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Elderberry Field Trip

There are 5 spots left in the Elderberry Field Trip! I have spoken further with Wildlands Inc. and  YES, kids are welcome! So I should say we have room for 5 more families.

Here is the basic information for or field trip:

We will meet at their elderberry mitigation site Tuesday, July 27 in the morning at 10:00 [...]

My Birthday Boy!

I can not believe that it was just four years ago that my baby boy was born! It seems like only yesterday he was tugging at my hair while falling asleep. Oh… wait… that was yesterday! He is still my baby boy.

We decided to celebrate his birthday a week early this year as our [...]

Congrats! You’ve won Earth Mama, Angel Baby!

Congratulations Sandra! Claire has pulled your name out of the cup to win the Earth Mama, Angel Baby giveaway! I will send you an email with a link to redeem your prize. Thanks to everyone who participated.  For those of you who did not win, you can check out their wonder full products by CLICKING HERE. [...]

Earth Mama, Angel Baby Giveaway

I was approached last month about doing a giveaway with Earth Mama, Angel Baby. I had seen their products on the shelves, but had never tried them. So I asked if I could get some samples to review before participating. (Earth Mama Angel Baby provided this product for my review at no cost.)  They sent me [...]

Kids in the Kitchen: Breakfast for Dinner

So this last Sunday we have a breakfast themed family dinner. I got the idea because our neighbor brought over a huge bag of oranges from their tree and I new we would never eat them all before they went bad. So I thought we should make orange juice. Also, Claire has been struggling with the [...]

Home Sewn

So a few week ago, I spent a weekend with my mom and Auntie Linda for a sewing weekend in PG. It was my moms birthday weekend. There was lots of wine, chocolate, cake, and fun! We worked inside, watched old movies and the rain outside. I am sorry I can’t pass along the patterns. My [...]

Kids in the Kitchen: Kate’s Gluten Free Chicken Nuggets

So I am calling the last Family Meal a success. We ended up having it on Monday because my parents were in town over the weekend. I think it looks like Sundays are going to be the best nights in the future. So Ross, Mark, and I all likes the meal and Claire took her 6 [...]

Urban Chickens

This guest post is from Mark Stillman (Kate’s other half), I wanted to share my experiences on our chickens, and other topics related to self-sufficiency that have been of interest to me lately.   I hope you enjoy them and get to write more!

“Daddy, I can’t wait until Saturday, only one more day!  Then we [...]

Kids in the Kitchen: Take One

So we had our first family meal night on Sunday. Mark and I were sick all weekend and so I wanted something simple and did not want to go to the store. I found a basic recipe for cornmeal pizza dough and thought we would give it a try. Truthfully I do not know [...]

Happy New Food Year

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. We stayed home for Christmas and my parents joined us. Then we all went to Pacific Grove for the rest of the winter break. Here is a picture of Claire (my sea star rescuer) tide pooling at lovers point on New Years day. It was [...]