Milk Farm

Maddie made the milk run with me today and helped me jug up 21 gallons of milk for our carpool.

She's amazing and remembers the strict sanitation instructions and steps even better than I do.  We picked up our milk, yogurt, cream, eggs and maple syrup (a neighbor taps his trees and has a sugar shack - is that not the coolest?!) and headed back home for a family bike ride.

Happy Saturday!

Today was the last day of school.

.....and I got a teacher gift.

A few days ago, Ron asked the kids to "tidy up" the toy room downstairs.  Imagine my annoyance surprise when I walked down to find this.

In case you needed a closer look

I will be honest and tell you I wanted to scream at them.  ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
But I have read Danny Silk & Love & Logic too many times.

Just before bolting from the scene, I put on my nicest smile and said, "Let me know how that works out for you."

I peeked down several hours later and although they were diligently working, there was no noticeable progress.  Still, I kept my mouth quiet.  (that's tough for me)

Imagine my surprise when I came down in the morning to find the toy closet looking like this.  They managed to finagle Ron down there for a bit but hey, way to use your resources.

I asked Madeline later how things turned out (so sly, I am) and she said, "Next time I think we're going to organize one area at a time instead of dumping."

Parenting with Love & Logic scores again.....

Baby Buggy

Ran across this today from a few years ago. You are so sweet Lauren!

Did you know that carrot tops can have up to twice the nutrition of their counterpart?  

Particularly, Vitamin K.

Soccer Saturdays

Today was our last day for the season, and what a fantastic season it was!  Lauren had a great game today and scored an awesome goal for her team.  Go Lauren!  Abigail is so fast on the field I can barely keep up with her as she heads to the goal.  Don't mess with her on defense either!

Madeline's age bracket has a tournament to end the season and managed to make it all the way to the championship game.....and then WIN!  Coach Ron was pretty proud.  The team gave him the Gatorade shower afterwards which was hilarious. 

The kiddos have so many cousins playing in the league that at any given time you are sure to find a family member on one of the fields.  That's probably definitely my favorite part.

I managed to catch part of this action shot

(part of) Our Fan Club

B & Luke made it out with Claire and (one week old!) June.  Thanks to Grandma & Papa for stopping by as well.

Join us this Fall as we manage to orchestrate 4 soccer schedules.  Gabe is joining the league and can. hardly. wait.

A Bit of Everything Smoothie

Today's smoothie was voted one of GLLAM's favorites (and Ron!) and since I basically added everything but the kitchen sink I figured I better document it so I can add it to the repertoire.

2 c. filtered water
handful of:
 kale, wheatgrass & carrot tops
10 oz. spinach
2 stalks celery
1/2 peach
banana
blackberries/blueberries
hemp seed
flax seed
1/2 lemon, juiced
spoonful raw honey

Blend and enjoy.