My Little Munchkins

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Trip to nana and papa L's

Finally getting the pics up from our trip to visit nana and papa L a few weeks ago

playing piano with auntie Mimi

building with papa

Monday, July 30, 2012

We've started stocking up at the farmers market this year to get some food canned and put away for winter. We're really missing having our garden this year and the aparment has been a bit small for our canning "operation", but we're making it all work.

We bought a bushel of some of the best tasting corn ever and canned all but 4 ears, which we had for dinner. Josh helped me get it all shucked.

Helping peel and "squish" tomatoes for making diced tomatoes.

We bought 2 bushels of tomatoes for making sauce with. The kids helped empty the box and put them in the sink to wash them. Anna mostly wants to play in the water...

Tomatoes all washed and drying, starting to wash the bushel of cucumbers

Teaching Anna how to use the tomato processor.

Josh was so excited to help, he LOVES helping with the processor, and Mike said he's finally old enough to be a big help with it.

We had to keep making up jobs to keep Anna entertained. She had a lot of fun pushing the bad parts I cut off the tomatoes down the drain...

And here she is "helping" clean out the machine where the skins come out

Anna grabbed her wooden toy knife to help me cut the cucumbers

All the sauce, and all the canned pickles. we have quite a few pickles that are still fermenting though.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Playing in puddles

Anna splashed around (in her nightgown) in the tiniest puddle in my parents driveway. This girl LOVES water!

Monday, July 16, 2012

Party for Nana and Papa Cook

We celebrated Nana Cook's birthday and Nana and Papa Cook's Anniversary at Aunt Joanne's house. The kids loved having so much room to run around and play.

Anna, Josh, Chrtistian and Jackson