happy valentine’s day!
Posted on February 14, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | 1 Comment
Someone set off a Valentine Bomb on our dining table!
We’d clean it up, but we’re too busy eating chocolate hearts. Maybe later.
snow To Do List
Posted on February 13, 2010 - Filed Under adventures, kiddo life | 1 Comment
For god’s sake, we just got another ton of snow! We haven’t had this much snow in a decade. But it has given the kids another chance to check off all the snow related items from their lists. These things are all old hat for you Northerners, I’m sure, but they still retain novelty value [...]
Read More..>>ring around the moon
Posted on January 31, 2010 - Filed Under honeymilk farm | Leave a Comment
…means snow is coming soon.
It made me wish I was a heck of a lot better at photography. This was Thursday night, moon 98% full, and these strange lumpy, flat, clouds that Sophie said were the Underworld and Luc said looked like oatmeal. This picture is crap compared to what it looked like but there [...]
Read More..>>wonky weather party
Posted on January 6, 2010 - Filed Under adventures, kiddo life | 1 Comment
Now, I understand that in vast portions of the world, a frozen pond is No Big Deal. But around here, it’s about on par with a solar eclipse or maybe hail falling through a rainbow. (Oh wait, that last one already already happened .) But seriously, our pond has never had even a speck of [...]
Read More..>>happy new year!
Posted on January 1, 2010 - Filed Under uncategorized | 1 Comment
I can’t believe it!
no holds barred christmas
Posted on December 24, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | 2 Comments
We are in full on Christmas induced mania around here and it probably won’t stop until Saturday at least. We basically declare it Open Season on presents, fancy food, and parties around December 1 and commence with the celebrating all the way through to the New Year. Boxes arrive from the grandparents, or from amazon, [...]
Read More..>>om my god it’s freaking snowing!!!!
Posted on December 20, 2009 - Filed Under adventures, kiddo life | Leave a Comment
Those Weather Men & Women are getting really good at their jobs. They told us it was going to start snowing around noon, and darned if it didn’t start snowing right on schedule, huge, fluffy feather flakes, coming down like gangbusters, just as we were driving home from the toy store at our local mall. [...]
Read More..>>gingerbread bear bonanza
Posted on December 15, 2009 - Filed Under food, kiddo life | 2 Comments
We’re totally infested with gingerbread bears. It’s a nightmare, let me tell you. It all started with some dough.
Best Gingerbread Cookie Dough Ever
Take 3/4 cup butter, softened
and 3/4 cup sugar.
Cream these together.
Add 3/4 cup molasses and
1/4 cup water and mix a bit more. I usually do all this in my food processor.
Next whisk together in [...]
happy playdoh thanksgiving!
Posted on November 26, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life | 1 Comment
Sophie made us a play-doh thanksgiving feast this morning. Come on over, there’s enough for everyone!
What are you grateful for?
persimmon love
Posted on November 14, 2009 - Filed Under food | 3 Comments
One of the best parts of Fall around here is persimmon season. I’m not talking about those huge Japanese persimmons, but rather the tiny, wild, potent version native to North Carolina.
By the time the persimmons are ready, the persimmon trees have lost all their leaves—the persimmons themselves cling to empty branches, like Christmas ornaments.
Sophie says [...]
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