Here are a few pictures from the past week. We enjoyed playing w/ aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents!
Picnic in the woods...
I love these cupcake eating pictures of M and G :)
"Heavenly", huh, Grace? Chocolate is a girls' best friend, you know. :)
I think Eva's sugared-out!
We've enjoyed lots of time w/ Grace, George, and Krista! We'll be sad when they have to go back home and resume life. :) Thanks for all the help w/ the garden, guys! I think we have several more batches of jam to make--Mom can take over. :) I think we're strawberried-out over here. :)
~~~~~~~ Strawberry Success!~~~~~~~~
The kids helped me make a very sticky mess, as well. :)
Just this week, I did another quadruple batch of strawberry jam. We have a total of 20 jars in the freezer. After trying 3 different kinds of pectin, I decided that Ball brand is the way to go. (no cooking, twice the berries and half of the sugar) If anyone has a "healthy" way to make freezer jam, let me know. :)
Snitching is the best! 2 busted!
Madeline was cookin' something...
She was very proud of her cooking...
Samuel learned how to make mint tea last week
First you pick the mint, then you wash it, then you stuff it into a jar and pour boiling water over it. After it's steeped for a little while, you can drink it. Yum!
As much as I like a clean and tidy home, I've had to put down my preferences and lower my standards in this area. I want my children to learn how to work and how to do lots of different kinds of things. There simply isn't enough time to do it all. I've decided not to stress about my house. I'm sure there'll be plenty of days when I'm old that I'll miss the messy, loud, chaotic stage I'm in right now. I'd rather make memories w/ the kids. :) (I'm writing this down, so I can refer back to my goal--some days it's not as easy. :)
Picnic in the woods...
I love these cupcake eating pictures of M and G :)
"Heavenly", huh, Grace? Chocolate is a girls' best friend, you know. :)
I think Eva's sugared-out!
We've enjoyed lots of time w/ Grace, George, and Krista! We'll be sad when they have to go back home and resume life. :) Thanks for all the help w/ the garden, guys! I think we have several more batches of jam to make--Mom can take over. :) I think we're strawberried-out over here. :)
~~~~~~~ Strawberry Success!~~~~~~~~
The kids helped me make a very sticky mess, as well. :)Just this week, I did another quadruple batch of strawberry jam. We have a total of 20 jars in the freezer. After trying 3 different kinds of pectin, I decided that Ball brand is the way to go. (no cooking, twice the berries and half of the sugar) If anyone has a "healthy" way to make freezer jam, let me know. :)
Snitching is the best! 2 busted!
Madeline was cookin' something...
She was very proud of her cooking...
Samuel learned how to make mint tea last week
First you pick the mint, then you wash it, then you stuff it into a jar and pour boiling water over it. After it's steeped for a little while, you can drink it. Yum!
As much as I like a clean and tidy home, I've had to put down my preferences and lower my standards in this area. I want my children to learn how to work and how to do lots of different kinds of things. There simply isn't enough time to do it all. I've decided not to stress about my house. I'm sure there'll be plenty of days when I'm old that I'll miss the messy, loud, chaotic stage I'm in right now. I'd rather make memories w/ the kids. :) (I'm writing this down, so I can refer back to my goal--some days it's not as easy. :)
2 comments:
The mint tea sounds delicious!!!
Love all of the pictures! Especially the cupcake ones! I think the girls like chocolate just a little huh? I can't believe how much Madeline's hair has grown and how curly it is! VERY cute!
Connie In VA
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