Maple Syrup

Everyone knows my husband needs more to do....;-)  So, he took up yet another hobby--making maple syrup.  This is just the final product.  It takes 40 gallons of sap to get 1 gallon of syrup. He's been boiling it mostly outside, but finishes it in the house.  (You should see my stove after it boils over and burns on...!) The sap season will be done in a week or so. 
 

 

 

Footstool Redo

I should have taken a before picture. This was an orange velour footstool from the dark ages, I think.  It stunk like smoke and looked pretty bad.  I got it free from a neighbor's garage sale.  The kids have enjoyed using it as a trampoline, but I decided to try my hand at reupholstering it and actually using it in a productive manner.  Here's the final product.  The original had a skirt that went to the floor, but I decided to omit that part.  This is far from perfect and it's a bit wiggly on the edges, but once there's snot smeared on it, and dirty feet have left their mark, who's going to notice?!

The best thing to do...

...when you have an ear infection, inflammed ear, two teeth popping through, a cold and a cough--find Daddy snuggle in.

 

Last year and this year...

These pictures were taken almost exactly one year apart. This year my English daisy was blooming outside in my flower bed! Wow!

 

 

Baby Boots

Love these baby boots (and the baby in them)!

 

 

 

The 4

Here are my (mine!?) four (4?!) kids.

 

 

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