Again, no homeschool Q&A post this week. After being cooped up in the house all week with sick, coughing kids, the weather today turned out to be delightful and we took full advantage of it! Barefoot in the grass weather in February is a rare occurrence. Also having some fun with the Nov/Dec 2011 issue […]
Sick Days
See this puckered up mouth and those tired, tired eyes? Here’s a better shot of how he’s feeling. Ganache was fine Tuesday. He acted cranky to let us know he wasn’t feeling well but there were no other symptoms. No runny nose, no cough. 2am Tuesday night he woke up crying with a barking cough […]
Wordfull Wednesday: A day in my life
I’ve done a typical day post before so this time I posted more of my perspective and what I do rather than what everyone, including the kids do throughout the day. Here is the bare bones. My day begins earlier than everyone else’s. I am a morning person to the core. I don’t use an […]
Living . . .
I’m behind on this but not this The school book closet is reaching teetering proportions . . . …again. How did I end up with two copies of War and Peace? And only so much can be done while this Bubba Boy naps. This photo just cracks me up! Ganache is not quite as fat […]
Flying High
On Saturday I had the unexpected opportunity to ride in a small airplane over our valley. I am terrified of heights but surprisingly was not afraid to fly in this tiny little thing. It was a lot of fun! My only remorse is I forgot to get a picture of my four younger children (Special […]
Simple Pleasures: Fire Crews!
We had a rather exciting weekend. A lightning storm rolled through Friday, no rain but LOTS of lightning that started several wildfires in our county. One right on the mountains to the east of our valley. The lightning struck on our side of the mountains Friday night but the winds were blowing to the east. […]
Mr. G
My name is Ganache. For some reason people laugh when they first see me. My mom tells me it has something to do with cheeks and a chin, whatever those are. All I know is mom kisses me tons and my dad calls me Slim. © 2007-2011 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved […]
Sweet Kernels of Gold
Around the beginning of September the sweet corn became ripe for the picking. We planted two different varieties to spread out the length of the harvest. They were planted in a small strip next to the pivot road. The rest of the pivot (roughly 120 acres) was planted with field corn. The pivot of corn […]
Five Things for Friday
This goofy picture has absolutely nothing to do with the post. I finally got copies of the whole family pictures we took in Fallon at the beginning of August. Of course, we have to do funny faces on some to keep it lively. Click on the picture to make it bigger. it’ll give you a […]
Because You Asked
Little Ganache is doing so much better! At his four week checkup he weighed 7 lbs 10 oz – one ounce more than his birth weight. Look he even has a tiny double chin! Considering what his little body has gone through that is terrific news! No more saggy, wrinkly skin. Just very kissable cheeks, […]
We are family
We are slowly getting back into the swing of things around here. Friday we went to Fallon for a family gathering with Mr. Ferrero Rocher’s parents and siblings. Aren’t they a good looking crew? We got a kick out of his dad’s tie straight from the ’70s! Hang on to things long enough and they […]
Ounce by precious ounce
Thank you all so much for your words of sympathy, encouragement, and offers of help and advice. It really does mean a lot! It helps to remember that others have gone through this before. We truly have felt the extra prayers offered on our behalf. THANK YOU! We took Ganache in on Friday and he […]
When you feel something is not right . . .
I will not tell a lie. The past eight days have been hard! Hard because of the stress and worry over our little Ganache. Sunbathing on Sunday for the jaundice A week ago Wednesday his skin started to look a bit yellow. Jaundice was setting in. Thursday all he wanted to do was sleep. It […]
Guess who . . .
decided to come all on his own after all? Gideon (no middle name yet) July 15th, 5:19 am 7 lbs 9 oz 19 1/2 inches The story: A contraction woke me up Friday morning at 1:35am. I stayed in bed to see if I would have any more. The contractions came about every 15 minutes. […]
Fruit of the Season
Some good friends of ours called us last night to come pick cherries off their trees today. The kids and I showed up with bags and a big five gallon bucket to fill. We got it done in less than an hour. We couldn’t find any cherry pitters in town so improvised and used flat […]
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