Monday, June 8, 2009
Thought of the day....
When your first baby starts solid foods, you carefully orchestrate their first tastes and you jump every time they gag. The second child gets his first tastes from stealing Cheerios off of the first child and you've since relaxed about the gagging...it is a natural reflex afterall. You realize your third child is ready for finger foods when you catch him eating dry cat food while the other two laugh hysterically.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Camping!
We went camping at a nearby State Park for Jeremy's bike race. It was a bit of a last minute decision and we forgot a few things but overall it was a whole lot of fun!
Covered Bridge
Great weather - it was sunny and beautiful, a little sticky on Saturday but gorgeous on Sunday. We had a thunderstorm that night, and it blew through in about 10 minutes. The thunder was AWESOME. It was echoing in the valley and was one of the coolest things I've ever heard. The kids slept right through it!
Our home for the night
We're here! Ready to go camping Madelyn?
Ready Jonas???
What do you think Hudson? thumbs up!
My boys
The kids did pretty good about sleeping that night. They were a bit overexcited and fell asleep late, but they slept all night. At dusk, I saw something walking about 5 feet behind Jeremy, coming right into the camp! I thought it was a dog or a baby bear it was so big! It was the biggest raccoon I've EVER seen. Jeremy scared him off but I heard him come back in the middle of the night. We were prepared for him. I wish I would've gotten a pic tho.
Superbaby!
Jeremy had a good race and the kids and I went swimming at the pool. Other than our mattress having a hole in it and not being prepared enough with hot food to eat, we had a great time and want to do it again soon.
Covered Bridge
Great weather - it was sunny and beautiful, a little sticky on Saturday but gorgeous on Sunday. We had a thunderstorm that night, and it blew through in about 10 minutes. The thunder was AWESOME. It was echoing in the valley and was one of the coolest things I've ever heard. The kids slept right through it!
Our home for the night
We're here! Ready to go camping Madelyn?
Ready Jonas???
What do you think Hudson? thumbs up!
My boys
The kids did pretty good about sleeping that night. They were a bit overexcited and fell asleep late, but they slept all night. At dusk, I saw something walking about 5 feet behind Jeremy, coming right into the camp! I thought it was a dog or a baby bear it was so big! It was the biggest raccoon I've EVER seen. Jeremy scared him off but I heard him come back in the middle of the night. We were prepared for him. I wish I would've gotten a pic tho.
Superbaby!
Jeremy had a good race and the kids and I went swimming at the pool. Other than our mattress having a hole in it and not being prepared enough with hot food to eat, we had a great time and want to do it again soon.
Friday, May 29, 2009
What's Blooming at our House
So after a few oh so subtle reminders of how I haven't updated the blog, and since I value my supplier of finely embroidered tablecloths, I will update now.
First off I would like to introduce the newest member to our family: Willow, the siamese kitty. WAH!!! You say? A CAT?? Aren't you allergic? Why, yes. Yes I am. But I love cats and little baby things and we had cats for 4 years before I even realized I'm allergic so I figured maybe getting a little desensitized would be a good thing. So far, it hasn't been bad at all...a little sneezing here and there when Willow is lovey but mostly I just have to remember to wash my hands.
So here is Willow, our free little kitty we got from a friend. I believe she is what is called a "seal-point siamese" because of her coloring. She is oh so lovey (not at all like our previous neurotic cats) and I think it's because we got her from a family and not a pet store, barn or humane shelter like our last pets that didn't fit well with our family. Willow is very "talkative" and lets you know when she wants something. I believe she has adopted me as her mama (imagine that...the one who is allergic to her LOL) and she will walk up to me, mew and hold up her little paw when she wants to be picked up! She is so patient with the kids who are learning that throwing a cat is NOT funny no matter how much it makes you giggle.
This is Willow before we got her, she stayed with her cat mama for 8 weeks.
First day home, she fell asleep next to Jonas' head while he napped on the floor.
Today
Blue eyes
Check out that swirly pattern
So whats blooming at our house?
Roses
Gladyolis
Peonies
Sunflower
Garden update: we've been attacked by rabbits. I've been able to salvage some but the broccoli, sugar snap peas and pumpkins biffed it. Well I can't technically blame the rabbits for the pumpkins directly, however I'm sure the stress of losing my beloved vegetables played a major role in the carelessness toward the planted too early pumpkins.
Garlic
Green Onion forest
mmmmm blueberries
Tonights dinner harvest
Uncle Erik and Aunt Peggy came to visit! We seemed to have forgotten how to use a camera so we have this one picture of the guys. Although I think the cuteness of it makes up for the lack of other pictures...
First off I would like to introduce the newest member to our family: Willow, the siamese kitty. WAH!!! You say? A CAT?? Aren't you allergic? Why, yes. Yes I am. But I love cats and little baby things and we had cats for 4 years before I even realized I'm allergic so I figured maybe getting a little desensitized would be a good thing. So far, it hasn't been bad at all...a little sneezing here and there when Willow is lovey but mostly I just have to remember to wash my hands.
So here is Willow, our free little kitty we got from a friend. I believe she is what is called a "seal-point siamese" because of her coloring. She is oh so lovey (not at all like our previous neurotic cats) and I think it's because we got her from a family and not a pet store, barn or humane shelter like our last pets that didn't fit well with our family. Willow is very "talkative" and lets you know when she wants something. I believe she has adopted me as her mama (imagine that...the one who is allergic to her LOL) and she will walk up to me, mew and hold up her little paw when she wants to be picked up! She is so patient with the kids who are learning that throwing a cat is NOT funny no matter how much it makes you giggle.
This is Willow before we got her, she stayed with her cat mama for 8 weeks.
First day home, she fell asleep next to Jonas' head while he napped on the floor.
Today
Blue eyes
Check out that swirly pattern
So whats blooming at our house?
Roses
Gladyolis
Peonies
Sunflower
Garden update: we've been attacked by rabbits. I've been able to salvage some but the broccoli, sugar snap peas and pumpkins biffed it. Well I can't technically blame the rabbits for the pumpkins directly, however I'm sure the stress of losing my beloved vegetables played a major role in the carelessness toward the planted too early pumpkins.
Garlic
Green Onion forest
mmmmm blueberries
Tonights dinner harvest
Uncle Erik and Aunt Peggy came to visit! We seemed to have forgotten how to use a camera so we have this one picture of the guys. Although I think the cuteness of it makes up for the lack of other pictures...
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