The Tulip Festival is a huge event in Orange City (about 20 minutes away) celebrating all things Dutch. Here are a few of the highlights during our initiation today:
What a great day!
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Tulip Festival!
What a great day!
Monday, May 6, 2013
This One
A lot of people have been asking how Kai is doing these days, and I tell them honestly, he's doing great. We've never experienced a colicky, fussy baby, or had to deal with milk or other food allergies. We thought *surely* it was our turn to deal with one of these common issues, and yet Kai remains a laid-back, happy, sleep-loving baby, and for this we are extremely thankful.
Kai started sleeping 8-9 hours a night when he was 6 weeks old. We thought it was a fluke, but he's still sleeping through the night at almost 10 weeks old, which makes for one very happy mom and dad. I wish I could attribute it to some amazing parenting skill that we possess, but I think it's just pure, dumb, luck.
Ok, you can hate us now.
We are truly loving being parents to this little guy, and Caleb and Sam are really enjoying being his big brother.
Kai started sleeping 8-9 hours a night when he was 6 weeks old. We thought it was a fluke, but he's still sleeping through the night at almost 10 weeks old, which makes for one very happy mom and dad. I wish I could attribute it to some amazing parenting skill that we possess, but I think it's just pure, dumb, luck.
Ok, you can hate us now.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Only in Iowa
Another Only In Iowa Segment...
This comes verbatim from our local Sioux Center Shopper; a free newspaper filled with advertising and community events and information:
HOMEMADE SALADS!Need salads for your upcoming event? Let the Waters Edge do the work for you! Fruit Junket, potato, oreo*, orange fluff...whatever you need. We also offer dried beef and cheese spread and egg salad sandwiches. Contact Bernice or Kim for pricing.
Josiah and I couldn't stop laughing when we read this.
*Oreo salad.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Easter
My constant mantra these days is: "Give the baby some SPACE!" You can see why.
Caleb and Sam are on a puzzle kick. They finished this 300 piece puzzle in one afternoon.
Dying Easter eggs
Everybody wants to get swaddled
Family pic at our neighbors house on Easter day
Sunday, March 10, 2013
The Last 10 Days, in Pictures
Proud Daddy
Proud Mama
Snow
Art
Brotherly love
Brotherly jealousy
Ahma's iphone
Stories
Hungry...again
Sam's 4th Birthday
For me???
Make a wish
Ahma
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Only In Iowa
I think I am going to start a collection of stories titled "Only in Iowa..." Here's the first:
Our sweet bunny Chewy has turned aggressive. I'm not exactly sure of the reason--it could be that we don't play with him enough, or it could be that he doesn't like Iowa winters, or it could be because he is an un-neutered male (as opposed to a neutered female, which is what we were told by the previous owner) and that as he reaches two years of age, he has become more, shall we say, sexually frustrated.
Whatever the reason, he has started biting the boys and I, and none of us really feel like spending all that much time with him. So I somewhat sheepishly put up an ad on craigslist for our bunny after only 6 months of owning him.
I was contacted by a rabbit breeder about an hour away, who was committed to taking the rabbit. She asked if I could meet her husband at the junction where two highways meet, about 10 minutes from our house, which I agreed to. She said he'd be in a white truck.
Sure enough, he was there at the appointed time in a white SEMI truck. I pulled over, and a large man got out of the cab (I would never do this in Seattle...only in Iowa). He inspected the rabbit and told me that the box I had him in was much too big--he had another in his cab--and promptly stuffed the rabbit down the front of his huge winter coat.
The wind was so fierce that it caused my eyes to water, which I assume he took as real tears, because he quickly reassured me, "Ma'am, this bunny is going to a good home. If you ever want any babies, you just call us up. We'll take good care of him--he'll be riding with me all day on my route!" And then he left.
So...we no longer have a bunny. And I'm totally convinced that this scenario could've taken place only in Iowa.
Our sweet bunny Chewy has turned aggressive. I'm not exactly sure of the reason--it could be that we don't play with him enough, or it could be that he doesn't like Iowa winters, or it could be because he is an un-neutered male (as opposed to a neutered female, which is what we were told by the previous owner) and that as he reaches two years of age, he has become more, shall we say, sexually frustrated.
Whatever the reason, he has started biting the boys and I, and none of us really feel like spending all that much time with him. So I somewhat sheepishly put up an ad on craigslist for our bunny after only 6 months of owning him.
I was contacted by a rabbit breeder about an hour away, who was committed to taking the rabbit. She asked if I could meet her husband at the junction where two highways meet, about 10 minutes from our house, which I agreed to. She said he'd be in a white truck.
Sure enough, he was there at the appointed time in a white SEMI truck. I pulled over, and a large man got out of the cab (I would never do this in Seattle...only in Iowa). He inspected the rabbit and told me that the box I had him in was much too big--he had another in his cab--and promptly stuffed the rabbit down the front of his huge winter coat.
The wind was so fierce that it caused my eyes to water, which I assume he took as real tears, because he quickly reassured me, "Ma'am, this bunny is going to a good home. If you ever want any babies, you just call us up. We'll take good care of him--he'll be riding with me all day on my route!" And then he left.
So...we no longer have a bunny. And I'm totally convinced that this scenario could've taken place only in Iowa.
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