Lately

Life at our house is crazy as usual.  Between sick kids and school and new schedules- we hardly have  chance to breathe.  But just because that wasn't enough- we have some other news!  My Grandma Henriksen has come to live with us!  I really don't have a cute picture of her- I should fix this- but for now, here she is eating her dinner the other night.  She recently lost a few people and was feeling pretty lonely so we invited her to stay with us and our crazy family.  I hope she still likes us...  I know that going from a house that was super quiet to our house would be a shock for ANYONE- so hopefully the fact that she loves us prevails against the chaos.  

 Kate is entering a rotten stage.  I hate it when kids start to really want to feed themselves.  It's such a mess!!  And I hate not knowing exactly how much and what they eat.  I want to know that they are full, because full means a happy tummy and a happy tummy means a happy baby.  As you can see from the picture below- I think that more pizza is on her tray (and probably on the floor) than went into her mouth.

 We are still trying to get settled into the new house- somedays it feels like I'll never have everything put away but we are working very hard to get everything in it's place.

 We have a HUGE backyard that all the kids are in love with.  There is a gazebo (where the boys set up a "trap" to catch the neighborhood cat) and a playhouse (that has lights and a working doorbell) that they run back and forth from.  Kate loves that she can run around with her big brothers back there- and I love that it is totally fenced in and nobody can get out!  It's fun to watch them from the kitchen window as they play.  I'm pretty impressed with their ability to play together.

 Life for me is still a little up in the air with my new found illness.  I'm still struggling to kick wheat to the curb, but I am finding more and more resources out there that have been helping me along.  I recently mixed my own flour blend and am excited to try experimenting more in the kitchen.  I love to bake and I really miss it- so hopefully this is my road back to it!