I’ve been cleaning and organizing my craft room for the last couple of days. Today, Tavie came in to see what I was doing and I said, “I’m making progress.” She replied, “Can I make your progress, too?”
I love her 
A minute after that Finnegan came into my craft room and I said, “Here comes trouble.” Finn answered, “It’s just me, Mommy.”
I love him
Meet two new additions to our family. Teddy the cat, otherwise known as Teddy Bear. And “Stevie” the Saint Bernard. (Blayne still wants to change her name.) Our family has grown again with two new fur-babies. I think our house is finally full and we are done with new additions!
Teddy was a barn kitty at my dad’s farm. He was born in April and this summer dad tried to convince us to take him. Apparently, he was a special cat – very loving and outgoing and social for a barn cat. At the time our answer was no because we already had two dogs and two cats. So, my aunt took Teddy, but her dogs kept trying to attack and hunt him so dad called us again to try to get us to take the cat. This time we said yet. I am so glad we decided to take him. He really is the sweetest, most social cat! And he still has a lot of kitten playfulness which is a lot of fun to have around the house. The kids adore him.
When Blayne agreed to get another cat it was under one condition – that he was able to get another dog! So, we adopted “Stevie” another Saint Bernard. She is a year old and a very sweet, rambunctious doggy. Ruby had a hard time adjusting to the new dog so the first few weeks were a little rough. But now we are all one big happy family. Walking three big dogs, especially in the icy winter, can be a challenge but we are all adjusting. I think we are done with animals for now. But I know we will always be a house with lots of kids and animals. That just seems to be our way. And I love it that way!!!
Finn and Ruby taking a little nappy together. Love this picture.
Started getting our shares from our CSA at Riverbend Farm. Every week we receive lovely fresh organic vegetables straight from the farm to our table. It’s a good feeling to watch my children eat food from the farm. It’s a good feeling to support local, small farmers.
This is what our box looks like before it’s unpacked. It’s almost better than Christmas! Sugar snap peas, turnips, lettuce, kohlrabi, rainbow lacinto kale, pea shoots, garlic scapes, and granola. WOW!
Last week we also got the best, best granola evah from the Birchwood Cafe – a big supporter of Riverbend. Mmmmm. I have to admit I was a little greedy with the granola and ate most of it. And I don’t feel bad about it either
Our darling boy taking a nappy with Ruby. Finn is a stinker when he takes a nap during the day now. We can’t get him to bed until 11pm on days he takes naps, so we are really trying to get him out of the napping habit. Young for not napping, yes. But mommy & daddy like to have kid-free time at night. We are going to move him to a big boy bed pretty soon. The twins will get bunk beds. Big kiddos getting bigger!
