Blessings

Levi lighting his candle

Levi planting his corn seed, with help from two more generations

Scarecrows, 'Clancy' checking out 'Pink Betty'

Ann helping Levi and Dante to feed the fish.

This Sunday was incredibly busy, but busy fun. We had a very quiet Saturday that Levi and I both needed because neither of us started to get stir crazy in our tiny house. We were very relaxed and did very little. Sunday made up for it all.

It started at 7am when we left for Levi's swimming lesson. It wasn't one of his best because his regular teacher wasn't there and all the kids work less in that circumstance. By the time we got home all we could do was to change clothes and get back in the car for soccer. After soccer we drove home, changed the laundry over and then went to Ann and Chris' Blessing of the Cornfield.

The photos are from that. They had a great day of feasting and scarecrow making in the oldest traditions. There were two other kids besides Levi and he had fun running around like a mad thing basically getting under everyone's feet. They fed the fish and made scarecrows and climbed trees. Levi and Teresa (Ann's Mum) were on our team for scarecrow making. Levi took one look at the blue shirt we pulled out of the bag and wanted to "Make Don". Here is our creation:

It is heartwarming for me that Levi still remembers Don enough to associate him with a shirt and loves him enough still to want to make a scarecrow. Dad has been dead now more than two and a half years and yet he still remembers. We left early and picked up Levi's friend Ruby so they could play together. On the way to Sunday dinner at Jim and Jill's we dropped Ruby home.

Yes, It was as frenetic as it sounds. It will be an easy week though esp for Levi who has two days off school. I only get the Wednesday off, but I am not complaining!