Week in Review

Meals for the week Chicken burritos Braised chicken with carrots and rice Salisbury steak with mushroom gravy, potatoes au gratin, corn on the cob Apple pancakes, sausage, bacon, scrambled cheese eggs, fresh fruit Turkey breast, mashed potatoes, stuffing, broccoli Chicken sausage and mushroom calzones Thanksgiving sandwiches, fresh fruit Eye Towards Rhythm Circle time was re-established! [...]

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Belly Shots

And they’re not mine!

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Sprinkler!

It felt a little more like summer here this weekend when we hooked up the sprinkler for the kids and roasted some marshmallows over the fire.  I won’t mention the big old thunderstorm that blew in as I was roasting the last one and got me a wee bit wet. The boys positively adored the [...]

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Slowing Down

I was really getting into a good household chore rhythm over the past few weeks and making good headway on spring cleaning and de-cluttering as well until… I threw out my back on Sunday trying to roll my pregnant-self over in bed.  It just sounds pathetic, doesn’t it!?  I could hardly stand, walk, or sit [...]

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Two and a Half Years

That’s all the separates Izzy and Jackson.  And that’s all that will separate Izzy and our little one due in October.  Three little munchkins and one big kid sound like a lot of work!  There are times that I worry that it’ll be too much and that I must be insane, but then there are [...]

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Three Little Monkeys

I took a break from bread-making these past few months.  It was one responsibility that I could give up in order to have more of myself to give to my family in other ways, but yesterday, I felt called back to it… in the form of monkey bread.  If you’ve never had monkey bread, you’re [...]

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Trouble?

To say that my sweet, big hearted 4-year-old has been a hand-full lately would be an understatement.  He’s ever so independent and free-thinking and has boundless amounts of energy, which are wonderful, wonderful qualities that I aspire him to have as an adult, but it sure does keep me on my toes right now. He [...]

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Two Slinging Kids

They asked me to make them carriers for their babies, so I reached for those really awesome playsilks once again and tied up two knots to make the perfect sling!  They carried their dolls all morning happily going about their play. Oh, and a conversation in the car the other day: Jackson:  “Someday I’ll be [...]

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Brrrr!

It’s cold, like below zero cold, but it’s made a little better because there is this beautiful lush white snow on the ground to play in.  The boys especially enjoyed some playtime outside.  Iz, not so much.  She didn’t care for the snow sticking to her mittens and boots and needed to be rescued shortly [...]

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Playing, Reading, Knitting, Sewing

The kids are loving the fuller days and all the fun activities and stories that Little Acorn Learning has provided for us.  They each made healthy bear claw snacks yesterday and will be painting animal tracks in a bit.  And, wouldn’t you know how handy the farm playmat is for acting out the stories! Izzy [...]

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