Hair cut

It was a hard decision to make, but we decided that Seth needed a hair cut.

His hair was always getting in his eyes.

Food was always getting catch in his hair.  This is right before we trimmed his hair..

 

 

And here we have a clean cut little boy!

Pull out the soup spoons!

I couple of days ago I made this Harvest Cream Soup recipe.  We really liked it and this was Seth's first soup he got to enjoy with us!  It's the perfect fall soup.

Harvest Cream Soup.  via Stoneware Inspirations by Pampered Cheif

• 1 Butternut Squash (1 lbs)
• 2 large leeks (whites and light green portions only)
• 1 lbs baby carrots (about 3 cups)
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• 1 pressed garlic clove
• salt and black pepper (optional)
• 2 cans (14-14 1/2 ounces each) chicken broth, divided
• 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated whole milk
• 1 1-inch piece peeled fresh ginger root.
• Sour cream (optional)

Being a mother of one and liking to do this fast this is how I did it.  Preheat oven to 450f cut squash in half scoop the seeds out, place upside down on a sprayed baking sheet and cover with tin foil. ( I also took this time and bake some sweet potatoes for Seth right along with the squash :)   Bake for about 40 minutes or until tender. Scoop out the insides and place in a bowl, discard the skins. I boil the carrots until tender about ten minutes.

Combine half of the carrots, squash and leeks with one can of the chicken broth in blender or food processor. (You will not want to do this while the veggies are hot)   Bend until smooth.  Pour mixture into a four quart soup pot. Repeat with the remaining broth and veggies.  Add evaporated milk,garlic, salt, pepper and ginger root to pot as well.  Cook over medium heat 5-6 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Ladle soup into bowls, swirl in sour cream, if desired.

Yields: 6 servings (about 7 1/2 cups)

ENJOY!

fabric and pillow cases

So a lady in town gave my mom a bunch of fabric...  I mean two HUGE black garbage bags FULL of fabric pieces.

The fabric was organized by color!

As much as I would love to be a creative person, I'm just not one.  But I am working on it!  Here is two cute pillow cases I made. (with my moms help)
Here is what we kind of followed. pillowcases.  They didn't turn out that bad!

With all this fabric hopefully I get some more ideas.  Right now I'm working on a few aprons.  What else could I do? ummmmmmmm.....

Splish splash

Seth's first bubble bath... and he loved it!

Off to Wrangell we go....... and full of first

Jesse landed a Forest Service's job, making a trail and building a dock, at a Forest Service cabin over in Wrangell.  Which is a little island to the south of us.  Seth and I went along with Jesse for seven days.  I love being able to see other parts of the Southeast.

Seth on his first ferry ride over to Wrangell.

To make traveling easier on Seth (and me).  We brought him a peapod. which is a traveling tent bed.  Great buy; there already was a handfull of times we really could have used this.  And I know there is more traveling coming up!

This is Middle Ridge Cabin that Jesse and his crew stayed.

The Forest Services rent these cabins out year around for people who want to camp.  This was one of the nicest cabin I have stayed in!

                                                                                   

Jesse, Seth and I slept in the loft.  Seth's pea pod tent is a life saver!  He sleeps very well.  LOVE IT!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

                  

Before they put the trail in!

After!

The lake at the cabin. 

The dock that Jesse and crew built

Our trail down to the dock.

View from the cabin's parking lot.  We are really high up!

very tired baby.

This is what seven days of camping without his baby comb does to his hair.  Poor baby!

Beautiful!

Seth hanging out in the cabin.  His first stay in a Forest Services cabin!

playing in the sun

Very successful stay.  I was defiantly ready to come home!

Toy with wheels and thifted brag

Well here is Seth's first toy with wheels.  I found this for him at Salvation Army (Sally's) in town.  I only paid two dollars!  We love going to Sally!

This little car had a lot of sticker on it but I was able to remove them thanks to a Magic Eraser!  It's actually really shiny! now!

Big smile!

The next find at Sally's, the one I want to brag about, was a EvenFlo cross country baby carrier.  If I would have bought this pack brand new I would have spent over $100.  The one I bought at Sally's yesterday I spent $8!  It's in really great shape all the straps work.  The pack its self is very comfortable to carry; way more comfortable then the other baby carrier we were using.

Love it!