious of it being my birthday, helped me appreciate the good friends that I do have. I sobbed when Michelle left yesterday. It sounds cheesy, I know, but I really felt rich with friends today. Near and far. A good feeling. Better than any number of people at a surprise party.
• My time with Kristin, Will, and Kayla was sweet, too. Kristin made me my favorite pie (pumpkin!) with homemade crust and everything. Wow! Then we spent the morning at the Winfield pool and toy room until the kids got too tired to play together any more. It's a shame when the kids get enough before the parents do. I realized today that it's good to have family nearby. I have enjoyed getting to know the Evanses better and seeing Alice come to love her cousins. These are friendships that will persist a lifetime, no matter what.
  
• Alice and I stopped at KFC/A&W for a special lunch treat. This activity was hard to find any significance in. I don't think I'll try.
• Quiet time at home...I relaxed on the couch while Alice played naked in her room again. She is a neat little personality to have in our home. I am a mother.
• The Jarvies came over for a little play date. We picked the rest of the green beans in my garden. Actually, Marianne did most of the picking (9.5 months pregnant and all) while I wrestled with an exhausted Alice. I shared some beans and portions of my CSA produce with her, which reminded me how much I love to share things I love with people I love. Alice was fighting every vegetable gift I gave, wanting to hoard the rest for herself. I peeled her a medium cucumber and she ate it whole. Then she ate a raw patty pan squash just because I was giving them away so freely. Then she ate a baby carrot from our garden. It balanced well with the french fries, Teddy Grahams, and lemonade she ate for lunch :D
  
• Alice fell asleep in the car while I ran an errand about 6pm. I toyed with idea of waking her up and wrestling with her sour mood for another hour until bedtime, but then I got smart. I put her straight to bed. She barely stirred. Heck, if she wakes up early tomorrow, Bobby will be around. This experience revealed how I like to make decisions for other people sometimes (mwah ha ha haaaa).
  

Technically, my 30th year ends this week, but I've extended it to the whole 2009 calendar year. It took me some time to build up the courage to actually start doing these things. So! Here's what's in store for the rest of this year's celebrations:

• "Introduction to Genealogy" course through Parkland College Continuing Education
• "Building Your Home Green" course...a bit of a fancy of mine
• A more mature wardrobe (i.e. shirts with buttons or some sort of shape to them, maybe a pair of Sunday shoes that will actually fit)
• TWO operas with my opera buddy, Julia: The Merry Widow and Tosca
  

Heidi's Visit

My sister Heidi and her son Atticus arrived in St. Louis last Thursday where Alice and I picked them up kinda late. Curse you, Google Maps! We largely filled the week with mundane tasks and regular life:

but threw in a few twists as we could :)

The best twist, I feel, was the perfect evening when Heidi and I took off to Prairie Fruits Farm for one of their "Dinners on the Farm." It couldn't have been a more perfect evening, nor could I have imagined a better dining companion (sorry, Bobby, but you kinda have to be into the whole "small farm" thing to REALLY appreciate this experience)! Here's the menu. We arrived at 5 for appetizers only to learn that appetizers started at 4. Oh well. We enjoyed a few appetizers, selected our dinner seats, and caught up with everyone taking a tour of the barn. No biggie. Heidi and I had toured this exact farm a few years ago and we knew our way around.

The newest baby goat, only 2 weeks old, was eager to be loved so we got to hold him a bit.

He had just pressed his hairy, milky lips into my neck when Heidi took this picture.

I was surprised by how much joy I felt overlooking the green pasture and alfalfa fields. There's just something about self-sufficiency and hard work and green land that brings me joy. Doing it without packaged fertilizers and pesticides makes it all the more satisfying. Satisfying enough to do it myself? I don't know that yet.

When it was time for dinner, we took our seats. Turns out we were sitting next to the ranchers who raised the cow we were about to eat. I thought this dinner would be filled with hippies and yuppies, but I was wrong. Pleasantly wrong. One of our hosts, the goat cheese entrepreneur herself, sat across from us and I knew then that this was going to be an unforgetable night. I could barely keep seated!

