my hands

i've been planinng a semi-serious post about these hands...

how its my job to mold these hands ...

to make them HIS hands...

gentle hands...

helpful hands...

happy hands..

hardworking hands....

yes, these litle hands...

and these, too...

are mine for the molding...

and boy oh boy,

do i have my work cut out for me!

corned beef?

check.

cabbage?

check.

green eggs and bacon?!!!

uh...check.

leprechaun...

DOUBLE CHECK.

wishing you all a blessed feast of

St. Patrick!

wordless wednesday

from tree to....

this...

to this....

 to this....

yes...

these boys made their own maple syrup...

from start to finish...all by themselves.

sweet discovery

how many gallons do you think we can collect?

it only takes 43ish gallons to make a gallon of syrup.

bad hair day?

going through old photos...

um, yeah...

not gonna try that again anytime soon

Eleven?

last week..

my baby celebrated his eleventh birthday!!

wow.

actually, we celebrated twice...

(seems like this is starting to be a trend)

once, the day before with all his cousins.

this of course meant we needed to make a cake...

and EVERYONE needed to help.

the second birthday celebration was a little bit simpler.

since his real birthday fell on Ash Wednesday..

which is a day of fast and abstinence...

(this means no eating meat or eating between meals)

he had..

salmon cakes and homemade mac n cheese for dinner...

complete with singing and a candle.

Happy St. Valentine's Day

The Peanut is so excited to receive her first handmade Valentine from Grampa Harv

A Beautiful Day

rollin', rollin', rollin'...rawhide

they call him...

Rowdy

and...

 i couldn't agree more.



as if life wasn't exciting enough

around here lately...

little miss z

 decided it would be fun to spend the week fighting off a little bit of bronchiolitis.

i must say that she enjoyed taking her medicine thoroughly....

 thanks to the help of her big brothers

i knew i was forgetting someone

...in the last post.

silly me.

meet the little peanut

who arrived just a teensy bit early...

she spent a couple extra days chillin in her awesome sunglasses

 at the hospital before she could come home

 but the kids did a fabulous job of making up for lost time in a matter of minutes..

there was much snuggling ...

smiling...

 inspecting, and comparing...

 more smiling...

more snuggling...

and tons of love..

when Peanut came home!

 She was born on January 20, 2012

weighing in at a whopping 6 lbs 6 oz

and 

measuring 19 1/2 inches.

(not to shabby for being 3 1/2 weeks early)

getting ready

for baby



caught red handed

alternately titled...

Like Mother Like Daughter

Nobody Gets Between Me N My Cheerios

I Couldn't Help Myself...the Pantry Was Unlocked

and im sure you can all come up with a few more...

 when i saw little a little arm sticking out of the pantry, loading up a plate full of cheerios

i just couldn't help but grab the camera

just what are these???

Alien Baby Pants...
of course.

also known as...ABPS

they are my favorite new knitting project.

they are made with a sock yarn that is mostly wool,

so im hoping that they will work as a soaker over baby z's clothdiapers

and for potty training.

im almost done with this second pair of ABPS and can't wait to get them off the needles!

i just love how you never really know how the stripes are going to turn out when you use the sock yarn.

breakfast...

lunch, dinner, and every snack in between....

and im not even exaggerating..

promise.

at 34 weeks....

frozen fruit, fresh fruit,

 and almonds

...

and an occasional bowl full of fresh salad

(no dressing, just salad)

 are ninety-five percent of my daily diet.

oh, and i also do my best to consume a small bowl of cheerios and a small portion of whatever we may be having for dinner...

but really....

frozen fruit and almonds are what this baby is made of

the latest craze

care to play a round of Mexican Train??