The Mushroom Hut

Race Day

2009-04-07T23:53:00.002-04:00

Lindsay and I took the boys to a Nascar race last weekend. Had a blast.

Marley 8 months

2009-03-10T15:39:00.002-04:00

2009-02-12T23:15:00.002-05:00

Cameron had his first school dance tonight. It was a 50's sock hop theme. Cameron dressed as a greaser. He won first place in the Best Dressed competition and first place in the Limbo competition. Here are some pictures. The mess on his face is poison ivy.

Thanksgiving Pictures

2008-12-16T21:19:00.003-05:00

Marley

2008-11-08T21:08:00.000-05:00

2008-11-05T21:57:00.001-05:00

2008-11-04T14:38:00.001-05:00

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-19T13:13:00.002-04:00

Andrew's pumpkin patch field trip was Friday.

video

2008-09-27T22:07:00.002-04:00

Audrey singing a song about the baby.

The Girls

2008-09-19T18:57:00.001-04:00

Pictures of the kids

2008-09-07T21:38:00.002-04:00

Marley 2 months

2008-09-06T13:08:00.001-04:00

Another first day.

2008-09-04T18:10:00.002-04:00

Audrey's first day of Parent's Day Out was today. She goes Tuesday and Thursday. She had a great day. Here she is with her new teacher Mrs. Tracy.

First day of school

2008-09-01T19:47:00.002-04:00

Andrew's 5th Birthday Party

2008-07-27T10:54:00.004-04:00

Andrew had a nice party. Too many people for my tiny house. We had 20 guests (12 kids). They played in the water outside.

Cake...

Presents...

This is what Marley did the whole time.

And Audrey just because she is pretty.

Sorry, no pictures of Cameron. He hid in his room the whole time. Too many little people for him.

Marley pictures

2008-07-14T11:40:00.000-04:00

4 days old

10 days old

Marley

2008-07-04T14:27:00.001-04:00

Here are a couple of quick pictures.

Just Audrey

2008-06-30T08:47:00.001-04:00

Andrew

2008-06-11T20:16:00.002-04:00

Weird weird day. Someone came and replaced Andrew with a fake Andrew. First he came into the kitchen after lunch and asked for a cup of tea. Andrew never drinks anything except water or vanilla soy milk. I made some hot tea and he drank it. Said it tasted like leaves and asked for more. THEN... he asks for corn on the cob for dinner. This child hasn't eaten a veggie since he turned 2 (except for a bite of a carrot once). His diet is about 70% fruit and about 10 other non fruit/veggie things. Luckily I had corn to make. He ate about half of the corn cob, then licked the butter and salt off of the rest.

And some pictures from the park today.

Pictures

2008-06-09T22:50:00.001-04:00

At the park today.

Cameron's new friend

Lake Murray

2008-06-04T23:10:00.003-04:00

Playing at the beach.

Golf

Smores

Audrey

Cameron

Andrew

Boys

2008-05-27T20:14:00.000-04:00

Future Doctor

2008-05-26T21:58:00.001-04:00

Andrew and Audrey Bird Watching

2008-05-22T20:05:00.002-04:00

Audrey's Birthday Party

2008-05-19T20:13:00.002-04:00

Pictures

2008-05-11T10:35:00.002-04:00

A few pictures from at my parents house.

Pictures

2008-05-04T22:13:00.002-04:00

Easter Pictures

2008-03-23T22:39:00.002-04:00

More Pictures

2008-02-02T20:10:00.000-05:00

Here are some from the park and zoo today.

Andrew amazed that the parrot said hello to him.

Audrey watching the giraffe.

And some other pictures of the boys.

Pictures

2008-01-26T17:30:00.000-05:00

Here are some new pictures of the kids.

Audrey's first hair clip

Andrew pre haircut.

Post haircut.

Cameron who hates his picture taken.

Cameron has been teaching Andrew chess.

2007-06-12T22:59:00.000-04:00

Cameron is doing a program this week with the Elm Fork Education Center (a program with the UNT environmental science program). He is doing the archeology/paleontology class. He is having a great time. The little ones and I went to the farmers market today after we dropped Cameron off. We go a bag of 10 small peaches and 3 large zucchini for $5. Andrew ate 5 of the peaches on the way home, and 3 more later for a snack. That boy is going to be a singer someday. He know all the words to the songs on the Victor Vito CD and he is always walking around singing the songs to himself.

Galveston Pictures

2007-06-06T10:48:00.000-04:00

Here we are at the beach. My mom and dad are in the adults in most of the pictures with the kids. Our friends from the Austin area joined us for a days too. It was awesome.

