We need to get Amelie and Jarrah a couple of horses. Today, Sunday, Amelie was very happy because she didn't have any school. So, the two proceeded to turn our house into stables and walked around riding their toy horses (barbie horse sized). This is what they do everyday and I am always having to drag Amelie away from their horseplay. They both have a lassoo, cowboy hats and boots. The dogs usually get roped into being their horses and Jarrah gets very upset when they escape from their stables or if they get untied (they are OFTEN tied up - poor dogs, they are very patient).
Jarrah loves Amelie. She cries when Amelie goes off to school. She is sad when Amelie can't play with her. It is nice that they play together so well most of the time. Amelie calls Jarrah "J." Not sure if that will stick but it is cute.
Jarrah is also our assigned gracesayer. Everytime we ask whose turn is it for grace, she points to herself and says me. Her current grace is:
" Dear Jesus,
thank you for the nice day,
please help Amelie's cough to get better,
please bless our food,
Amen."
She was asking for help until just the other day, and now says it all herself.
Just a minute ago, Lolly, our peacock who should be up in the trees right now as it is dark, jumped up on the table next to me and stood on Aunty Ann's book. He tore a page! Sorry Aunty Ann. I was trying really hard to keep the book nice (it is the Ben Carson book if you are wondering.. really really sorry!)
Amelie just made some oatmeal cookies almost all by herself. They last batch burned because the timer wasn't set right but they are yummy. And I just made some eggplant pickle. Four bottles!! Not sure what I will do with it all as it isn't that good. Maybe it isn't too bad. We'll see. The eggplant were these volunteer round eggplant, small, that we had in our garden and just harvested them all to put in some other stuff. They are very seedy. So, that is done. Not sure if I need to seal the bottles or not. They are very vinegary and oily. Maybe we can eat them before they go bad.
Anyway, those are my musings for the evening.
Love from me.
3 comments:
I miss the cowgirls today! I am a late reader too - glad Lollie liked the book!
Just read all your blogs at once, you should write a book Sharyn, it's all very entertaining! Now to the eggplant stuff...I think bottling them is a waste of good bottles, the thought of wanting to store that stuff...erk! Stuff of nightmares!!!
Liz, your eggplant tree from when you visited is still here and producing. You really should try to like them! Are you ever going to visit us again? Maybe when the tree is dead? I'll let you know.
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