Baby G Pictures 3.5 Months Old.

Baby G is 3.5 months old. We got some great pictures of her this week and I wanted to share them :) 

She loves to chew on her fingers.. no teeth yet but the way she drools and chews I wonder if she won't get some soon! J3 got his 1st at 2.5 months for a couple of weeks then it reappeared about 3 months later so it's possible she could be teething.  

I love this one! She looks wind blown with her bib all crooked. I love the color of this sleeper on her but, as you'll see below, her feet tend to escape. 

 Baby G has a CAPE!! Oh wait it's her bib on backward!! 

Umm... I WILL chew on this yummy thing.. I WILL!! 

WHAT IS THAT THING!??

Maggie :)

New Life... Welcome Riata!!

Some good friends of ours had a new baby :)

Congratulations C and R!! You too big brother W :) 

 Welcome to the world little girl!! We love you already!! 

~Sourdough Starter~

I found a recipe for Amish friendship bread starter in a book I recently finished which made me remember that while I had my AFB starter years ago I really enjoyed it. I also learned that a AFB starter is a sourdough starter and there is a web page with TONS of recipes on it for just about everything you can think of to make with AFB starter! SO I followed the recipe and made my very own sour dough starter!! I'm still not totally sure that I didn't kill it this morning when we made sourdough pancakes with it and I'm hoping it will bounce back as I forgot to feed it before I took out the 4 cups of starter I need to make the pancakes. I did remember after and did feed it then so hopefully it is still alive! Here is the link that I found with the recipe for the starter and the things you can make with it. I fed my starter on white flour to start it off but I`m going to slowly change it over to whole wheat as that is what we use most for pancakes etc. I keep mine in a 1 gallon plastic bag in the kitchen which works well for storage without having to worry about spilling or contaminating it.  I can`t wait to see what I can all do with it :) This morning we did the pancake recipe II on the site above and we thought it was a bit too sweet and the pancakes themselves were really soft and mushy and did not flip well at all. I think we will keep looking and see what other recipes we can find. I`d love hints :) Or recipes!! Just leave a comment on the bottom or email me!! 

~Dream A Little Dream Of Spring~

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 Last week we got about 10 inches of snow.

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The days we didn't get snow we got beautiful sunshine. 

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The kids went out and enjoyed it as much as possible. 

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When the sun comes out it rains off the roof. 

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Reminding us that spring will come again soon. 

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R's Birthday is soon..

<3 <3 <3 <3

She is very excited to be 4.

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She thinks the snow should be gone by her birthday.

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It will not be. 

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A year or two ago we had snow on MY birthday..

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It's in the middle of May.

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I know I'm not the only one.

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wishing for green grass.

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I know there are more people out there.

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Also wishing for green well... 

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

ANYTHING!!

GREENGREENGREENGREENGREENGREENGREEN

This week we hope to see some green..

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We're going to plant some starts and dream of a world filled with green.

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Green Trees, Green Grass,

 Green Green Green!! 

We are going to water them and remember

                                                                              spring rainstorms, 

                                                         beach days, 

                                                     lightening and thunder.

flash BOOM flash BOOM flash BOOM

We're going to watch for the tiniest shoot of green and rejoice!!

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Not Something You See Everyday!!

We meet a friend and her family in 'the city' today for coffee! We have 6 kids, they have 4! Grade one math tells you that equals 10 kids!! Ten BLOND hair BLUE eyed kids!!  J is the oldest at 8! They have a girl, we have 3. They have 3 boys, we have 3 boys. The two littlest boys are 5 months apart and have the same jackets... they are also both blond, they both have blue eyes.. one is a little taller then the other. They look very much like twins :) SUPER CUTE!! They both sat in high chairs and looked cute and tried not to look at each other.. shy stage :)  Baby G got passed around a bit between the 4 adults. The other 7 children shared two little tables and a box of treats.. Everyone took their share and only their share. Afterwards they each got one more as a reward for good behavior! They were all super good!  We got quite a few looks apparently it's not every day you see 10 kids sitting, chatting and eating together!! Someone asked Mrs. K if it was all one family she smiled and said.. TWO!!! lol. We had quite the train going in and out!! R got confused in the parking lot and followed the wrong family.. but it was OK.. We parked almost side by side. Separately we get a lot of looks.. together we got even more. We got a lot of looks :) It was fun to get together with them and I'm pretty sure fun was had by all :) Next time maybe we'll get a few pictures in :) Mrs. K's blog is HERE and I have to say it's not everyday you can take 10 kids out for a snack, still keep your sanity, and get in a bit of a chat as well :) Thanks for the visit Mr and Mrs. K and kids :)

Baby G.. More Pictures :)

Reading a book :) I love her little bald spot :) 

She is such a little doll! A friend called her Muffin today and it suits her! New nickname? Possibly! :) Haha or maybe not I just remembered Mr. B likes to tease Mrs B with that name... hmmm.. I bet there is a story there!! 

The best picture I have so far of her smiling.. when she REALLY smiles she sticks out her tongue but she's pretty sure the green light on my camera is evil!! 

~Fresh Squeezed~

That is hard work!! We bought a box of oranges in 'the city' last time we were there and we're getting tired of eating them as oranges so today we made juice! 

After a bit of confusion I realized that I never said how big the box of oranges is.. it's a 50 pound box... it's our second one in a row :) We're going to give them a month or so in between boxes next time. We buy apples in large boxes as well and store them in a cool spot. Very nice for having fruit on hand. 

Isabel: Self Training.

Isabel is slowly training herself to the stanchion. The 1st day Papa put Maggie in her stanchion and then some of our sweet mix in Isabel's but she wouldn't go in. The 3rd day she went in but didn't stay and now the 6th day she went right in, ate all her sweet mix and proceeded to try and empty out the wheelbarrow!! I had to chase her out! She didn't want to go at all and I had to get in her face a little to get her out. Even yesterday I walked near her and she'd back out but not today! I even stood by her head and fiddled with the lock in bar and she just paused in eating for a second then kept on inhaling. 

Want to know something I really love about this picture?

The snow? Not so nice!
The cows in their stanchions eating happily is super nice, but that's not it. 

The symmetrical way they are standing is also super nice, but still not it. 

The fact that in this picture Maggie is being milked by a machine while I'm STANDING in the doorway of our back door taking the picture..is REALLY SUPER NICE and what I really like about this picture! :) 

YUP she's addicted :) 

Marble Race :)

It was a joint effort :) It was super fun to build and they had even more fun racing their marbles down the different towers! 

J and L's self made towers :) L's is the near one. 

R's tower.. with help from Papa. She put it all together but it kept falling over..so Papa balanced it for her. 

E's tower.. she needed another bottom piece but they were all in use.. so she just held it up!!