Sunday, June 12

Tiny kid-sized egg and this and that.

One of our new cochin bantams started laying and the kids (and I) get so excited about her tiny eggs. We eat our own fresh eggs just about every day (our chickens are free range so their eggs are incredibly healthy and delicious) and the other day the boys each wanted a bantam and "regular chicken" fried egg. I had to take a photo, it was just too cute. And by the way, that is delicious nitrate-free bacon. Most days we have oatmeal and an egg, so bacon days are special. ♥

And don't you love our fancy dinner plates? I inherited them from my mother-in-law and they are the best. They take so much abuse and are still in perfect shape.  I am always tempted to get something a bit more classy/modern/simple, but I just love these plates.  They remind me of my childhood.

I haven't had time to write a review about Lightroom 3 yet, so I wanted to tell you that I LOVE this program! It is worth the upgrade from Lightroom 2 just for the noise reduction ability. This version is faster and I love editing both RAWs and jpgs with it.  I personally would not want to edit without LightRoom.

I am going to homeschool Duke (he is six) this summer.  He would be in 1st grade in Fall, so I decided to work on his reading, writing and math.   I think a three month break is too much (he will forget everything just like I did), so I decided to do year-round school (with just the basics during the summer) and take breaks whenever we want. 

But we have to have fun too, so I am also teaching the boys to cook (Williams-Sonoma The Cookbook for Kids: Great Recipes for Kids Who Love to Cook-don't know why the bad review, it is a great cookbook).  We try to make one or two recipes a week, and next week we are going to challenge ourselves with Nutella crepes.  We are also learning about music and using Story of the Orchestra : Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Music!.


I hope everyone had a great weekend!  I have plenty more freebies coming your way.  Thank you so much for visiting my blog and also your generous support.  Because of you I can stay at home with my boys, play on the computer, and keep posting here.  ♥