Time lost

It has been so long since I last posted.  I regret that.  There's been so many little things that will probably be lost because I didn't record them.  Things like Katie starting to scooch (I think it's been 1 1/2 months).  She puts both legs to one side and then pushes.  She then alternates sides.  It's not the fastest means of locomotion, but it works for her.
Things like Mark calling hamburgers "hamburgergers", which he no longer does.  His language skills are amazing.  He speaks so clearly and has such a large vocabulary.  Frequently he'll accuse the inanimate of calling him an "idiot" or a "dum-dum".  He will also inform people that he has the right to do something  because "Mama said so", that doesn't work with me so he'll change it to "Patrick said so" or less often "Daddy said so".  He's only two.
We've all had birthdays except for Katie.  Becca bakes our bread.  We went to Fort MacLeod for holidays this year in a TENT.  That is such an act of penance for me, let me tell you.  It was so cold at night in the middle of August and Katie is still not sleeping through the night, so I would have to get up with her.  Yuck.  But the historic sites we visited were great.  We also spent time in and around Innisfail, where we went to Markerville Creamery and Stepphanson House.  And of course we spent time in Medicine Hat.
I have canned and canned until I have no jars left and no space left in my cold room.
We planted and harvested our garden.  It was a cold, wet summer, so things didn't grow as they normally would.  Our potatoes are few, but our raspberries were many.  Our roses did amazingly well.  It seems that they really like water.  Who knew?
That is just a smattering of all that has happened in the last few months.  I'm hoping to stay more on top of things now.
By the way, I passed my course.  83%.  But there was sweat involved, I assure you.  It is sad how one's brain atrophies if not put to proper use.

Memories

My poor blog might fall apart. 2 whole days in a row, yikes. Mostly, because standing up and doing anything else just seems like soooo much work. And I have 24 more days to go, sigh...
Justin and I and then later the children and I have been remembering things that everyone did. The kidlets think them hilarious and some of them I quite agree are just that. So here we go tripping down memory lane.
How Rebecca used to eat mustard only sandwiches.
When Rebecca age 5 came out of her room to inform her dad and me that her head was itchy, in the place where there'd be horns if she was a cow.
How Xander used to whale over the waterfalls into bed.
How PJ used to fall asleep against their bedroom door and we then would not be able to open it.
Now, how everyone is Matthew's best friend, including the picture of the model at the optometrist.
Matthew again, "A bug! A bug!"
I'm sure that there'll be more. Justin remembers these things so much better than I.