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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 [...]

Virus or Allergy?

As I have written before, Claire has been struggling with congestion, cough, and an ear infection for the last 2.5 weeks. When she first got sick, she seemed to get better in 4 days, went back to school with a little shallow cough. After a few more days, she seemed well so I let her have [...]

Naturally Fighting Ear Infections

Claire is finally getting better, but still not “well.” On Tuesday night she woke up with an ear ache. I took her to the Dr. Wed. morning and her said her inner ear was pink, but there was no fluid and no fever. Since Claire does not react well to antibiotics, I asked if there was [...]

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 [...]

Into Narnia … Claire’s Birthday

All I have to say is THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Claire had a wonderful birthday because of everyones help. I would like to thank everyone who came to celebrate with Claire and make it a brilliant party. I would also like to give a special thanks to the artBeast staff. They were [...]