Audrey is 2

2007-05-25T09:51:00.001-04:00

My baby is 2 years old. Here are a few pictures of her birthday.

We planted a crabapple tree in the back yard on Mother Day.

And a few pictures from the garden.

2007-05-09T21:44:00.000-04:00

Hi! I know it’s been a long time. The school semester ended for me tonight, so hopefully I will keep up with this blog thing. Lots of things have been going on here. Cameron made his first science project for school (see picture below). It’s the solar system. We had a great time making it. Cameron recently had field day at school. I didn’t get any pictures, but he did great. Andrew has been a hand full. He is definitely a difficult child. Audrey is just the opposite. She is such a sweet easygoing little lady. It is so interesting to see the difference in the behavior between boys and girls. While the boys are wrestling and playing swords, Audrey is pushing around her toy shopping cart with her Barbie heals on and a purse on her shoulder.

Like always, I’ve been obsessing about health/nutrition lately. I stopped eating cheese on a regular basis at the beginning of the year. I’ve had it 3 or 4 times since then, but not in the last month or so. I just started reading The China Study and I can say for sure that I will not be consuming dairy again. If you have not read it, I highly recommend it. I am also making my way through the cookbook Vegan Planet. Yes, I’m a dork. I read cookbooks for fun. I have Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan and a stack of other books on the table to attack. I’m so glad to have a break from school for a while (excited about next semester though).

I want to not have to buy dairy for my family. I’ve switched everyone in the house to dairy free “cheese” but Ryan and Cameron need their milk. Buying dairy bothers me more than buying meat. I’ve been buying their (Ryan and Cameron‘s) meat through a local coop. There I can get grass fed beef without added hormones, antibiotics and whatever other crap that comes with the meat at the grocery store.

5 Things
1. It takes 15 pounds of grain to grow one pound of beef.
2. Over 70% of the grain produced in the United States is fed to animas for slaughter.
3. To produce one pound of beef, 5000 gallons of water is needed. Only 25 gallons of water are needed to grow one pound of tomatoes or wheat.
4. The petroleum in 14 plastic bags could drive a car 1 mile.
5. Americans throw away 14 billion plastic bags every year.
www.1bagatatime.com

2007-03-13T22:54:00.000-04:00

Ok, I'm going to start posting something here every day. Today it is a picture of Andrew in a wig. This is what he would look like as a girl LOL.

Cameron's haircut

2007-01-02T21:41:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures from Christmas. You can see pictures of Camerons hair bofore his haircut.

During Haircut

And after playing his new wii

And for the most amazing news....
Andrew ate a vegetable!!!!

Boys

2006-11-29T23:22:00.000-05:00

Scary!

Pumpkins!

Audrey

2006-10-26T11:52:00.000-04:00

A Pumpkin...

Shopping...

Picking a pumkin...

Showing me the flowers...

2006-10-02T18:14:00.000-04:00

I've been too busy to blog. We have lots of things going on right now. I'm trying to keep up with school work. Kids are OK. We have to put our new kittys to sleep tomorrow. They have FIP. It's similar to AIDS in humans. Cameron is devistated.

2006-09-14T23:03:00.000-04:00

Andrew is almost out of diapers. Hurray!! He can go the whole day in a pair of underwear if we are home most of the day. I still put a diaper on him if we are going to be out for a while and at night.

Earlier today Cameron asked me how to make a girl like him. So sweet. We wrote her a note and he is going to sneak it onto her desk tomorrow. Her name is Brittney and she like pink headbands.

Audrey is too freakin smart. She can make two word sentences. She copies everything the boys do. Today I found her copying the dance Steve was doing on Blue's Clues. She picked out a doll stroller today at the toy store. She loves pushing it around.

Here is the soaker I just finished for a lady I know in message board land. It totally sucks, but was so fun to make. Tomorrow I am going to start a pair of something for Sam ;)

2006-09-11T23:20:00.000-04:00

Ryan is a copy cat. He found himself a Shann. Yes, there are 2!!! Both very cool, but very different. His Shann is a guy he met in his car club. When I find something cool he has to go and find one for him too.

2006-09-08T23:18:00.000-04:00

Chicken Noodle Soup

Shoe Shopping

Crafty Lady

First day of pre school

First day of school work

2006-09-05T10:36:00.000-04:00

Today is going to be a very very very long day.

2006-08-23T18:14:00.000-04:00

Pizza lady stealing Andrew's dinner. She is wearing a cute soaker my mom made.

