Patching.

Pet Peeves

1. When you poke your finger with a pin.

2. When you accidentally sew part of the pants together. And then you have to seam rip. Which I hate to do while patching! It seems like such a contradiction.

3. Baggy jeans have a way of forming little folds when you sew a nice chunk of patch on there. I discovered if you zigzag over those bad boys, it suffices.

Becky

Farmer Charlie.

Charlie wanted everyone to see this picture of him chopping corn with Franklin.

A new(old) wagon for the monster trike.

We had a little time before bedtime tonight, so Charlie gave Juniper a spin around the block. They were both quite pleased. Juniper won her helmet at the block party, and loves to wear it when Charlie wears his. Grandpa Steve fixed up this old wagon from Grandma, and it looks great! It wasn't functional before, had a hole in it and the hitch was rusted off. Now its being used to haul all kinds of things. In this case, he drove nice and slow with his precious cargo.

What does the fox say?

Charlie has been telling me about this song, "What does the fox say?". At speech therapy, M. even told me they looked up this song, but Charlie said he didn't know it. He told her he does know Nickel back...

So we looked it up today and this is what I found. Really? I was thinking it was a children's song. I'm not sure if this is what they watched/listened too!

However, we then watched this Ellen interview, and like these guys (Ylvis). I guess I have a soft spot for Norwegians.

Thought you would enjoy :) Have you heard this song?!?

Becky and Charlie

PS Their other songs are worse/better.

Now he is 4.

These pictures are from Charlie's second swimming lessons. He had his ups and downs, but things ended on a very positive note. So, Mommy and Daddy were happy, and Charlie would like to go back again. He LOVES monkey crawling, but isn't too crazy about sticking his head under water without plugging his nose.

 One of Charlie's chores is taking the diapers out of the dryer and putting them nicely on the changing table. He is very good help... not so sure what Juniper's train of thought is, when she's trying to "help" Charlie.

 Happy Birthday! Chocolate angel food cake with 4 candles. Took a while to make a wish and blow them out, but it was a big wish for a machine that does a lot of different things. So that explained it.

xoxo,

Becky

See you all at the campground!

Have shovel. Will Dig.

This boy really likes to dig a hole...

He asks, "Where should I put this worm?"

This particular bed was turned into a strawberry pyramid.
Hope you get in some gardening time, between rain drops!

~Becky

We're getting ready for Spring!

 Eating asparagus meal #1 this week (also grilling out brats, which smelled and tasted delicious. Charlie ate a whole brat, asparagus and basil pesto potato salad.)

 Hey! Who are those adorable children in the dishwasher?

Eating asparagus meal #2 this week...which we bought, not grew, by the way. Travis did however grow the greens pictured next to the asparagus. A whole salad full! I was quite impressed and they were delicious. Along with lamb meatloaf and potatoes.Yum.

 Charlie ate all of that food!

 And Juniper loves asparagus. She just chomps the tops right off.

 Old toys in new locations equals lots and lots of time spent playing. We have been rearranging around here, and since Juniper is everywhere, Charlie and I have been setting up little stations for her around the house. Maybe I'll take pictures when its (hopefully) more organized. Charlie helped me fill these "shakers" with pasta, marbles, dried beans, rice, oatmeal and popcorn (he was very stingy with the popcorn and almost didn't let me use it, because he wanted to "cook it", so that's the smallest container).

I think he likes them more than Juniper does. Especially the marbles, that's "the best", aka loudest.

We'll be busy shaking it until Spring actually arrives...

~Becky

A Lota Ricotta.

 I never make anything without my kitchen helper.

Finished product- lasagna for supper!

So easy. I used a recipe from America's Test Kitchen, with vinegar and lemon juice as the acid. Perhaps next, I should try Katie's recipe from her Spring Grove Herald interview in 2009 (this recipe uses apple cider vinegar instead; some recipes just use lemon juice).

~Becky

The Monster Truck Show.

The green truck with the teeth was his favorite. And he was only a little bit scared. Also, he did not get a picture of himself on Daddy's shoulders; but next time he will if someone else goes with them.

Charlie said they got to eat at Pizza Doctors! Which he also heard about on the radio, and has wanted to go to ever since. I guess we have to be more careful about what he is hearing.

~Charlie

Two peas in a pod.

Natural Park

Up to our eyeballs.

Charlie, taking a break from his day to have a sip of tomato juice.

They fit together like ...

I couldn't resist taking a picture of Daddy napping while Charlie was watching a show about monster trucks. I asked Charlie later what he would do if he drove a monster truck. He said he would drive it home.

Notice my new curtains ;)

~Becky