We have new kids on the farm.......which is always exciting and fun! These are two girl Anne Marie and Lisa Marie plus we got a Andy. Both does and kids are doing awesome.
Its been busy week and tomorrow as I type this up we have a SHOW at Larkspur Middle School in Virginia Beach from 9-1. Not a long day but when you get up at 4 am to get this ready laded and dressed and chores done....somehow it is VERY LONG>....Tonight we made pepperoni rolls which the boys absolutely loved and ate too much as thy said. I had yellow squash an onions. Doing the usual chores and making sugar scrubs and taking care of all my seedlings.....I made a dreamcatcher today....I will share that once its a sunny day....its been cloudy and cold today did manage to go on the walk.
Beautiful. #love
I love it!!!
So much fun and adorable.......
Hello sister.....
Oh my I just love this time of year....I can't ever seemed to ever tire of growing stuff.....this year I have huge head-start which I am so thankful for.....
Little Andy
This is one of our roosters Jorge
I have made these tags for the Art Retreat this weekend I can't really go but going to stop by and see the girls tomorrow after the show I am excited about this and let the boys go swimming in the pool at the hotel that they are at.
Here is the video on how I made these...
All the supplies on on the info of the video
One of Bruces' and the boys breakfast look at how wonderful those farm eggs look.....we love our eggs.
Another day.....
Saying goodbye until next time.....hoping for a great weekend for everyone....and remember eat healthy, go for nature walks and enjoy life to the fullest. Next week I will share the dreamcatcher and some of the good times at the retreat this weekend.
I'm posting this other video of the moving day on the chickens last Sunday....this week we are hoping to get the chicken tractors built as I don't have a dental appointment which is the first week since January 11 of this year that I don't have to go...yay! Looking forward to the day I am amalgam free......
THIS IS this Saturday 02/23/2019 from 9-4pm in Chesapeake Virginia there are like 140 vendors from food, crafts, arts and so many great things.....I can't wait to see my buddies as I missed them ....this will be our first show of the year. My son Colten even sent a message to me this morning as we sit in RAIN in the Gator taking care of animals and freezing....as I tell you I am always cold.....Colten says "Do you think we will have a market tomorrow?" YES COLTEN ITS INSIDE lol hahahahahaha YEP the show must go on!!
Yeah so hopefully you can make it!
As I type this Bruce is finishing up boxing soaps, I've printed labels etc etc..... made so many things....hoping for a GREAT YEAR!
Soooo this is Colby packing the soap we have poured over 2000 YES I REPEAT 2000 so do I need to RPEAT that yes 2000 bars of soap just since January we were practically sold out nothing hardly left at all. So it was like starting from scratch....Colby and Bruce and Dusty pretty much got all the bars packaged in put in the boxes and labeled. I of course printed all the labels....I buy the blank labels from OnlineLABels.com which is an EXCELLENT place to get your labels from. They have a blank label for everything. So I do think we are ready..........HOPEFULLY!
Wanted to share this adorable little hat that my dear friend Cheryl sent me over she lives a few counties over....I love it! I am a hat person,.....once again Im always cold lol so I flock to anything warm.....
I have some of my onions coming up.....YAY!
Wanted to share our new rainwater catchment containers for my plants and garden Bruce did all this and in less than three rains we have filled up TWO of these....I will need to make a video on this
You can see this is the first one FULL
Coming back from the boy goat field one evening I saw this and thought oh yeah this place is AWESOME
For some other updates I have been making videos and I am quite enjoying them however I am NO videographer so just bear with me.......
This is the video on the seedlings and the seed mix we used
This is the video on the dehydrating some herbs
The day our meat chickens arrived as you know we try to grow and farm our own foods
This video is the video on the seed mats and the lights we used for our seedlings
The video on the handmade gloves and hat by Brenda
So I have shared enough for today....but please if you can watch some of the videos let me know....THANKS
Sunday I was soooooo HAPPY to get to go to our art group fo a visit it was wonderful seeing everyone and sitting and sharing and creating and eating.....