2006-08-23T11:59:00.000-04:00

I was trying to change Audrey's diaper. She took off before I put a new one one. She went straight to the potty and I can't get her off. I think she might potty train defore Andrew LOL.

2006-08-20T22:53:00.000-04:00

Cameron had a great first week at school. Likes the teacher. One of his lizards died Monday night. He was pretty upset. We have a new fishy now named Leon. The kittens are doing great Monty is getting sooo big. Rosie is growing too, but Monty is Going to be huge. He he is relaxing.

Andrew tried something new the other day. Underwear! He had an accident almost immedietly after we put them on. He wanted to try again yesterday and did pretty well. He used his smally potty a few times while he was in them, then decided he wanted a diaper back on. Today he wanted underwear again but quickly had an accident. It's not going great so far, but I'm excited because it's a start. Here he is in his undies.

And another cute picture of Andrew.

2006-08-14T20:05:00.000-04:00

Cameron starts school tomorrow. He is not happy. He is getting too big... He got his first 2 zits this week.

Audrey has fallen off a bed 2 times now. No injuries to report.

Andrew is 3. Thats all I can say.

2006-08-11T11:16:00.000-04:00

http://anysoldier.com/

2006-08-08T19:45:00.000-04:00

2006-08-08T00:10:00.000-04:00

yarn....

2006-08-04T23:03:00.000-04:00

Andrew doesn't like the word no...

2006-08-01T22:59:00.000-04:00

1. 8 year olds smell bad.
2. 8 year olds are loud.
3. 8 year olds say things that make me cringe.
4. 3 year olds throw temper tantrums all day.
5. 3 year olds are picky eaters.
6. 3 year olds don't know how to share their toys.
7. 1 year olds have mini temper tantrums.
8. 1 year olds get into everything they shouldn't.
9. 1 year olds throw their food on the floor.
10. 30 year olds do all of the above.

2006-07-28T13:47:00.000-04:00

Nice

2006-07-28T13:34:00.000-04:00

Things that scare me:
Tap water
Microwaves
Plastic
Cancer
Cat poop
Snakes

We are going to start buying beef again. We joined a group that is starting a local coop. All the supliers in the coop will have localy grown/raised natural & organic products. So far the only thing available are coffee and beef, but we expect it to grow to be quite large.

I don't understand how someone can be pro-life and pro-death penalty.

Can someone remind me to take my vitamin every day?

2006-07-27T22:42:00.000-04:00

To tired to stay awake for cake....

2006-07-26T00:01:00.000-04:00

1. Hurray!!! Congratulations Shann.
2. Some people need to mind their own business.
3. Mom made Audrey a soaker. I dyed it and decorated it. Thanks mom.

4. I miss Cameron.
5. I can't wait until school starts.
6. I love math.
7. Rosie sais Hi.

8. Microwaves are scary.
9. Audrey is wearing green pants and she has 6 teeth.
10. Ryan's car must have been in some deep shit last night because I found this picture on the computer today.

2006-07-24T21:58:00.000-04:00

I've been too busy with Andrew to post much the last week. What to post about???? OK 10 random things.
1. I hate Scion
2. Andrew turns 3 on Wednesday.
3. Mom made me 2 cute soakers for Audrey. I need to dye one. What color should I make it?
4. I Hate summer.
5. I love school.
6. I need to have the oil changed in my car.
7. The cats are scratching my legs up.
8. I won't ever order pizza from Dominos because the donate large amounts of $ to anti-abortion organizations.
9. I can't think of 10 random things. I suck.
10. Ya'll explain to me what's going on in Israel. I'm so behind on current events lately. Darn kids, cats and knitting have been distracting me from the news. Probably a good thing.

2006-07-20T11:56:00.000-04:00

I forgot to close the door to the pantry... I just found Audrey covered in yesterdays coffee grinds playing with an empty soda can.

2006-07-17T20:31:00.000-04:00

I forgot what it was like to have kittens in the house. They are so full of energy and so fun. Monty is quite a character. He attacked our feet all night long. He is very comfortable now. Like has always been here. Here he is chilling on the clothes that I am trying to put away.

Littel Rosie is so tiny. You can feel all her bones when you pet her. She was just weaned from her mama 4 days ago (2 days before we got her). You can tell she misses her mama and siblings. She only sleeps in someones arms or against the window where she can feel heat. She can't eat the kitten food i got for them so I have to give her wet food. She is sooo ugly, but it makes her cute. We are all becoming very attached to her. Here are some pictures of her.

2006-07-15T17:32:00.000-04:00

What a day. We have 2 new family members. We went to the animal shelter in Gainesville to get a Kitten for Cameron. Here is the one he picked out.

