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...

Another year, another round of apple picking. Usually we try to stay away from the places that have hay rides and photo ops, but now that Meadow is older I thought she might enjoy it. I tried to find a place with animals and corn pit, but didn't have much luck. I settled on Deardorrf Orchards and Vineyards .

Sometimes Meadow is cranky when I make breakfast. I don't blame her. I would be sad if the counters were 2 feet above my head and I couldn't see what was going on. I brought over a step stool for her to stand on so she could watch.

 Since my horrible cartwheel attempt a few weeks ago I realized I'm not as flexible as I used to be so I've started doing stretches every morning to help with that. If Meadow is around she usually copies me or climbs on me. I thought you just wanted to stretch more?  I was out of ideas for breakfast so I made Scott take over. Maple Syrup caramelized apples with crepes it was.  We couldn't feed them to Meadow fast enough. She was trying to skip the apples, but eventually caved in. She's so picky sometimes.  I did finally end up canning a few days ago. Strawberry Rhubarb Jam. Out of the three jars 2 actually sealed.  Meadow runs to our mudroom whenever she can and stands on our cooler. She loves looking outside at the yard. I sometimes walk in on her and Peanut fighting over who gets to stand on it.   While driving back from our Illinois trip I spotted a park off Hwy 61 in St. Paul. Since it was actua...