Earth Hour - Saturday!

Check out this link: http://www12.earthhourus.org/ Earth Hour is (on the East Coast anyway) from 8-9pm Saturday night. It is an "event" sponsored by the World Wildlife Federation. We plan to totally disconnect from the grid at the breaker box. We can do without the fridge, clocks, computer, TV and lights for an hour! An interesting night in the dark - - Let me know how yours turns out!!!

Well - three posts in a row this morning. It seemed easier that way with more than 10 pictures I wanted to show everyone! And, of course, I did them upside down. I should have done it so the Easter Pictures were first, then the coop update, and then the general going's on.. Oh well - bear with my inadequacies - and read on.. Alas, you'll get the gist of the last week. BUSY!

Here are the kids on morning just before leaving for the bus. LOTS of deer, we've seen 11 at a time, wander around the property. If you look between the kids heads - you can see one feeding on something WE"VE grown!! Frustrating - but lovely to see wildlife around all the time.
Not to be outdone by Daddy. NO - this little girl had a plan of her own. Cut this smaller, I want this shape, can you cut this in half, etc.. About an hour later - her Littlest Pet Shops have a home and a table. The note on the table says. Stop here to check in!! HE HE HE Love it!
We got to have our friend EMMA for dinner one night while her parents went to a meeting. She had fun with the kids.
..... and Grace read her a story. It was marvelous to see the girls being so nice to a little girl far away from home. I would say Ingrid was almost maternal. I wondered where the OTHER Ingrid went and hoped she would stay there a bit longer!

Ingrid likes to help. A year or so ago I bought some unfinished curtain tie-backs. It was finally time to re-make the curtains for this house (after almost 3 years it was about time huh?) They had fallen behind the dryer. She eagerly stepped up to the challenge and climbed back there to get them. They were pretty dirty - but that didn't stop her from getting them for me.
We painted them up to match the other ones I made 3-4 years ago - I remade the curtain and we FINALLY have a softening touch on the dormer window. Whatcha think? (Oh - there is the chicken house star - for now!)
The helping around the house is improving. Here the girls work together to unload the dishwasher. This is the most dreaded task of the parents - - - they do great and leave piles near cupboards they cant reach.. It is a big help - - - They USUALLY take their plates and load it up after dinner. I can't complain about this.
Well - after the birthdays and Easter - we also celebrated our 14th Wedding Anniversary this week. You can see - it was apparently a SHOE ANNIVERSARY! David got some neat Merrill shoes. They are high-top of sorts, a bit trendy in style and very comfy. After years of waiting - I finally got a pair of clogs. I have missed having them - - - These have backs - and David almost approves!! They will look totally awesome with my hand-knitted socks! Can't wait to finish my current pair and try them out!