She is very sweet. She is 5 weeks old and he named her Rosie. She doesn't mind all the noise and follows the boys around everywhere.

We also came home with a little guy. He is six weeks old.

He is a little timid, but sweet and very pretty. He likes hanging out around the toilet. We might name him Louie, Loe or Cappy. Not sure yet.

Here are the things Cameron planted in Sprouts and Stems class. Grandma's backyard is starting to grow grass.

2006-07-14T23:31:00.000-04:00

I'm tired of dealing with other peoples crap. I hate when plans get changed. I hate it when things don't go my way. I am so freakin happy.

Ryan joined a Scion club. There is a barbecue in our neighborhood for the club. He is there tonight. I just called him. He is having a great time. Tomorrow is his 30th birthday. We are not doing anything. We are going to celebrate next weekend when his parents are in town. Pat had balloons and candy delivered today. She is so sweet.

Audrey liked the balloons more than anyone else. Audrey is getting too big. She is starting to stand by herself without holding on to anything. Too big. She loves to turn off the TV. Andrew picks her up and carries her away. She laughs when he does it. It is adorable. Makes me melt.

I made Audrey a diaper today.

Cameron had Kids College this week. He loved it. He made a model of Grandma's back yard in his Sprouts & Stems class. It has grass seeds in it, moss, rocks, a tree. Very cool. I will take a picture of it tomorrow.

2006-07-13T23:35:00.000-04:00

FYI It is possible to make an emergency vacume bag out of a freezer bag and packing tape. Not fun though. Much easier to pack up 3 kids on the car in the heat and run to the store for vacume bags.

2006-07-10T22:08:00.000-04:00

I just finished my pair of shorties. They are not perfect, but still cute.

I don't have a model that is small enough so Eddie is modeling them.

2006-07-10T12:09:00.000-04:00

Cameron has kids college this week. He has classes from 12 to 3:30. should be fun for him. The kids had fun at the birthday party. Here is a picture of them eating cake.

I am almost finished with a newborn pair of wool shorties. I love the yarn I'm using. They are going to be so cute.

Thats all for today. Got to get Cameron to class.

2006-07-06T17:23:00.000-04:00

My poor Ralph is missing. She has been gone for 4 days. I am so sad. I hope someone took her in or she comes home.

We are excited to go to Austin to see Shann and Travis this weekend. I wish we could stay longer.

I dyed Audreys soaker. Now it ia really ugly LOL.

2006-07-05T17:05:00.000-04:00

What a fun time the boys had last night. We went to my parents to do some fireworks. Andrew loves the sparklers. I forgot my camera, so no pictures. I took this picture of Cameron yesterday. I like it.

I finally finished the second soaker. Here is the front.

Here is the back.

2006-07-04T00:03:00.000-04:00

Today was a rotten day. Cameron threw a screaming crying fit at the mall because I wouldn't buy him an expensive toy. He sat in the middle of the toy store, cried and complained loudly about me. It was so fun. We did have a good time playing with Lexie and Sam at the mall. Christopher came along to play with Cameron. Ryan got us pizza for dinner. The boys went and got some fire works. I'm almost finished with the soaker. Here is the main part finished.

I learned how to do small circumference circular knitting with double point needles today and I am working on the leg cuffs now, then I wil make the drawstring and be finished.

2006-07-02T18:11:00.000-04:00

Baby sleeping on daddy's chest.

I'm making progress on Audrey's new soaker.

That's all for today. I want to get the soaker done while the kids are napping.

2006-06-30T19:57:00.000-04:00

Audrey is getting so big. She can walk holding my fingers. She naps on my bed. I'm going to have to find another place for her to nap because I'm afraid she is going to wake up and crawl off of the bed. Today after her nap I found her petting the kitty.

And here she is showing off her new soaker.

And here just cute.

I learned how to knit in the round. I started another soaker for Audrey.

2006-06-28T18:14:00.000-04:00

I have 3 beautiful kids. I will trade them each for one quality skein of wool yarn. Any colorway is fine. I prefer thicker wool yarns.

I will include 2 days worth of clean diapers for the little ones. You can bring the dirty diapers back and I will even wash them for you.

All trades are final.

The wool soaker I made for Audrey was too big, and the yarn was a little thin, so I felted it a bit. Now it fits perfect and it is just the right thickness. We have even been using it at night with great success. Wool Rocks. Here is a picture of the soaker now. Not as pretty, but works great.

