It's a Wonderful Life

The last week has been crazy, but fun :) Addy has been teething :( She's getting her two top molars. For her, teething has never been a big deal. Maybe one fussy day, never interrupts her sleep, and a tooth pops through! These molars, however, have been quite the challenge. A whole WEEK of grumpy, whiny baby (though the two or three hours of the day that she is happy after Daddy get home make up for it all). Luckily, she's been sleeping like a champ; two 2 hour naps and a 12 hour night. Baths have been my salvation. She loves them. Check out that crazy hair!

Scott has been wanting to do this picture since we got Lola. We bought some temple pants for Scott at D. I. that were too long so I hemmed them. Addy found the piece I cut off and got it around herself, and Daddy toted these two around! I thought it was comical :)

Let me preface this by saying: 40 pounds of apples is A LOT of apples. Back when I was at home, we would order two or three of the huge boxes when the really cheap season sale hit. And we never canned a single apple. We ate them all. Apple crisps and after-school-snacks, along with a dose or two of Dad's apple fritters and they vanished. Three people just don't do the same damage...so I set my mind to being creative! This is one of the three batches of apple pie filling I canned. I also made my first apple pie :) Scott helped though, so I can't really take all the credit. I told him I made all the filling, so he can do all the crusts (I hate that part). I also did apple butter, apple crisp, and I have been snacking on them like crazy!

This week, I spent the best dollar I've ever spent. Dollar Tree. Eight strands of metallic beads. Addy's heaven. She spent literally two hours the first evening putting them on and taking them off. And she's played with them consistently since. And it's magical for car rides. Look at that happy girl!

Since we moved into our house and have had more room, we have been building our food storage. Here it is so far. Those are home canned pickles, pie filling, and green beans. On the floor are flour, sugar, and rice. Next month I think I'd better add some oats. We've felt the blessings promised for preparing to be self reliant in an emergency. 

Well, that's it for this week! We also voted (which I will say NOTHING about because I am too disgusted and disappointed) and went to dinner at Pizza Pie Cafe. Addy ate an entire piece of pizza with her own fork with virtually NO mess. I love my coordinated eater! All in all it was a great week and we look forward to the holidays!