Poof Poof... Is this thing on.. Hello.. Hello..
Wowee! How time flies. K (dd) is staring at me with her mouth wide open in astonishment. Can't believe that I'm actually re-visiting my dear old blog friend.
There is really so much to say that sometimes you just stare and struggle to begin. So I will hopefully post lil' snippets here and there about our new life here in the country. We are truly loving it.
(Interruption.. K is now instructing me on what I can and can't post about because she has her new blog http://www.simplycountry-karahlv.blogspot.com and doesn't want me to take her material.)
REALLY.. I just wanted to shout out to everyone with a Yippee--Yi--Yo--Yiay (or something like that) and move to the TOP of my dear ole' Ma's Blog list!
More to come.. I promise...
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Friday, November 02, 2007
Yummy Cooking Site
The Pioneer Woman Cooks!
I just wanted to share a really neat internet site I found. It is called The Pioneer Woman Cooks. Just click on the title link in blue above. Great recipes and awesome step by step photos showing how to prepare the recipe. She has a great sense of humor too. Warning... most of the recipes are not "lite recipes", however they do look incredibly tasty.
Right now she is going over Thanksgiving recipes so the pictures of the gizzards are a bit gruesome. You have to check out the yummy recipes on the side bars too. Enjoy!
I just wanted to share a really neat internet site I found. It is called The Pioneer Woman Cooks. Just click on the title link in blue above. Great recipes and awesome step by step photos showing how to prepare the recipe. She has a great sense of humor too. Warning... most of the recipes are not "lite recipes", however they do look incredibly tasty.
Right now she is going over Thanksgiving recipes so the pictures of the gizzards are a bit gruesome. You have to check out the yummy recipes on the side bars too. Enjoy!
Halloween Trick or Treat
Boy has it been pretty crazy around here. I meant to do a quick update last week but now it is this week and there is even more to update but I have just a few minutes so I will hit the most current event.. Halloween.
I sure got away easy this Halloween. Last year, I made costumes the morning of and it took me most of the day (they were pretty cute though). This year for some reason after ruling out that I didn't have it in me right now to make a full blown Civil War Period costume, the kids costumes were really easy. K found a darling Ladybug accessory kit for a costume (at 50% off even). She wore all black and added the accessories.. done! C found a "bandit" accessory kit and added his jeans, picked out a green shirt, wore a vest that Grammy made awhile back...done! , J just wanted me to cut his costume from last year into wide strips in the front, wore some black pants and a black shirt. We found a very inexpensive but cool ninja sword and he called himself a Spartan...done! This season it truly was about the accessories.
I wish I took more pictures but I did get a group one of the neighbors that we have gone with for the last couple of years. Notice how K is bending down a little bit in the background. She has grown another inch in the past few months and I think she is at least 5'6". J has grown alot too and comes to my chin now. Crazy growing kids!
We had the neighbors over for dinner and we had a make your own "ghost" pizza party. I found these really cute whole wheat mini-wraps shaped like ghosts. I had all sorts of toppings so they could make their own pizzas. We also had creamy tomato soup and salad. Pretty yummy and I tried to stay healthy knowing how much candy was yet to be consumed! It is always hard after the kids come home with so much candy. It seems that the candy is constantly on their minds. This year we did something different (an idea that our neighbor uses) the kids sold their bags of candy to P to take to work. The price was very minimal (small star wars guy, extra time to stay up on the weekends, I can't remember who chose what). Now it is gone and I don't have to be tempted by it and the kids don't think about it. Yahoo!
I sure got away easy this Halloween. Last year, I made costumes the morning of and it took me most of the day (they were pretty cute though). This year for some reason after ruling out that I didn't have it in me right now to make a full blown Civil War Period costume, the kids costumes were really easy. K found a darling Ladybug accessory kit for a costume (at 50% off even). She wore all black and added the accessories.. done! C found a "bandit" accessory kit and added his jeans, picked out a green shirt, wore a vest that Grammy made awhile back...done! , J just wanted me to cut his costume from last year into wide strips in the front, wore some black pants and a black shirt. We found a very inexpensive but cool ninja sword and he called himself a Spartan...done! This season it truly was about the accessories.
