This actually wasn’t a barn raising–more like a barn fixing-up. Of course, barn raising sounds way cooler. All we needed was an Amish neighbor to complete that homey thought, but Amish neighbors are few and far between in our neck of the woods. David and Caleb had to do the job on their own in […]
We found our goats!!! This little mama and her boy are coming to live with us in one week! They are African Pygmies, a miniature breed originating in West Africa. The baby is tiny–about the size of a cat–but the mama is little, too, about 22 inches, I think. They are so awesome and just […]
Last week we attended the Winter Arts Festival at school. Zia sang Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with her Montessori first and second grade classmates. The boy to her left is Max, her best (and silliest) friend. She did great onstage and didn’t seem as nervous as last year. She wore her Rudolph necklace, but just […]
Zia has been wanting a wood necklace since I started making them. She hesitantly offered me $10 for the first dog necklace I made, which was all the money she had in the world. It was super cute, but the necklace was a custom order and I couldn’t give it (or sell it) to her. […]
Three years ago today we were making Thanksgiving dinner! Caleb was at his mom’s, so it was just us three. Actually, there were four of us, but we didn’t know it–Cashy-Boy was just a microscopic little thing. We made turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberries, two kinds of stuffing and two kinds of gravy, and crowded it […]
