A Day with my Kitchen with my big girl

A slightly chilly morning with my big helper in the kitchen,

yielded 4 loaves of banana bread,

a whole bunch of giggles, 

and a double batch of zucchini chocolate chip cookies.

These are a favorite with my family and

since I usually freeze the abundance of zucchini that we have,

we get to enjoy this recipe all year long.

If you are a gardener, canner, and homesteader,

I highly recommend you read this book.

It's one of my favorite books and has some great seasonal recipes.

 

 

Usually, springtime brings about a bit of a switch in my hobbies.

Planning and planting in the garden boxes is a favorite

that still seems like it's too far away with the weather we have been having.

While I still knit/crochet in the summer,

I tend to sew more.

Check back soon to see some of the things I've been sewing...

a post is in the making:)

 

Presents....

My dad picked out my birthday present this year,

and viola, my pantry is now organized. 

It makes me smile every time I open my pantry door.

Thanks mom and dad.

 My oldest just picked up his bow this weekend,

which was a Christmas gift from his Aunts.

 

 Needless to say, Zach is a little jealous of his new bow.

My eldest says, "Mom, guess what dad told me, he said I have

a fancier bow than him now!"  All with a huge smile on his face.

There has been target shooting everyday since.

 

And Mother Nature decided to give us this present this morning.

It's April isn't it?  We made the best of it this morning

when coming out of church,

 a snowball fight ensued and giggles couldn't be stopped.

I'm looking forward to pictures of planting, garden boxes, and the outdoors!

Cousins sleepover

I helped out at school all last week as the secretary. 

Let's just say by Friday, I was ready to be home again.

Zach suggested that we invite the boy cousins over for a sleepover.

 

 Although being a little apprehensive because of being exhausted from the week I had.

We made the calls and I am so glad we did.

 

It was exactly what I needed though!

Zach and I laughed at the conversations going on between the little ones.

We laughed at their giggles and screams(and were there screams)!

 

Needless to say, everyone had a great time and we had no tears,

which is always an indication for a successful sleepover:)

 

We settled down with a movie. 

The kids finally went down at about 11pm and

we awake laughing at around 5:30am. 



Of course I ran out of coffee because that's just how it goes when

I work all week.   Moms can't be superheros all the time:)

So I made a coffee run and picked up donuts.

Thanks for the laughs kiddos!

 

Their Callings...

The kindergarten class put on a play, "The Glum Princess"

Do you recognize who the Princess is?

She did great and even with a wardrobe malfunction in the middle of the play,

she righted it before her next line.  That's my girl:)

 

 My eldest usually works with Zach in the shop when he's in there

and just recently discovered carving. 

 

He already has some pretty lofty ambitions of making some items to

sell at the farmers market this summer.



Colors, colors, colors

We had quite the egg dying event.

 

Each of the kids were given two eggs a piece to start with.

 

 Zach tried to teach My Big Girl to use the dipper,

but as you will soon see,

it didn't work.

 My little princess wanted to make more difficult multi-colored eggs this year.

 

 My oldest was on a mission to perfection like always:)

 

 Here's Zach with an egg dedicated to me: the word Mom inside a heart.

 

 (Caption: Who me?)

This Big Girl stole another one from the carton.

 

 We given up on the egg dipper by now.

 

 Some dinosaur eggs got made with adding equal amounts of vinegar

 and vegetable oil after the tablet dissolves. Thanks Megan for the tip!

 

When I didn't have the camera, I was drying the eggs.

 

These next three are a series when our Big Girl realizes we are out of eggs...

 

 Just priceless...

 

 The older two dancing from all the egg dying excitement.

 

Here is our haul minus one

because it was going to be the darkest one yet

and was left in the cup for an hour.

We had a great time as always

and now I'm off to by the discounted packages of dye 

so we can do this in the summer for a fun project.