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My mom comes out every year to help us braid onion My mom comes out every year to help us braid onions. We all have our jobs- hers is to prep very onion, take pictures of each kid with their onion strands and bring motivating snacks. 🥰
I think we can all agree that photographing my pre I think we can all agree that photographing my preserves in rainbow order was a very good use of my time.
We did it!! And yes… you can still pledge. New p We did it!! And yes… you can still pledge. New pledges go towards making a better book, printing in color, producing audio book etc. All backers of the printed book receive every “stretch goal” upgrade. Spread the word!
Wowza! We’re $500 away from hitting our funding Wowza! We’re $500 away from hitting our funding goal!! If you thought about backing this project please head on over to Kickstarter and push us over the finish line! (Link in profile)

Now… will somebody go find this boy a pair of pants?
Today is Hattie’s 10th birthday and she has plan Today is Hattie’s 10th birthday and she has plans a plenty! But I wanted to share this picture that I have taped to a cupboard in my kitchen because it clearly was Hattie’s 7th birthday, and I clearly stuck a candle in a carton of tag-alongs. Which weren’t even Girl Scout name brand- just the Aldi knock off. And that was good enough to get this smile from her and that smile from me.
Like the values it represents, Henry and the Great Like the values it represents, Henry and the Great Society is a book lost to time. Help us bring this story back into print for a new generation. Link in profile to preorder!
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Kid Quotes (mostly Hattie)

  • March 3, 2024
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First, worth a note: we had our first picnic of the year! We usually do eat a meal outside in March, but more typical is for all of us to…
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Evaporating Day

  • February 27, 2024
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Friday was a FULL day of evaporating. We had already evaporated one batch of sap the week before (on February 14! The earliest ever!) and on this day we had…
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A Day in the Life

  • February 22, 2024
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Good Morning! My name is Abel Zechariah and I am going to take you through my day. You may remember Alden doing a few of these, and wow, are they…
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A Dog for our Farm

  • February 19, 2024
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We have lived on our farm for eleven years, and in that time have added all sorts of animals to the mix: hens and roosters, honeybees, sheep, goats, pigs, bunnies…
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Elsie’s Loom

  • February 18, 2024
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This past June we spent a week at Homestead Heritage for their 50th Anniversary celebration. There were really fantastic conference sessions for the adults all morning, and while we listened…
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Home in the Woods

  • January 30, 2024
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Today at the start of school I read to the kids a book I have read to them a hundred times. My friend Shannon sent me Home in the Woods…
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