Prairie Garden

I've noticed that people tend to stop blogging during times of great distress or sadness, and so it is with me. My brother-in-law died...

E-yi-ya at 9.5 months Look who got crazy about pots and lids yesterday.  He spent a cumulative hour playing in the pots: transferring l...

Just as I was hitting the button for a new post, the two little guys woke up from their nap simultaneously.  Both approximately an hour befo...

"Mama . . . I wish there were Mama Dandy-legs." :: Jamie :: consoling me and feeling a little sad after some group-talk about ...

  Celery seedlings Onion seedlings

Last winter was the season of "Musical Footstools".  I had the three brudders run around three footstools at break-neck speed, the...

Long time, no post.  I defer. It has been a cold, cold winter.  A very "warm" day gets up to 15 degrees F.  Most of the time i...

 This little sucker has five teeth and is getting into ev.ery.thing.  So I pulled out the old trusty playpen last night. And...

I weighed myself today and realized that I am back down to my pre-pregnancy weight.  For the most part.  I'm not totally sure what I wei...

Blaine (to me): " Act your age, not your shoe size. Remember that...?" Jamie (to all of us): "Remember this?? Poop! Poop! ...

Baby Eliah wakes me up bright and early every morning.  On rare days I get to sleep until 7:00-ish, but more commonly we are up at 6:00-i...

I've been trying to remember to have Diego shower every couple of days.  He stinks.  Seriously: an eight year old with heinous B.O.?  I ...

See the glee? They were totally bugging him in this picture. "That dummy Trwuen is dwiving me cwazy !" Jamie told me this ...

Heidi - Johanna Spyri (audio) Ladled: Nourishing Soups for All Seasons - Kimberly Harris Minimalist Parenting: Enjoy Modern Family Li...

When I looked at this candid shot, the seventeenth in line during our second attempt at a family picture, clinging to dear hope that we m...

I defer to ye olde list-post yet again.... We bought Jamie cross-country skis when we were in the Twin Cities over Thanksgiving.  They are...

Post title: Justice League Picture caption: They ran out of money right before they got to Spiderman.

This morning, Jamie and I counted four squirrels and three birds in one of our favorite books, Raindrop Plop! .  He was so enthusiastic and ...

So pretty!  This year's hard work -- Top shelf: Blaine's wines 2nd shelf: jams, lemon curd, BBQ sauce, apple butters, tomato ...

It's time for a list post to get all caught up...... Blaine was home from work three days this week, giving us five days at home.  It ...