The Farm Life

The girls really lived the farm life this past weekend. We spent most of Saturday at Grandpa & Granny Thronson’s farm where they went on two tractor rides, saw kittens in the barn and played with all six of their Thronson cousins. They wouldn’t stop talking about their tractor rides; “Grandpa, tractor, trailer” were the words that I heard over and over. They were not too fond of the tractor noise when they first heard it a few months ago, but they didn’t mind it this time. They were happy to ride on the trailer and sing songs with their cousins.

We also spent part of Saturday and Sunday at the Suchy farm. The girls chased chickens and discovered mud puddles. They clomped in and out of puddles for about 30 minutes, laughing the whole time. They were covered in mud by the time they were done, but they loved every minute of it. They also saw all three of their Suchy cousins. Violet kept trying to wrestle with her oldest cousin Nicholas, who is 12 years old. Who do you think won? All in all, it was a pretty fun weekend for the girls.

Right now they are totally into dress-up, hide-and-seek, wooden puzzles, coloring, and singing songs. They have about four songs that they ask to sing – “farmer” (which means Old MacDonald and every time they say he has a “cow” on his farm), “boat” (which means Row Row Row Your Boat), “star” (which means Twinkle Twinkle) and “Bingo.” They also love Ring Around the Rosey, especially the part where they get to say “ashes ashes” and then fall to the ground.

They are very good buddies. When they are apart, they always ask for each other ("sister") or say each others names ("Wee-Wa" or "Bilet"). When they wake up, they usually ask about the other sister right away. Don't get me wrong, they are not always nice to each other and they are not always good at sharing with each other, but they seem to be aware that they have a special bond.

Violet, Olivia (who is crying because I put her down), cousin Emma, cousin Maya & cousin Alex getting ready for a tractor and trailer ride:Olivia & Violet after playing in mud puddles: Olivia & Violet going down the slide (in their words) "together:"
Olivia & Violet in their favorite hats: