It is Friday! But around here, Friday doesn’t mean a whole lot since harvest is in full force. Things have been super busy around here, but there were still some pretty special moments on the farm that have been noteworthy. Here are FIVE things that I have loved about this past week.
1. Bringing Meals to the fields
We have brought lots of meals to the fields while the guys are combining this week. I have to admit, the girls have been absolute troopers. We have even snuck a couple of rides in the combine with Daddy while we have gone out there. We will take any time we can get with him these days.
2. Chilly Weather
We have had some cooler temps this past week and we are LOVING it! We pulled out all of our fall jackets and hats and have spent lots of time outside.
3. Homemade applesauce
Nora has been a big help in the kitchen this week! We made a test applesauce recipe earlier this week, and today we are making a few HUGE batches of it: cinnamon, peach and strawberry. I can’t even wait to see how it turns out!
And have my favorite little helper at my side, too.
4. Doing Laundry
My girl and her dress up clothes. Seriously, she wears them non stop. I posted to Facebook earlier this week that some days I feel more like the Fairy God Mother than Nora’s mama on laundry day. Haha!
5. The Squishy Human Body
I found this awesome human body teaching tool at Brain Works down at Prairie Fire in KC and it has been a total hit with Nora! We are beginning to learn general body parts and how our amazing bodies function. The nurse in me is in heaven right now! I’m excited to teach children her the basics and help her learn how she is fearfully and wonderfully made!
There is my five for this week! Our Boys in Blue lost last night, but we are still prepared to cheer for our Royals the rest of the weekend!
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You know I love that royals gear!!!
Can I ask how you usually wash the dress up clothes? I'm always worried about ruining them so I usually just spot clean
Ok, so I just spot washed for the longest time, too, until I just couldn't take it anymore! Plus, we host a couple of get togethers in our house every week where little kids come, so they were getting extra dirty!
I just wash on gentle, cold and about half a capful of detergent. I always do a double rinse just to make sure all the glitter is out, too 🙂 then I hang dry them. Nothing has fallen apart yet!
I have a feeling I will be washing a lot of dress up clothes in a year or so. My daughter LOVES putting her regular clothes on over whatever she is wearing and I think its time she has fun play clothes!
Seriously, dress up with a little one is SO much fun! You will have a blast 🙂
Yum…send me some applesauce, will you?!? And I don't know what's more impressive–Nora's dress up collection or the fact that you wash them regularly. I'm embarrassed to say ours have never seen the laundry room…yikes!! And fingers crossed that the royals can hold onto this lead! Happy weekend, sweet friend!
I would gladly send you some! Applesauce is one of my favorite things ever, and these batches turned out so yummy!
And I wash them so I'm not embarrassed when Nora's little friends come over and wear them, haha!
That apple sauce sounds amazing! And the dresses are so sweet! My boy is too young to want to play dress up yet, but I can't wait to see what he is interested in pretending to be! If it were up to my husband it would be comic book characters all day everyday!
Have a great weekend!
Sam, I have seen some awesome capes and masks at several stores recently! It will be so fun when he gets to that age! I'm excited for you just thinking about it!