We pestered that poor woman about everything. We asked her about cheese-making, raising chickens, and how she found her way into this profession. We marveled how she happened into this perfectly situated parcel of land and networked her way into selling her goat cheeses all over Illinois. We discussed the sad state of fruit trees this year, the seasonal qualities of honey, harvesting alfalfa, and leasing land from neighbors. I hung on every word. This was fascinating to both of us, of course, because Heidi and I have secretly had this shared dream of owning farm land and turning it into something not unlike this woman and her husband have. I remember a few boring speakers at church that got me to doodling the ideal farm for Heidi and me. I wish I still had those drawings. Heidi balked at the pool on her house's roof, but I think the rest of the plan was satisfactory. She would handle portions of the garden and the animals (goats, chickens, maybe alpacas) and I would handle the rest of the garden and any orchards, vineyards, and brambles I could manage to squeeze onto the land. Later versions of the plan included beehives, wildflowers, and children running barefoot in green pastures. We haven't yet figured out how our spouses' own careers and dreams factor into this ;)

Back to the reality. The veggies were phenomenal. The beef, the goat cheese, the fresh herbs and veggies. I loved it all. The good news was, each course was timed and presented in just such a way that we didn't get overfull, just gleefully satisfied.

Between the main course and the cheese plate, Heidi and I scouted out the veggie garden. Rows and rows of REAL food were just ready to be picked and dug. There were weeds, a few rotting veggies, bugs, and everything else that happens in a REAL garden. Awesome! The herb garden was pristine, though we could see where they had plucked and cut back the herbs that went into our meal that night.


May I never forget that "salsa verde" they served: cilantro, basil, flat leaf parsley, olive oil, fresh garlic, salt, and a splash of red wine vinegar. Finely chop/puree the ingredients and serve at room temperature. They served it with the beef, but I'm willing to try it on ANYTHING.

After our sweet corn gelato and blackberry cobbler, we all applauded the chef and our hosts. Heidi, who is far more brave and impulsive than I am, actually asked our hostess to take a picture with us. Woo hoo!

We drove home at dusk and the fireflies were out full force all the way home. I was glowing all evening. What a treat!

Bobby's Sunday Summary (via Susan)

Bobby is not feeling well this evening so I thought I would do his Sunday Summary for him. For tradition's sake I should start with,"Not much happened out of the ordinary this week..." but the rest is pure Susan.

Bobby's parents have been in town since Thursday and will be leaving early tomorrow. They came for Kayla's baby blessing* and it's been a great visit! Thursday night, we all got together with Bill and Kristin and Will and Kayla for some of Bobby's BBQ pork sandwiches. Alice loves Grandma and Grandpa. When they drove up, she ran out front to meet them and then ran into Grandma's arms for a big hug. Her welcome for Grandpa was a little less enthusiastic at first, but she warmed up pretty quickly. She showed off for them all evening demonstrating some new dance moves, telling stories, and sharing toys. Grandpa took Will and Alice out back to play for a long time. I love to see Alice love her family. (P.S. My Asian-themed coleslaw was a hit and I look forward to more Napa cabbage.)

Friday was July 3rd and Bobby had it off of work. Grandma, Grandpa, Bobby, Alice, and I drove out to Pontious Farm to pick blueberries. I was expecting mud and mosquitoes but it was a PERFECT morning for berry picking. Alice REALLY liked the idea of picking berries, but lacked the hunting skills necessary for consistent success. She asked to go potty and shrieked when I lifted the lid on the port-a-potty. She wouldn't sit on it, even when informed that this was the ONLY potty on the whole property. She decided to hold it. Her bladder finally won out in the end while playing with Bobby on the playground. Thank goodness for spare clothes in the car trunk, even if they don't match her flowery hot pink shirt. Speaking of which, Farmer Pontious was taking pictures while we were there and snapped the following one for their website. Alice's hair wasn't done yet and it was still frizzy-crimped from her ponytails the previous day. I hadn't showered or bothered to put in my contacts or anything. Call me vain, but I was a bit embarrassed of the photo-op and chose not to look at the camera. Alice was obviously having a great time in her uninhibited 2-year-old way:

Then we visited Busey Woods and their fantastic boardwalk in the woods.

