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March 2016 Photos

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Time to share the rest of the pictures from March. I think they’ve aged long enough now. More to the point, life is starting to slow down just a bit for the winter. Not that it ever slows down much, but anyway…. I think all I have left to process is apples for apple butter, and tomatoes. I need to pick tomatoes tomorrow, and see what the chickens who won’t stay out of the garden have left for us.

Little Miss loved corn--at first. She got tired of it after awhile.
Little Miss loved corn–at first. She got tired of it after awhile.
Feeling like a big person, with a pear in front of her at the table!
Feeling like a big person, with a pear in front of her at the table!
Mr. Imagination using his "smart phone" to find the right motorbike to buy.
Mr. Imagination using his “smart phone” to find the right motorbike to buy. This “smart phone” was a piece of cardboard, but he was enthralled with it. It was hilarious to watch him swiping with his thumbs!
Puzzling over something on his "smart phone".
Puzzling over something on his “smart phone”.
Looking sideways at the rest of us, who were trying not to crack up about him using his "smart phone".
Looking sideways at the rest of us, who were trying not to crack up about him using his “smart phone”.
Baby hedgehog.
Baby hedgehog.
We saw four baby hedgehogs one afternoon in the yard. Unfortunately, they've been found stealing eggs from us.
We saw four baby hedgehogs one afternoon in the yard. Unfortunately, they’ve been found stealing eggs from us.
Lego creations
Lego creations
My three youngest, all diligently doing school together!
My three youngest, all diligently doing school together! Little Miss loves to write in books. I try to make sure there is a book handy during school that she can write in like everyone else.
This is one of the biggest bumblebees we've ever seen.
This is one of the biggest bumblebees we’ve ever seen.
Little Miss posing in front of someone's geometric design.
Little Miss posing in front of someone’s geometric design. That whiteboard gets a lot of use!
Yummy corn!
Yummy corn!

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Playing a game on Esther's new smart phone. No, this doesn't happen very often at all.
Playing a game on Esther’s new smart phone. No, this doesn’t happen very often at all.

Mr. Imagination wants to dictate a story for Grandma.

“One time, me and J goed up in a tree. Then we goed up in another tree. Then I got stuck. Then I climbed up some more. Then I got stuck again. And then I climbed up some more and then I got up to the top. I climbed down. There were these strange marching sounds and here came Ja, marching, and here came S, and E, and M, walking. And everyone came and didn’t see N. And then, J came down and then all the people was gone. And then I climbed down the rest. And then I heard some more marching sounds. And then I climbed up to the top and then there was these bad marching sounds and here came a blackbird, marching. I came forward and caught it and I ate it for my supper. The end.” (I’ve changed the names to just initials.)

And, he has another story:”One time, J and Ja goed up the tall tree, which I could touch the top of. And then, I goed up the top of the tree and then I fell down and I broke my neckbone and I climbed up again and I tried not to break my neckbone and then I broke it again. And then I goed down to the creek and then I saw a frog jump up. It was big and I ate it for my supper. The end.”

And another: “One time, me and J goed up to the top of the big tree, which I could touch the top of. I climbed up and I hit my climber bone and then I fell down and I broke my knucklebone and then J came down and then I just went and touched the top of the tree. And then a snake came and then I killed it. And a squirrel came after the snake and the squirrel ate the snake all up. Then another snake came as I was going to the house and I killed it by stepping on it. I speared it. Then I chopped its head off and it wiggled and I chopped another piece of it off and then it wiggled again and I picked it up and I chopped it again and I set it down and ran off to the house. The end.”

By the way, all three stories are purely imaginary. This four-year-old has never broken a bone, or seen a snake or a squirrel, and he rarely climbs a tree. He’s awfully cute, though!

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