And so it begins...

Ground was finally broken Friday.  Permit ws hung.  Addition to the house is officially underway.  Between a mass boom in business at work, Allen working Saturday mornings at the farmer's market (managing, not selling!), it being our busy farm season, and a house project, I imagine I will be MIA on this blog for a few months.  Or maybe I'll get on the ball and photo-document our journey to having more than one bathroom!!! 

Old Town Market

http://www.onlyinoldtown.com/fresh

Less than two weeks until the farmer's market opens up for the summer!  Come on out and support your local farmers on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings!!!  No, we will not be selling veg this year, but Farmer Allen will be running the Saturday market, so stop in and say hello!

Raspberries and salad

This year Allen relocated our raspberry patch to give them more room to grow and to give the girls easier access to pick them.  The girls love the satisfaction and immediate gratification of picking and immediately eating them.  While the raspberries are enjoying their new spot, they have left behind a bit of a mess.... more and more raspberry plants popping up all over the area they once were.  And it makes me sad to pull and toss a perfectly good plant.  So .... we are trying to sell our friends one why they should offer our baby plants a good home to grow!!  Come and get them! 

Last night I ate my first salad out of the garden.  Well, the lettuce was out of the garden.  It was so yummy.  And colorful.  And happy.  And I'm eating another one for lunch today!  I do understand the thrill my kids get of picking their own food.  It is a beautiful thing knowing that a half hour prior to it being on my dinner plate.  While we are enjoying our meats from a local farm (pork and beef), I cannot wait to be at a point where at any given meal I can claim all the meat and veg as being raised by us. 

 

Easter

I'd say this picture about sums it all up.

Bunnies!

Spent a couple nights last week churning out Peeps-style bunnies.  I definitely am happy with the results.

 As was Emma.

 And Mary Claire.

 And Olivia.

 They call them their "Squishes" because the little bunny bellies are squishy (stuffed).  Love seeing my babies enjoying things I have made.  Makes my heart smile!

Also love a table with fresh flowers and a room smelling of daffodils.  Now if only the weather would get on board with being spring ALL the time instead of only half of the time.  Go. Away. Rain. And. Cold.

The Sickness.

After making it all winter with only minor colds here and there, I hate to say that our house has officially been hit with The Sickness.  It was brought to us courtesy of our kindergardner, whose school is currently experiencing flu in epidemic porportions.  Lovely.  Emma was first down, followed by Allen, and now Olivia.  Mary Claire and I are keeping our distance.  This one is definitely a doozy.  I guess it's better to be sick while we had the miserably cold and dreary weekend and still-cold week.  If only that sun would quit shining in such a teasing way.... I keep expecting to walk outside and enjoy the warmth.  But there is no warmth.  Is it not supposed to be spring already?! 

Crossing my fingers for a not-freezy/not-rainy/not-sick Easter. 

This weekend.

 Possibly my new favorite picture of all the girls

I love a sunny day.  There is nothing like fresh sheets or towels hung out on the clothes line.  These girls crack me up.... they love a fresh smelling blanket, but cannot stand to be separated from their "memes" long enough for them to dry.