2006-06-27T23:10:00.000-04:00

I hope Shann and J are having a very romantic evening. They deserve it. I am so glad I met Shann. She is a wonderful person. I can't wait to go to Austin for Travis's Birthday party.

I left Ryan home alone with the kids while I ran to the store. I came home to a poopy mess and Audrey wearing an inside out diaper hehe.

Tonight the house was invaded by a biker gang.

2006-06-27T16:45:00.000-04:00

When I watch my kids play it makes me want to be a kid again. Do you remember how fun it was to build a fort out of blankets and furnature?

My dad made me an awesome swift to ball my yarn with.

And I know ya'll are tired of looking at yarn, but here is more.

2006-06-26T15:22:00.000-04:00

I am a bad parent. Cameron has not had a bath in 2 days. Andrew had french fries and cookies for lunch yesterday. I often can't find Audrey. The guys have chicken nuggets with dinner too often lately.

Yesterday Ryan spent 80% of the day outside with his car. I asked him to do 2 things. 1. Wash the windows on my van. 2. Trim a bush out front. He did not do either.

I made this hat and messed it up. It's just not right.
I just needed to vent today.

2006-06-23T23:59:00.000-04:00

The grass under the trampoline is getting long. Andrew likes to go under there and sit. It is very sweet.

Andrew took this picture of himself.

I knit Audrey a hat today. She is already asleep so I can't try it on her. It fits Eddie great.

2006-06-22T22:13:00.000-04:00

I have not had a chance to post in a few days. It has been crazy busy around here. Cameron had 3 friends stay the night before last. They were up almost all night and kept me up too. There were boys here all day yesterday. Andrew was up all night last night with a tummy ache. He had a tummy ache and gas all day today. We ran errands today and my mom is over now visiting. While she is here I have had a chance to finish my hat. It’s made with the Peace Fleece Wool that I dyed. Here are some pictures of it. Ryan wants me to make him a black one.

2006-06-19T23:18:00.000-04:00

We had a great time today with Shann and Travis. Andrew is still talking about it. We went to McDonalds and the kids played, then we went to the outlet mall to do some shopping. Shann took some great pictures. This one is my favorite. It is Andrew and Travis.

When we got home Andrew decided to paint on the carpet with his V8 juice.

We have not even lived here a year yet and I am already ready to rip up the carpets and put down wood floors.

2006-06-18T23:38:00.000-04:00

Happy Fathers Day!! We had a fun day today. We didn't do much today. Ryan cleaned out the garage and the boys played. We went out to dinner last night at On The Border. The kids were great. Audrey ate so much rice.

Tomorrow the kids and I are driving to Hillsboro to have lunch and play with Shann and Travis. We are driving Ryans new car because it gets better gas mileage. I'm so excited. Can't wait to visit with Shann.

Andrew is still awake at almost 11pm. He is eating a banana. Here is a picture of my monkey boy. He eats bananas every day.

I dyed more wool today. I love it. It looks like fire. I'm going to make hats out of it.

2006-06-17T00:16:00.000-04:00

We had a fun day today. Sarah, Lexie, and Sam came over to play. Cameron was in and out with his friends all day. He is spending the night with Christopher tonight. Christopher is his best friend. They play every day. Her is picture of them.

Here they are playing ping pong against Daddy and Andrew at Lake Murray.

Here they are painting bandanas.

And this is just a picture of Cameron that I love.

I started a new knitting project today. It's going to be a hat.

Knitting is bad. All I think about all day is yarn.
I dyed more wool yarn yesterday. I love the way it turned out. Pretty fall colors.

2006-06-15T19:24:00.000-04:00

Ugh, today was a hard day. Andrew was a bully to the baby all day. Yesterday he got in a fight with the ottoman and the ottoman won.

I taught myself to knit a few weeks ago. I've made a bib and some wash cloths. I finished my first big project today. It look like crap. It's a wool soaker for Audrey. Here is the front.

Here is the back.

And here is Audrey wearing it. It is too big.

I Love The Mail Person

2006-06-14T17:19:00.000-04:00

Especially when he brings me things like this.

It's a 2t dress with little red mushrooms on it. It was hand made by another mama. It was free from a HC lottery. It might fit Audrey in the spring.

2006-06-14T15:18:00.000-04:00

Last night I dyed some wool yarn with Kool Aid http://www.thepiper.com/fiberart/koolaid/basic-howto.html It was my first time to dye wool yarn. It didn't turn out the way I pictured, but I like it anyway.

First Post

2006-06-14T14:48:00.000-04:00

Yipee, I have a blog!!! Now I have a place to post random thoughts and pictures of my kiddos and projects.