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My child has lost his first Tooth, I repeat my child has lost his first Tooth!


No idea how this happened. But we got up this morning and Dad noticed something was missing. And Ethan goes, Yah! I lost it last night. I'm thinking "And You Didn't Tell Me!" KIDS!


So I have no tooth, nothing, but this goofy photo of my son and his missing tooth.

My baby is growing up.

I'm So Cool!

I think I'm the coolest mom around. How cool is this? I have neighbor kids all around watching us put up the letters and finally they asked what is Gluten? So we got to explain to them why we are gluten free and what Celiac is. Fun stuff. And because I had to jazz things up, I added the red thingy's all over the van.

If this passes the Washington weather test I will be selling these so I keep everyone posted. I'm so excited.

Me jazzing up my van.

Call Me Crazy

Well I'm sure many of you do, but here is your proof. I planted 6 flats of tomatoes today and in all honestly I'm not sure 252 plants will be enough. I planted 2 flats of Beef Steaks, 1 flat of Rutgers, 2 flats of Roma's and 1 flat of cherrys. I think I need one more flat of Beef Steaks or something? I should go and do another and just tell hubby I lost track of counting? He is at work he will never know?????

EJ checking out all the fun he could have. This is our hallway right now as I figure out where to put these until the green house is done? The sun is out it is nice today but dang the wind is kicking our butts.

One of my helpers.

Swagbucks?

Does anyone Swag? I'm new to it. Check it out http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/Mousemoe
If you sign up say I referred ya, would ya? I seem to be having fun. Seeing how many points I can earn and earn free things. We'll see?

My Little Naked Chef

Dang my baby is growing up. Here is my baby cooking away in the kitchen. He cooked dinner tonight. Lately this child has been in the kitchen with me every time I am in there cooking or baking. He helps with everything. Tonight's dish spaghetti and meatballs. Num Num!

So here he is my little naked chef. Can't teach them too early can ya? Who needs Jamie when you have a Cole?

Gluten Free Elephant Ears?

Are ya serious can it be done? The one thing I have missed the most since going gf is elephant ears. And not the fair ones the ones hubby and I did nightly after putting the kids to bed. OH how we have missed those times. I have since been on the hunt for the perfect bread dough that would work and some how yesterday I found it? I thought this dough would be PERFECT. So I just had to try it tonight. And IT WORKED. Ok recipe here Kate from Gluten Free Godswacked. Awesome recipe I use all the time around here.

Letting the dough rise for about 45 minutes. You then need to pick up the dough and flour it up well until you can hand roll it out. Once you can handle it you put it into hot oil.

Hot oil as it's cooking away.

After the oil treatment.







All buttered and cinnamon and sugared. Num Num. I will say I just can't get past the taste of gf. I did eat half of mine. Hubby's is gone. So it was successful here. Luckily hubby works nights now and so this won't be a nightly thing. But if you need to pack on the pounds here you go!

Welcome Babies

Well meet Millie and Delphine. Don't ask I don't name them. Russell was asked if we wouldn't mind taking in two goats. To my shock he said yes? How many times have I heard NO MORE GOATS. How many? And the goof says yes?

One is shy and one is very out going. Both where happy to see all the other goats in the pen. I have a feeling with Sierra and Bridget, age 1 and now Millie and Delphi, age 2. We are in trouble come summer?

These girls are cider mill goats. Love their goats but would never pay that type of money for goats. So it is a joy to have them. So yes for those who are counting we now have a total of 11 goats. Luckily the goat house is done and room for all. We have another house planned for this summer and then we will tear down the tiny houses.

Hey sis check out the horns on that goat?

TWINS!

I can't tell ya how excited I am to have TWINS! So Saturday knowing everything at Goodwill would be 40% off and knowing two stores have jars. We first headed North to Olympia to clean them out of jars. But looking up and down the aisles I found it. The twin to my canner at home. I opened it up and it looks like it has hardly been used all the parts were there so it quickly went into my cart. Hubby asked How Much? 12.99$ Oh That is a steal. Because 12.99 minus 40% is 7.79. So yeah for 30 bucks I brought home two cart loads of jars and one canner.

We then headed South and hit that Goodwill where they thanked me for cleaning off the shelves of canning jars. Two more carts later we were heading home with a van full of jars and three kids and my new pressure canner.

I just keep thinking come summer I won't be the one out looking for canning jars now will I? I was smart enough to buy during the winter months. I'll be home canning and tending to the garden.

Canning Chicken

That is something I am in the midst of doing today, is canning chicken. We have ran out it's time to can some more. Now I love how this blog explains it here this blog was the reason I ran into the kitchen last year and canned chicken.

I love canned chicken. It makes for quick meals. As a mom of three, I LOVE quick meals. One meal is taking the canned chicken, dumping into a pan, adding some sauce usually a salad dressing and cooking it up for a few minutes. Well that is cooking away I will cook up two quarts of my potatoes. Well the potatoes are in the mixer after being cooked I start the canned carrots. And boom there you go a quick 20 or so minute dinner. All from jars.

So I currently have ten pounds of chicken in the canner right now. I put the left over chicken all the stuff that is cut away? I put that into a crock pot, cover with spices and water and let that cook away all day long. Right before bed I will jar up the chicken broth and usually can that the next day or two. But hey free chicken broth you can't beat it. And I will say I have had people drive down to my house just to get jars of chicken broth. Apparently it is that good? So I have two crock pots cooking away right now.

Can't beat it. Although I hope chicken goes on sale next week? My freezer is empty and we need more chicken....

Check out the blog here.

More On Canning

Answer some of the comments.

My canned goods are everywhere, under beds on shelves here and there. My son's dresser. He doesn't need clothes does he? But I want to take more photos this year.

Recipes I will try and post as I go this year. I should have more time to a point so I want to post the photos and recipes as I go.

And Penny the world can't handle two of me. (did that come out right?)