Generally as a rule, we are not allowed to say the word “stupid” in our house. But sometimes, the children do things that can only be described as stupid. Colter was washing dishes the other day and got his hand stuck in a water bottle. He tried for at least 5 minutes to extricate his […]
Since I am traveling and am on super fast internet, I thought I’d upload a bunch of pictures from a recent harvest party. Me and Indigo: Brett and Emery and friends on a hayride: Fletcher with a gun (aren’t guns essential hayride equipment?) on the hayride: Jim, Hewitt, and Me on another hayride (do you […]
We were cleaning out all the clothes in the storage area and giving tons of them (literally) away. Colter came across this suit and just had to put it on. Isn’t he handsome?
Don’t you just want to give them a great big hug? Seriously though, I have a question – and I’d really like some feedback on this one. Does anyone else’s children ever get this dirty? Really? Or is it just mine? And how often do your children actually bathe? Because no matter how often mine […]
Remember our monster dirt pile that I made the boys move? Well, since they finished it, there hasn’t been a huge pile for them to move… until NOW! We now have a source of free mulch! Do you know how exciting that is? Do you know what that means? It means that when the boys […]
Since Hewitt couldn’t have chocolate cake on his birthday (milk in the chocolate), we decided to roast marshmallows. Cole already had a fire going from cooking his baked beans and cornbread, so it was just a matter of finding sticks. It was a huge hit!
The children like to make each other presents for their birthdays. Sometimes they have them ready in time, sometimes they don’t. Emery had wanted to make Colter a butterfly net for his birthday. He finally completed it. He used an old broom handle, a wire hanger, and some old screen material. He made it all […]
Colter has learned a new skill – weed wacking. It started out with him helping me start the weed wacker. Then he started it all by himself. I finally let him spread his wings and fly… And now he weed wacks everything in sight. Yesterday the mail man yelled at us that we needed to […]
My brother, Adam, and his family came for a short visit on their move from Arkansas to New Jersey. We had a great time visiting and getting to meet my newest nephew – Aiden James. I wish I had taken more pictures, but alas… I didn’t. But Brett remembered to grab the camera to capture […]
I don’t know what the children enjoy more – dressing themselves up – or dressing Indigo up. She’s like everyone’s favorite doll. Here she is armed and dangerous. One more pirate photo. This one is Colter with his dangerous weapons – two half finished goat bottles. They complete the outfit, don’t you think? Sometimes I […]
Colter is my “milking buddy”. I milk two goats and he milks two goats. We have lots of random conversations during our milking times. But he kinda surprised me when he asked, “Mom, how long is a cat’s destination?” “What, Cole?” “How long is a cat’s destination?” “I don’t understand.” “A cat’s destination. How long […]
On Sunday we had a large group of friends over to sing Christmas carols. The children were all cooking and baking their little hearts out. On this particular cooking marathon, Colter learned a valuable lesson. Our piano teacher had given us some friendship bread starter. Colter had successfully divided the starter and was making two […]