It seems that every time we go to the Children's Museum Meadow gets a cold. I let her have orange juice with her breakfast.  Ever since I taught Meadow how to use a piggy bank we give her all our coins so she can add them in. This may be another reason why she gets colds. As we were heading out to go to the Farmers Market one of the neighbor kids spotted us and asked if he could come along.  He had never been here before and was surprised that it was an outdoor market. He assumed it was in a big building like a grocery store. He hung around with us for most of the day. His family is moving soon. This may be one of the last chances to hang with us. I made a tandoori roast turkey over the past few days and we ate leftovers like it was an Indian Thanksgiving. The neighbor boy noticed the crock so I opened it up. Our sauerkraut was ready! We were all excited for all the possibilities until Brooke told me...

We haven't turned our heat on yet so the mornings have been chilly. If it ain't November the heat isn't going on. I've started having Meadow help me prepare breakfast. I cut up vegetables and she moves them over onto a plate or bowl. She does a pretty good job.  Brooke has become a potatoes o'brien expert. She throws in whatever else we may have in fridge to add some variety. We have one sippy cup we use for milk and it's usually dirty because its annoying to clean. I just give her a glass and straw then she drinks out of the cup once she can't get everything with the straw. Meadow still has an elevated lead level. Vitamin C among other things is good to mitigate the lead. Hopefully next time around she will be in the clear. Today I had planned to do a lot of cooking and cleaning up the yard. I was to make this massive head of cabbage into sauerkraut. I got started early. Meadow helped me with dishes. Really she just pla...