Pics from William's Birthday

We gave William legos for his fourth Birthday. Not just any legos. Curt's legos from "when he was a boy." William LOVES them. The night before we gave them to him we decided they needed to be cleaned, so we thought up a minimal effort method. We put them in my mesh laundry bag and put them in the dishwasher. Alas, though I set it on "delicate" half the pieces melted. I could have cried. Curt took it quite well and we both were up until after midnight sorting out the good pieces. William plays with them every day.

Ready for an Adventure

It's been forever since I last posted! I've been too busy reading and managing home. I'm beginning the think I'm a reading addict. I think sometimes that I enjoy living life vicariously through reading a book. I've just spent the past two days sailing across the Atlantic in a 45 ft craft. Before that I was running for my life in 14 cen. England. It leaves me yearning for an adventure, though not as dangerous as those I read about.

In a way, we are having an adventure here. Curt is cutting and pulling trees down in our backyard. We watched him pull a maple over with his tractor. Brian almost cried when he saw it fall. It's such a hard thing to do, but we must if we want to grow food. We want a big garden and when your yard is full of trees, some must go. The other up-side to cutting trees is free firewood. I think we've used our furnace one day this winter. It doesn't even turn on at night. It's chilly by morning and it's no fun to start a fire with a hungry toddler clinging to my back, but hey, it's an adventure!

Our next adventure will be building a chicken coop and getting some hens. I want good, fresh, free range eggs! We saw all the chickens at the farm show this week and I think I want a Polish hen. I have no idea how well they lay eggs, but they are worth it for the laugh. Not only do they have the crazy do, but they know it. They are constantly flipping their "hair."