A John Deere Conversation

I had the best conversation with a 6 year old patient the other night. He is a future farmer with a love of John Deere machinery. He sat up in bed surrounded by a John Deere combine, tractor, hay baler and round bale with a school bus and road grader in the mix. He was watching a DVD about farm machinery while he was hanging on to his combine when I walked in the room.

I commented on his combine and mentioned my ties to farmland in the midwest. He eagerly held up his combine pointing to each part asking me what it does and why it is on the combine. Surprisingly I remember most of the parts and could think of a reason why it was on the combine. It was a great start to my work night!! A little taste of farming in the middle of Seattle.

Family Time

During my time off due to my shoulder injury, I decided that was a perfect time to take a trip over the mountains to see my nephews and niece (and my siblings and sibs-in-law, of course). There was a lot of reading (I could almost recite The Ugly Truckling from memory) and a lot of snuggle time. It was a fun time to catch up with everyone and their new tricks.

It is always fun for me to see the family...even though I thoroughly enjoy coming back to my quiet, peaceful home. I love to hear "Aunt Sarah...!" Benjamin invited me to sleep in his "green hotel room" and was very disappointed one morning when I woke up and he realized he "forgot to wake" me up. As active as all of the kids are they all love to be read to...I love it!! It is such a fun bonding time to all snuggle up together and read stories that I loved to read growing up.