Poit. Narf.

Yeeeah, I couldn't think of a title that didn't sound too cheesy, so that's what came out.  Quick!  A nickel to the first person who knows who says that!  :0)

ANYWAY... Long story why we did, but we started Keahi on baby cereal this week.  Just trust me, it was time!  The first time Madi had cereal, she LOVED it so we were expecting (I guess hoping) Keahi to do the same... not so much!  She wasn't so sure about it and really just wanted her bottle (starvin' marvin over here) so I let her drink most of it and tried again.  Plus I changed spoons (not that anyone really cares, but a bit of advice, pass over the little metal spoons with the plastic coat on the spoon part, total waste of time!  Get the plastic ones, The First Years brand is great!) and that made a big difference.  Over the next few days we remembered and learned a few new tricks for her (1: put the spoon on top of the tongue and let her suck it off, 2: get a LOT on the spoon, 3: don't make her smile or it all comes out!) and now she gets SO excited when we put her in the high chair! 

You know, you really feel like a good parent when you go to check on your kid and find this:

I made jam this week, for the first time ALL BY MYSELF!  How did it turn out?  That's really a matter of opinion... the first batch scalded, the second boiled over but the THIRD was PERFECT!  :0)  I ended up with 10 pints and 15 half-pints, and have a another box of peaches waiting at my mom-in-law's house!  No, we're not jam freaks, we just got some of our Christmas presents finished early!

Now for today's fun happenings - we went to a big hoopla this morning and Madi got to feed a llama, jump in a jumping castle (first one in, last to leave - that's my girl!), ride in a train, get lots of free stuff and see a painting of herself (Jonnet's cousin painted it from a pic she took of Madison last summer).  Keahi watched from the comfort of her sling, and actually slept for most of it.  Quick shout out for slings - they are WONDERFUL!  Truly a back saver, especially if you have a chuck like we do!  :0)

That's a wrap!

I'm a canner!

I had every intention of waking up early this morning to start canning an array of apple products... Madison slept in until 7:20 and "spoiled" all my plans! (Oh, it was HEAVENLY!) :0)

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

We started off by washing all the apples, which we bought for only $12 a box because they were the "left overs" and so were kinda scary lookin', but we didn't mind, you cut off and out all the scariness anyway! Then we stuck 'em on the apple peeler doohicky and twist the handle and voila! You have yourself not only a peeled apple but a cored one as well! At this point, we took a break and fed the peels to Russell's cows. That was pretty fun watching them run eachother over trying to get to those apples first! Madison even tried to feed a calf part of an apple, brave little girl! So, back to the apples... now you finish de-scarying them, boil them and add all the spices. Next, carefully put the apple goop in the prepared jars, put the lids on, steam 'em, and let them seal. I have to tell you, the "pop" sound they make is the best sound in the world to hear when you're canning! We made 13 quarts of apple pie filling, 9 pints of apple sauce and have a crock pot of apple butter simmering overnight that (I think) will make 6 pints. And guess what?! They all sealed (so far)!! Yeehaw! I am definately pround of myself today.

Disclaimer: Just FYI, we aren't keeping all of this apple stuff! Most of it will be Christmas presents!