What we've been up to......

*blueberry picking
*swimming
*playdates
*cleaning
*running errands
*finishing up planning next school year
*going to births (me!)
*doing handyman/remodel work and building houses (Josh)
*pioneer day activity at church
*picked corn and put away for the year (TODAY!)
*getting ready for the beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I might be back later with a more informative post.

Sparkler Pictures (with a camera I need to figure the secret of nighttime pic taking)

In a funk

blah! I've been a blogging funk recently. Not much been going on- doing the mommy thing, the wife thing, working, swimming and chillin'.

Maybe I'll get my blogging mojo back soon.............

Tooth

Gracie has just gotten her first tooth!!! She's almost 5 months old (next week!) It's on HER bottom left.

I was curious to when the others got theirs so I looked it up on their calendars I keep for each of them. Morgan was 8 months, Raelyn was 9 months and Jack was 7 1/2 months so Gracen is the earliest by 2 1/2 months!!! I knew the signs were pointing towards it (a funny latch when nursing, lots of mouthing, contantly sticking out tongue) but when I stuck my finger in her mouth this morning I was surprised!!

I tried getting it in a picture, but it's just too small yet. :)

You too can let your three kids ages 6, 3 and 1 make ice cream totally by themselves.....

See- and then they'll eat it all too- and not share a bit with you!

Step #1: Gather all your ingredients.

*1 cup cream (or cold milk, or cold coconut milk)

*1 teaspoon vanilla (omit this if using coconut milk)

*2 teaspoons sugar

*4 cups ice (not in the picture)

*4 tablespoons rock salt (ice cream salt)

*2 ziploc bags- use the freezer kind so they don't get a hole in 'em (either both gallon sized or one gallon sized and one quart sized)

Step 2: In the first bag (quart sized if you are using that size) dump in the cream/milk, sugar, vanilla. Close that bag on up (squeeze out most, but not all, of the air).
Step 3: Fill the bigger bag with the ice and the rock salt. Kinda mix it all around in there. Now put the bag with the ingredients in there and close up the ice bag.
Step 4: Shake it.
Step 5: Give it to your little brother to shake it (and throw it on the sidewalk).

Step #6: When you feel the bag of cream and stuff get hard you've got ice cream!! Take the ice cream bag out of the ice/salt and RINSE IT OFF!!! Otherwise you'll have salty ice cream and if you like salty ice cream- ewwwwwww! Enjoy! You can also throw other things in there with the cream mixture (chocolate chips, melted peanut butter, berries, etc)

MAAAAAAA, ME STUCK!

That's what I heard Jack yelling from the kitchen. And yes, I made hime stay in there while I ran to get my camera. :) As you can see he wasn't too happy!

Only because it gets me an additional entry....

here is a link that will let you enter to win the 'Essential Babywearing Stash'. And since most of you know how important I think babywearing is here goes:

http://www.alongfortheride.biz/contest-s/49.htm