The Happyish Homestead

Friday, October 30, 2015

Friday, October 23, 2015

My Week in Pictures

I’ve been reading up {again, some more} about how to improve my pictures.

One suggestion was to practice every day.

And then practice some more.

So, you fortunate people, you,

here is my week in pictures:

SUNDAY:

Bryce made homemade bagels for breakfast.

 

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MONDAY:

We played trains,

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Picked, washed and roasted tomatoes for some homemade pizza sauce,

 

 

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and folded laundry.

 

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WEDNESDAY:

Washed and dried summer bedding.

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THURSDAY:

The boys did puzzle while Libby and I finished making up the beds.

Apparently it takes two days…

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

From Twice a Week

To barely twice a month.

That’s my current posting schedule.

In my defense, when I first started blogging I had

three kids.

And now there’s six.

Apparently I can do half as much with twice as many kids.{!}

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Alright then.

Here’s what we’ve been up to.

Bennett turned two.

And to celebrate he had as many tantrums as he has been alive {24, I’ll help ya out} in one day.

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Libby is almost six months.

She’s working on sitting up, rolls over, has two teeth, drools a lot, cries a lot, gets held a lot, and eats a lot.

Sometimes if she’s lucky, Bennett will find an old raisin he found on the floor to feed her.

Constant vigilance.

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And Bryce’s dad gave us this stove.

That he had in his garage.

That he got from his parent’s basement.

Which they had purchased and never used

in 1940.

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I set it up in our family room for the kids to use for play.

Bryce says I’m the only person he knows that would use an actual old stove for a play stove.

Compliment?

I told him, he’s the only person I know that would have a father that has an un-used pre-WWII stove in his garage.

{In it’s original box!}

I am seriously, seriously thinking about spray painting it a fun color: light blue? red? yellow? thoughts?

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And I finally found something to hang under this sign.

Since this house is one of the original pear orchard homes, we found an old pear bin label and a picture of some old locals during harvest time.

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I dehydrated some of our watermelon.

And guys, it’s like candy.

I don’t even share it with the kids.

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And Bryce said no to a Halloween party this year.

But if you’re hosting one, and would like to invite us, so we can do this really fun costume idea that I have in mind that Bryce says he refuses to wear unless it’s under a very specific circumstance, i.e. costume party, let me know!

Katie