Chia growth

Posted on May 14, 2013 by admin

While it’s not quite as bushy and full as the Chia on the box, my elephant is doing well.

In less than a week it has grown quite a bit. Thinking about the Chia commercials reminded me of another product that looked really great to me when I was younger: The Clapper! Looking it up on Amazon I’m glad to see that it now comes “with clap detection lights.” How frustrating it must have been to keep clapping and clapping without knowing if the Clapper was actually detecting your claps! Something as fancy as that might have to wait for my birthday.

Treats

Posted on May 1, 2013 by admin

Guess what we’re making!

Ingredients

I had some left over s’mores stuff from a scout activity so I brought it home to share with the family.

We don’t have a fire pit, but, luckily for my kids, I know that s’mores are almost as good when they’re made in the microwave.

And, luckily for me, they don’t know that they’re missing the crispy outside that comes from roasting marshmallows over the fire.Yummy gooey-ness!

Walking in the woods

Posted on April 8, 2013 by admin

As the weather warms up I get anxious to spend more time outside. I found these pictures of a walk we took through some woods near our house and they made me excited to go back soon.

The squirrels were everywhere.

After being trapped indoors all winter our kids could really use this kind of freedom to roam again.

Reflection of the trees in the stream

It was late autumn when we went on this walk, so it will be interesting to see the freshening up that happens with Spring.

Ouch

Posted on April 2, 2013 by admin

We have a hard time getting our kids to wear appropriate clothing. Usually it’s not that big of a deal, like when they want to wear a coat when it’s warm out or sandals in the snow. Sometimes it is a big deal though, like when they decide to wear backless shoes with no socks on their first time riding a new bike.

She managed to tip the bike over and gouge a chunk of skin out of her heel. New rule: Sneakers must be worn when riding a bike!

Happy Easter!

Posted on March 31, 2013 by admin

Coloring eggs

Plant update

Posted on March 24, 2013 by admin

Cucumber

Our plants are doing awesome! Nearly everything we planted has sprouted.

Dill

If they continue growing at this rate we may have to plant them sooner than planned.

Plants in greenhouse

Tray of plants

The seeds are already sprouting!

Posted on March 20, 2013 by admin

Our first plant to sprout was lettuce.

Baby lettuce.

Followed by a newly-emerging cucumber plant.

Baby cucumber plant.

It’s really amazing how quickly this process goes!

All planted

Posted on March 16, 2013 by admin

Although it doesn’t look like much yet, here’s our first tray of planted seeds. Can’t wait to see them spring up!

Planted seeds.

: Seeds with labels.

Getting ready to garden!

Posted on March 12, 2013 by admin

Spring is finally on it’s way so it’s time to think about our garden. Last year we bought plants and got them in late so we didn’t get as nice a yield as we would have liked. This year we’re starting early and starting from seeds! We got a pretty big variety of plants so hopefully something will grow.

Kiddos With My Camera

Posted on August 8, 2012 by admin

The other day I connected my camera to the computer and transferred my pictures to my desktop. Afterward, I was looking through the pictures and noticed quite a few pictures that I didn’t take. Huh?

It appears that my kids decided to take some pictures without me knowing. They are really random photos of things around our house. They are of toys, furniture, the floor, etc. I actually really enjoyed the photos because they give me a unique perspective into what my children see and what they find interesting.

I love my kids and their creativity, but I also let them know that it was not okay for them to take daddy’s camera without asking. That was my attempt to teach them respect for other people’s property.

Enjoy the photos.

: These are some of the toys that were on the kids room floor.

: This is a picture from our hallway leading to the front door.

: A kid’s perspective of the dishwasher

: Yes, my kid took a picture of the carpet.

: A picture that my kid took of our front room.

Joseph Haymore

Just Chilln' and trying out this blogging thing.

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