Later that afternoon, we visited the library to stock up on new reading material, then had a fantastic dinner at Bill and Kristin's house. Saturday went a little slower. Bobby made pies in the morning (strawberry-rhubarb crisp, blueberry pie, and a crust for chocolate cream pie) and Grandma and Grandpa helped us can blueberries in the evening. Alice asked Grandma to read her several stories, then both Grandma and Grandpa were integrated into the bedtime routine.

Sunday morning was pretty typical. I really enjoy that casual time with Alice when I'm not bugged by all the work I could/should be doing instead. It's liberating, in a way, to restrict oneself from routine work once a week. Alice and I played "Wiggles and Giggles" several times this morning. She directed me into the living room where we put on music and ran/danced around while performing magnificent feats like kicks, stop-and-go, arms flapping, feet marching, singing, swinging baby animals around, etc. I literally laughed out loud at her imaginative antics. That motherly awe and joy takes me by surprise every once in a while and I can't help but scoop her up and kiss that little face again and again.

She pulled a funny "mom" move on me this morning, too. I was putting some socks away (okay, okay, it's hard to give up ALL my work on Sundays when it's sitting right in front of me!) in the bedroom when she pops her head in from the hall. She has a grocery sack of crayons on her shoulder, a paper crown on her head, and a shopping cart full of random little toys. She says, "I'm going to Wiggles and Giggles. Want to come with me?" How could I resist such a fine invitation?! I said 'yes' and she quickly replied, "Okay, laundry stays here." That babe knows how her mommy works her :)

Kayla's baby blessing was beautiful. I was grateful to be a part of it. Afterwards, everyone came to our house for dinner. I wondered again at why I have grown so attached to Kayla. I hypothesized that maybe she reminds me of baby Alice...comparing their 4-month-old pictures shows me it's not much of a physical likeness:

It must simply be Kayla's excellent social skills that make her so instantly lovable! She's a smiley girl with lots to say, quite comfortable in private conversations and larger groups alike. I'm glad she's here.

Well, that's my summary of the weekend. Probably more here than you might get from Bobby, especially in the areas of Alice and food. If you've made it this far in the entry, you must be my mom. Here's hoping Bobby isn't sick again next week ;)

*An infant is given a "name and a blessing" in church. It's not a required ordinance, but most families choose do it.

Bobby's Sunday Summary

This week has been very interesting. Thursday and Friday night we had 5 boys and a chaperone staying with us. They were attending youth conference here. They were extremely well behaved. They even cleaned out our gutters, something that I have been putting off. Friday night there was a bit of a tornado scare. The sirens went off and the radio was reporting that the national wether service said that a tornado was going to hit campus. So instead o putting Alice to bed we all sat huddled in the hallway of our house watching Sesame Street on the computer. It is one of Alice's favorite things to do in the whole world, so it made the siren not so scary. Luckily they got it wrong. The tornado did not form where they expected it to. Two tornados did show up from that storm about 20 miles away from us though. They passed about 2 miles south of a boy scout camp where the boys from our ward were at. No one was hurt at the boy scout camp but a power line fell down over the only road into or out of the camp trapping everyone inside.

This is significant because on Saturday Alice got to go to a birthday party. It was a lot of fun, but Susan was at the family history center so I got to take her, unfortunately I had to drop Alice off and spend the first half of the party picking up two of Alice's friends who were also invited, their Dad, and only car was trapped at scout camp behind a down power line. After I dropped them off I had to go switch cars with Susan because a there is no way in the world to fit 3 car seats in the back seat of a Yaris. There are some things you give up for 40 MPG. I did get back to the party in time to take a few pictures and movies

For dinner that night we had Guacamole with our burritos. For some reason Alice likes to eat it with a fork, or as can be seen below her hands

Today was father's day. Alice got me a tie, that I felt obliged to wear to church

We also made Icecream


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Overall it was a very good week.