HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIN

Today is my sister in law, Erin's Birthday. Everytime I see her, I am amazed that my little brother Rueben, convinced this beauty to marry him. And the icing on the cake: his kids, my neices and nephew ~ are some of the cutest kids I've ever seen.

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you.
Happy Birthday Dear Erin,
You still look Twenty-two!
We Love you.

A Special Shout Out

Love,
Kristian and Lily

Happy Valentine's Day

It wouldn't be a proper holiday at our house; without cupcakes. Celebrate!


Awwwww ... I like to read the kids Valentine's Cards that they bring home from school. You remember Kindergarten ... so sweet, innocent. The smell of crayons, elmers glue & milk carton boxes. I loved the paperbag mailboxes that we made to hold all of the dum dums and conversation hearts. On Thursday, this is a sweet little valentine's day card that I found in Lily's box ... cute huh?


And then ... I flip it over and THIS is what was attached. The NERVE. The audacity. What was this little perv thinking?! Where is his mother? Did she put him up to this? He is SO on my list. The next time I volunteer for one-on-one read time .... he just may be reading a book on etiquette!


We really celebrate this holiday for the kids. However my husband was able to put together an unexpected gift for me. I will post a before and after photo of the chunky piece of furniture that he had unloaded into the carriage house. I had no idea. I am looking forward to repainting the 'gothic-y' vintage piece ... photos to come. I didn't expect it and it was a thoughtful gift.


Wishing you ~ Champagne wishes and caviar dreams! Happy Valentine's Day to you and your cute family.

Happy Birthday Kristian

"Oh, uh ~ mornin' guys. Watcha all up to?"

Where the celebration will take place ~ Star Wars Style.


His Birthday Card was the key to finding all of his Birthday Gifts. I was inspired by another gal who is extremely creative. So, if you visit her blog ~ I'm sorry for the copy cat post. And if you don't know who I'm talking about, then it was all my idea ;). It says: CLUE #1 Where you lay your head at night IS where a little treat you might find. {So, I'm not a poet ... whatever. It rhymed to me.} The Gift: Club Penguin for the Nintendo DS.

At first, he was not amused by Mom's handmade card. Until Dad explained to him that it was more involved.

"Hooray Hooray ~ I could hardly wait. Kristian James is finally EIGHT!"

Clue #2: Where Lily keeps her bathroom cup ~ Go take a peek. Tip: Lift the lid up. Birthday Gift #2: A Sonicare-like toothbrush.

Clue #3: In Harry Potters closet you will see .... Birthday Present Number #3! Birthday Gift #3: Lego Star Wars.



The Birthday Boy's Special Request: Butter Cupcakes with Chocolate Frosting! Something about cupcakes ~ just makes any party complete.






"Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday Dear Kristian. Happy Birthday to you!"






While I was painting Star Wars with acrylics on the windows ~ I needed white paint to write: "May the force be with you." I found that Lily's oil pastel crayons are even more amazing than I knew. They will write on mirrors and windows with ease and even better .... so EASY to wash off. I love it. So I wrote on the bathroom mirror and drew a little crown for his royal heiness for the Day.






A Million little pieces. Kristian immediately takes this huge box of little pieces and begins putting the structure together. It's amazing to me. The time ... the thought ... the understanding of instruction .... so sweet.

***Baby it's cold outside***

It's snowing. So the news predicted that Saturday we would have 14 inches of snow, nothing. Nothing to really speak of anyway. But Sunday morning it had snowed. And the kids were up at 6:30 in the morning ready to go out and play.

Making Snowballs. But not to throw at Mama. Only Daddy.


Snow Bunny


Life on a farm. Granted it was only 7:30 in the morning. AND it was freezing cold outside, but somehow ~ none of that matters. There is a peacefulness that comes with the first snow. It is lovely.


The Back Fourty. It's sooooo prettyyyy ..... and the peace and quiet. WAAAAA, waaaaa, waaaa .......


Except for the sound of my Naughty son! Who couldn't stand it any longer. At 7 o'clock in the morning. He's up for doughnuts in the snow. By the way, the WAAAA, waaaa up ubove. That's my motorcycle sound.



Nice Kristian. He is soooo stinkin cute in those winter bibs. He's getting big ~ Eight yeas old in a few weeks. Makes my tear up.



From our home to yours. Merry Christmas to all & to all a good night ;). And I noticed that Blogger is not cooperating with me tonight. I know some of the text is goofy and I don't have the patience to fuss with it.

The Thanksgiving Post

'Tis the season ...to be Thankful.

Well, my blog is named "Farm Kids". And this is how we do Thanksgiving.

We send the boys out to catch our dinner .......

Just Kidding. Grandpa Jim does that part long before we arrive. See, my Farm Kid ~ well he has higher priorties. Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!

This year was exceptionally nice for many reasons. One reason being that Jim and Paula finished their farm house in February and they were gracious enough to host Thanksgiving in their new home. We invited my family to their property in Lyman-Hamilton ~ really makes it so much easier for us. Auntie Erin and Baby Romyn {8 months}above.

Lily Rose, so happy to be alive. What a big helper! The apple doesn't fall far from the tree {genetics are a freaky thing.} Lily was a great help with the decorating for Thanksgiving. She put the place cards at each of the place settings, strategically and artfully helped me put out gourds, sugar pumpkins and turkey decor. Lily was also a gracious host to all of our little girls ~ showing them were the craft center was & was part of a team of artists, producing lots of refridgerator art.

Rueben and Baby Romyn. I know you can't tell from this picture, but she has the sweetest little giggle. And even with Rueben being a little rough around the edges, the higher she could go; the more content she was.

A Shabby Chick. Okay. So, I mentioned above that Grandma and Grandpa bought Wii for the kids, right? So, I don't touch the thing ... don't get it .... not good at it, nada. Except, for the morning after everyone had left, Jim and Kristian were in the shower .... so I try it. I tried "Wii Fit". Anyone know what that is? It calculates various readings based on weight, height, reaction and coordination. It told me I had a calculated Wii age ....... of 47!!!! We WILL NOT be buying a Wii.

Nana.

The Kids Table

Grandma Paula ~ Hi Grandma {I know you will be reading this}. She cooked and then she cooked .... and then she made some more. With every phone call I made to her the week before Thanksgiving, "Uh, Paula; my stepbrother is coming. Oh, and he has three kids." She replied: "Oh, no problem ... how much should I make?" Thanks for feeding me and all of my family! We loved every morsel.

Jim and Jim {Told ya genetics were freaky.}

Skip and Skip

{What the heck, Didn't these men have any creativity with their kids names?}
"This is my brother Gary and this is my other brother Gary.;)"

The adult table. Happy Thanksgiving ~ I can hardly wait until Christmas so we can do it all again. Love ya! And just so everyone knows. We did visit Jim's Mom and sisters before the holiday. We left right after Trick or treating on Halloween night. Jim ran the battery out on my camera, so we had an entire trip to Visit Grandma Linda and Great Grandma Phyllis, without a camera. Ah nuts!