Bruce came back to pick me up and we went to REI to get a few things bought two hats for the summer and I got new socks....we used our gift card we had and we only spent $7 bucks and Bruce said WOW this the cheapest we ever.....left REI spending definitely I Said......it was a good day!! So wonderful to see everyone and enjoy the good vibes and the inspiration it renews the soul!! Thanks everyone .......
Now to get back to work....we are making Kombucha today again which is fine as we do love this stuff.....good thing to do in the rain....
The Under the Sea Party for Dusty's fifth birthday....was a lot of fun I handmade this cake using fondant from Wilton. I dyed most of it by buying the 5lb box of fondant. I also used a lot of molds that I had and ones I bought from Wilton. The jewelry fondant mold, the sea life mold. I also hand shaped a lot of the pieces. I used the pearl dust to color the pieces. The cake board is also Wilton. It was a lot of fun, if you are making a fondant cake prepare your pieces about a week in advance so they can harden....makes applying them to the cake easier and there is less breakage.
Hand made the large flowers.
The seahorse was a mold I had.
Love the blow fish with the toothpicks...lol!
I also got the eyes from Wilton
Love the turtle too....again a mold I had.
Happy Birthday Dusty.
I found on Etsy this custom made Printables which I love to use...it makes it so EASY!!!
This theme came from Its All About KIDZ Annie was absolutely amazing to work with...I would tell her what I needed and DONE!! She had it done within a very short time like minutes and I was back to printing for the party. This year was not as big as the Shark Party but time is always of the essence. The printouts were perfect and coordinated well with the party.
These are the buckets that I got from the Dollar Tree, the stuffed animals also came from the Dollar Tree, we also put fishing poles and crab toys that came from the Dollar Tree, there were also sea urchin balls, water guns, and the hard plastic sea creatures. Beverly brought out bubbles for everyone which also became a party favor. Of course Swedish Fish for a party favor too. I also put out a large bowl of them and of course they were all gone....talk about a yummy snack.
Samples of some of the party favors for the buckets....most came from Dollar Tree.
The suckers were bought from Birthday in a Box which they are so awesome and FAST!!! The personalize things and I have used them many times and of course you can find more ideas from our shark party.
All the animals we had that the boys collected from their toys to make up decorations....we used Ty Beanie Babies, Disney stuffed toys, pool toys, plastic sea creatures, etc. The nets are from the ones I used last year at the Shark party where I dyed the nets to match the theme. The nets came from Dollar Tree.
Again another sea creature from Dollar Tree the swim goggles came from both Dollar Tree and Dollar General which Dollar General has a coupon day which the coupons are on their website. The star (fish) glasses came from Dollar Tree which they also have a Wal-Mart if you can't find them at Dollar Tree. Dollar General has a great selection of plastic outdoor serving plates, platters, bowls, and baskets. The ones shown came from the Dollar General.
The hats came fromMichael's in the clearance section for .50 cents....which I was going to add a turtle cut0out to the hat using either my Cricut or Silhouette. Which would have been so cute....but time was of the essence. The plates, napkins, table runner, banner, cups and many other items all came fromBirthday in a Box.
This was how we did the plastic ware wrapped in the napkins I used jute and used the fun foam ocean shapes that I purchased in the craft store during the summer. Used plastic Tervis cups with a lobster on them to put the plastic ware in. Which my dear friend Beverly gave me....we LOVE you Beverly!!
Just a pic of the wrapped plastic ware so you could see not in the cup. These could be made days in advance of the party.
The labels from the Etsy store with Annie. Its All About Kidz . We used the Deer Park 8oz minis for the water bottles. We kept them in the refrigerator up until the party started.
Of course every party needs gummy worms.
And the sour octopus.....there are so many of these type of gummies that children really like and I do recall a few adults enjoying them. LOL!!!
