A little of this and that

Elizabeth and Anna Kate had no school/daycare for President's Day so we ran off and had fun!

We found a local farm that does the u pick and strawberries were first on the list.  Since there was a pretty large group some of the guys that work there took us on a little hayride and we also got to feed goats.  It was a neat farm because we didn't get super dirty, all the strawberries were up off the ground!

Happiest dog on the face of the planet.

Elizabeth pictures: part 2

The following are another installment of Elizabeth and her growth with her camera.  Ok, so not so much growth and just continual use.  Once in awhile I grab the camera, download and take the best.  These were all pictures taken by her :)

Self portrait

Red Grandma

A trio of hands

The glow of my night light

Inside the tent, butterfly

Anna Banana, descending

Half thumb/half face

Kiss of the baby

Allergy mommy, while daddy cooks

Love Day

As most parents know, Valentine's Day for little ones in daycare/school can be a little crazy.  We have to make Valentine's for all the kids in the class (plus sign up for snacks and treats), Liz's class has almost 20 kids and Anna Kate has 6.  It can seem a little overwhelming.  So I made the valentine's with supplies I already had and then recruited help to finish them off.

Truth be told, we still had Halloween candy that needed to get out of my house so you gotta love the shelf life of Crunch bars!

And this is where Anna Kate was hanging out while we put together Valentine's with old candy :)

Seriously, do you know two cuter girls?

Aunt Cindy sent a very special delivery!!!

Elizabeth is aware of these goodies more than Anna Kate and the second I said I had a special package, she replied with "from Aunt Cindy"?

"I can't believe Aunt Cindy sent me real nail polish" me neither!

Hey Anna Kate, you got a little frosting on your mouth...

oh never mind

Lewis' baby boy

Lewis finally broke the seal on his home brew kit!  And while there were some "learning" curve experiences I think we actually have a decent beer that should be ready in about another week or so.  That's the crummy part of brewing your own...the wait.  I wasn't around for the cooking portion but I was there for bottling day!

It's a dark English Ale, think New Castle

The proud daddy

We didn't actually bottle all of these.  Each kit will brew a different amount.  The max is like 53 and we have about about 70 ish bottles out.  We only ended up bottling 43, or close to it.  we didn't really know what we were doing so we just took out all the bottles and cleaned them.

Just so you don't think we're guessing, Lewis actually had to do math and take calculations.  We know the percentage of alcohol in our beer! It is 4.5%

Every moment of doing something new was "fake it till you make it".

It only took about two bottles before Lew got the hang of it and I was actually capping them, although no one took my picture doing it if they are screwed up.

Here's to hoping our first batch is a success! We'll know in about a week and half...the waiting continues.  We must be adults to delay gratification this long.