Another year... Another month... Another day

It's been over 2 years since my last post!

Our little guy recently turned 2 and he is

just a hoot!  What a blessing he's been

throughout the last 2 years.  His sisters 

adore him (except when he is demolishing

their toys with his trucks!).

We are preparing for a move to a new house,

just across town.  It has been an interesting

process, to say the least.  Actually... I think

frustrating is more accurate.  It's a long story

and I won't get into it here - goodness knows

my mother and sister have heard me re-hash

it a number of times.  It's probably just best

to let it go...  

So we're hoping to be in the

new-to-us house in the next few weeks.

Then there will be the scramble of unpacking

and getting settled while I try to get our

homeschool curriculum all planned out and

organized.  Luckily, I use "Sonlight" which

has the lessons all planned, but I have an

order to things that I like to follow and I'll

need to get that all worked out.  It's hard to 

believe Eloise will be in 4th grade and Dinah

in 1st!  Time flies!  I hope to enjoy this 

schooling year more than I have the past

couple.  There are challenges with anything,

but I found it particularly challenging having

a newborn and toddler last year while trying

to navigate schooling 2 kiddos.  I'm hoping

this year doesn't have quite the bumps that

last year did!  I guess we'll see!

It's a dreary day in PA, but thankfully it is

cool outside.  Eloise is battling a random fever,

so I'm going to make some homemade chicken

soup and rolls for dinner and pray that her body

continues to fight off whatever it is she caught.

I hope to be back a little more often

in this space... I kinda miss it!

😁

We're Still Here!

We are still here, I just haven't made the effort to post on the blog in quite a long time!

Eloise finished up first grade (second grade, here we come!)...

and Dinah finished up pre-K.  Not sure if we'll move on to Kindergarten

or not yet.  We may just focus on learning to read this year as we adjust 

to having a new baby!

Speaking of new baby... he/she is due any day.  

We are impatiently waiting!

Today we are headed to a 4th of July parade!

Hope you have a wonderful, safe holiday with your friends

and family!

Happy Halloween 2016!

Happy Halloween from Snow White, Cinderella and Belle!

Park Day!

Last week was a Homeschool Day at the Playground.

Our neighbor watched Audra while she napped.

I was thankful for the cooler weather so that the girls 

could wear long pants and sweatshirts (to keep any 

potential peanut residue off of them).

They had a blast!

Bread and Braids!

Things have felt a bit out of sorts lately!

I have been getting Eloise and Dinah's homeschool stuff organized...

(First Grade and Pre-K!)

As well as general upkeep at home, Cory with back pain from 

a herniated disc, medical appointments (good news, thankfully!),

a few custom sewing orders (HERE is my shop!),

and then my mom getting thrown from her horse a little over 

a week ago!  It's really put a kink in things, but thankfully my

sister's family and aunt (who live much closer to my parents than

me) have been taking the brunt of caring for my mom now that

she is home from the hospital.  Instead of taking the time to 

write it all out - you can read about the Horse Mishap HERE

(on my sister's blog).  My mom is healing and resting!

That's all we can ask for right now... and are grateful it wasn't

much worse!

Here is a little of what we've been up to...

The girls love to help me bake!

Delicious blueberry bread, made with coconut sugar, 

no eggs and whole wheat flour (and more!).

 Eloise and I enjoy making weird "squiggles" on paper 

and then seeing what we can create from them!

She creates a picture from my squiggle and I create one from hers!

 

We attended my cousin's wedding a couple of 

weekends ago!  The pictures from inside were 

pretty grainy... but here are a few from outside!

It was a beautiful day!

My parents gave me an Instax Polaroid camera for my birthday...

and I had fun taking some photos at the reception!

And I taught Eloise how to braid!

She was a quick learner!

(I'm talking, maybe.. 30 seconds!)

It has been wonderful having her want

to braid my hair all of the time!

Does anyone else love having their

hair brushed and played with?

So relaxing!

 

I think she's doing a pretty good job!

Summer's almost over!

Hard to believe!

Girls!

Summer Days

Holy Moly! 

It's been a month since I posted!

Time has flown.

 Eloise finished up Kindergarten and is enjoying 

spending her days playing with her sisters!

Audra turned 18 months old!

She says all sorts of words and phrases.

She is still a fire cracker (exhausting)!

And is very interested in the potty - woo hoo!

Dinah enjoys "reading" books, writing her letters and playing.

We got Eloise and Dinah bunk beds (but we're keeping them as singles for now).

Out went the old crib and toddler bed!  :(  It made me sad to see them go, but

we were able to get a little money back for the bed and the crib went to my cousin

who was in need of one.  

Audra is using the old crib/toddler bed that Eloise and Dinah have both used.  

They are all three sleeping in the same room now... which means Cory and I 

have moved out of the living room after 10 months!

FINALLY!

We've been enjoying the cool, breezy days here with the windows open!

It's been nice to be able to go outside in the comfortable weather.

 

I also introduced Eloise to the game of LIFE (my old one... not sure what it's like

these days).  It's been fun playing when Audra naps!

Roasted Seeds!

Our girls LOVE spaghetti squash

roasted in the oven! 

Last year when we did our first little garden, 

we grew our own... and that was a BIG hit.

I don't know why I didn't think of it before,

but last week I decided to roast the seeds and

see what the girls thought of them.

I used THIS recipe that involves soaking

and drying them to break down the phytic acid.

(Super Easy!)

I *may* have used a little too much oil...

but they definitely turned out delicious and

got rave reviews from my older two!

 

YUM!!