Freezing Corn

Owen was my helping yestertady afternoon prepping 100 ears of corn for freezing!  His job was to transfers the ears from one sink to the other and then onto the the towel to drain.  When I was cutting the corn off the cob, he helped transfer the kernels from the cutting board to the bowl.  

When Gibby woke from his nap, he thought he would like to help too.  He seriously walked around with one ear in his mouth and one in his hand for at least 30 minutes...and cried hard when I took them from him to pitch outside.

Growing

Know what this means....???

Yup...a bun in the oven. Due to join us this spring.

Still a bit in shock.

Wild Blackberry Picking: Take 1

We set out one morning to go pick wild blackberries in our woods--complete with making little baskets to put them in.  Sadly, they weren't ripe yet and we were rained out.  But we haven't lost hope.  We are saving our baskets for another day--a sunny one with ripe berries :)

Matching girls

I made Lilly and her Baby Green matching outfits.  Lilly's excitement could hardly be contained when I told her what I was making.  She sat and watched me sew almost the whole time--asking bazillions of questions and talking a mile a minute. 

She wanted to pose with her baby for a picture. 

 And show me how she twirls spins (she informed me it wasn't twirling, it was spinning).

And a few more cute poses she wanted me to capture. :)

Pedal Tractor Race

Owen participated in the pedal tractor race at our county fair.  He did FANTASTIC!!

 He completed the course in 20 seconds!! Many of the other kids completed it in about 60 seconds.  All that bike riding paid off.  As a prize, he won a trophy and a free lemon shake up! 

 Getting his picture taken with the Queen and court.