I wish I took more pictures but I did get a group one of the neighbors that we have gone with for the last couple of years. Notice how K is bending down a little bit in the background. She has grown another inch in the past few months and I think she is at least 5'6". J has grown alot too and comes to my chin now. Crazy growing kids!
We had the neighbors over for dinner and we had a make your own "ghost" pizza party. I found these really cute whole wheat mini-wraps shaped like ghosts. I had all sorts of toppings so they could make their own pizzas. We also had creamy tomato soup and salad. Pretty yummy and I tried to stay healthy knowing how much candy was yet to be consumed! It is always hard after the kids come home with so much candy. It seems that the candy is constantly on their minds. This year we did something different (an idea that our neighbor uses) the kids sold their bags of candy to P to take to work. The price was very minimal (small star wars guy, extra time to stay up on the weekends, I can't remember who chose what). Now it is gone and I don't have to be tempted by it and the kids don't think about it. Yahoo!
Monday, October 15, 2007
Jack-O-Lantern!
I offer up this smile, in case anyone needs a template for their Jack-O-Lantern this Halloween season. Yes.. it is true... he lost ANOTHER one. He was very excited to share that he has lost the same amount of teeth as a 9 year old that he knows. This tooth (bottom right) came out last night making a total of 8 teeth. He is now a couple of bucks richer because the TF remembered to visit and check under his pillow.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Harvest (The Beginning, Middle and End of My Harvest)
My sister inspired me to show and tell as well. I know you are extremely impressed at my ability to grow an abundance of produce. I should be showing one green and one red bell pepper. But due to my amazing green thumb, I have left both types on the plant for sooo long that they are both now red bell peppers. And yes, that is a small dinner salad fork to show you the incredible size of my produce. Please.. please.. keep your applause to a minimum.. If you want some tips feel free to ask, no charge for a short period of time.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
The Best Field Trip Ever
We had the best day ever this past Monday. The homeschooling group that K belongs to conducts numerous field trips during each month. If any sound interesting, you just sign up, get directions and meet the group there. The people in the group aren't always the same so it is a great way to meet all sorts of new people.
I have always wanted to go on the Colonial Tour at the Rileys Farm. I have very fond memories of the Rileys Apple Orchards when I was growing up. (We helped build their log cabin, rode their pony bareback, picked apples, etc.) It is amazing how much the Farm has grown over the years. They have all sorts of tours ranging from Colonial Days, Civil War period, Revolutionary War reenactments etc.
The Cava group scheduled a tour at the Rileys Farm for this Monday. There were over 130 (kids and parents) people who showed up. P and I decided it would be fine to pull the boys out of school for the day since this was an educational opportunity that couldn't be passed up. We arrived and it felt like we were Jack and Annie characters in the Magic Treehouse series arriving in the Colonial Period. Everyone was dressed in period clothing, spoke with a bit of a British accent, referred to the kids as Master C, and Miss K. or lad and lass.
The kids were divided into four different groups and each were led to different parts of the farm. We rotated to different sections and learned Colonial Etiquette, how to churn butter and grind wheat, weaving, ink and quill, colonial period games for children, make candles (do you know that it used to take 8 hours to make a candle), and finally eat an amazing homemade caramel apple.
Here is a picture of J feeding the goat La Mancha. If you look closely, you'll see the apple that the goat decided to knock out of J's hand and then eat it from the ground.
This is during the etiquette portion of the field trip. C has been assigned the role of the politician and gets to stand to the right of the farmer who stands to the right of a women. The positioning of where you stood showed your rank.
J is churning butter and C is grinding wheat.
Colonial teacher is teaching class how to weave. Believe me, you don't want to mess with her. She was very strict and put the children in their place. Very fun to watch.
The kids are all practicing weaving. J thought it was a bit boring, but C absolutely LOVED it and wants PaPa to make him a weaving loom.
Cute picture of C and K practicing the ink and quill activity. Did you know the quills come from turkey's flight feathers and you can only get ten from one turkey. Five of them are for left handers and five are for right handers.
Nothing better to end the day than a delicious caramel apple. So gooey, chewy and good. I also had to buy one of the apple pies that you could smell baking the whole time you walked around. You had to pre-order it when you arrived so they could bake it and you could take it home after the tour. It was to die for!
