It just falls all over me

The annual pilgrimage to Fall Creek Falls!

This year we discovered the suspension bridge. Yowzers.

Here is the post from last year's trip.
This year Eli climbed up pretty much the entire way. He is becoming quite the little hiker.

Well, I investigated all the books in the library,

These guys are expert Put-putters, and we had big family fun at a friends birthday this past weekend.
In other news, Ollie has had a high fever the past couple of days. I deem him healed because in the library today, the two boys were banging aimlessly and noisiley on a computer as I tried to find a good chapter book for us to read. When I pulled them away, Eli said, "but I wanna play computer." Ollie pulled down his pants, turned his butt to his brother, and said, "I have a computer you can play." Awwwww, boys...

I'm going off into the woods, I'm huntin' bare

Mother's Day hiking at a State Park. What a lovely way to start off the season. Eli can truck this year, and doesn't have to be carried the entire time. Appalachain trail here we come (kidding, for now.)
I have been slow of posting as of late because my brain is full of Grad school ideas, book writing, lesson planning, business promoting, gardening, crafting, and cooking. Maybe next winter you'll get more deep thoughts on mothering, but for now, pictures will have to speak.

She's a junkyard angel and she always gives me bread

What does one do with a shiny new sifter?
Make Alphabread of course. I have kept an old, plastic, hard to use sifter since we were married almost 10 years ago, and the Easter bunny brought me a new one.
Funny how we hold onto things that are neither useful, beautiful, or joyful.

Alphabread was a blast, and the kids loved every bit of it. Weekend chores these days now include making granola bars, granola, bread, peeling and slicing carrots and celery, and making homemade pancakes that can be popped in the toaster on busy school days. Yum!

We love earthday

We are famous!
Well, not really, but we are here.

But it's like I'm stuck inside a painting

Hey everybody. this weekend Mom and I went to a painting class, and had so much fun! The teacher was fantastic! I think she has a super business going on: http://www.apriljamesart.com/index.php