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In other words a jam packed post to make up for last weeks absence due to the fact that each and every one of us had the stomach flu. Now we are all better and I hope to get back on track.


L.S.N.E.D.:Mid terms are over and I made it through unscathed.  I am very grateful to C.C.V. for making it possible for me to continue my degree (that is my disclaimer that allows me to say something mean now).  They have messed things up so many times.  When I was getting my application in they made me go to their office 4 times and each time there was some problem on their end that made it so I couldn't register.  I seriously considered asking them to reimburse me for gas and childcare.  Last week I discovered that several of my classes hadn't carried over and that there were three credits I need to take to they had failed to mention.  I am so glad I found it now and not when VTC rejected me from the nursing program.


Parenting Practices:  Hold your kids hair back and rub their back while they are puking.  It is a simple gesture that makes them feel loved in the middle of a really rotten experience.


W.F.D.T.R:  I took pictures and everything for a recipe post and I think I will skip it here and post it this Wednesday.


Reckless Recreation:  Birds in flight = really cool photos.

Family Friday:

Noah has discovered the chickens.  They are a source of endless fascination.  He calls them bock bocks.

Freak weather patterns brought unseasonably warm temperatures, and by unseasonably I mean we struggle to see temps like this is the summer let alone March.  The snow melted fast and ahhh lined dry laundry.  I LOVE that smell.

Of course those conditions mean mud, messes and mopping.

I have no idea what Ben is looking at but I thought he looked cute.

This picture makes me laugh because every time I saw it I thought, "oh man this one is blurry" then I see that the focal point is on Ben who is being wacko.

Our yard floods each spring so Aaron took on a huge project involving digging a 90 foot trench and laying a drainage pipe to drain the flood waters.

Brothers in the dirt

Aaron ran into some trouble when he found an old foundation where he was planning to put the pipe.  He dug another trench to avoid it and then found another cement wall.  It has us really curious about what used to be there.  We are hoping to pick the brain of our neighbor.

 

I don't know why I really like this picture of Jacob's hand in the dirt and water, but I do.

Everyone has felt so free with this weather and the reemergence of bikes.

Sophie asked why I don't take pictures of her anymore.  I told her I did and she responded that I must do it when she isn't looking.  I proceeded to take a bunch of pictures of her and she gets all self-conscious and makes funny faces-hence the lack of Sophie photos.

And then there is Ben who is never self conscious but still I get a bunch of kooky pictures of him

You may remember Noah's freezer escapades.  This week it was sausage patties.

He was kind enough to offer to share though

Loki and Diogi are growing and have been introduced to the pen.

Bust a Move Saturday:  Things are going well in my trek to Maine.  I have walked/run/biked 8 miles which means I have almost left the town of Craftsbury.  I expect for my mileage to pick up now.


Deep Thoughts:I think I am too tired to think any deep thoughts right now.
And that was last week at the Cornelius Cottage.