I have always wanted to go on the Colonial Tour at the Rileys Farm. I have very fond memories of the Rileys Apple Orchards when I was growing up. (We helped build their log cabin, rode their pony bareback, picked apples, etc.) It is amazing how much the Farm has grown over the years. They have all sorts of tours ranging from Colonial Days, Civil War period, Revolutionary War reenactments etc.
The Cava group scheduled a tour at the Rileys Farm for this Monday. There were over 130 (kids and parents) people who showed up. P and I decided it would be fine to pull the boys out of school for the day since this was an educational opportunity that couldn't be passed up. We arrived and it felt like we were Jack and Annie characters in the Magic Treehouse series arriving in the Colonial Period. Everyone was dressed in period clothing, spoke with a bit of a British accent, referred to the kids as Master C, and Miss K. or lad and lass.
The kids were divided into four different groups and each were led to different parts of the farm. We rotated to different sections and learned Colonial Etiquette, how to churn butter and grind wheat, weaving, ink and quill, colonial period games for children, make candles (do you know that it used to take 8 hours to make a candle), and finally eat an amazing homemade caramel apple.
Here is a picture of J feeding the goat La Mancha. If you look closely, you'll see the apple that the goat decided to knock out of J's hand and then eat it from the ground.
This is during the etiquette portion of the field trip. C has been assigned the role of the politician and gets to stand to the right of the farmer who stands to the right of a women. The positioning of where you stood showed your rank.
J is churning butter and C is grinding wheat.
Colonial teacher is teaching class how to weave. Believe me, you don't want to mess with her. She was very strict and put the children in their place. Very fun to watch.
The kids are all practicing weaving. J thought it was a bit boring, but C absolutely LOVED it and wants PaPa to make him a weaving loom.
Cute picture of C and K practicing the ink and quill activity. Did you know the quills come from turkey's flight feathers and you can only get ten from one turkey. Five of them are for left handers and five are for right handers.
Nothing better to end the day than a delicious caramel apple. So gooey, chewy and good. I also had to buy one of the apple pies that you could smell baking the whole time you walked around. You had to pre-order it when you arrived so they could bake it and you could take it home after the tour. It was to die for!
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Warm Muffin
My mom requested awhile back for me to post a picture of KL's bedroom that we repainted in July. It originally was a very ugly "daquiri (sp?) ice" color... sort of a pastel seafoam green. Little did we know that the following month we would decide to move... hmmm... well at least we know the name of the paint color.
Speaking of paint color names, it's funny how they help me decide what color to choose. We knew we wanted to paint the room a warm "hayish" color since KL wanted to keep a Western theme. We found the cutest bedding that is the fabric of a well worn cowgirl red bandana. We found darling accessory pillows to go with it (the picture really doesn't do it justice). We topped it with the cutest quilt in the whole wide world that Grammy made and the contrast of reds is really fun. We finally found a paint color titled "Warm Muffin". It is amazing how as soon as we put it on the wall, the room felt much warmer and cozier. Truly it looks like the color of fresh baked corn bread. I would love to say that the bed is always so nicely made... but my nose would grow if I did : )
Speaking of paint color names, it's funny how they help me decide what color to choose. We knew we wanted to paint the room a warm "hayish" color since KL wanted to keep a Western theme. We found the cutest bedding that is the fabric of a well worn cowgirl red bandana. We found darling accessory pillows to go with it (the picture really doesn't do it justice). We topped it with the cutest quilt in the whole wide world that Grammy made and the contrast of reds is really fun. We finally found a paint color titled "Warm Muffin". It is amazing how as soon as we put it on the wall, the room felt much warmer and cozier. Truly it looks like the color of fresh baked corn bread. I would love to say that the bed is always so nicely made... but my nose would grow if I did : )
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The Last Post Regarding Teeth... At Least For Now
Since you asked about K, it reminded me that I do indeed have something to say about her teeth. I don't think any of you have seen her new beautiful smile. She got her braces off last month and wears a retainer at night. Isn't her smile pretty??
And no, it would not be a good idea for her to lose any of her teeth since they are all permanent.
One set of braces down... I believe we will have two more sets to go..sigh..
And no, it would not be a good idea for her to lose any of her teeth since they are all permanent.
One set of braces down... I believe we will have two more sets to go..sigh..
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