You can really see the Tervis lobster cups here.
Of course thanks to Pinterest I was able to find some pretty creative food ideas. Annie at Its All About Kidz made the labels for the food....again thanks Annie YOU are totally awesome to work with!!!
This was in a Pillsbury Cookbook, they have mustard eyes and mouth. I just thought of a name to fit the party that Annie made at All About Kidz the sign for Squid Dogs
I made the noodles from a package of Ramen noodles
and then once cooked added several drops of green food coloring to create a seaweed look.
I found these at the grocery store and thought these were perfect for the theme, plus the kiddos love them.
We also found the Goldfish in rainbow colors to use.
I made Jell-O then put the Reddi-Wip (which my boys LOVE) on top before serving and added a gummy shark. We had the hardest time finding cups but we did find these at Food Lion. I just wanted the plain small clear cups....but I guess everyone else did at the time too....LOL!!! These turned out cute. The children enjoyed them.
The sign for the Oceans of Jell-O see above pic.
Bruce cooked turkey hot dogs, hamburgers and of course vegan bean burgers....which everything was gone!! I also made vegetarian baked beans. We had chips and French fries too.
I bought these fabulous streamers from Party City they really added a fun look to the party.
Beverly brought out this really fun bucket full of bubble wands and bubbles galore....talk about FUN!!! Thanks Beverly for the awesome idea and fun you brought!!! She got everything at Michael's.
Cooper here with the fun bubble wands.
Look at the starfish glasses on.
Look at all those wonderful fun bubble wands that Beverly brought.
Michelle's little boy Kaleb who also enjoyed the bubbles tremendously.
Cooper was running thru the bubbles....again a lot of bubble FUN!!
Dusty the birthday boy enjoy the bubbles too and so did the adults.......
I made the cups using a turtle cut from Silhouette of America on my Silhouette Cameo
The turtle I made with the boys and cardboard. It is all paper Mache' we were going to use that as the piñata but once we had made it the boys didn't want to crush it...lol!
I started off making the turtle piñata with cardboard and regular strips of newspaper that I cut with a old style paper cutter. A balloon for the head. Using tape to hold it all together. You will need a bucket of warm water for your hands. I made the mix inside the house and then began the piecing outside since the heat would help dry....yeah even with the humidity here. Then starting from the top down was able to cover majority of the top before I had to quit until dry. I took it in once I was done and began the next day until it was all covered. I would just make a new batch using what was in the bowl each day.
Almost covered, the boys were really interested in the gluing part...LOL! I quite enjoyed it!
The eyes are a ping pong ball cut in half. I painted the whole thing with acrylic paints.
Finally time for some cake.
Dusty blows out the candles......YAY!!!!! Dusty is 5
I am FIVE years old!!!
Skylar my granddaughter (Crystals baby) and Dusty.
I think Sky bear really enjoyed the chocolate cake.
Look how adorable she is!!!
Of course more pool fun...this was going on the entire party.
Abigail enjoys herself at the party.
Cody and Skylar, I love the Minnie Mouse bathing suit I had got her from K-Mart at the beach.
Bruce had got the ladybug floatie toy from Dollar General, Skylar really got to enjoy that off and on this summer.
The famous whale floatie again from Dollar General, Michelle, Kaleb, and Jamie having a good time in the pool.
Cooper and Cody soaking up the rays.
Dusty had a blast of course and the alligator came from Dollar General, I told you awesome pool toys every year!
Cooper loves to swim.
Dusty jumping off the pool, that he is not supposed to do....lol!
Sky bear was getting sleepy in all the festivities.
Oh yeah the time Dusty had been waiting for.......PRESENTS!!!
This is my first video upload other than YouTube....so we shall see.....
Cooper playing the drums......
Skylar was even playing the drums.
The Piñata of course was a huge hit.....always make sure you keep everyone in a certain area away from the swinging piñata bat. I got the piñata at Amazon
