Monday November 5

This morning we had our cow, Dinner, butchered.

Brent is working, so Justin came to handle it all while I got Elsie off to school.

He brought his boys and they had quite a story to tell the other kids in class, ha ha ha!

Then everyone was off to school.

I didn't feel very accomplished today, but I stayed busy.

I mostly worked on editing and laundry.

So not the FUN stuff I would have liked to do......but still needed to be done.

I picked Elsie up early from school, a little earlier than I usually do on Mondays, so we could go and pick up her new glasses :)

They are so cute!

They seem pretty monstrous compared to her other glasses (which were getting way too small for her face!)

She loves them and cannot wait to show everyone at school.

Then I took her to speech and she worked really hard.

She is making some really great progress with swallowing and also making her top lip a little less tight :)

Back at home Madi worked and Cassi hung out and watched Porter while we were gone to speech.

He and the boys are building stuff outside.

Those boys are just the greatest.....I am equally excited and terrified for when they are all teenagers!

When I got home, Porter had basketball practice.

I dropped him off, then went grocery shopping, then picked him up.

Poor Elsie seems to have hurt her pinky toe.

She fell on it a couple days ago and it is starting to looked more and more bruised and swollen :(

I am hoping it isn't broken.

She is gonna wear her boot tomorrow to see how it feels.

Poor girl.

It is her automatic reflex to cushion her fall with her foot underneath her.

I don't know how to protect it unless I MAKE her wear shoes at all times!

I just feel so bad that I can't fix it.

*meat hanging pictures included*