We have the neatest caterpillar on a lilac leaf in our front yard. We noticed it about 2 weeks ago, the top picture is from Sept 4th and the other ones are from the 17th. Its crazy how its grown and it seems to be using the leaf like a chrysalis (there is a little [...]
I have put it off for awhile but I am now ready to take the plunge and switch to metal water bottles for our family. When I started looking for new bottles it annoyed me that Sigg (and Klean Kanteen) seemed to be the only options. I wanted more choices so I searched online and [...]
John decided to ditch our satellite dish (literally, he threw it off the roof) and put up an antenna instead. We are picky about the tv we watch and all major networks come in beautifully now except we don’t get NBC. We also get PBS now which wasn’t on our satellite before. Anything else that [...]
Sorry for breaking the comments. I’m working on getting the site ready for a new design and deactivated a plugin I shouldn’t have been fiddling with. Look for our new design soon, but expect a couple speed bumps while I get everything setup.
Jamie was given a pair of Witch Halloween BabyLegs to try out and we have a pair of Rose ones to giveaway! Halloween is still over a month away but Jamie has been using them anyway since they aren’t screaming “Halloween” and she happens to have quite a collection of black somehow (not my favorite [...]
This weekend, Parent Bloggers is asking parents how we teach our kids about money. We haven’t started giving the kids an allowance yet, but they do receive money as gifts. Ben and Ethan each have a piggy bank, but we’ve also gotten them each wallets. This summer we decided to start teaching them about money [...]
John and I don’t watch a ton of regular tv and I’m not always a fan of the movies he picks from Netflix. I complain about some of the things he gets (like Transformers, Pitch Black and Cloverfield) but I have no ideas when he tells me to add things to our queue. So I’m [...]
The chickens are the only ones who help me eat the tomatoes this summer but they are so good this year that I’m not complaining about having to eat so many! In case some of you also have a big supply right now I thought I’d share my favorite use for them currently: TABOULE! Its [...]
With all my back to school worries with Ethan starting K I really didn’t think too much about Ben starting his second year of preschool (I even forgot to pay). I knew Ben would love it like he did last year and luckily I was right. This year I signed him up for 5 mornings, [...]
We aren’t a family of morning people, mainly because staying up late is fun. This summer we’d usually let the boys stay up until 9:30 or 10pm (okay sometimes even later) with John and I staying up until midnight. Things needed to change with the start of school so I was happy to review some [...]
