Peek-a-boo

Spring Beauty

Rock

"And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."  Helaman 5:12

Weed

Yesterday I spent a great deal of time weeding in the garden.  Noah is never far from my side so as I worked my way through the rows I explained what a weed was.  Noah very quickly learned to distinguish the cucumber sprouts from the jewel weed and witch grass.

Eventually Noah tired of the garden lesson and went onto the swings.  I would weed a row, give him 50 pushes, then head back to the garden.  At one point I reminded him that soon I would have to go back and weed in the garden, to which Noah replied, 

"Yeah!  We don't want to grow weed.  Weed is not good.  I don't want to try weed."

I am hoping this lesson will stick in the recesses of his brain for future reference.

I recognize that this is not "weed" but I don't have access to a real photo of weed and I didn't want to peruse the internet for a pirated copy; life is just too short to spend time doing that.  However I hate posting without a picture so a lupin is the closest thing I had to "weed".

Helper

I am certain that once in your life you have had a "burning" desire to know what happens when you microwave american cheese for over a minute.  Thanks to my kitchen "helper" that desire has been fulfilled for me.

 

What you can't tell from this photo (or maybe you can?) is how cemented to the plate the cheese brick was. I basically had to use a chisel or ice pick to get it off.  We tried it, and honestly it tasted and felt kind of like a cheez-it.

p.s. In case you were wondering, I don't actually own an ice pick.  I just wanted to paint a picture, so to speak.

Common Knowledge

Noah spent the greater part of a day dressed as a chicken.  He wore it to the store, he wore it for lunch, and naturally he felt he should wear it to check for eggs in the chicken coop.  He was delighted to find that there were in fact eggs.  He brought them in, demonstrated how chickens "poop out their eggs" and when I reminded him to be careful because eggs are delicate, her responded,"I know Mommy.  I'm a chicken.  What'd you 'spect?"

Crazy Hair Day...With Style

What would school spirit week be without crazy hair day.  I wanted to trim the boys hair, but they begged me to wait until after crazy hair day. 

He sure looks crazy enough to me!

I am not sure what happened to Ben's hair, but he was happy to oblige with the crazy aspect.

Sophie's crazy hair was her own invention.  Cinnamon Swirl Buns, ready to eat with silverware.

And in case you were wondering, the crazy apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.  Thanks Jen Bird for the awesome photo!

              

 

Chef Louie

                            

Have I ever mentioned that I am one lucky woman and I love Aaron a WHOLE lot....?

Observation

Today is the second day of warmer, sunny weather, and today alone I have seen a huge flock of robins,  canadian geese, juncos, grackles, and red winged blackbirds; all signs of spring.  I have to wonder, have they been there all along and I am seeing them now because the view outdoors is finally making me happy?  Were they waiting somewhere slightly warmer and when the sun came out they moved into our range?  How do they know it is time to be here?  Have they been nestled in the woods away from view and now they are emerging just like all the people who can finally escape their winter caves?  Deep questions for this sunny, muddy day.

Blue Skies, Smilin' at me, Blue Skies do I see!

That's a Wrap

Today is April 1st and blessed be Vermont has decided to allow Spring to arrive.  Today was bright, sunny, 43 degrees ABOVE freezing and crystal clear blue skies.  So as we bid winter 2014 adieu, here are a few photos of this epic winter.  It started out super icy, then it was frigid, then then snow came, would not stop, and would not go away.

I don't think I will ever stop loving the images of this field.

Nothing like a barefoot morning jaunt in the fresh snow.  If only we had known what was coming...

Then the snow was gone and it was COLD, but beautiful!

But snow came in time for these adorable munchkins to get a Christmas tree

Assisted by there hunky father.  Well hunky to their mother, not them.

Brothers discover love on the tree farm.

Then the ice storm hit bringing beauty and destruction.  It wreaked havoc on our Christmas plans as we were without power, water, toilets, sewing machines crucial for Christmas sewing...the amazing line men worked around the clock to get electricity back in time for Christmas.

I don't have too many pictures of the rest of winter.  Probably because I got so tired of all of it.  I really try not to complain about weather.  There is little we can do to control the weather so we may as well grin and bear it, but this winter drove me near to my breaking point!Or maybe I do and I just haven't gotten them off my camera or synced them to the web.  If I find more I'll add them, but for the sake of getting this published I'll move on.