40 days.  According to the blog management panel, that is how long it has been since our last entry.  And it is also how long it FEELS like it has been raining around here.  We'd start building an ark, but Peta would probably take issue with how the animals are being crammed into the boat.

Daddy's job has been very consuming lately.  Thus the long time between posts.

For those that look out for new photos, the September 2009 set is finally loaded.  There are not that many in that set, as not that many photos were taken last month.  Don't fret, we've already taken tons of photos this month.

Preschool:  There is good new and bad news.  The good news in the kids like it and it seems to be helping them with their verbal skills.  They get to do a lot of creative projects that Mommy and Daddy are sometimes too tired to do at home.  The bad news is that their lack of potty training is becoming an issue.  Everytime one of them poops, Mommy is called to come back to change them (partly because Jonathan threw a fit when the teacher tried to change him the first time).  Their policy is they are supposed to be trained to be in the class.  We warned them they are not before class started.  We're not sure how to just "instantly" get them trained.  But there is a risk that the issue could cause them to not be able to continue on.  We hope not, but we don't know what will happen.

Daddy was only able to take two half-days off work the week that Mommy was off.  The first day we took them to the Strasburg Railroad to ride the train.  It was only about 60 degrees and windy, but we still chose to ride the open-air car for better picture-taking and easier view of everything.  Other than us, just one elderly couple joined us on the open car.  For the ride out, the engine was attached to the front of our car.  Jonathan was scared and did basically hid his face behind Lydia the whole way out.  Lydia was a little scared, but sat on Daddy's lap and did still look around at the sights.  Anna was not too scared and say besides Mommy and enjoyed herself.  Once the engine switched to the other end of the train for the ride back, Jonathan then looked around and enjoyed the ride back.

The other half-day off we went to Gettysburg to the Boyd's Bear Country store.  They really liked looking at all of the stuffed animals there.  After the store, we ate at the Pizza Hut in town.  Jonathan did well eating his Pizza.  Lydia didn't eat much (she's usually better with pizza), and Anna just scraps off and eats the cheese from it.

For the first time since the kids were born, the kids and Daddy were able to join Mommy for the Apple Harvest Festival.  For walking around there for close to five hours, they did pretty good.  There was a petting zoo there, and an area with lots of hay for them to play in.  Daddy jumped in with them, and they tried to cover Daddy with Hay.