Foto Friday March Week 4

My Beautiful Baby!

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Jakob is wearing a St. Patrick's day hat that my dear friend sent us for St. Patrick's day.

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Jakob working on ClickN'Kids for School.

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Playgroup friend's enjoying the chicks.

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The sink sprung a leak. Caleb insisted on being right next to Leif as he fixed the problem.

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Ending the day with a little play time with the chickies.

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Caleb kept picking his chicks up and moving them to a certain spot. We asked him to stop picking them up. He responded with a frustrated "they keep moving!"

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Home School: Our Habitat Journey

JAKOB: This past week we have journeyed through different habitats around the world. Jakob researched and put together a kindergartener size report about the Aquatic habitat and Sharks. I Loved listening to the different facts that stuck out to him and the story that he put together. To close the week Jakob went on a Habitat Journey. He took the camera outside and documented his own personal habitat. I LOVED seeing the world from his eyes. We made a slideshow of his photos and the captions are in his own words. This week we also used the website ClickNKids for Phonics and reading lessons (this was great during the moments when I could Not monitor Jakob.) This is well worth the small amount of money for a lifetime membership that can be used for multiple children. Awesome!
CALEB: Caleb has benefited from our home school atmosphere just as much as the rest of us. This week I noticed Caleb using a few more words. The cutest being "Amaaazing!" He also surprised us one day by naming all of the plants, animals, and insects that Jakob and I we talking about. This is all good improvement on Caleb's part as he seems to be a bit delayed in his speech. We are noticing though that the knowledge is there. He's just not sharing it readily. Caleb also enjoyed his Your Baby Can Read videos.

Foto Friday March Week 3

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We have had a great week it's been full of change, improvement, togetherness, and love!

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One of Jakob's favorite new school tools is our White Board. He Loves to draw. All of his drawings have a whole story to tell behind them.

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A week or so ago I showed the tiny closet that Leif made me in a nook space behind the wall. Well, this week he opened up the opposite wall and we store tools and household maintenance tools there. LOVE IT!

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It seems that almost every time I turn around Jakob is in the process of creating something new. Whether it be with paper through drawing, or freezing something, or taping random toys and tools together to create a camera (such as this item) We Love Jakob's creative mind and heart!

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Jakob hiding as he waits for his friends to come over.

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I slipped away one afternoon to the School Book Fair. I was excited to read Caleb the book that the Librarian helped me pick for him. It's called "Hot Rod Hamster." Caleb loves anything with wheels and he loves animals. So this was a perfect fit for him. Fun and Precious Moments!

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One of my close friends whom I grew up with (Heidi (Potts) Hamilton) moved to CC about an hour and a half away from us. We went up to visit them on Friday. It was so fun to catch up a bit and watch our kids and husbands enjoy each other's company. It warms my heart to see our kids together. Sends me back in time...

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- Jakob, this is a picture of a true friend. She is encouraging you without judgement. Pure! -

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*** Can't wait til' next time Heidi!***

Our Silky Chicks hatched this weekend. They are so cute and friendly. They walk into our hands and calm down when we talk to them. We found a great Brooder Pen at the local thrift store. It's perfect size and it allows us to interact with the chicks a lot more with no worries of tipping over boxes or heat lamps. Very fun and So Sweet!

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Foto Friday March Week 2

We stopped at a huge pile of gravel on our way up North. It was a great distraction from the long drive. 

Good Times, Indeed!

JJ Crashing with Uncle(s) Jared and Nate Hunt 

 Cove Fort, a great little piece of Mormon Pioneer History. Leif and I would love to build a fort like this someday for our family and family members to share. Seriously! (this is the South side view, it wraps around and forms a U shape. It has their gardens (and animals) in the back behind the fort with a large courtyard in the middle. Love It!

This is the upper level, look out balcony.

This Elder (Senior Missionary) was great! He gave us a little toy at the end of the tour.

The missionary had Jakob close his eyes and point to a Book of Mormon, and with a smile told Jakob that this is the place where he will serve his mission someday. He pointed to the Russian Book of Mormon. Look out Russia, Here He Comes!!

I FINALLY found a decent Gluten Free bread mix (Pamela's Products) and made a decent loaf of bread in my Great Breadman Bread Machine. I think it will only be up hill from here as I continue to learn the machine and mixes. Thanks Love for making my life easier (buying the bread machine.) 

MY HERO'S!!! These wonderful men spent the whole day Saturday putting this dishwasher in. Ahhh, I can not tell you how wonderful this gift is. I didn't even realize the difference it would make! As I sit here, the day's dishes are being washed. My sink has been clear for TWO DAYS. I was able to bath the baby without major surgery. Amazing! THANK YOU Leif and Baron Parents for getting this for me! Truly, Thank You!
BTW: Doesn't Leif look HOT! MMM, and he's Mine! I'm a lucky woman!;)

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Poor Caleb, his being sick turned into a Fever Episode for the first time since his Tonsillectomy 3+ months ago. 

LOOK HERE! Mr. Smiles is SITTING UP!

This is when you're REALLY grateful for AAA! They towed this back to their shop, only to find a loose battery wire from the last time they worked on it. Silly all around! 

DOGS! The Neighbor's Dog ripped through the fence to get to the chickens. Lovely! 

A typical post-meal time look for Mama's Mr. Ed (Caleb). I'm just glad he eats!

Jakob's last day with Ms. Buesner

Jakob's last day with Ms. Lindsey

Mama's new Toy! So Exciting! It even has a Gluten Free setting. Wish me luck as I try to figure it all out!

Isn't he Priceless!!?  He's growing up. He scoots around all day and sits up when we remember that he can;) He's so fun and happy! Oh how we love our JJ!

Well, we sold the bulk of our chicken flock tonight. The chicken's are one of Leif's hobbies. We've enjoyed this flock. But now Leif wants to try a new breed of chicken (Silkies). So we sold about 18 hens and two roosters. We kept our Special breed (Sussex) that we spent a lot of money on and can still get occasional money off of.  Leif and I felt a little tug on our heart strings as everyone was carrying them away. We've put a lot of TLC into those girls. But silkies will be fun too. And, our newest addition to our family homestead will be very interesting... A TURKEY! You got it, Thanksgiving Dinner is on his way! Fun, huh!?