Prairie Garden

  Yi-ya's chocolate brown curls are so sweet. The fellas were throwing balls down the walk.   Accidental wren nest raiders: ...

I'm eating a snack of a banana, walnuts, and kimchi.  Who knew it would be such a great flavor combination??  But it really is.  Bite of...

A perfect visual for my life right now: chaos and action Honestly, who has time to blog??  Apparently not mothers of four boys ages o...

Just kidding.  Ha.  But hopefully that got a few hearts thumpin'.  We were at the local garden center yesterday and Truen had the hil...

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...