Oh goodness do we have a lot to catch up on. Like how Tuesday says, “oh my goodness goodness.” Which is pretty much the cutest. Well almost as cute as her starting many sentences with, “actually…” and the way she says, “sure, sure” (only it comes out like shurre…). So basically I think she’s adorable. She is also keeping me super busy with her why questions. For now Bj and I are the ones answering these things as we’ve decided not to put her in any formal school environment yet. We may not ever, I’m leaning towards homeschooling, but really I just want to do what is best for Tuesday, so she’s leading the way for now. That was a great big lead on to a really simple project I came up with. I’m trying to have things like this ready to go for times when I’m editing photos or need to make calls.
I made some circles up on scraps of paper for Tuesday to color in specific colors.
She can’t read, but I just told her what the word said and she would find the crayon that went with it. Initially I had a big box out but it was too much for her to sort through so I got out this smaller set with less options. Then I used a circle cutter to cut about a 2″ diameter circle for a small muffin tin my mom thrifted for me.
I had picked out a bunch of colored buttons from my stash for her to sort. She liked it at first, but it didn’t keep her occupied as long as I though it would. We did button sorting when she 24 months and she liked sorting by size, so maybe this was just not her style. I’m not sure.
It’s packed up easy now and she has asked for a it a few times, but doesn’t like the papers she made in there any more, not sure why (possibly because she wants to sort some other way besides color). I wouldn’t say this project was a total flop, we’ll probably come back around to it. She was happy working on it at the time and I’m glad about that. Honestly I don’t preplan much of our day so this whole “school project” thing is kind of new to us. I’m still deciding how I like it.
Supplies:
scrap paper, assorted buttons, muffin tin, circle cutter (or just trace and cut out by hand), crayons in primary/secondary colors
Tuesday is 32 months
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That’s what it’s been like in my kitchen for the past two weeks as I have gone mad with canning and putting away food for the winter. I don’t know exactly what came over me, well there was that one 40 pound box of organic apples at the Saturday market that I just couldn’t pass up for $20, I guess that was the start of it all. Sarah was talking about her applesauce and I figured, hey that sounds easy. I really haven’t gotten out the canning supplies since my pickle debacle of 2009 (oh, did I forget to mention how those turned out? like mush mostly, though the relish was good). I told myself I would stay away from pickles this time and started with apples. Of course once I got out my ball book of home preserving I was a goner.
The kitchen has been in a constant state of madness. A good madness I think.
Bj snapped this of me even though he was so over it before I even really started. Notice the applesauce cooling in the background and I’ve already gone onto something else.
Beware the peppers!
A second batch of applesauce, this time made with liberty apples. Not sure exactly what I did wrong here, but somehow it turned out very very thick, so I think it may become fruit leather or something.
I talked Bj into making me another shelf in this unit he built for our basement storage room. I love to organize stuff so I was pretty excited to get the jars labeled and put away since I’m done for the season (probably, maybe, I mean unless there is a really good deal on pears…).
I used my silhouette’s print and cut feature on some old random label sheets (like these). I’ve been scared of the print and cut feature, but I don’t know why it was really easy to set up. The print out includes three registration marks the machine reads to correctly cut. Oh in the background you can see some of my ziplocs (I wish I would have figured out they were this cheap on amazon much earlier!). I have also been freezing a whole lot!
Yummy, yummy food for winter! And mostly for myself here is a list of what I made this year:
Peaches (ball – med syrup/cold pack) – 6 quarts, 5 pints
Apple pie filling (ball – liberty apples) – 7 pints
Unsweetened applesauce (ball & Sarah’s post – had to use ball for acid and processing times) – 10 quarts, 5 pints, 1 half pint
Thick liberty applesauce (ball) – 8 pints
Pickled lemon cucumbers (ball) – 3 pints
Whole peeled tomatoes in water (ball) – 8 quarts, 4 pints
Whole peeled crushed tomatoes (Food in Jars) – 2 quarts, 12 pints
Pizza sauce (ball) – 6 pints, 3 half pints
Dill Slices (ball) – 12 pints (I know! They better be good, I used pickle crisp this time)
Chipotle apple BBQ sauce (Family Feedbag, forgot the sugar but it was still good) – 3 pints, 6 half pints (and more that my mother in law took, she helped me a ton one weekend)
Tomatillo Salsa (ball) – 12 half pints
Salsa (ball) – 4 quarts, 6 pints, 6 half pints
Antipasto (ball) – 2 pints, 3 half pints
And I also made a lot of freezer stuff. Tomato sauce (like this), corn (blanched and cut off the cob), carrots from my garden (peeled and sliced), zucchini “noodles”, and some cherry tomatoes (frozen on a sheet then popped into jars). I would have frozen more stuff, but despite my attempt to organize our storage freezer I maxed us out (I also have lots of fruit in there from the summer, and Bj has a whole drawer of fish from Alaska).
I think this was exactly the kind of thing I needed to throw myself into. I’m so happy to have all that lovely food down there. Now I’m just hoping I can get us used to “shopping” down there instead of at the store for these things. And if you have a good recipe using peeled tomatoes let me know, I think I’ve cooked with them maybe once in my life. -
Awe, what to say, besides thank you so much? I am feeling so very much better already. Now I just have to catch up on a lot of work that I missed. I have shoots to edit, galleries to make, and lots of little things to do that add up to lots of time on the computer! My newborn clients have been so understanding in letting me have a little more time to process their images and I am so grateful. This image was from a shoot I did a day after my miscarriage. The mom was so wonderful and full of that beautiful light that new moms have that I didn’t feel sad or poor me the whole day. Of course when I got home and sat looking at the photos on the screen, that was a little different. But I’m finally getting through them and loved this one. I won’t be blogging this shoot (by request of the parent’s, which I’ve mentioned before is totally cool with me), but I’m glad I can share this. The little guy’s feet and mama’s hands. The new mom had a similar image cut from a magazine and this was my take on it.
When I come back be prepared for talk about a crazy amount of preserving (think canning until the wee hours of the morning), the fall garden, lots of projects for Tuesday, a beach craft retreat, photo shoots, scrapbook pages and all the wonderful life that has been happening here the past month.
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