House Update

There are walls and a roof. The HVAC, plumbing, and electric are all roughed in. 

It's been like that for WEEKS. 

Waiting on inspection so we can drywall and insulate. 

Did you know drywall requires three separate inspections? Neither did I. 

Crazy town. 

In other news, CJ thinks it's hysterical when I quack like a duck. 

"You a duckie!" 

We had Zsa's birthday party, but that deserves it's own post. Maybe tomorrow. I'm still worn out from the parties on Friday. (Yes. plural.)

Hilarity

Zsa said, "CJ, you're two!" 

And CJ replied, "no. I purple."

These kids. 

Halloween 2013

This year I tried to put a lot of veggies in our day to help negate all the inevitable candy. 

We started our day with Jack O' Lantern pancakes. 

Originally, I had wanted to make pumpkin pancakes, but I can't find my case of organic pumpkin purée, so I defaulted to spinach spelt pancake batter. They were delicious! 

We spent the morning tidying the house and practicing music. Then we visited the grocery store to pick up some pumpkin for a snack I saw in a Mama Natural post. We did calculator math at the store (addition and decimals). 

A quick lesson on nutrition followed at home. 

Here's a plate that has been divided into three sections. What you see drawn is pasta. I swear. 

The baby went down for her nap and the bigs and I headed out on bikes to find a salon. They both got hair cuts and look much improved. 

When we got home, they helped make dinner. 

Bacon wrapped meatloaf is so much better when mummy shaped. Oh wait, no. It was just really good because, bacon. 

I think it's even creaper cooked. This is the first time I've ever put spinach in meatloaf. It was quite good. You can add quite a bit! I had no idea. 

My ToT pictures are on my phone so I can't include them just yet.  

For dessert, we had pumpkin smoothies. They were great!

No picture, but here's the recipe.

 1 cup frozen pumpkin purée

1 frozen banana

1 cup coconut milk 

1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 tsp vanilla

2T pecans

1 1/2 T maple syrup

Toss it in the blender, enjoy. 

Happy Halloween! 

Now I need to run to the store and find a toy for the Switch Witch to trade for all the loot my kiddos ended up with. 0.0

Houses

What do I have to tell you today? Oh, nothing much.

Only that we are building a house in Middleton, Idaho.

It's ok, I'll wait while you open a tab for google maps.

Idaho is on the west coast.

See it?

OK. Now find Boise. It's the giant star in the middle.

Now go west. Then north. That's Middleton. 

Our spread is North of that. Yeah. It's out there. That's ok. We have enough room to spread out and grow sheep, chickens, veg, and kids. 

Permits should be back next week and then we can dig. 

The builder keeps saying 60-90 days to completion once permits are returned. People keep laughing when we say that. 

They aren't getting paid until it's done, so I guess we will see. 

So far nothing has run on schedule. 

I think that's the biggest news round these here parts. 

(I can talk like that since now we are farmers. Kind of.)